The fact that he spent more money is extremely relevant because that's what he was seeking. It would have been totally reasonable for him to pay for home repairs on the existing foundation and structure.

While the $5,000 the city gave him certainly wouldn't accomplish that, he took it too far. He destroyed all remaining value left in the structure, built a new (and more expensive) house on his land, and expects the public to pay for that upgrade. He had a right to compensation for repairs, not to have the taxpayer fund the construction of his dream home.

There are a couple of big, huge caveats to that particular case. They're stated explicitly in the last two paragraphs of the article you linked:

1. The case is being appealed to the Supreme Court. I'm not sure of the current status, but as of the time that article was written things hadn't been settled.

2. While the money offered by the city was undeniably too little, the guy also chose to knock down the house and rebuild a bigger, nicer house than he had. A civil claimant is trying to get back what they lost, they can't expect to get a leg up.

Aaand here we go again...

For anyone stumbling across this comment: qualified immunity isn't a bad thing. It shields all sorts of public employees from civil liability only while doing their jobs. It does not shield them from criminal liability and the civil liability is transferred to their agency.

This means that if a mail carrier opens your mail box to deliver your mail and the lid falls off in their hand, you have to use USPS for damages, not the mail carrier as an individual. You still get compensated for damages, but the government employee can do their job without getting personally bankrupted. If they genuinely did something wrong (as in breaking procedures, not breaking the law) they'll get disciplined or even fired.

Because cops get qualified immunity and it has the word "immunity" in it everyone with a beef against police ignored the word "qualified" and started screaming that it was evil and means government employees can get away with felonies. That's not true. If the aforementioned mail carrier rocks up, decides you suck, and hits your mailbox with a baseball bat, then threatens to beat you to a pulp they're going to face criminal charges. Qualified immunity simply does not apply for crimes committed regardless of if they were done on the clock or in uniform.

Before a bunch of brain-dead people off their meds start bringing up specific cases where cops weren't charged for specific actions that were either possibly or outright illegal please look at those cases for issues with the prosecutors handling them. They are always because a grand jury failed to indict, not because of qualified immunity.

Take your meds, dude.

Cones of Dunshire.

Okay, you asked for it. Here you go, served hot and fresh from the American Kennel Club:

https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/finnish-lapphund/#:~:text=Nutrition,nutrients the Finnish Lapphund needs.

"A high-quality dog food appropriate to the dog's age (puppy, adult, or senior) will have all the nutrients the Finnish Lapphund needs. Treats can be an important aid in training, but giving too many can cause obesity. Give table scraps sparingly, if at all, especially avoiding cooked bones."

Not only is your dog not some kind of special, mythical creature - you should be making sure it can't access bones. Hopefully next time you'll learn to keep your trap shut before you start saying dumb shit in public.

"Trust me, bro".

Maybe talk to a vet or do some reading to verify literally anything a Lemmy user says. I've encountered more lunatics here than anywhere else and OP thinks his dog is magic and can only eat frozen foods.

Just sayin.

Nothing is stopping them from doing it, which is why when the cops get a report of someone pointing a gun at people they have no choice but to assume it's real (unless it's obviously shaped like a super soaker). If the person training their gun-shaped object on passersby points the gun at the cops they usually get shot because the cops aren't willing to bet their life that it's not some asshole who put orange acrylic paint on the tip of a real gun.

There are some hobbyists that paint their guns to look like a Nerf gun or a Nintendo gun controller. The general consensus is "it would be stupid to take this out anywhere other than the range". This is much less common than the opposite: toy or pellet guns that look very realistic.

I think what they mean is that music has a wider range where it's still "functional" for most people. Basically, more liberties can be taken with music than with storytelling mediums without people rejecting it.

I heard about her video on fucking NPR. Seriously.

All Things Considered did a little piece talking about how long form video essays are becoming more popular, but they concluded by saying that she did a bang-up job and had some good insights.

It's not a standing ovation, but having NPR run a story on your video and compliment your coverage is pretty damn skippy.

Boneappletea

I'm just glad I don't have to give a shit about anything he does or says.

Here's a joke for you: A man is ROWING down a RIVER. He gets to the waterfall, and when the goes over the edge he yells "RADIO!!!"

So did I just disrespect you and waste your time, or do I get a pass because it's so random and it subverts your expectations of how a joke could be structured?

Being weird, or quirky, or SuBveRtInG eXpEcTatiONs doesn't give anybody a pass for their creations not working on a basic level.

Yeah, and there would have been a bunch of punchlines throughout.

Storytelling of any kind is about setups and payoffs. The comic has two actual, decent setups and zero payoffs. In fact all of the praise for the comic comes from people (including you) who explicitly said what made them laugh was what they "imagined*.

It's the creator's job to actually provide a good payoff at the end. Yes, threads can be left hanging. Yes, things can be left to the imagination. But in this case specifically both of those strategies are abused to the point that the only way this comic is even passable is if readers are extremely charitable and provide their own ending.

So post non-US centric content.

Yeah, I've seen all of Flying Circus and all of their movies.

Monty Python did absurdist stuff, but they didn't violate core principles of timing and surprise. Jokes recurred or dragged at times without overstaying their welcome.

A piece of absurdist humor still needs to be humorous. Being weird doesn't absolve something from being boring or pointless.

Yep, it's definitely that and not the fact that this is a dogshit comic.

Nosiree.

The core of humor is doing something unexpected. "Willy Wonka makes turnips" is unexpected. The same is true with "Charlie doesn't like what Willy Wonka makes".

The problem is that both of those things are telegraphed really early, thus defusing any surprise they could have delivered. By the last frame we expect Charlie to have a bad time at Willy Wonka's factory, and he does.

This comic is making animal noises into a microphone and Chuck Berry wants to slap the shit out of it.