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Fired Apple employee who aired workplace concerns gets approval to sue company
Yes, I feel the same. Admittedly, I do hate needles. But I still don't understand why tattoos and piercings have become so popular over the last decade. Human beings are a bit too fickle to get something etched into their bodies for life. Goodness knows most married couples can't even stay married regardless of their promise to remain married "until death" do they part. So if a 20 year old gets a tattoo, will they honestly love that thing until death? If not, will they have the money to get it professional removed when they finally realize they got it due to what was fashionable at the time, rather than what common sense dictated? At least with bee hive hair styles in the 60's and bell bottoms in the 70's, you could easy just stop doing that after the fads died off. But when you tattoo and punch holes in your body, that sticks with you for pretty much the rest of your life.22july2013 said:
Does your stated logic also apply to body and ear piercings? For me, it does. Do you feel the same?jdw said:
...Why in THE world human beings these days feel the need to ... pierce their bodies with needles ... into the skin is something I will NEVER comprehend. People do it because it's popular. ...genovelle said:Did she consider the toxins in her tattoos?
100% Natural Skin. It does a body good.
And as to the "freedom of expression" arguments, why not get a temporary tattoo instead? Express yourself as you like but easily change your mind later at next to no additional cost. Again, people change. We don't stay the same, and I don't just mean physical age. We mentally change too. What we did 30 years ago, isn't necessarily what we want now. But when you use your freedom of expression to make a (mostly) permanent change to your body, it could be something you regret later in life. I've met many a person who told me just that. As such, I don't just teach my kids to "do what feels good" or "express your freedom as you like." I suggest a little common sense to be mixed with their freedom of choice. It's only reasonable.
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Fired Apple employee who aired workplace concerns gets approval to sue company
Some enjoy having unprotected you-know-what, but that isn't good for them most of the time either.mikethemartian said:Because they enjoy having them.
"Do it if it feels right" isn't the best policy in life.
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Fired Apple employee who aired workplace concerns gets approval to sue company
The single greatest argument in the debates on this topic! Bravo!genovelle said:Did she consider the toxins in her tattoos?
Why in THE world human beings these days feel the need to not only pierce their bodies with needles by also inject toxins into the skin is something I will NEVER comprehend. People do it because it's popular. That's it. Then when your 70 and those tats are a horrid mess on your body, assuming the toxins don't get you first, what then?
100% Natural Skin. It does a body good.
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Apple Wallet won't replace your physical ID anytime soon
Your statement is not clear. I can only assume you are saying that in response to my desire to do a fingerprint scan or retina scan to confirm my identity rather than face fines for not having a paper license.GeorgeBMac said:
The walls would be covered with blood and brains as Libertarian heads exploded.jdw said:I got pulled over by an unmarked car here in Japan some months back. It just so happened that my wallet had fallen out of my back pocket at home earlier that day at home as I was putting on my trousers. Of course, I never even noticed that until I was pulled over. I had my iPhone with me but not my wallet which has my driver's license. The two cops asked if I could present them with my license another way, and I said yes. I called my wife and she shot front and back photos of my driver's license and sent that photo to my iPhone. The cops accepted that as real and thanked me. They then turned right around and ticketed me for failure to have the physical driver's license. While it is true that law is on the books, and failure to show the real license even in cases like mine are no excuse, the fact is cops have the right to give a ticket or not. They chose to ticket, even though they knew the license was real on my iPhone display.
To think that we will ever have common sense laws that allow presentation of a digital license is insane. The entire system is built on stupidity and quotas. They want to nail people not to make roads safer, but to fill the quotas and the money boxes with cash. Elected officials do nothing to change this because they put those stupid laws on the books in the first place, and the general populace largely turn a blind eye to the goings on. Thankfully, I wasn't targeted in any other way, perhaps because I am fair complexioned US citizen. Technically it was my fault since my wallet fell from my pocket unnoticed by me until I was actually pulled over, but like I said, cops have the right to follow the letter or the spirit of the law. This dynamic duo chose the hardline letter of the law.
It's a great dream to have, but what if we have all those IDs on the phone but we forget the phone? Personally, I want the ability to simply do a finger print or retina scan for them to verify my identity, see I have a valid license and then go about their job without all the foolish "you don't have a paper license so you have to pay extra" idiocy. Lawmakers are to blame for this because they are the ones who put such laws on the books which the cops gleefully enforce. That's true in the US, Japan and most countries around the world. Digital IDs on iPhones isn't the ultimate solution to these problems.
First, there is no such thing as the Libertarian party in Japan. They are all socialists or communists to some degree. There are a surprising number of communists here, despite the fact Japan doesn't get along well at all with communist China or communist North Korea.
Next, when I first came to Japan in 1994, the police came to take my fingerprints within the first week I was here. I kid you not. So they've had me on file ever since. Also, when the cops pull you over for any traffic violation, they fingerprint you (Japanese citizen or not). That fingerprint is the part of your "signature" when you are forced to sign the ticket they gave you.
So because I have to live with this craziness, I might as well seek to get some relief from lawmakers who hate the general populace so much that they impose stupid fines for not having a ridiculous paper license on your person at the time you get pulled over. It's 2021, not 1951. But lawmakers and the cops love the current system because they make money off it. It's all about the money. The cops here never let you off for any reason either. That's not merely because they are strict legalists, but because they are forced to fill quotas and make money. Again, it's all about the money.
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Rogue Amoeba quits 'restrictive' Mac App Store
Rogue Amoeba has some really great products and has every right to make that decision. Even so, when it comes to Audio Editors, I have preferred the TwistedWave line of audio editor products for the Mac and iOS for many years. Anyone not fully satisfied with Audacity or the Fission Editor or iZotope RX should definitely check out TwistedWave. Very happy user here.
