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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If anybody actually read the text of the executive order, they would immediately see that, unlike Trump & co. claim, it actually does not rename the Gulf of Mexico:

rename as the ‘‘Gulf of America’’ the U.S. Continental Shelf area bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba in the area formerly named as the Gulf of Mexico

This "renames" as "Gulf of America" the part of Gulf of Mexico in US territorial waters. (Though how you can "rename" something which never had a specific name is unclear to me.) In other words, it is simply incorrect to label the entire gulf as Gulf of America even according to the text of the executive order. Instead, Gulf of America should be a sub-area in the northern part of the Gulf of Mexico.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why not simply make the flight FREE*

(* Taxes and fees apply)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Keeping things at a standstill is nowhere near good, but it is still infinitely better than rewarding the aggressor by just handing them everything they would have ever wanted, especially when they are in no position to actually take it themselves in the foreseeable future if things continue like they have been.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

OpenStreetMap is the "Wikipedia of maps", which provides free user-created map data. There are many navigation apps which use OSM data. Organic Maps is one that is often recommended.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just because the US "demonizes" some countries, as you put it, does not mean that there are no legitimate reasons for opposing the influence of those countries. That is not hatred, that is realism.

Ignoring the bad actors in the world and letting them have their way will not make the world a better place, no matter how much those bad actors think they have "a right" to "be respected" or whatever line they're peddling this time. Yes, that includes both the current Russian and US administrations.

I'm done with this conversation, I have better things to do with the rest of my Sunday.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I see we finally got to the bad faith twisting of your opponent's words, a favorite tactic of tankies.

Why is it their favorite? Because there is nothing they can say to make the fact of Russian imperialism seem more palatable, so they have to instead twist the words describing that imperialism into russophobia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I'm not talking about the USSR, I'm talking about Russia before the USSR, as a part of the USSR, and after the USSR. Other than that I can't comment on anything you're saying because I have no idea what point you're trying to make.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"US bad" does not mean "Russia good".

"US bad" and "Russia bad" can both be true simultaneously. Didn't Russia want a multipolar world? How about we the sane countries form another pole?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

As a European, I don't need US propaganda to know what Russia has done to my people and other European peoples not just in recent history but for centuries. Recent Russian actions are simply a continuation of the same. Their excuses change but their actions don't.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How about one doesn't oppose Nazi B by siding with Nazi A

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

That's one thick table

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's Discipline?! My dumb ass (who's not into BDSM) always interpreted it as BonDage like that makes any sense

 

I just had my first ever meeting with a psychiatrist to get diagnosed with ADHD.

Long story short, they said that I clearly exhibit ADHD symptoms.

But they're not willing to go forward with a diagnosis because, according to them, I seem to be doing alright in my life, so the symptoms are hardly causing me enough problems to be eligible for a diagnosis. (And also because there's no evidence of me having had such symptoms in childhood.)

And I was just sitting there thinking, do you really think I would be here if I didn't think the symptoms were causing me problems in life?

Based on what they said, they expected me to have experienced things like getting warnings or being fired from jobs, ruining my relationships with people, and such. And they suggested the usual things, exercise, the Pomodoro method, etc. As if I haven't tried them already.

My bad for masking so well, I guess.

Anyway, just wanted to vent a bit. I know it's too common a story. I guess the next thing I need to do is to find a psychiatrist specializing in adult ADHD. Once my (still undiagnosed) ADHD lets me do that.

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