I blame Apple. They removed the headphone-jack, and suddenly access to headphones went from “included” to “buy our expensive AirPods”. Other brands went with it too. I guess this increased cultural tolerance for ‘loud-watching’ in public, presumably starting with kids (who it would be wasteful to buy AirPods for, seeing how easy it is to lose them). Unless everyone had perfect manners, this result was inevitable.
People don’t need any advanced CIA techniques to control the way you think and feel; Plenty of ‘normal’ abuse tactics can achieve this over time - arguably, control is the entire point of abuse.
The way you’re questioning yourself alarms me. You’re likely being abused, and you need support. Please do whatever you can to get help. At the very least, read up on types of emotional abuse and their effects on victims. You’re not the only one.
I can’t see him swinging his influence around like that.
He didn’t need to - the women felt the pressure anyway. We know because they told us.
He at least asked.
Low bar there.
Though he could’ve also asked if he could excuse himself or they could excuse themselves so he can have privacy
Dude, how are you writing comments defending him without even knowing that he was specifically interested in jerking off while the women watched? Like, that’s his kink. I am inclined to believe that he genuinely acted out of cluelessness (as opposed to ill will or predatoriness) - but then again, I was a pretty big fan of his.
For the uninitiated: This is a Swenglish joke, a mistranslation of “It’s not the speed(/fart) that kills, but the impact(/smäll)”
I know this is old, but it is a bit irksome that this post is titled “Fact of the day” when it can’t even keep its facts straight about which country does what.
Those signs aren’t from Sweden. Our traffic agency (who prints the signs) doesn’t use ‘fart’ meaning ‘speed’ - except for ‘gångfartsområde’, ‘walking speed area’, which disappointingly enough doesn’t even have the text on it - but mainly uses ‘hastighet’ meaning ‘velocity’. Other commenters in this thread have posted examples of ‘fart’ in a different meaning being used on Swedish traffic signs.
‘Hastighet’ means velocity.
And OP didn’t post the german one what I could see. I’m disappointed, I would have liked to see a line acknowledging that this as a crosspost/translation.
The band member was subject to a magistrate’s order and could not leave the country, as you would find out if you clicked through to the Austin Chronicle.
I found no mention of this, in either article. Where did you see this claim? Doesn’t really make sense to plan a tour abroad if it were true.
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Looks like mushi.