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On my app, tapping the image makes it full screen. I had to figure out how to get to the raw Markdown of the post and go from there.

For those who come after: https://slrpnk.net/comment/16864626

There's an actual response to the issue at hand in that link; man didn't just decide to drop a meme and peace out (though I probably would've assumed that was the case if it wasn't for the edit)

Slightly tangential, but something that really pisses me off is how we had something like this system for elections for mayors and some other local positions.

The Supplementary Vote was used for all combined authority mayoral elections until the Elections Act 2022 abolished it. It was basically the Alternative Vote (Instant Runoff/Ranked Choice Voting) but limited to two choices: the top two candidates who received the most preferences would advance to a runoff which used the second choices. It's similar to the French system but it's all done on the same ballot instead over two separate votes.

The Tories had it in their manifesto to replace it with FPTP, and they did that through the EA2022. I knew they weren't on board with changing parliamentary elections to a better system, but getting rid of (marginally better) established systems says a lot to me about what they think about democracy.

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me if hayfever didn't exist:

This might be getting into the weeds a little, but to me, "bottle of water" implies a single-use bottle already filled with water, while "water bottle" implies a bottle that is made to be (re)filled with water

Wow, TIL, thanks for the info!

Oh okay, fair enough. Out of interest, what does Jagex have against the Brits?

Nope, just straight up blocked

I tried to follow that link and it seems Cloudflare blocked me. Don't suppose you know who I'd need to talk to to resolve that would you?

I think they've made one for every iteration. It's where we get some of the alternate canon names for the protagonists, like Akira Kurusu and Minato Arisato.

I turn 29 in a few months and scored 2. I would not be surprised if I've forgotten an instance of using a typewriter or listening to a boombox outside though.

The article seems to say that it's not a bill that goes through Parliament, more that it's akin to secondary legislation, which can't be subject to a petition? Meaning that the Swiss people would need to petition for a constitutional amendment rather than an optional referendum, which makes this slightly more complicated (and requires a lot more effort)

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The two-round runoff system France uses is not proportional. It's not even necessarily ensuring an MP is elected by a majority, because there are some situations where the runoff can be contested by more than two people. But it's still a better system than a single round, since it does afford a voter some level of protection against voting against the establishment, at least in the first round

The staffers who resigned were all originally employees of the United States Digital Service, a technology unit established during President Obama’s second term in 2014. The unit was renamed and reorganized in January via executive order by Trump into the Musk-headed DOGE.

In my experience, people who like cock and balls generally like looking at cock and balls in porn, if only for help fantasising about playing with said cock and balls. Dressing them up makes them less sexual and more humourous, which someone might be into in the same way as playing "got your nose" with your arse cheeks. Though it's only funny for a split second when you're not expecting it, then you actually have to remove the costume in order to access the cock and balls.

I think it's because most of those folks don't want to see other people's Johnsons.

I mean... Men who like men exist, though I say that as a pan-guy that doesn't really seek out penis. Not repulsed, they just seem boring. Seeing them dressed up is actually funny and interesting until I get bored

Do you want another 9/11?

Even if they don't, it feels like it would help them...

Similar interface, different values. Not to say that the one in the article isn't absolutely egregious as well though, so my point only really matters if you care about OP's image specifically.

Legally, the King can exercise the royal prerogative unilaterally. However, it's widely thought that if he ever did so, Parliament would act quickly to remove the last of that power, so it's exercised on the advice of the Prime Minister as a matter of convention.

ETA: Apparently, it's debatable whether this also applies to dissolving Parliament, even though that's a prerogative power. See this article on the Royal Prerogative in the UK