I agree that they know exactly what they’re doing but the argument they put forward is a simple one for likes and thumbs up:

Do you want an MS13 gang member in the country?

And the answer has to be:

Are you sure they’re an MS13 member? Let’s be sure because that’s important or innocent people will suffer.

Otherwise, any political opponent is subject to deportation without examination. That means you.

Honestly, it would be a fair question from many a native speaker so your English is superb for what it’s worth.

If you ever come across other idiosyncrasies (weirdness) like that and could use a native speaker’s input, feel free to ask me.

English is weird.

It’s two months later and I’m still absolutely fucking horrified by this. Like just popped into my mind randomly so I had to find the post.

Anyway, I hope life’s treating you better.

Honestly, holy fuck haha.

Edit: the “haha” is laughing at the utter absurdity of it. Not you, obviously!

All except for is how I meant it. I could have gone the other way and said higher than 38 I suppose.

The gif makes me assume you’re joking but just in case - New York city v’s New York state :)

Pretty crazy alright. I was shocked tbh. I saw one of those “land doesn’t vote” style memes and decided to look it up.

Yeah, I mean it’s a given that NYC has a lower population than NY state but I didn’t want to get overly pedantic.

It’s a fair question. Some of it is directly Europe related, like France recently announcing that it was on a path to recognise Palestine, or the Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) saying that what was happening there was a war crime.

Do you maybe suffer from Aphantasia?

Not everyone can picture things in their mind. It doesn’t have to be complete.

If you think it doesn’t impact Europe or European politics I think maybe you need to peek through the hand you have over your face in that emoji. Various countries have recognised Palestine, had their Israeli diplomats removed etc.

Yeah fair enough. It’s just what I read at the time of our country doing the recognition.

I wasn’t aware of the South Sudan example. It’s a good one. Must read more on it.

I think it’s actually a fairly lengthy process to recognise a new country as it’s not something that happens very often. Ireland, Spain and someone else who escapes me now had to take months of form changing, website changing and all the legal nonsense after the announcement like this. I remember reading at the time that all the various things that had to happen were.

I actually had a look in on /r/conservative today expecting glee but honestly it was full of good words (at least the most upvoted comments).

I really needed this. The alternative was ugly.

Yeah fair call.

Yeah living with other people requires you to respect noise levels. It’s just basic courtesy. There are six in our house and we have an earliest time that the shower can be turned on for example (edit: it’s an electric shower and noisy AF). Of course exceptions have to be made.

If he’s not prepared to turn down the TV to a reasonable level that’s on him. He knows it’s upsetting you and is prepared to continue upsetting you. That’s really unhealthy and inconsiderate behaviour.

One thing that might help is getting him to use headphones with the TV. Most TVs these days have Bluetooth support. If I’m watching a movie late at night (common) I’ll always use headphones. Again it’s just common courtesy.

There is no such thing as being born bad. Six year olds have no idea the level of impact they’ll have with their actions. That’s why they can’t be prosecuted. They’re not capable of that level of understanding.

You need to get professional help letting go of this.

Yeah, this fits more or less where I am. My eldest is 27 and left home 5 years ago. He’s just out of a long term relationship around 6 months. He lives in a different country in central Europe and is living the life. Travels a lot, has a great group of friends spread all over the continent, great job that he really likes earning good money etc. I’m really happy for him and it does give me a sense of ease to see him at a point in his life where he’s thriving.

On the other hand I’d be very happy to see him in a loving relationship and / or owning property instead of paying rent. Snuggles are nice and rent is poverty tax (for the most part) but I’m conscious that owning a property ties him to a place and he’s not ready for that yet.

So…to answer OP…I’m not obsessed with it at all, but they’re nice things to see for your kids that kinda tick the box of “my job here is (mostly) done”.

She literally doesn’t give one fuck about due process. Setting the precedent of deliberate avoidance of due process to cement control is her goal.

I saw the video of the interaction and she is an utter ghoul. Just sidestepping the yes / no question again and again (more than ten times I would say) then trying to put blame on the guy asking the question all while refusing to even look at the picture.

That last bullet point is shocking to me. To be an English undergraduate I would have expected them to enter with very strong vocabulary and an innate desire to read / love of the language.

I had no trouble understanding it and thought it painted a really clear picture.