pile on layers of cultural norms – some cultures place a priority on punctuality, and some cultures it’s downright rude to arrive at the time stated – and then there’s the US where workers are required to be on time but bosses don’t even need to show up
the Finnish do not rake their forests
but they have turned it into a running gag
the number of reviews on her video that were along the lines of: “I was just going to take a quick look … and four hours later …”
“The great irony is that Nicholson herself produced what Disney couldn’t: a comprehensive, entrancing experience that held my attention.”
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only the DoD is allowed to rip off our armed forces
‘Villengard battle products are fitted with AI,’ the Doctor explains. ‘The algorithm maintains a fighting force at just above the acceptable number of casualties – keeps you fighting, keeps you dying, keeps you buying. Medical services optimise the casualty rate for continued conflict. War is conflict … and business is booming. You are fighting your own hardware and it’s killing you to keep you buying more.’ [emphasis added]
—The Doctor, Doctor Who (2023), S01E03 “Boom” (2024-05-18)
they’re a major defense contractor, they’re basically untouchable …
when this is the first sign you see stepping off an airplane in Taiwan, I ain’t bringing anything into the country …
“Texas power grid” + “normal Texas summer heat” + “surge pricing” …
Daily Kos has been maintaining an equivalent list for Republicans …
one of Kirsten Dirksen’s videos also mentioned in EU in addition to permitting, it’s often cheaper to demo and build than renovate
keep reading that phrase as “unintended updates” …
the US would lose out on “convenient” training for their police forces …
will also see it sold as “magnet wire” (for winding your own electromagnets) and the heat from your soldering iron is usually enough to melt through the enamel varnish
like how supporters of the genocide like to split hairs and quibble over the definition of genocide rather than just admit “genocide is bad”
so … Texas is not a chad?