Got to respect the decision to just step away instead of settling for mediocrity.

Serious answer: I remind myself it’s normal to be shocked by some stuff people do/create. I check the content against my ethics, and try to decide if I’m being uptight or if it really is messed up. If it’s something that isn’t unethical/harmful but I just don’t like, then I remind myself that not everyone needs to share my tastes.

If it’s genuinely terrible I allow myself to feel the anger/sorrow for a bit, try not to let it become excessive, and congratulate myself on having limits that fit my ethics. I remind myself that good people exist and they are the ones I want to support, emulate, and engage with. As others have mentioned, distraction can also help. Video games, music, socializing - whatever will move your train of thought along.

Upvoted because it’s a story worth knowing, but as far as I can tell this is just further harassment/condemnation of anything pro-Palestinian. As of the end of April, independent review “finds no evidence for Israel’s claims about UNRWA and Hamas”.

Israel has declared organizations as terrorists on bad premises before. E.g. - in 2021 Defence for Children International was formally labelled a terrorist organization after they reported the rape of a 13-year-old Palestinian to the US State Department. Josh Paul, a director involved with the investigation, gives details in an interview about why he resigned from the State Dept. post-Oct. 7th. The short version is: the allegations of rape were credible, Israel was confronted, the next day Israeli forces seized all the local assets of Defence for Children International and declared them terrorists.

EU nations have formally rejected “terrorist organization” labels being applied to humanitarian/watchdog agencies in Israel/OPT before.

The original celeb I had singing into LeVar’s luxuriant afro was Michael Jackson from the Jackson 5 days, which is why Flying Squid’s joke worked. So instead I changed it to Thanos, and in my head he’s singing “The Final Countdown”. Or maybe “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck”.

I fixed it with a picture that a) isn’t morally questionable and b) still works with your joke.

Lol, I didn’t mean to be a spoilsport honest! I’m not upset at all, but when you’re right you’re right, and you were right!

That is actually an excellent point that I didn’t consider in the 2 minutes it took to toss together the photo. I’ll delete out of respect for kids. My mistake for not putting thought into who I put in the meme.

Edit: New, more tasteful picture

Hey! Turns out you’re the bearer of good news :)

While looking for the exact phrasing of “But you don’t have to take my word for it” I found out there’s been a lot of drama surrounding Burton vs. the company that owns the rights.

Chapter 1: Mastering the basics before getting on actual stairs:

RIP Farley. Living in vans down by Heaven.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that!

When I served under Cpt. Biggus Dickus I was lucky enough to be one of the machine gunners, unlike the poor sods that had to make do with swords.

Thanks, I tried to write this one to be really absurd in true BottomGear fashion :)

“In the rare instances of personal combat, we want our enemies to know EXACTLY how to identify our commanders from any angle”.

Fair point and you may be joking because it’s a good question for that. If serious, I honestly don’t know what the odds are in a gamble like that. Was he “lucky” or do most people the police abuse like this get big payouts? Is it worth forgoing legal counsel in the hopes that the police screw up in a manner that can be prosecuted into a payout?

If I knew I was going to get 900k I’d likely be willing to go through such a rough day, but those are quite the dice to roll in the moment methinks. If I ever end up in a police station my plan is to get counsel.

Remember in many countries you have the right to legal counsel and to have them present during any questioning. Getting said counsel should be a priority if you find yourself in a police station. Be respectful but clear from the start that you aren’t discussing your day until the lawyer/attorney is present.

This story is exactly why people need to be educated about their rights. If this poor guy had asked for an attorney the cops would have had to stop the interview immediately until one was present. I imagine once they resumed the question it would have gone differently with a legal professional in the room.

I totally missed that when I wrote it.