You could find solace in hard determinism.

This was always going to be the way it happened.

Your actions were determined by your biology and life experience up to that point. Likewise, the other person acted how they did according to their biology and experience.

The gears of the universe turned in the only way they were going to turn, and the outcome you got was the only one that was ever going to happen.

It doesn’t mean that you can’t now act upon it moving forward, but hopefully there’s some calm to be had in knowing that what has already happened was always going to happen. It’s just a tiny artifact of the vast and intricate clockwork of the universe.

I’ve heard of Pukka Pies, but never seen one in the wild. Looked into it, apparently it’s broadly a North / South thing.

Apparently the biggest difference is that Pukka pastry is more flaky, Holland’s pastry is more stodgy (better).

I’ve long been priced out of fish at the chippy. If Putin comes after the Holland’s pies, then you’ll have my attention.

You’ve have some examples, but in case they are not clear enough:

If [you have AIDS] then [you are unwell]

[You are unwell] if and only if [you have AIDS]

The first one is not the same as the second. Why? There are plenty of ways to be unwell, without necessary developing AIDS.

The first statement only defines one possible path to B, not all of them.

I’m really lucky in that I learned “what goes around comes around” at a relatively early age.

When I was 16/17, the main bully from my secondary school died. He’d taken a car to go joyriding and lost control when being chased by the police.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learnt that, while it can sometimes take a long time, people who treat other people badly get what’s coming to them more often than not.

Yikes - and I thought I overanalyzed my text messages

This is what I do too. For double letters draw a tidgy little circle on the key - that should be enough to let the text recognition know what you want. It’s a useful movement just to have as part of your swipe-typing technique.

This. It’s less to do with religion, and everything to do with human nature.

From Ancient Egyptian Priests and Medieval Christianity, to Donald Trump and Boris Johnson - when in times of uncertainty, people will turn to anyone claiming to have all the answers.

“Us Vs Them” is the oldest tactic when it comes to gaining and consolidating power.

That isn’t how free speech works.

All it means is that the government can’t stop you from saying what you want. It doesn’t mean that you can say whatever you want with no repercussions.

YouTube is not the government. It has terms and conditions that you agree to when you sign up. They have a right to delete your comments. You do not have the right to post whatever you want.

Sorry, but that’s the truth of it. If you circumvent the built in filters, then users can still downvote / report you and creators can still delete your messages.

As @princessleiascat said, I think you’re assuming that most people can relate to this, but the truth is that they can’t. I’ve never had a comment deleted from YouTube - ever.

As a creator, I’ve deleted the occasional comment someone else has made on my content, though.

This is why most people are defaulting to the position that maybe it’s more about what you are writing, rather than a broken system.

Not a mod, but for what’s it’s worth, I’d be interested in seeing it.

“300 m/s ought to be enough for anybody”

Honestly can’t say a bad word against Morrisons - at least from a customer point of view.

I do feel bad for the drivers who seem to have gigantic catchment areas, but they’re always friendly, the bags are well packed, and the subs are sane.

Note: we do still buy things like meat in-store, because we’re picky.

I’ve always viewed the decline in incidences of Morris Dancing within my lifetime as a reassuring sign of progress.

If you’re talking about the final digit of a number, it’s the last character.

For example, In the number 8765, ‘5’ is the final digit.

The romans called the area Judaea…land of the Jews.

Just a quick correction here. Judaea is actually named after Judah, son of Jacob.

The word ‘Jew’ comes from the place name Judaea, not the other way around.

I kind of agree, but there is an issue with this.

Even within England, the difference in pronunciation from region to region means that there can be no ‘true’ pronunciation. Add to that the weird a/o vowel, the t/d thing and odd emphasis on 'r’s at the ends of words that many Americans use, or the wholesale reassignment of vowel sounds that New Zealand uses, and you’ll find that any ‘proper’ way to spell things is not how the majority of the world says it.

The biggest issue is that English is an exceptionally fluid spoken language, but began solidifying as a written language hundreds of years ago.

Even if we did a do-over of the spellings in written English, it would fall out of sync with the spoken language very quickly.

I’m only going to tackle the tech side of this…

How difficult would it be for AI photo apps to filter out words, so someone cannot make anyone naked?

Easy. The most popular apps all filter for keywords, and I know that at least some then check the output against certain blacklisted criteria to make sure it hasn’t let something slip through.

But…

Anyone can host their own version and disable these features, allowing them to generate whatever they want, in the exactly same way that anyone can write their own story containing whatever they want. All you need is the determination to do it, and some modicum of ability.

People have been been creating dodgy doctored photos long before computers. When Photoshop came out, it became easier, and with AI it’s easier still. The current laws about creating and distributing indecent images still apply to these new images though.

‘Enterstela’ is an anagram of ‘Arse Nettle’, if that helps.

Authenticity.

Totalitarianism is usually easy to identify. A corrupt democracy still has a veneer of legitimacy in a way that an out-and-out totalitarian regime does not.