Which is the point. Voting third party won’t fix the system, certainly not at the presidential level. So work with what you have now, and work towards something better in the areas where it’s actually possible.

I’ll give you an upvote just for knowing what type of gem it was. So many South African diamond mine comments smh.

Because the way to get rid of angry, desperate people is to kill them. A better way is to get rid of the desperation, which usually gives them something to lose, which gives them less desire to engage in actions that will lose them. That’s why the War on Terror ended in a withdrawal, and not a victory. Sure, education and economic improvement isn’t very fast, but some governments seem to be more than okay spending a couple decades doing something different.

No, this won’t get rid of all of the terrorists, but how many of the wealthy, educated, married extremists with families are actually willing to risk their lives for their beliefs?

Like most questions that devolve to, “What would the world be like if people stopped doing bad things and just <insert wish here>?” pretty great. (The wish in this case is help each other with raising children.) Now if only we could get people to stop doing bad things.

Or an r in wash. Warsh, or Warshington.

It’s generally only l before m, and b after m. So no l sound in salmon or calm, but there is in solve. Oddly, there’s no l sound in salve. Likewise, there is no trailing b sound in bomb, dumb, or lamb. Of course, it’s important to remember this is English, where the exceptions outnumber the rules, which is expected when you mash three languages together with a sprinkling of the rest of the languages.

There are a handful of commercial sailing vessels for both cargo and cruises, although they are hard to find. Here is one I found that still seems to be in service. A fairly complete list of sailing vessels can be found here. Some that are listed as currently sailing actually aren’t, but it’s still a place to look. The Royal Clipper seems to do the occasional transatlantic cruise, so that could be relevant for the OP. I didn’t take price into consideration, they could be quite expensive.

While I get that it’s not a small feat, and an unusual finale for space flight, this isn’t much higher than some skydiving packages you can book today. Still pretty ballsy for back then.

You were added to a group chat that was described to you as a way to make sure everyone got home safe. If you didn’t want to be a part of it, you could have easily waited until everyone checked in, expressed your happiness that everyone was safe and removed yourself from the chat. If you didn’t want another group forming without you being able to keep tabs, that obviously wouldn’t work. So I have to wonder about your motivations when you don’t take the easy and obvious way out.

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I started having trouble with one of my knees when I was a teenager, probably due to reckless behavior. Still have chronic joint pain, with most of them, but at least I don’t get the acute knee pain anymore. I can usually tell when my knee movement is going to cause problems and stop the action before it kicks in. But it’s been at least a year since i was pain free without medication.

I’d rather drink regular water than these drinks that taste like you refilled a glass that had previously been used for a drink that actually had flavor, but enjoy it if that works for you. It’s certainly healthier than regular sodas.

It really isn’t useful if you’re viewing images, obviously, but it has has some benefit in other realms. It’s a good idea for an international market, but it will take time for everyone to buy into it and get used to it.

If you unsub and suddenly get emails from a new address from the same organization, that is absolutely spam.

Me: “Bob, I don’t want to hear from your company anymore.”

Bob: “Okay, you won’t hear from me anymore.”

Jeff, Bob’s coworker: “Hey, we have some great stuff we’d like to tell you about!”

Me: “Fuck off, Jeff, and that goes for all of your and Bob’s coworkers, as well.”

You didn’t say it was better now, you said this didn’t happen since the Islamic Republic, like there weren’t You did say it was better than when the Western-installed government was there, but you are talking like having literal morality police and the Arab Spring (and the government response) never happened. I may not be as aware of the complete history of a country half a world away from me as I should be, but I haven’t forgotten world news from 2 years ago, either.

This is an anecdote, but it is also absolutely not speculation. I won’t install Epic, I avoid most AAA launchers/required accounts, prefer GOG, and get most of my games on Steam. Epic and many other studio launcher apps are hostile to the consumers or just a royal pain to use. I have a couple Sony games. Why should I have to be online to play a 20-year-old single-player game that I bought through Steam? So now I check if they have that garbage before I buy them through Steam.

I think Steam could afford to charge less, but I don’t think most smaller companies could get a basic store up for less than they charge (and the big companies have the tools to determine if thos is saving them money), and that still doesn’t get you everything Steam brings to the table, consumer confidence being the most important.

Let me help you.

Yeah, I’m not defending either group, just pointing out that the group the other poster was defending had the same things happen or worse.

Here’s a link based on data also from the UNDP, but from a couple years later and going back further. Except for a few years around that revolution, it looks like a pretty stable trend, which isn’t really damning or praising for the progress under either regime, imo.

Then you need to look again.