The difference between how China is handling these classes compared to how the US (and Canada) handled tribal cultural and linguistic genocide generally is not even close to comparable. You have absolutely no clue. It is disgusting that you are attempting to compare the severity at all just to lose an internet argument.

That’s your best comeback?

In the US, all children are required to take English classes from kindergarten and up until the end of high school. There are no alternatives offered, if a student can’t speak English, then they are at the very least offered ESL classes in addition to their regular English courses, but they still must take those courses and pass in order to get a diploma

I second Common Side Effects, great series

Some were, but generations of cultural genocide, land theft, and economic pressures meant that many domesticated crops and practices were lost. For example, it was illegal in many places for indigenous americans to eat any “indian” food or to grow, hunt, or collect any of their traditional foods. They were forced to work for low pay and spend money to buy western foods, or they were forced to stay on reservations and rely on federal food programs

And yet people like you still can’t commit to such an easy ask

Why shoot her?

To kill her

Office was renamed to 365 literal years ago

It’s likely you haven’t heard of it because it’s a US thing mostly

Crazy, people get shot in their cars here

Every single city community group in the US has a vocal population that swears the local bus service is filled with nothing but homeless murderers and thieves and that’s why public transit should never be built and will never be used by anyone normal

I’m pretty sure that’s because the hand is holding onto the rest of the sushi roll, not the fish. It’s at least two images photoshopped together, one of a person cutting a sushi roll and one of a fish, with a weird tear added onto it

The only time going to school isn’t worth it is if you’re already burnt out in your job, genuinely have no time to do it, and make so much money that adding university classes on top of that isn’t worth the effort or time investment. Having said that, if you need the degree to increase your earning potential, even in your 30s or 40s or whatever, then it’s worthwhile despite all the challenges. My mom got her degree in her 30s and massively increased her earning potential and that has paid off over the decades, and I’m currently getting my degree in my 30s to increase my earning potential as well.

There are remote school options where you don’t need to attend classes so those are much easier to fit into your schedule, and much cheaper, places like Western Governors University.

Visited there last year, but the meme is lying. There is a trail directly to the top of the rock, but it’s unofficial and somewhat dangerous to climb on top. Awesome hike, though

What the business wants and what they say they want are two completely different things. They still want people to be able to think and solve their own problems, even if they end up assigning the praise for your hard work on the AI you only pretended to use

I’m using Edge and Bing right now, on Windows 11

So far, the 2025 box office (top 200 movies) has made $17B compared to 2024’s total of $22B or 2022’s total of $21B. However, most of the largest movies of the year have not released yet, including Zootopia 2, Wicked: For Good (actually releasing tonight), Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, a new Spongebob Squarepants movie, Hamnet with Pedro Pascal, Rental Family with Brendan Frasier, and the new Avatar: Fire and Ash (and a bunch of other movies). https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2025/

Anecdotally, I’ve enjoyed a lot of the movies this year, namely Bugonia. Angel’s Egg also got a 4k remaster and release in the US this week.

Most leases these days specifically do not accept cash. However, I believe in most states, they are required by law to accept bank transfers without a fee.

My former boss and I always used to donate to https://girlswhocode.com/ through work

Maternal instincts make me want to have kids I guess, but I want to be a positive influence and figure in others’ lives. If I could help a child grow up well, I would be very happy.

Since my girlfriend and I can’t have biological children, I’ve been looking into becoming foster parents. I think that’s still a few years away from doing it seriously since we would want to move to a more stable place (i.e. not renting)