Haus

I’m glad. I’ve seen it a few times and that wasn’t my first guess.

Literally the artificial gravity on surface ships. Sometimes, if you time it just right, you can float up 7 stairs or completely miss your bunk.

Given up? I don’t know. I’ve been appalled pretty much non-stop since 2000, though. When we were taught history, the X’ers learned that the pendulum always swings back the other way. And when you looked back, the notion always kind of held water. But, draw a line from Nixon through Reagan, the Bushes, to Trump, and the conclusions you’ll draw are pretty grim.

There was an influential statement that was true in 1990 that was haunting, though: “The only presidential democracy with [more than 41 years] of constitutional continuity is the United States.” (I think there are around 5 others now between 40 and 70-something years old now.) Despite having a long run, this system isn’t particularly sturdy.

We’ll see, I guess.

Encourage them to get married. It’ll put an end to that shit tout suite.

I just saw an episode of 8oo10cdc where Suzy Dent specifically said these aren’t words. My money’s on Suzy.

What about Nightwish, hockey, and hydraulic presses?

Dead on - mid 1990s.

I think HK Cantonese is aggressive in much the same way as Boston English is. Speaking HK Cantonese puts me in a whole different persona than speaking Beijing Mandarin. But I’m 1000x more competent in the latter.

Do even English people say “I’ve fallen sick”? Sounds so dramatic.

A kid in my class put his arm inside a… I don’t remember if it was a lion or tiger cage back on the 70s before safety was a thing. Being armless isn’t the end, but I bet he regretted that decision.

I’d advise using an African Swallow.