Charizard origin story.

Not necessarily a shooter, but Out of Sight was a cool take on the Second Person genre, and unusually eerie because of that very mechanic.

The issue is that it needs to be informed consent, rather than just “they said yes”… or even worse, “they didn’t say no”. I feel like I need a shower just typing that.

In this instance, the girl may have seemed like a willing participant - but anyone “consenting” when they’re below 16 (or whatever your local jurisdiction’s legal age is) needs to be taken with a truckful of salt, and in most cases is entirely inadmissable as a legal defence. I’m all for granting young adults the opportunity to make most decisions for themselves - but there are certain grey areas that their age renders them vulnerable to coercion or exploitation, sexual interactions being one of them.

There are of course very narrow exceptions - most notably the Romeo and Juliet laws, but it’s generally accepted that if one party is below the age of consent while the other isn’t, then the consent is not informed and therefore not valid.

It doesn’t have to be age-based either. It can be in environments where there is a sufficient difference in power dynamic (big difference in levels of seniority in the workplace; persons with learning disabilities or additional needs; or those with dependency issues) where consent is not informed and is the subject of coercion rather than genuine consent.

I thought it was a sexual health reminder followed by a kiss to begin with.

Agree with the original sentiment too.

I’m not a huge Skibidi Toilet fan, but dafuqboom’s three America short skits are quite entertaining.

haven’t got opposable thumbs, have they?

I asked my eldest child what he wanted to do when he was older.

He said “I want to be one of those people that put cables into people’s houses”.

Absolute lad. Electricians are fucking voodoo workers. I don’t think he’ll ever be short of work either!

edit: that said, if I had to change career tomorrow, I think I’d go into either data networking at the physical layer, or work for a telecoms firm dropping fibre and sorting telephony dramas and whatnot.

Could have really stirred the pot in 2011 with “u mad bro?”

Three word word of the year. Would have been a banger.

sorry m8 u aren’t the one for me 😭

I’m a Lubuntu normie soz

“hey, I was just reading you complain about someone, fancy going out on a lemmydate* sometime??”

*I don’t actually want to think what a Lemmy date would entail

There’s a dude here who has a yank tank in a housing estate, and it’s ridiculous. It takes up most of their driveway, they only really shuttle the nine miles between house and town, looks daft in the school pickup rank, and must be costing him a fortune.

I would generally mind my own business and let him piss his own money up the wall… but it’s hard not to get frustrated at the fucking thing taking up a bigger space in an already-cramped parking area; and the emissions coming out of that thing must be horrendous.

Whether they’re being bought for their use-cases or not, they are being bought unfortunately 😢

I didn’t feel anything at all until they put the sterilising spray on at the end, and honestly for about twenty seconds I have never felt pain like it. It honestly felt like someone was holding a blowtorch to my sack.

Other than that, yeah 10/10 would recommend.

As much as I dislike Horner as a dude - I’d happily see him take Lance’s seat at this rate.

Fourth for Summit.

Say what you like, Summit Squad are nothing if not dedicated.

It’s not to be taken literally - like other posts in the thread, it’s just using language and terminology that was common in the late 90s and early 00s when bulletin boards and forums were in their heyday 😊

Found Macho Man’s alt

On the face of it, yes.

Unfortunately in reality, no.

The US has it’s filthy paws in so many pies now that it causes problems - as the saying goes: when the US sneezes, it’s “allies” catch a cold.

I couldn’t give two fucks about the US (the single fuck is reserved for Dolly Parton) but the realist in me knows that US foreign policy can top or tank any field of policy.

I’m not a Londoner.

In fact, I’m not a huge fan of London; I’ve lived near there; I’ve worked around there; I’ve visited there; I’ve had more than my fair share of London.

However, Sadiq Khan is a top cunt in my book because he lives rent free in Trump’s head, and that’s commendable regardless of your location or affiliation really.

gb2gbs

u just necro’d this post bro