Don’t do it, Thomas, I have the coal mound!

Yes I can’t wait to hear from this organised and malevolent group of people that definitely exists.

While the most commonly used PFAS definitions globally include bis-FASI, one division of the EPA does not consider it to belong to the chemical class, so it was not included on a list of compounds to be monitored in US water.

Sounds like a regulatory gap that needs closing asap.

It’s not even about the moral issue, although I think murdering your political opponents is wrong. Just think it through practically. Killing Trump doesn’t stop project 2025. There’s going to be quite a few names on that list if you want to solve this situation through violence.

You have a process to prevent this from happening right now, the same one that prevented it last time. Ironically this attempt will likely just make things worse assuming there is no retaliatory violence from the other side.

The whole situation is super fucked up either way. I wish you all the best for your country, it seems like it’s going to be pretty bad for a while at least.

Yes which is why I think he should be prosecuted for his crimes. If we go down the road of extra judicially killing anyone who you think is a terrorist then what kind of society do you think that will lead to?

Ok, a good chunk of people think Biden is corrupt so by your logic they should shoot him too? I hope I don’t have to spell out where this leads and why it’s a terrible idea.

Why do our brains hate us?

Yeah I agree with this. The right thing is to try and learn from the situation, what could you specifically have done differently regardless of the behaviour of other people? I think in this situation if someone that’s not your manager is trying to give you work your best recourse is probably to go to your own manager rather than yelling at the person.

As others have already said though, probably not a good idea to use anger or spite as a motivator for anything. Learn what you can from the situation and then do what’s best for you. In this case if this situation has blocked your progress and enjoyment at your current workplace it’s probably best to move on. Take what you learned and apply it going forward so you can better handle the situation if it comes back up again.

Eating shredded cheese and wood is certainly a lifestyle

Your suggestion that that is the “modern position of Taiwan” fails to mention that that is the position of one political party that’s had power for less than a decade and whose leader got 6.5% more than a party with a different view back in January.

You mean the leader who when elected, the CCP fired ballistic missiles all around Taiwan? Yes I didn’t mention that because it’s not relevant, maybe you’ve forgotten but that’s kind of how democracies work. It’s the position of Taiwan and has been for a while now.

I am sure you worry about your safety - I would suggest that being told you are a pawn in a geopolitical game for a dying empire should be pretty scary.

And I would suggest being a CCP apologist is pretty pathetic, it seems for you being the pawn of a dying empire is just a way to pass the time online. Good for you I guess.

As long as it cannonises Darth Jar Jar I’m on board.

You… I’ve seen you… you are the one from my dreams

Well, you could always close your eyes

And probably some pretty good games

I definitely disagree with this take but I think I see where you’re coming from. The sequel trilogy was a mess and I think that’s being quite generous but we wouldn’t have gotten something like Andor under Lucas I don’t think.

That’s fair, I think you’re right that it’s subjective. I think Disney managed to pretty much kill the main Star Wars movies at least for me. That said, we also got some pretty great stuff that we definitely wouldn’t have gotten otherwise so it’s not all bad. It was really sad to see LucasArts gutted and EA get exclusive rights to the license for a while though.

But did you know Biden is almost 4% older than Trump?

You let the bees roam around? So they’re not inside bees?

But he’s a whole 3 years younger!

Strong opening for someone who tries to present one of the most complicated geopolitical issues of the present day in a couple of sentences, half of which is factually wrong. I admire your confidence.

Firstly it is news, because it’s a new law that didn’t exist before and it could have dangerous implications for any Taiwanese person travelling to China, causing Taiwan to issue an orange travel alert. That’s news.

Just in case you’re genuinely interested in learning more about this issue though I’ll do my best to summarise why your point is misguided at best.

Firstly, you did more or less accurately describe the status quo between the CCP and the RoC, so points for that. Unfortunately you left out a couple of things. Firstly, the CCP passed a law some time ago that means if Taiwan tries to change the status quo and stop claiming China, the CCP will invade. So this argument doesn’t work as a ‘both sides’ kind of deal because one side has a gun to it’s head.

The modern position of Taiwan and how they skirt around this issue is by saying that there is no need to declare independence, because Taiwan is already independent. Which is true by any meaningful definition of the word.

The next part of your comment is kind of out there to be honest. Even the CCP acknowledges that Taiwan is seperate by virtue of spending all this effort on ‘reunification’. Countries maintain seperate diplomatic channels with China and Taiwan, the USA sends military aid and the Taiwanese passport has a higher mobility rating than a Chinese one! So to say they are not separate is frankly wrong.

Most likely in your country too. But it’s fun to write out things about the scary country maybe doing imaginary scary things

I live in Taiwan so yeah, to me China is a scary country. It must be nice to sit in safety and proclaim how alarmist people are to villify the nasty CCP but I don’t have that luxury because they threaten the safety and freedom of my family.