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Thank you for living the 90s truth out loud...
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He/Him. Taken. Bookworm. Classical nerd. Poli/Sci junkie.
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Thank you for living the 90s truth out loud...
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@wyden.senate.gov you have been summoned.
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This is actually an advantage of parliamentary govt. Since there are more than 2 parties, voters don't have the false dichotomy that the US gets. There are a range of parties fighting together, each with their own constituents, which allows for a broader consensus.
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I dunno, haven't been following. Where is Sunak on the head-of-lettuce scale?
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Had to have high high hopes for the Biden....
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Half the debate, I kept expecting "Temba, his arms wide."
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If they found for immunity, Biden would have a chance to do the funniest thing in debate history and just have SEAL team 6 stand behind him on the debate stage in full kit.
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Also one of the most emotional story lines that can be delivered by a dead-pan robot voice. "Protocol 3..."
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The analogy I heard on a podcast that I think summed it up perfectly was that this theory of standing would let any doctor with a moral objection to Viagra make that no longer distributable.
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@wyden.senate.gov article mentioned you Sen Wyden. Any thoughts for the Internet gallery?
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I always just figured he had the X gene to phase through matter like Kitty Pryde. It would more easily explain the extreme wealth.
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I use one of these on work trips where local power isn't a guarantee. 10/10.
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Huh, the diversity here for what the mechanical arm comes from is interesting. I saw that and immediately thought FMA... And now time to rewatch that.
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In the end, humanity is designed to mirror and define ourselves by stories, as that is how the Skalds taught us for thousands of years. How you perceive the story says more about you than the story itself
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That being said, a lot of the later Star Wars content tried to introduce that nuance (the Sith being more about feelings, etc.) but it's hard to overcome a multi-decade stating point
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Star Trek had the advantage over it's long serialization of always being more about encountering new cultures/situations that introduced shades-of-grey. Star Wars started as a movie which drives a more dialectic approach due to brevity. There's a lot more to it, but structure always has its say.
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This, I wondered whyy stream got progressively enshitified, only playing Billboard stuff. Then I read some music history and it sadly made sense.
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I'll see you and raise. A crafting system with non-respawning resources. I will now spend the next calendar year trying to min-max an optimum crafting path.
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Cathode Ray Tube style.
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Only.. For Great Justice!
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"Vote with their feet" and move to states that more favored their preferences, thus granting that state more power in Congress. Unfortunately, some of the knock-on effects of capitalism as well as bad- faith political actors have limited that as a recourse.
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That is not to say it is right or wrong. The same States' power that preserves a woman's right to choose or limits federal overreach also limits voters in another state from choosing their Federal representative or limits science The end all be all was supposed to be the ability of people to.. 2/x
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The original design of the US was independent States that effectively only appealed to a higher authority for mutual defense. Even the Constitution did not really limit the States' authority, hence the 'rights' being a series of Amendments. So, historically, it is Federalist power that is 1/x
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Gordon Ramsey: "Look, I like the bit with the robot dog, it's smashing, but the rest of this is all wrong!"
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I love the odds defiance here. To take a borderline B-rate sequel and: 1. Have someone willingly convert it to a novel and, 2. Have a publisher greenlight it and, 3. Have an original buyer for a book-of-a-movie. It is such an amazing chain of events.
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"No data, vibes only" sadly explains a lot these days
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Ok, this is now my favorite Trekkie fact
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Japanese coffee vending machine game is strong. I used to bring back flats of Boss coffee when I would come back from there to feed my coworkers addiction.
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Honestly, any time I see an interaction like this I immediately hear the Bon Jovi song in my head.
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Thief of Time is where I think Pratchett hit his stride as an author. The plot is relatively tight, the characters are bangers as always, and it has good subplots. I also love the Death/Susan sub-books for their more human approach.
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That had to be the best version of that meme I have ever seen. Also, LN/TM is so blatantly a monopoly that... Duh.
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For me though he will always be President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, the only President who admitted that he couldn't fix things and instead got the Smartest Man in the World to solve the issue.
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decisions, as that power rests in the Executive. Unfortunately, the last time a President said "now I would like to see them enforce it" it led to the Trail of Tears, so most Presidents are understandably gunshy on that
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Theoretically Congress could overrule them, but then all they have to do is rule that overrule unconstitutional for *insert BS test*. Long story long, Congress gave up control when they didn't immediately push back on Marbury v. Madison. The one trick left is SCOTUS has no way to enforce it's 1/x
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How did I memory hole this had Terry Crews?
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It's all fun and games until The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
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History That Doesn't Suck?
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Remember when people "were just being hysterical" for suggesting Roe would be overturned.
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Distance running is masochism with extra steps... I'll show myself out.
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Yeah, my mind went to Monty Python when I read the article too, but OPs lyrics slap, and are on tune for the musical *chefs kiss*
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That is the response of a true Olympian. In essence, "Yeah, I lost to our future. I honor them and am humbled to be a part of their journey. I would do it again." It's not about his pride, but about being there to see another story begin.
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Mark Hamill. The laugh is good, but Hamill's delivery of dialogue sells the character
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Thanks @rincewind.run. I have it bookmarked on my laptop, but not my phone.
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Then you end up with the Futurama episode where Star Trek became a religion...
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We, whom he brought joy and beauty in a hard world, salute him in the best way we can. GNU Sir Terry, I hope Death spared a special meeting for his best biographer.
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I also do a re-read every half-decade or so
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@rincewind.run has a great chart of where to start for each sub-series. For me, it will always be Reaper Man. For you friend, do you crave Justice? Guards! Guards! (Also best general rec) Do you want to see the beauty in Chaos? Reaper Man. Anarchist? Small Gods. Shakespeare nut? Lords and Ladies.
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