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Reminder that (some) policemen learned to ricochet rubber bullets off the ground. One comedian mentioned that in his set, said the bullet hit him straight into the nuts. As a USian he was obligated to appreciate the cool shot.

Idk about ‘love’, that’s rather in the Christian “love the sinner, hate the sin”. Outside of that, it’s just “don’t hate the player”.

But anyway, in this case I don’t so much hate them as support their right to choose their fate. However, the real victims here are immunocompromised people, those who can’t use vaccines, the elderly and children who are collateral damage by getting infected from the unvaccinated.

And then, since the ‘game’ was brought on by the conservative folks upon themselves and others via their choices, why shouldn’t I blame them?

I thought you folks loved democracy.

90 minutes is the average sleep cycle, but it varies between people. Some need to find their own cycle time. Phone apps that use the accelerometer to detect tossing and turning can help with that.

/cc @Wataba@sh.itjust.works

I’m saying ‘trace-ert’ inside my mind, simply because that 's way cooler that ‘trace route’ or whatever.

That’s how everyone pronounces it in Russian, the native language of Igor Sysoev.

The character is Yuffie Kisaragi from ‘Final Fantasy VII’, a JRPG game for PS1 from 1997 with astonishing staying power. I’m guessing the recent-ish quasi-remakes for PS4 have something to do with that, but FF7 has been in popular culture for the last thirty years pretty much non-stop.

Ah yes, the usual, someone else needs to solve your problem for you. The problem that USians created and imposed on the world. But we also have to sympathize with USians about them not being able to get rid of the problem that they created.

Wow, a whole lot of text there. All of that will be of just as much interest to the world as who voted against Putin in Russia. Trump is still the elected emperor last I checked.

Why is entire Russia cut off from SWIFT then, if the war is due to the doings of despots and oligarchs? Why was the whole Iran under sanctions for decades?

No, you’re wrong. Remember, when someone like Russia invades countries, it’s because their people like to kill, rape and pillage. When the US invades countries, it’s because the poor soldiers need to get education and healthcare.

Finally! At least Adam Ragusea probably understands that mayonnaise or sour cream shouldn’t be mixed with ketchup or mustard, but should be put side-by-side with them so both are tasted separately at the same time.

Yeah, the EU’s reality is that they want candidate members, but not new members. The candidate status is a multi-stage process with requirements for the country, which can be dragged out for decades. As soon as the country joins properly, it can pull a Hungary and start demanding stuff from the EU and holding joint initiatives hostage with its votes, while backsliding in their own politics.

I’m guessing the ‘associate member’ status is approximately like turning the candidate thing permanent, without obligation to ever make a country into a member or accept any demands.

I watched the film recently and completely missed that subtext. Could you please point me to where those hints are?

HPD

I’m distressed by the fact that I guessed what ‘H’ means in that abbreviation — despite English not being my native language.

Thank you BBC for the one-sentence-a-paragraph formatting. But none of that explains why people fail to grok the message of the media.

Bojack is relatable. He’s just super duper depressed.

White’s whole thing was that he wanted power, not just money.

I vaguely heard that Heinlein engaged with a whole bunch of different ideologies for different books.

Please consult the unicorn video.