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I was going to go with 3, but there's precedent for 3.2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill

I don't agree that it's minimal effort for kids to get hold of cigarettes and alcohol, though it's probably not too difficult for older teens to do so.

I await the executive order declaring that pi is now exactly 3.2 Maybe that should be called bigly pi. This reminds me of Lsyenkoism.

They're usually covered by age limit laws and also not "free" as they cost money to purchase. In what sense are they available freely to kids?

I remember her due to her accent (I'm english too). Next you'll be telling me that nobody remembers Frank Oz in it. Or Mr. T.

I didn't know that and Donnie Darko is one of my favourite films. From Wikipedia: "The Killing Moon" by Echo & the Bunnymen was replaced with "Never Tear Us Apart" by INXS, which K…

To my mind, tracking a vehicle/person's movements sounds pretty much like a search. What concerns me is that they didn't have any reason to conduct that search in the first place. …

I'll add Donnie Darko and The Blues Brothers (that may be cheating, though).

To me, it appears that Flock cameras are a mass surveillance tool and that fits in fairly well with the US becoming more fascist (e.g. ICE agents murdering civilians). It also seem…

Also of note is that the "99 flake" ice cream features in the manifesto of Count Binface - he wants to reduce their price to 99p.

"Ankh-Morpork no longer had a fire brigade. The citizens had a rather disturbingly direct way of thinking at times, and it did not take long for people to see the rather obvious fl…

> a full-scale invasion of a fully committed US military should absolutely be able to conquer and hold Iran I doubt that - Iran is very large and would require something like consc…

> As for controlling Hormuz, the US military absolutely could control Hormuz I don't see how they could manage that without a full-scale invasion and control of Iran. It's far too …

You're right, I thought I was replying to a different comment somehow.

I wouldn't classify bagged salad as an ultra processed food as it's usually just cut and cleaned leaves from the various ingredients. It's not like they pour all the leaves into a …

Depends on the business and some will just put a "speak to the staff if you have an allergy" on the menu.

That sounds like a bad idea if produce can be freely sold across state lines even when it doesn't meet the standards required in a particular state. It's the right conditions to pr…

China is also fascist by the usual four measures (cult-like worship, hyper-nationalism, a merciless surveillance apparatus and the glorification of military strength), but that has…

Still in common use in Britain as far as I know. A more local (Bristolian) word would be "keener" used to describe someone who puts lots of effort into a task to win praise.

English tends to just borrow/steal words from other languages if they're useful enough. It could also be something to do with the lack of consistency of english rules so it's not s…

I'm not sure what you mean by "cleans up itself" as it doesn't just disappear. What is likely is that it gets distributed through various ecosystems and thus is no longer in the st…

I think the word you were looking for is "kakistocracy" - government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.