As much as I loved it at the time, I’m beginning to realize that Arrested Development basically took the trump family, centered them in Southern California instead of New York/Florida, and made them generally more likable, trustworthy, and capable of normal things.

Although holy shit, can you imagine if trump found out that

I was hung in Salem. I’m hung at home, too.

That’s literally their issue with it. The thinking goes, if you’re essentially praying, but not praying to god, then you must be working with the devil.

I’m pretty sure an Amish vegan would starve/freeze to death (especially if you consider handmade fabrics growable in the climates they live in or transported without the use of engines or horses), but if one existed, they’d also have to refuse to pay their taxes. They’d also obviously have to be one of the Amish who don’t use modern medical care or all manner of modern technology for work. I’m also not sure how resource intensive Amish tools are- if they have traditional blacksmiths, where do they get the metal?

But really, it depends on your inputs: the quickest/simplest ways to cool the planet would also probably render it unlivable for most humans- there are probably a few ways an AI could generate massive ash clouds that block out enough sunlight to bring the temperature down. In that scenario, there would probably be some humans who survive, but they’d probably be in places with very small and non resource intensive populations, so most of eastern North America is automatically out.

Probably not, vegans still contribute to global warming, just less so in one area. Even if there existed a person who made perfect consumption choices in every case, they still occasionally need to travel by motor, they use some form of heating, and they use buildings which used cement at some point in their construction or during renovations. Also, we’re all pretty inefficient digesters, and the more fiber you eat, the more methane you emit.

Oh, should I teach you how to evaluate sources too? My apologies, I don’t know why I assumed you could do that on your own. Given your comments I really shouldn’t have.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=fawning+rape+trauma+response

I haven’t used brand name google in years, but I pulled that one out just for you

You too can experience it, by doing research instead of basing your worldview on vibes.

It’s a lot less comfortable.

But they get to rescue them and stop the abuse

It literally is

That she was just venting to something she mistakenly thought was impossible for a human to read.

Not every mental illness affects your grasp of logic or perspective on reality. Obsessive compulsive disorder can be absolutely debilitating even though the person might completely understand the reality of their situation, know that they don’t actually benefit from and in fact are harmed by, for example, checking the windows and doors every night in the exact same way many times, but still be unable to stop themselves. They aren’t delusional, just prisoner to compulsions they can’t resist. I’m not suggesting that OCD is always severe enough to make someone consider euthanasia or is always resistant to treatment, but it certainly could be.

I could also see someone with substance abuse disorder that they’ve tried and failed to treat for decades making that decision (while sober after detoxing and withdrawal). I would want them to keep trying, because I know how great sobriety and how valuable a life built post addiction can be, but I wouldn’t consider them to be of unsound mind in that scenario.

I’m just listing examples in my family, but I’m sure there are others.

Well yeah, but there are lots of situations where your intent with a threat matters. Saying “I’m gonna kill you!” to your brother when he throws a water balloon at you is rightfully not considered a legal threat. Saying “I finally bought a gun and I’m gonna kill you!” might fall into either category for me personally, depending on whether they had actually recently bought a gun.

I’m really not trying to be difficult here and I do absolutely see how this could be ruled a legitimate threat, I just don’t think it’s 100%. I’m leaning towards 80% (assuming she didn’t actually recently get a gun), given that this is Florida.

Regarding the diary, I was actually thinking of that exact scenario, with the stipulation that the diary is locked. I would be interested in whether that aspect of the law has been tested yet, but it’s probably not that common.

I feel like my brain would dissolve way before I could drop even one percent of 5 grams of acid.

I don’t know if that was meant to reply to me, but I meant whether another human was involved in the training, not the threat. It’s definitely an imprudent thing to write, but I don’t know if a reasonable person would assume that another person would be able to read it. “Training” is a pretty nebulous concept, and the anthropic release doesn’t mention that humans are involved.

I’m not trying to say that this lady is making good decisions, but I probably wouldn’t vote that this was written so that another human might read it, if I were on the jury. Maybe my gut feeling’s off and everyone knows that training involves people (which I’m sure would come up during the trial), in which case I’d probably consider it a clear threat.

I appreciate the links! I still don’t think it’s a slam dunk either way, because even in Anthropic’s release, it never actually says that a human will be involved. “Training” could be anything, and while intent does not always matter, a threat is one of the few crimes where it really does.

I can absolutely imagine this ignoring a carcinoma that no human doctor would have.

I think they’re getting at whether this pneumonic plague variant is the standard pneumonic variant caused by normal yersinia pestis, or whether it’s been augmented by the lab in any way.

That’s why I said she was probably SOL on that side, but the other requirement for it to be considered an illegal threat is less cut and dry

Onishchenko told state news agency TASS that the onset of cold weather would likely prevent transmission.

I’ll grant you that Irkutsk has colder winters than most places, but that’s not normally how illnesses work in the winter.