I don’t know what I personally think, but my guess about the justification is that the state intervenes when it’s in the best interests of the child. Its purpose is to protect and aid the minor when families can’t.

It is considered a harm to deprive children permanently of access to their parents, without showing that it’s more harmful for the kid to be around them. So crime doesn’t automatically remove access. Is the theory.

The state isn’t supposed to treat permanent removal of access to a child as another criminal punishment. One thing I do agree on, though, is that people who rape kids shouldn’t have unsupervised visits with their minor children, since they’ve proven themselves harmful specifically to children. Not even supervised, honestly.

I guess I’d want to see studies about outcomes of kids who are allowed around convicted adult rapist parents, vs those allowed access to parents convicted of nonviolent crimes. Or a study designed by people who know how to design studies well. Instead of my rambling suggestion.

I worry that our vibe checks get warped around kids, and we ignore what’s proven right vs what feels right. Like people who feel really strongly that kids need their parents specifically have warped the narrative on this issue, and I don’t want to warp it in a different way.

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I’ve always enjoyed reading about people’s dwarf fortress games, but I could never decide if I’d like it. If you’re a fan, what kind of other games are like it? Is it mostly fun, or 90% frustrating with great fun moments? How long did it take to start to have fun if the learning curve is high? If anyone is in the mood to sing its praises, I would love to hear them. If no one does, that’s cool, too! Just been thinking about playing it for years but never committing.

I typed a reply about how bad actors will use reasonable arguments to get their way, so we’d need genuine evidence

my comment didn’t send properly tho and i got an error message, so if you see me commenting twice, sorry

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thank you! i think that gives me an idea what to expect.

Was it fun kitsch w/ western vampires? Or more horror oriented? It sounds cool, and I’m always looking for interesting queer stories, but I have to brace myself if it’s very dark.

The best shows can be so hard to watch because they’re so good at hitting where it hurts

What’s fun about getting into an old but new for you thing is having a huge backlog of classics to experience for the first time. Sometimes I’ll get into a new genre of music and it’s the best going through top 10 album lists and so on. I hope you have a great experience!

Mushishi was fantastic! I definitely also rec that one.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood might interest you. Thinking about interesting character studies - if you like stories with horror elements, Monster is great. Cowboy Bebop is a classic sci fi story. I was personally a big fan of Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.

Are we going to start paying for guns and training, and not like proper school supplies and lunch programs? Like, what’s the cost here? Are teachers going to have to pay it themselves? Are we buying gun safes for every classroom, too? I’m not sure a locked desk drawer is going to keep a determined kid out.

last time i got a virus i made sure i had documents backed up and then formatted the hard drive. that was over a decade ago though so i don’t know how people deal now

I like where the picture cuts off. I can imagine the tail continuing forever

haven’t seen the admin since he had a medical procedure done a month ago

These are always so eerie

I realized an instant too late

Yeah, this was building for months. I saw posts about how the banned lady’s fully clothed selfies kept getting marked ‘adult’ a week ago, maybe. posts about non-responses for harassment going back forever.

Yeah I remember this post on tumblr and you’re right about what they meant.

I helped a lady your age pick out a color for a room in her house, and she ended up going for a very bright peach. She loved it so much she put it in every room in her house where she didn’t have a color picked out.

If you aren’t planning to sell in a year or two, I say pick something that makes you happy when you see it. Realtors might have a different favorite color in 5 years.