King Charles of Canada makes a rare public speech calling for aid from the Commonwealth to support Europe in defending against the US. It’s broadcast on Canadian TV....
Knee jerk response? Demand King Charles no longer be our king.
Honest response? What’s the war over? If the UK is mass killing people (they have a history of that), then the US. The US is mass killing people (they have a history of that), then thr UK.
Maybe we should grow beyond the last century’s call for war better get to killing response. Maybe Canada should feel bad about its role in the Boer war, for example, or question what we should have done differently in the Korean War, and perhaps nuance needs to be done.
Maybe the two old heads of state on each side should have to fight to the death or negotiate rather than millions of the world’s poor sent through generational hell so one side can have more money.
Thus why I called it my knee jerk reaction. The tie in of the monarchy isn’t easy or possible to get rid of in Canada, regardless of how i feel about the royals. My point more so was a British monarch immediately asks for help from a country with lower GDP and army spending without elaborating, and I don’t really like him.
You see, when one says “knee jerk”, per vocabulary.com it means:
The idiom “a knee jerk reaction” means that you respond to something in an equally unthinking way. If you instinctively assume that someone who loves clowns wouldn’t have much in common with you, that’s a knee jerk, or automatic, reaction.
Thus I’m unthinking. It’s not meant to be taken seriously, inherently meaning that it’s a bad or idea I haven’t thought about.
This may not be all bad. You could potentially only work what you’re capable of, and when things inevitably fall behind, basically tell them either you need more money to work multiple people’s jobs or they need to hire.
That said, I understand if you are the main income provider in your family or if you are I’m a career that doesn’t have a lot of jobs if you feel pressured to stick with it and not make a fuss. I had a breakdown in my first accounting job when I was doing 3 peoples work. Really opened my eyes to knowing my worth.
Worked at 3 of them that did that. Worst working environmentsever. Current one is experimenting with it, but I’m WFH all the time so I just made it known I never want that.
The US & Europe go to war - Britain calls for aid! Who do you join?
King Charles of Canada makes a rare public speech calling for aid from the Commonwealth to support Europe in defending against the US. It’s broadcast on Canadian TV....
Will Smith rule (lemmy.world)
What is a sentence that makes you predict the rest of the story?
I was thinking about sentences that can tell the entire story on their own. I have 2 common examples:...
They're slow and don't even have weapons. (startrek.website)
Happy Monday Lemmies (startrek.website)
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What is your easy to prepare go to meal to cook when you want to impress someone?