@Mik said in Christmas present for Aqua?: He would, but for his daughter. Pretty sure he wouldn't want to explain 'fuck the pumpkins' to her. I'd wear a hoodie over it whilst at home, definitely.

Glad I don't live in California!

@Aqua-Letifer said in The Threat: @LuFins-Dad said in The Threat: @Jolly Yeah, now ask them which media… What does that matter? Both sides are right. They are, but both sides think their media is fine, it’s the other guys… Even Bernie believes he’s a moderate…

It would be nice to zoom in on where in the process the sane people get filtered out. It's fun to lament the crazies we eventually have to choose between, but that's not the part of the process that admits to a solution. One might discover that there are no sane people running, and everybody looks insane when put under the microscope of important public office.

A version of that has always been the complaint. That’s why the Robert Reich’s of the world prefer price controls and attacking “corporate greed”.

@Doctor-Phibes Hell. I conflated Gillette with Jolly's post about BPS. Cats, aka Fog Brain.

20% is way too high. In any other social climate than modern Western civilization, I'd say 10% is too high.

Ratings.

Camel nose, meet tent.

@Copper said in "I aged out of it.": If a soccer player gets too old for the Under-12-years-old division, they age out. That’s the usage I hear.

@George-K I think you should be a music critic. Your analysis of music is always very good!!

Somewhat related and not very well, known, but Premier Kim Il Sung of DPR Korea had a similar thing on his neck. Below is one of the few pictures of it, as he was always required to be photographed from the left side to hide the vision of it. [image: kim_il_sung_tumor_1980s.jpg]

@bachophile Enjoy!!!

@taiwan_girl said in The state of China's military: They are either afraid to make a decision because of fear of upper level bad feedback, or because their whole background in schooling and training is based on being told what to do, even officers do not know how to think independently. Sounds like the mindset of the Russian military.

My understanding is he didn’t formally quit but he pretty much ordered the check in his last presser.

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1583192246597607425?s=20&t=ZKZfZPCDX046qC0B79BfaQ