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Grape juice and apple juice naturally have that much sugar, even if there’s none added.

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Talk to a therapist about it, not to the internet.

Hello, new to Lemmy,
I’m Dad.

I’m in German IT for 10 years now, and I’m telling you, don’t do it as a freelancer!
The legal framework is so complicated in this space, the overhead makes it unfeasible alone. Out of 20 IT freelancers I knew of in my area, not one is left.

“We already planned the first kid’s birth date for 9 months after the wedding”
CEO: Use AI to help and get it done in 3!

When you host a website that isn’t an essential public service, you’re free to block whomever you (don’t) like.

That’s a tricky question, because the USA successfully halted Japan’s actions in China with an embargo on steel and oil.
Which lead to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in an attempt to destroy the US fleet and lift the embargo.

Only then did the USA declare war on Japan, but they didn’t do so in order to help the Chinese.
They did it because of Pearl Harbor, and because their own dominance in the Pacific was threatened.

A lot of people are clamoring for NATO to go all in and invade Russia to topple Putin.
That would kill hundreds of thousands more.
I’d propose something different: Block the Russian shadow oil tanker fleet from crossing the Baltics (This can be done by the coast guard).
Ban trade with any company that’s trading with Russia, and arrest people circumventing the sanctions.
And instead of sanctioning oil that’s proven to come from Russia, only buy oil that can be proven not to come from Russia.
Without the oil exports, the Russian war economy collapses in under a year.

What we’re currently doing is sending just enough aid to Ukraine to keep the Ukrainian war machine going, while at the same time buying Russian oil which keeps the Russian one going. If you wanted to ensure a perpetual war that never ends, this is exactly what you’d do. And this is what the west is doing right now.

Helping your neighbor put out the fire doesn’t kill hundreds of thousands of civilians.
War does.

That intervention in wars on other continents is bad.
Most people don’t find this controversial, until I mention that this applies to the Ukraine war, too,

It’ll probably be used to grow cash crops which are then shipped somewhere else.
That’s how most water gets exported.

I’d wait for the next India-Pakistan war first.

Radiators dissipate heat through…wait for it…
Radiation.

I am serious, and don’t call me dude!

Gather round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun,
A man whose allegiance
Is ruled by expedience.
Call him a Nazi, he won’t even frown.
“Ha, Nazi Schmazi,” says Wernher von Braun.

Don’t say that he’s hypocritical,
Say rather that he’s apolitical.

“Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That’s not my department,” says Wernher von Braun.

Some have harsh words for this man of renown,
But some think our attitude
Should be one of gratitude,
Like the widows and cripples in old London town
Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.

They’re a great idea if you happen to own a company making AI, a company making rockets, and a company controlling public opinion.

There’s a lesson in here for preppers.