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I didn't know anything other than cardboard or plastic could be corrugated, but I guess it makes sense. Why should it be only cardboard and plastic?

What?

I'm not referring to simplicity of vocabulary so much as...I guess feeling like it's written in natural language? This is a problem with a lot of earlier sci-fi in general. It tends to be really good on ideas and not be especially well written when it comes to characters and relatability.

I'm sure I could think of something to recommend over it, but I have not put the thought into it at this point. I just think she is a great example of a sci-fi writer with great ideas but not the most natural and welcoming writing style.

Among whom, though?

You are really going to need to tl;dr that. I'm not one to not read, but that's just excessive.

May he rot in prison.

While I understand what it means, I don't think I will ever understand how that is supposed to look like a face. What's wrong with its nose?

I'm not sure I agree that she is the most accessible to a modern reader.

This is what really gets me. They are the same fucking age. And Trump has sounded like he has dementia for years now. But he vigorously has dementia, so I guess that makes it better?

Howell described Dykes’ case as one of the most egregious she has seen among Jan. 6 defendants. Dykes, a former marine, had previously been arrested for his involvement in the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and had been on a path of escalating violence and adherence to white supremacist extremist views before Jan. 6.

On the day of the attack, Dykes ripped down fencing that helped the mob advance to the Capitol, wrenched a riot shield out of the hands of a police officer and then watched as the outnumbered police line guarding the rotunda doors collapsed. Inside the Capitol, Dykes joined a concerted push by a large crowd attempting to breach a police line outside the Senate chamber.

Is sugar the only one that you taste?

Stupid doesn't equal funny.

I don't think I could ever buy that because every time I looked at it, it would give me a headache.

Kamala Harris has less chance of winning than Biden does. Nobody has ever been a big fan of Kamala Harris. She's not popular based on actions or personality, she's a cop, she's a woman, and she's not white.

If the intention is to truly get someone who will win more reliably than Biden, it's going to have to be another old white guy. Or at least a white guy.

It sucks, but that's where we are.

By all accounts, Vietnam can be a very nice place to live. Cuba, maybe not.

Sure, but if he wants to get away with it up here in Seattle, all he has to do is run them over with his SUV.

Of course. I have. Spent some time in Japan. I would very happily go back, but I'm in the States again now.

I don't remember a strike on Sunday or Monday.

If polio is a problem, the problem is that people aren't vaccinated. So yeah, that's what they should be doing. They should also be vaccinating the Palestinians.

Also, pretty much every army vaccinates its soldiers. As well they should. I don't know why you would be advocating for them to be unvaccinated, thus enabling them to spread disease.

No, we all learned that ages ago. That doesn't mean we don't care if he lies.