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Hungary is in the EU, but they're white so it doesn't bother you.

It makes more sense to shore up relations in the Western hemisphere than to go halfway around the world.

There's a few BRICS member and partner countries in the Western hemisphere already: Brazil, Bolivia, and Cuba. In addition to the current members, the US is pissing all over its partners in Latin America and I think we can expect even more countries to join. If the US really is declining, Canada has to think about who its partners in the Western hemisphere are going to be.

Wrong.

Canada should join BRICS

I consider my appearance to be armor. I put on makeup and cute clothes and style my hair so I can face the world. Helps my social anxiety.

Also, totally doesn't take that much time. 20 minutes max once you get into the habit of it.

If lab grown teeth give me better reception then I'm all for it!

We're doing genocide and it makes me want to die. We are all complicit. You did nothing to me, but what about the thousands of children your tax dollars are murdering every month? Do you feel any guilt for that?

Or do you think they deserve it because some of them have backwards opinions about lgbtq people?

I'm trans, they're gonna fucking kill me dawg

I just hate this God damn country

We get what we deserve. 😔

That makes sense, but it's still strange because it means in the case of a fire the entire building has to be treated the same anyway because there is something in the building that reacts with water even if its separate.

I guess it is helpful to indicate that there are multiple substances that have different reaction profiles, but it still seems strange to me.

The reason for listing them separately is because each individual chemical has its own ratings. You can’t simply take the highest of each and combine them into a single sign. For instance, in this case one chemical isn’t flammable but is explosive when heated. The other chemical is flammable but not explosive. So if you see a chemical on fire, you know it’s the second chemical and isn’t explosive. But if you see something that isn’t burning in a room full of fire, you know it’s a potential powder keg waiting to explode.

Okay, so the two signs on the building have a weird combination.

The sign on the left indicates something that isn't flammable, but reacts with water. The sign on the right indicates something that is flammable, but there's no risk of reacting to water. If the building caught fire then a first responder on the scene has to read both signs at the same time. They can't spray the building with water because the non-flammable substance would react with the water.

So why aren't the signs combined? They have to be treated the same anyway.

Critical support.

Someone gave him a busy box. 👶

Critical support ✊

Sure, but I don't think the building should have two labels. I think it should have one label that reflects a warning for everything in the building.

Imagine you have a crate with two different chemicals. The chemicals are in different bottles so they aren't mixed, and each bottle has its own label.

Should the crate have two unidentified labels like this, or one? There's no indication what those labels refer to on the building.

But the building, as a whole, pesents the combined risk of both chemicals.

But it's just slapped on the side of the building with no indication of which chemicals the labels are for, I don't think that's how it's supposed to be done. It'd be like mixing two chemicals into a bottle and then putting two labels on it.

I think there should just be one label that combines the warning levels of both i.e. 3-2-2-W

As others have said, these are NFPA signs.

What I want to know is why there are two different ones. What the hell does that mean?

People are being sent to concentration camps.

Without revolution, things stay the same. Risk death on your feet or live on your knees.

Sometimes you can get lucky and avoid revolution, and we should always strive for those peaceful alternatives, but sometimes there's no other choice.