I never realized this. Thanks.

Dustin?

I think Wałęsa winning presidential elections. But I just kind of remember it happening and people talking about it, not actually seeing it on TV. It’s really hard to say what was the first live broadcast I remember. Fire in shipyard in Gdańsk happened in 1994, so when I was 10, but there was a song about it so maybe I remember it from the music video and not news from the day?

And EVs.

Truck carrying aggressive monkeys infected with hepatitis, herpes, and COVID crashes

A long as no one fucks the herpes monkey we should be fine.

in Mississippi

Shit.

Country? Are you some sort of socialist? Keep the government out of it. We should pay Elon Musk and Bezos to do it.

Fuck it, start geoengineering. Snowpiercer actually looked kind of fun.

You’re right. I will have kids so that children of conservatives don’t just get to run around the wasteland unchallenged but have to fight my kids for food and water. This will make me feel so much better.

They lost so looks like it didn’t work. Still, 'judge my skating but remember we have ballistic missiles" sure is a ballsy move.

Where I live one cafe did this:

It was about 70 years ago and become so popular that today everyone in the town uses it. You can just order ‘nube’ or ‘mitad’ and they will know exactly how much milk you want. Only in this one town though. Try this anywhere else and barista won’t know what you’re talking about. Not as cute as the guinea pigs of course.

… and it isn’t just representative of Trump … no matter how the country feels about it … his stupidity reflects on the entire nation.

This. I don’t think about what Trump will be remembered for as much as what mark will he leave on America. His orange face will forever be included in the lists of US presidents reminding everyone how stupid this country has become. The monuments he’s building and reforming will stay in Washington for centuries. The broken alliances, dismantled institutions, discarded laws… The US will never be the same after Trump and it will be his real legacy.

Just steal more money from EU. I’m sure that will fix the economy.

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I got a call from French embassy yesterday. Apparently they will run out of possible PM candidates by the end of the year and will start offering the job to foreigners. My turn will be March 5th from 13:00 to 13:20.

No, oppressive systems are hard to escape with or without digital ID. Digital IDs don’t introduce anything special. By itself they are very convenient. If people don’t want them in UK it’s their issue. It doesn’t change how those IDs are used in other places.

In Spain we had digital ID since forever. In Poland we have digital ID since couple of years and having ID was mandatory for decades. There’s nothing Orwellian about it. Just because one shitty government supports some policy doesn’t make this policy bad.

Why would you hunt squirrels?

I only know it from pop culture and online comments but in TV shows everyone wants to be the “house that gives out good candy” and people often brag about investing in better candy. So I don’t know, maybe most people don’t care but the concept of a competition is definitely out there.

In Spain there’s a tradition to give out candy during The Wise Men parade. The town hall buys the candy, not the parents (socialism!), and they are mostly the cheapest ones because it’s just for fun.

You can give out candy without turning it into competition and forcing everyone to spend money.

Spending money on stuff is the essence of American existence. When you stop doing it, America will die.