For longevity, perhaps. Considering the Russian government’s penchant for poisoning people outside their territory, perhaps not.

so I just feel like I should be able to live my life and not have to worry about all this. Why can’t I?

Are you seeking permission or explanation?

They are the most orthodox of orthodox Jews and they are fucking nuts

The Haredi would like a word.

Is the ad revenue on mass transit actually high enough to support its operation?(ignoring even maintenance or expansion, or the replacement of unrepairable vehicles)

Technically, if you’re visiting the Big Bang, aren’t you home already in space?

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Can’t tell if serious or parody…

It’s both. If it didn’t have a plausible legitimate use, it wouldn’t work as a dog whistle.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/us/politics/river-to-the-sea-israel-gaza-palestinians.html

Everybody has bad actors, and they serve to complicate what oughtn’t be complicated, including language.

The absurdity and relative obscurity of this sends me

Implication being that if Republicans are losing in states they think they should win, they’re not going to change their positions, candidates, or arguments, but instead try to rig the system so they still win.

Criticism, constructively made, helps avoid bad ideas, and makes good ones better. But you don’t always know the better way when you see a bad one— I don’t need to know how to build a boat to know a screen door won’t float.

Part of the problem is one side having a desire for autonomy, and limited, at best sense of self-determination. Robbing them and the state they have grievance with of both their autonomies and capacities for self-determination doesn’t seem like a good answer to the problems they both have.

This. People are complicated, even when it is inconvenient.

Additional points for having the panels work according to the original scene.