FuglyDuck

these days, they do stick a governor that tunes down the performance curve back into the thing. a good shop can fix that for you, though.

whatever is common in your area.

you’re not going to outrun the cops. your better off trying to play coy.

Naw. Not -lite. This guy is full on pedo.

Definitely.

“Animated”.

You mean… advertising.

Lawyers still do. but mostly only in court.

also, while to a significantly lesser degree than jews, catholics were frequently rounded up and stuffed in concentration camps.

Blasphemy…. There is only Linux from scratch.

All else’s is a heresy most offensive!

(I’m jesting, if it wasn’t clear. Most distros work well out of the box.)

(I would recommend lfs for anyone who likes to learn the hard way. You will learn as you go, but it can be frustrating.)

Fun fact, you don’t even need to crawl through hundreds of feet of black water waste pipe to install Linux.

Perspective bias, in reality the butterfly in the protagonist, Pixel is the villain.

FWIW I agree. A 50 year old guy “dating” a 25 year old woman has an increased likelihood that a power imbalance exists. However, it’s still profiling and prejudiced and a generalization.

It’s not prejudiced at all. a key component of something be a prejudice is that it is unfair, or is somehow unreasonable, etc, and that it is not based in fact. As you yourself noted, there is significant reason to believe such a large age gap may prove to be problematic.

I think the technical term is ‘risk factor’, if you prefer that.

And yes, significant age gaps are significant risk factors for a toxic relationship. it’s not the age itself, necessarily, but it increases the potential for things that are absolutely abusive, and if your doctors know about it, they’re going to be fielding more detailed questions to determine if there’s a problem. And family might be people who have something to say about it as well. That’s not inappropriate.

And it’s not really “profiling” either. That’s an investigative tactic of collection information about a person. profiling becomes problematic with the information is their race (or something to that effect) and their race becomes the justification for extra attention.

except- as I’ve already noted- that a 35 yo person is more likely to have an established career and financial stability in a way I wouldn’t expect a 25 year old.

again, context matters, but whether you want to admit it or not, the age gap is straddling major life milestones.

Not to mention, most the people up there haven’t a fucking clue what they’re doing . So they’re entirely dependent on the guides for their safety, well being and success; but probably treat them like shit when they say it’s too dangerous to go up.

Also there’s probably quite a limited amount of law enforcement up there. The base camp itself is remote and dangerous, and with limited medical facilities.

I largely agree that it’s not the age that’s the problem.

The thing is that the age is a useful proxy for all sorts of things that might lead to such power imbalances.

Including:

• emotional/mental maturity
• life experiences to avoid such imbalances
• financial stability and well being

It isn’t absolute, and context matters, but it is a useful proxy.

He’s got his book on forgiveness ready to go to the publishers!

Context matters.

25, they’re either still in college or just getting into building their career.

35, there established and stable

Could it be predatory? Absolutely. Particularly if the 35yo is the one paying bills and the 25yo is financially dependent.

That said, no one who is in a coma for 10 years is going to be waking up the same as they were when they went into the coma. They’re going to be different persons, and they’re going to be having ridiculous amounts of medical bills. Suffice it to say that the coma-person might be the victim here, too.

The first Ironman suit was built by taking components from (probably) multi-million dollar missiles, and many other comments provided by an overly rich asshole benefactor.

And that’s ignoring the ongoing costs of maintaining the suit, or R and D on new suits, nor the costs of liability and litigation when you fuck up and accidentally murder an innocent.

So no. It’s not even close to a possibility in any context where reality can’t just be dealt with through handwaivium.

defense attorneys are a vital aspect of modern justice, and its not simply unethical but utterly tyrannical to think that people aren’t entitled to a vigorous and competent defense.

Without the process of a trial to determine guilt, you’re literally just taking the prosecution’s word for it. Without a defense attorney being a right, the outcome of trial is more likely to be predicated on if they can afford a lawyer. the average person simply cannot competently represent themselves. Hell. most lawyers know better than to represent themselves.

keep in mind, if someone is clearly guilty such that it can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, most defense attorneys won’t let you not plead guilty for a deal. Their obligation is to seek the best possible outcome for their client, and sometimes that means pleading out.

Technically, you’re only entitled to child support if a judge determines you are. While pregnancies from one night stands will usually require the father to pay child support, there are some exceptions (like if another parent adopts the kid.)

Additionally, those funds are only supposed to be used for the kid, and not for anyone else, so if the other parent is found to be neglecting things, they may lose custody altogether and instead owe child support.

Is that a rousing game of space invaders?