Yeah, that’s the eww part :( I hate when I find great memes and I know exactly the friend to share them to… and I can’t DM them.

Especially if it’s animated. Easy enough to change the extension on PC to a PNG without issue yet. But anything too large to screenshot, or with multiple frames? Many a DND meme have I let pass by

Morally nothing, but legally broadcast law and ERSB ratings are very strict. Like, ‘literally count the number of each cuss’ strict. Ratings aren’t determined by Dennis and Marjorie vibing it out, it’s concluded almost algorithmically based on literal, unambiguous features. Context has very little relevance to the ratings questionnaire.

Even if it is in the spirit of the ratings law, only the letter of the law is enforcable, regardless of context.

It’s probably a good thing for the arts overall, since ratings are so very impactful for reception/profit, I can’t imagine the lawsuits being flung if a studio accused Dennis or Marjorie of bias.

Rubber gets brittle if it isn’t kept supple through flexing. The rest of the shoe last longer if given time to ‘rest’ from over-stretching or dry from sweat.

So if you have multiple pairs of shoes, cycle through wearing them. All your pairs will last quite a bit longer: you’ll keep the rubber supple, and you’ll rest the sock/upper.

Sure, it sounds like he has your approval, and the approval of people in the privacy movement, who would use the term Hero. I accept that.

As for what the word ‘hero’ means to you, and whether I value those same things, then the answer is yes:

Do I think he did a moral act that aligned with his principles, motivated by compassion for others? Did he forsee what it would cost him and do it anyway because he believed it was the right thing to do, no matter how hard? Yes, and yes.

…I just don’t use the word ‘hero’ to describe this, which is what OP asked.

The word has become a simplified symbol to me, and if anything, feels less powerful than acknowledging the real sacrifice he made in the name of his principles.

Without acknowledging that nuance, ‘Hero’ apparently puts him in the same category as housefire-puppy-rescuers, and what he did was much more deliberate. He wasn’t emotionally impulsive; he was fully cognisant of the risk he was taking and made the decision to do it anyway.

‘Hero’ is a word other people give you, in reverence. He may be a hero of the privacy movement, sure. But the audience at large that he was speaking for does not consider him a hero (and I don’t use the term myself), thus for both I say no. I’m not from the US, so I’m not one of the people he sacrificed for; so I answered with his audience’s response (or lack thereof) in mind.

‘Do you think there are people who consider Snowden a hero’ is not the question I was answering, because the answer to that would always be yes, of any public figure.

I think the difference in your hypothetical is that people would care that he tried. But inventing a scenario to put words in the mouth of a stranger has no relevance to the reality I’m commenting on.

Think of me as you wish. I answered the question in good faith, and that’s enough for me.

I don’t personally believe in ‘heroes’ and ‘villians’. I think it’s a very rudimentary way to view the world, as if through the lens of a storybook. We have deeply corrupt and selfish people causing harm, we have considerate and compassionate people fighting for their principles. Most people are some measure of both.

Reducing people to Hero and Villain frequently excuses us any responsibility of self-reflection, as we can simply call ourselves ‘Good’ and justify unethical acts in the name of Goodness. It reduces the world down to in-group and out-group binaries, and then devastates us when we learn that a Hero has, as a fallible human, also done harmful things. It also denies Villians any opportunity to change for the better.

If you believe that Hero is an objective trait one can achieve, but that social approval is not how one achieves it, we have very different views on humanity and ethics.

‘Hero’ is a term of social worship for those that enact change.

Do I think he did a moral act that aligned with his principles, motivated by compassion for others? Did he forsee what it would cost him and do it anyway because he believed it was the right thing to do, no matter how hard? Yes, and yes.

But he’d only be a ‘hero’ if anybody actually cared enough to do anything about it, making him a symbol of social change that people would be grateful for him instigating.

Instead, he falls victim to the same traps as those who self-immolate outside buildings to make their point: a spectacle of sacrifice, exchanged for confused apathy from those he claimed to stand for.

That really sucks. He was trying to make a real difference. He had to flee his home forever, because of the cost of him trying to save it.

Reject articulation; become dog biscuit

Accidentally used my right foot, now a father of five

4 hours paid work, 1hr unpaid lunch, four hours paid work, home. Paid for 8hr, but on site for 9hr.

Unpaid 1hr lunchbreak. Pretty common today to work 8-5 in a 4:4

I’m just enjoying every version of ‘[Word] Punch’.

'They call me MISTER Punch!

‘Yeah babe do you like my bear punch’

If I go to a house party and they’ve got Purple Punch then I’m leaving

Standing still in place for a few hours is waaay more uncomfortable than pacing and walking around. Shifting the weight on our feet really helps

I can’t imagine how awful these would be, especially with how cramped they’d be packed in (otherwise they’re no smaller than chairs). God, you couldn’t even bend down to scratch your knee.

I remember seeing pictures like this a looking time ago so I’m pretty sure they’re fake bait. At best it’s an idea somebody prototyped but won’t use.