PlasticTank

2 years ago my Grandfather was diagnosed with lung cancer, he was supposed to begin a course of chemo and various other treatments but instead he gathered the family around for a dinner one night and asked us all for our blessing not to go for treatment, it was a rather surreal moment. He died about 4 months later, he took some painkillers and a couple of other medications that improved his quality of life and in the end we all agreed that it was the best way, when he passed away he really wasn't much different than before the cancer, we avoided all of the agony of a long drawn out fight and watching him fall apart in front of us, he died happy and with dignity.

> Hong Kong, at least on paper, is ruled by a governing entity elected by Hong Kong people

Except it's not, top leadership is elected by a small council of business owners and other high ranking members of society, the people they are allowed to vote for are selected by Beijing and anyone they don't like is vetoed out.

Funnily enough tyrants don't usually listen unless forced, this is what a fight for freedom looks like. Some things are more important than convenience and money.

Sure, you can get pedantic about the cultural nuances of courtsey but I'd say that it generally boils down to don't be an inconsiderate a-hole. I live in a country where it's not illegal to take up-skirts I'd say it would be pretty universal to say it's common courtesy not to do that.

Have you never heard of common courtesy? I'm not by law required to do a lot of things I do but I do them because they make the world that little bit better for everyone, same goes for things I avoid doing.

Well now the various groups beheading people on YouTube know where to ask.

What evidence do they have that the hackers will actually send the keys? seems like a pretty big gamble on trusting proven criminals.

“It's fascinating to watch comments like this get downvoted.” Honestly not anymore, there is an overriding current of well SJWism on this site currently, of course they'll never admit it to themselves. If you ever find yourself downvoting a comment because you disagree with it on an emotional level, you might be the problem.

The actual contest sounds really fun, does anyone know where can I find more of this "competitive" programming?

Hong Kong these days is nothing more than a clearing house for China A shares. Shanghai is the big hub for International-China business these days and Singapore takes the APAC business.

Now if we could just get a handle on modern slavery. There's currently more people enslaved than all of the slaves extracted from Africa over the 400 years of the slave trade combined.

If I had to take a guess I'd say they have harder time aiming, relatively easy for a male to piss into a small pot, a woman is probably going to end up pissing all over her hand. Fun.

Now the ultimate argument for gym goers, do you count the bar?

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It's quite understandable how it happens, in China like most single party countries the average person has no political power, if they have no power then they can't exercise any rights or hope to gain any.

Pretty much par for course these days, anyone who says something that offends me must be wrong.

Before the truth will set you free, it'll piss you off.

I'm quite sure people do realize this hence the saying "It's not what you know but who you know"

In my opinion this is one of the saddest and most dangerous trends of modern times, the desire to give up any and all freedoms in exchange for perceived safety. We've welcomed 1984 with open arms.

> makes me feel like what I vote for has no real impact.

That's very likely because what you vote for has no real impact. At least now it's become more visible and people are rightly becoming upset. Ride the tiger.

I have a recurring dream where I murder someone and bury the body, it's always the same, I'm quite young in the dream too. Wonder if I'm remembering a murder I actually did commit.

> getting pretty close to eliminating all violent crime

Clearly you haven't been on YouTube lately, China must be the world capital of getting stabbed on CCTV.

Would have been great if the yanks had this mentality towards the troubles in Ireland instead of supplying the IRA with weapons and explosives. Moral relativism is always fun.