Yes, specifically Sweden is harbouring dissident refugees from Turkey, and Erdogan considers them terrorists (because they won’t vote for him)

Well, and the fact that China used is part ownership of Zoom to snoop into all kinds of peoples meetings to identify people who supported Hong Kong democracy protests and attempt to extradite and imprison them

So they will absolutely use Tik Tok for hostile means

And yes we need to crack down on domestics data abuses as well

The retort is a quote from M.A.S.H.

Yeah, but everyone in hell deserves to be there. Most victims of war are innocent.

It’s actually an Alias I created based on a character from this game I’m probably seriously dating myself. But I assume you are reading the Riftwar books the game was based on? I never read them myself

I’ve used it for online games since EverQuest

The Imperial System originates from….Imperial England. So Imperial IS the English system. (It’s just that the English one day looked up and said “hey the way the French do this is much better!”

Yeah, my mind went to “she rated it a 2 out of 10” then learned her boyfriend made it himself and he was super sad.

You’ll want to buy a house BEFORE the rates crash. As soon as rates fall, house prices are going to skyrocket again.

If you are psychic and can time up your purchase to a couple of months before they announce an intention to drop rates, you’ll probably get your best possible deal.

Eat the high rates for a couple of years, then refinance at a lower rate if/when they do come down

If you do any dives around Hawaii in the tourist spots, there’s a good chance to see Grey Reef Sharks. Usually about 4-5 feet long and really have a classic shark “look” but aren’t that aggressive with humans.

Xennials represent!

Well I can’t, but my wife once ordered a martini with a specific vodka, and if they didn’t have that specific vodka to come back and she’ll change her order.

They brought the martini and after 1 sip, she sent it back because she could taste the wrong vodka.

The bartender came over to ask how she could tell (didn’t deny, just didn’t believe anyone could tell)

The Constitutional Democratic Republic of Czechia?

Yes, I use this when coaching. I ask what the moral of the story is, and when someone parrots “slow and steady wins the race” I say “no, the moral is hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard”.

If you have talent + work ethic you’re unbeatable.

A comic strip about a 2 year old toddler. But when they made it a cartoon, they aged him up to be like 8-10, but didn’t change his stories or behaviour, so it’s a 10 year old who acts like a 2 year old. Kids who watched the show developed obvious behaviour problems, kicking and screaming when things didn’t go exactly how they wanted, just like Caillou.

What was that you said about your Aunt’s Cans?

It was posted on Reddit in other sub, OP said "I put my figurine here and took photo" This person obviously copied it and posted it here

It’s not a mushroom, it’s a figurine, probably plastic or porcelain.

And ruin this meme able story? And that’s why you can’t be trusted with time travel!!!!

Wait! That doesn’t sound very good, nor kind!

Prosecutor was seeking 4 years, judge decided on half that with 2 years, plus access to a facility to deal with his medical diagnosis

The headline is outrageous yes, but the victim survived and the perp is getting a jail sentence.

At the end of it, even you you think he should have got the full 4 years, the reduction to 2 isn’t actually THAT out there

It is human nature to want and need, then to seek to acquire. The method chosen to seek and acquire can vary from “do it alone” to “ask for help” to “force that person to help”

The cooperation/domination dynamic is just the reaction to the nature of wanting (safety, power, comfort, wealth etc)

Well it’s either Huawui hardware with built in back doors for Chinese state hackers to have guaranteed access or other hardware that might be less secure in general but lack the Chinese back door.

So they could actually be more secure from Chinese hacking but maybe less secure from random black hats?