Drusas

I don’t think the broader populace has any link between the two of them in their minds.

You should be a TV writer.

Not until he’s gotten through all of the peasants who live in the countryside.

I think I tasted a bit of bile in the back of my throat when I read your comment.

Well, it’s only a very, very recent problem in Japan. They had stagnation for decades. Little to no change in wages, little to no change in prices. In 2011, I was making something like 33,000 USD per year there and living very comfortably with ample savings and what the Japanese considered to be a large apartment. It’s a pretty affordable country, aside from travel. Or if you want to live in a fancy place in a desirable big city neighborhood.

(And yes, I have been to Japan since then and know that things have changed somewhat. It’s still cheap compared to the US. Food is so cheap, it’s amazing what you can get.)

I wonder if they even have what we think of as HR in Russia.

And the coup Maduro is currently engaged in? Any progress on that?

I think you might not know very much about the pain of third degree burns.

If he makes it, he is going to be infinitely full of regret with the consequences he’ll have to live with.

Orange baby crying because now everyone’s* seeing what a pathetic loser he is.

*Obviously not his dedicated deplorables.

Private investigations are not considered stalking.

I’ve never heard it used as an insult, more as a very mild expletive.

It’s in the Ukrainian constitution that they do not hold elections while at war. How horrible for Zelensky to follow their constitution.

But trying things is fun.

That’s fair.

As a woman, I would probably visit Saudi Arabia before I would visit India. India is literally the only country that a fellow traveler has ever recommended against going to to me.

I can accept that there are good things about Uttar Pradesh which are not reported to the Western world. For example, it looks like a beautiful place.

However, those good things not being reported doesn’t really impact the frequency of such horrible atrocities being committed there.

Some of them are also being eaten by wolves recently. The children, mostly. But that is not as common a problem as women being sexually assaulted is.

What the FUCK is wrong with Uttar Pradesh? Because it is almost always Uttar Pradesh. And more importantly, why isn’t the government doing anything about it?

I’ve heard that about The Dispossessed. I tried to listen to it on audiobook and the narration was terrible, so I just couldn’t get far into it. I need to pick up a physical or digital copy.

Oh, and Malazan is great. That one took me two tries to really get into as well, mostly because I initially had trouble keeping track of so many characters.