El Barto

lol ok

Not true. Private companies must abide to government regulations, so they don’t get to make their own rules willy nilly, otherwise many of them would do really nasty stuff that harms people in the name of profits.

Ever heard of powder milk companies adding cardboard to fornula to keep costs down? Companies dumping toxic shit in rivers? Companies paying militias to overthrow democratic governments so they can sell more bananas? Pharma companies jacking up prices to life saving drugs? They don’t have the right to do all this just because it’s in some internal employee handbook.

But back to the original point, there have been cases in which company leaders making questionable decisions because they’re not right in the head. So I understand OPs sentiment.

I genuinely don’t understand your comment. Care to elaborate, please?

I legitimately know two women who had that concern, blocked the guy on everything, and he either made an alt or found an obscure social to DM them on.

Holy hell, what a nightmare. This happened to me once with a woman. She doing it to me, kind of ironic. And I felt mildly annoyed instead of horrified, which I’m aware is male privilege.

Of course they can. I never said the contrary. But an adult does not have the right to perform actions under the influence that could endanger others.

This is not even an anti-pot or anti-booze comment, if that’s what you’re assuming.

I used an example in English because we’re discussing in English, not because of semantics or language rules. My counterargument is fine.

But you made me wonder, is there a human language on Earth in which an individual refers to themselves as “we” instead of “I” - or yo, je, ich, watashi, etc? That would be fascinating.

Or what are those other languages that have a different way of using “I”, which I’m assuming you’re referring to as the pronoun to refer to oneself?

Neither acknowledges my interesting stories and that makes me sad. You’re right. They’re nothing without each other.

Oh. Name-calling. Original.

Having a lucid brain when making decisions that could affect tons of people. Like driving a school bus.

So what you’re saying is… the brain is its own thing, then.

Oh please. Nice words and all, but if you fall into a ditch, you don’t say “well, shit, we’re fucked!” like Gollum. You feel like a single entity in trouble. You don’t say “my dear neurons, gut bacteria and anus cells, let’s work together to get out of this mess!!”

Naaaah, if you have five people in a year texting you over and over demanding your attention, then getting even more texts when you reply with “yo don’t text me again,” you’ll learn to ghost very quickly.

I’m not saying that’s everyone’s experience. But understand that not everyone does it for the pleasure of dehumanizing.

Uh sure. Texts allow you to respond whenever you are free. But if you don’t want to, you don’t have to. My free time is my own for me to use in any way I please. And if I don’t want to reply to anyone in particular during my free time, no one should judge me for that. I’ll reply to you when I want to. That’s why it’s asynchronous communication. Need something more immediate? Call. Visit. Or try texting again (but don’t send a barrage of texts.)

Answer: that’s not ghosting. That’s like saying “what kind of lamp is this computer speaker?”

Ghosting is when the other person never responds, ever, even if you send them messages. As long as they respond, again, that’s not ghosting.

That’s just a person for whom you are not a priority in their lives.

Are you an AI bot?

I don’t take ghosting from women too personally. It still stings, but I understand. I’ve heard horror stories of men who will think of any response, even if it’s “fuck off, leave me alone!” as a chance. So ghosting is the way to go in these circumstances.

The woman doesn’t know if I’m one of those men. So again, if I’m ghosted, I try to shrug it off and move on.

A friend, though? They’d better tell me they were in a coma or something. Otherwise they can fuck right off.

A picture published with the intent to attract oglers.

Oh. Heh.

Why did you do this, anyway?!

Monsters.