CraigOhMyEggo

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Have you ever been an exchange student or known one? What was it like, and how did it go? (lemmy.ml)
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Have you ever been an exchange student or known one? What was it like, and how did it go? (lemmy.ml)
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If you were an emperor and were going to die soon and needed an heir, what steps would you take to help further assure you that the heir you were about to choose took things in the intended direction? (lemmy.ml)
 

This was always an issue in Rome. People were afraid their heirs would turn out to secretly be wannabe dictators, and you couldn't do anything about it since you were dead. How would you go about making sure your heir was as close to your vision as possible, both outwardly and in their desires should they be emperor?

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If you were an emperor and were going to die soon and needed an heir, what steps would you take to help further assure you that the heir you were about to choose took things in the intended direction? (lemmy.ml)
 

This was always an issue in Rome. People were afraid their heirs would turn out to secretly be wannabe dictators, and you couldn't do anything about it since you were dead. How would you go about making sure your heir was as close to your vision as possible, both outwardly and in their desires should they be emperor?

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What's the weirdest way you've seen someone beat around the bush? (lemmy.ml)
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What's the weirdest way you've seen someone beat around the bush? (lemmy.ml)
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What's the weirdest place you've slept? (lemmy.ml)
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What's the weirdest place you've slept? (lemmy.ml)
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What's a website you've heard of (besides Lemmy) that you're sure nobody else here has? (lemmy.ml)
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What's a website you've heard of (besides Lemmy) that you're sure nobody else here has? (lemmy.ml)
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Who watches the watchmen? (lemmy.ml)
 

Before anyone gets the wrong idea, no, I'm not talking about the movie/show The Watchmen. I'm referring to the ancient philosophical question "quis custodiet ipsos custodes" or "who watches the watchmen". Go read up on that elsewhere.

For those of you who don't know and need a summary here, it's a question often posed in reference to the fact that the person or people in charge of making sure the rules are honored have nothing preventing them from disobeying the rules. There's never anything preventing the person guarding your treasure from stealing some of the treasure, for example.

What's the best remedy to this that you can think of?

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Who watches the watchmen? (lemmy.ml)
 

Before anyone gets the wrong idea, no, I'm not talking about the movie/show The Watchmen. I'm referring to the ancient philosophical question "quis custodiet ipsos custodes" or "who watches the watchmen". Go read up on that elsewhere.

For those of you who don't know and need a summary here, it's a question often posed in reference to the fact that the person or people in charge of making sure the rules are honored have nothing preventing them from disobeying the rules. There's never anything preventing the person guarding your treasure from stealing some of the treasure, for example.

What's the best remedy to this that you can think of?

What's the worst case of enabling you've seen? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Enabling as in justifying something that normally cannot be justified.

What's the worst case of gaslighting you've seen? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Gaslighting, as in those times when you tell your spouse the kitchen is on fire and they say "oh you're just imagining things, that's the aurora borealis in there".

What's the worst case of gaslighting you've seen? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It's a sequel to a previous question. I've been watching people bombard someone I met with claims that she must be a narcissist/schizophrenic/whatever based on trivial disagreements and them thinking she thinks she's always right (despite the people saying that being in a very specific demographic), and in turn other people saying she comes off as thinking she's always right as an immune response to people gaslighting her in the first place. She posted a few demonstration videos on Tiktok which one of the supposed gaslighters then decided to infringe the copyright on and post on YT saying it makes them look good (ironically the "gaslighter" is coordinated with another infamous guy who has pushed the same agenda). And here I am trying to find a way to ask "wtf is this" but can't because the AITA groups either don't allow people saying things on others' behalf or don't allow the video format. At this moment there's a new video from her that hasn't been deleted yet (she deletes the ones that are copied) but which is inevitably going to be deleted when the other guy replicates it.

Serious question time. Does anyone else have the issue of realizing they haven't had any good experiences with anyone of any public service occupation? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Local officials. Got ticketed.

How good are you at detecting where the typo is in a message where the omission or addition of one word changes what the whole sentence would otherwise seem to mean? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What kind of trick would it be?

Admin u/davel doxes u/shinigamiookamiryuu (mod of lemm-ee's casualconversation) during civil debate, lies about method of info retrieval, in doing so implies he endorses stalking, and has a Reddit fit in c/fediverselore
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Update 2: So they can dox people and go after them all they want but at the same time are paranoid about members doxxing people when other places are aware there is no harm in something? Double standard much? They also have ramped up some X proxies it seems.

How good are you at detecting where the typo is in a message where the omission or addition of one word changes what the whole sentence would otherwise seem to mean? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Lucky.

Serious question time. Does anyone else have the issue of realizing they haven't had any good experiences with anyone of any public service occupation? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's not "everywhere", it's the public service part of society. Never have I complained about, for instance, how well my food comes out at a restaurant, or how good the car mechanics here are (imagine a society where cars have overall better doctors than people and where this can be compared). It's always the everyday "mandatory" people in society. So I can say it's not a problem with myself.

Serious question time. Does anyone else have the issue of realizing they haven't had any good experiences with anyone of any public service occupation? in c/[email protected]
Serious question time. Does anyone else have the issue of realizing they haven't had any good experiences with anyone of any public service occupation? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 months ago

I wasn't wondering about that though.

What episode of any soap opera has resonated with you the most? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

That's considered a soap opera?

What's an aspect of life that's currently done privately that you think should be communalized? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, just free love.

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