Adlach @ AdlachGyfiawn @lemmygrad.ml

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They should probably let the two million prisoners out of the giant open air prison.

When the CPC was losing to the KMT, they did not have more political power. I feel you're misunderstanding the quote, which is a colorful way of saying that force is the ultimate basis of all political power—which should be obvious from a cursory examination of international politics.

Three times as much solar being built as coal is still great, especially for a developing economy. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

Roddenberry died in 1991, which is well after 1972.

It really is uplifting to see a government meet (and so hugely surpass) their climate goals. Living in America, you'd think it was impossible from the way businesses/politicians talk.

This seems like an opportune time to note that Gene Roddenberry was a Marxist who strongly supported China. He almost certainly thought well of Mao.

15d10 damage on a successful save is still an average of 82.5 damage, or enough to kill a peasant 20.5 times over. I presume the Dex save is being able to find a relatively safe crevasse or something—the key word being "relative", since they'll still take enough damage to kill a rhino twice.

Can you imagine an episode where Picard doesn't agonize over this decision for 22 minutes and ultimately not do it? The guy spared the Borg.

My cat would die in seconds if I let him outside. He's too dumb to live.

They were changed from African pygmies in later versions of the book. You can still find early copies which describe them explicitly as such:

Willy Wonka tamped down speculation that he made them of chocolate. “They are real people! They are some of my workers!” He advised the group that these tiny black people had been “Imported direct from Africa!” They belonged to “a tribe of tiny miniature pygmies known as Oompa-Loompas. I discovered them myself. I brought them over from Africa myself—the whole tribe of them, three thousand in all. I found them in the very deepest and darkest part of the African jungle where no white man had ever been before.

The average age in the Gaza Strip is 18. Do you think that might have anything to do with Hamas not acting "grown up"? What do you expect out of one million teenagers you locked in a cell?

I can vouch for this. I just bought a TNG era uniform from them and it's quite nice. Got every piece except boots, which they don't sell.

I dunno, man. I usually only wear a sweatshirt when it's 32. You get used to the cold fast.

There was an article recently that said the researchers in Antarctica were wearing shorts because it was so warm (14F).

I haven't been carded in years and I'm 27. I think it's the beard.

Not particularly. Male cats get sleepier but overall I haven't found behavior changes much.

On the other hand, imagine being horny all the time with no thumbs to masturbate

What are they obligated to agree to? If I kick in the door to your house, what right do I have to discuss which half belongs to me?

Israel should have to surrender all of their illegally-occupied land and at the very least retreat to the UN-approved 1947 borders.

also, I'm leaking CFCs and trying to claw a hole in the ozone

Do you guys pronounce the L in salmonella?

Olives are great. Raisins taste how old people smell.