The first one. Many people wouldn’t want to live under Russian regime, alsi they would be afraid of retribution for resistance. Russian speaking is not the same as Russian.

No.

Pubes are just different kind of body hair. No big deal.

That would probably lead to more people feeing Ukraine.

Don’t know about Troubleinmind, but to me, weakness means inability to cope in a healthy way.

Crying is not a mental breakdown just like laughing is not a mental breakdown. It’s a natural expression of an emotion and it’s healthy - it helps you get rid of cortisol, so you should WANT to cry in appropriate circumstances just like you want to laugh. It’s a natural bodily mechanism that is good for you. You viewing it negatively and as a weakness stems from the toxic approach to these things in the culture you grew up in (and probably still live in, unfortunately).

Probably region dependent.

Agree with the money worship thing, disagree with democrats not being better. Arguing for people’s rights IS better.

Thinking about it more, it’s a word that can be triggering for someone, because of the ugly meaning. But the ugliness of the meaning is also what makes it suitable for the metaphor. We can say the word, just like we can use words like “dying”, “torture” or religious stuff like “hell”, “heaven”, “godly” - it makes for effective metaphors, but I can see how someone could be offended.

Why is this metaphor different from others? From my point of view, it does just what you stated - adds emphasis. Nothing less, nothing more. To do that with a negative statement, you need a word with a negative meaning, so “rape” works well.

I’m afraid your second sentence is missing one “not” that I’m sure you meant to include. It changes the meaning, hence the downvotes.

Yoda title

Using metaphors is perfectly legitimate.

Thank you both, Smokeydope and LucidNightmare. That was an interesting read! I gave SearXNG (paulgo.io) a try and it was a refreshing experience, I’m going to start using it regularly to see how well it does.

What did you think the “pearly” in Pearly Gates was about?

You’re giving the world numbers. Olgratin was talking about the US. I don’t know the US numbers but they could very well be quite different.

The cryogenic freezing is superstupid indeed if meant seriously and not just as a kind of kink. The rest of it is just immoral and/or perverted but kind of clever?

Each European city is in its own way unforgettable. It would be difficult to — Rome! By all means, Rome.

What makes you think Epstein was stupid? I’m asking genuinly. I always thought it was a clever scheme to get all the leverage on influential people, but I don’t know that much about him.

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