Trial lawyer

That makes so much more sense than pure time off.

If I ever emigrated, it would be to Nederland. Weather be damned, the Dutch are top-tier.

Barrister here. Our courts go on recess for about as long as schools go on holiday. Alas, for us, the knock on effect is dire:

• Court logs are jammed and hearing dates are pushed absurdly far in the future. (Application becomes opposed = see you in a year from now; trial becomes defended = see you in five years, at best.)
• We’re also all sole practitioners (members of the various Bar councils) so, no work no fees.

June-July and December-January are devastating. If I had kids I’m sure I’d appreciate these forced breaks, but I don’t, so I can’t.

Teachers, however, deserve it waaay more than us, that’s for sure. If I won €1 billion I’d give 99% to teachers. It’s an inexcusable tragedy that you’re paid so little for an incredibly tough job with significant social importance.

I tip my cap to teachers. You’re fucking hero(in)es.

Or techno viking

And it was a second class cabin. I was equally surprised. They seemed very humble though.

We actually talked mostly about South African politics. It was a month before Mandela passed away. They were fascinated to hear about living in SA.

When I travelled India a decade ago I shared a cabin on a 24 hour train journey with the head of the Indian air force and his father, the former head of the Indian air force, who flew jets in the last Indo-Pakistan war.

That’s my story. Thanks for listening.

The death of Apollo brought me here.

Comments like these are why I’ve stayed.

How original.

Bit redundant, no?

It doesn’t mean they’re not mentally unwell.

Also, where was OC ‘punching down’ on the ‘mentally unwell community’?

What does that even mean?

ThePowerOfGreek

I’m exactly there too. Same as it’s been for 8 years.

we were high as shit and should touch them

🤔

“Found the lib”? This is Lemmy. We’re all libs.

Imagine how weird we must seem to any extraterrestrial life that’s capable of observing us

It’s a game of monopoly that’s still ongoing

John Oliver has really let himself go

And keep pumping out kids and let Tiktok raise them

Of course it would have been impossible. One in four climbers on K2 does not make it back. This is a non-story, as tragic as the loss of life may be. 25% mortality rate. You have better odds rolling a die for your life. Punintended.

(I’m not saying they shouldn’t have stopped to help; only that the likelihood of him surviving was near-zero.)

DEATHS ON K2

K2 is considered one of the most difficult climbs. For every four climbers attempting to summit K2, one climber dies. In comparison one in every 20 attempting to climb Mount Everest dies. As of June 2018, only 367 people have completed the ascent of K2 and 86 had died trying. As of 1995 113 people reached the summit of K2 and 48 died. In 1995 seven people were killed in brutal storm that raged for nine days. Thirty kilometers away a rock climber froze to death in a hanging tent. In August 2008, eleven climbers died over two days (See Below), In a 1953 attempt, Art Gilkey was killed, either in an avalanche or in a deliberate attempt to avoid burdening his companions.