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Celiac suffer, wastrel, quizmaster, cinema lover.
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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023
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0·29 days agoHeh, on the contrary they may well have had a terrible life but this the only break they’ve had from it ;)
Mine too, at the airport.
Many years ago I read an article by an Iranian gentleman that basically highlighted that torture doesn’t get the answers required, it harms both the sufferer and the person inflicting pain on a deep level. This also brings to mind the prevalence of torture in the early series of “24”… a problem later addressed by the producers when they actively avoided depiction of torture. In the early Obama presidency there was a lot of (over due) contrition over the use of enhanced interrogation at Guantanamo bay. Arguements for the use of torture were often given in the context of a “ticking time bomb” or equivalent scenario that needed to be stopped in a given time limit, despite such incidents not having a real life precedent.
Also you get a sense of the terror inflicted by waterboarding.
I used to think I’d hold out well under torture until I had gastroscopy without anaesthetic. It was like being attacked by the alien facehugger. A rigid metal tube down the esophagus provoking the suffocation reflex (despite airflow to lungs) for 5mins which felt like 5 weeks. I was an absolute mess until they gave me nitrous gas for the colonoscopy, then it was relatively painless intoxication.
2·30 days agoThey really captured the shape with minimum effort
For Achilles, time wounds all heels.
Hey it’s that horse from Arrested Development, Lego Batman and BoJack!
2·1 month agoDehumidifier - 5 years and counting drying laundry indoors overnight with no risk of rain or wind!
“I Hate to Write, but I Love Having Written”
Wow! My mind, if not blown has been somewhat stirred by this information.
For some reason a perfectly fine river will often insist on forming and oxbow and complete ruining a straight path :/
Yep, this had me confused because Ailuropoda is the panda family.
I mean forget trails, there’s horse shit all over my city centre every time there’s a football match :(
That poll was revealing, was not expecting average of 30-40 :0 Good idea though!
My first memory of TV was Gorbachev talking to Thatcher.
Thanks from the UK