Manjushri

I’m glad that I may have helped. I hope I did.

I had a friend that moved very far away. We stayed in touch for a while. But he was very busy running a business and raising a special needs toddler with his wife so contact became sporadic. At first I was very understanding and would repeatedly initiate contact that generally, but not always, seemed to well received. After a year or two, I pretty much gave up except for an occasional outreach. I thought that he must be mad at me about something though I couldn’t imagine what. After a year or so of minimal contact, I learned that he was suffering from, and hiding, crippling depression. I found out because he hanged himself.

If you care for the person, put in the fucking effort. You don’t know what’s going on in their life. I will never forgive myself for not trying harder.

Google told the BBC the Commission’s decision was “wrong” and it would appeal.

Have they ever actually paid a fine like this? It’s great that the commission set this fine, but I’m willing to bet doughnuts to dollars that the fine is cut to hundreds of millions or less on the appeal.

Billy has a much better chance of survival due to his skin color.

That depends. Does Billy have an accent?

On a woman it’s camel toe. That’s a moose knuckle.

She hasn’t heard from him since? She’d better unclench and make sure he’s okay…

In most areas in the USA you need to get a Rabies tag. You pay the county (or whatever) a fee and get a certificate and a tag to put on your dog collar. Both are numbered and can be used to get your information if your dog is picked up by animal control. They don’t always call it a license, but that’s basically what it is.