That’s an interesting take but with our term lengths that means a 15y can vote for president and senator but can’t vote for a house rep.

Does the podcast still have to be in English? And what topics are you usually interested in?

Dog piss is a salty slightly acid stream of water. I.e. it is more direct damage than general mist.

Strawberries, saved you a click.

By ourselves not easily. But such a war is World War III…everyone is getting involved.

Russia has already shown their military is subpar. Ukraine aid has still been quite limited in terms of how much of the more advanced stuff we’ve been willing to give them and ability to strike Russian targets. They’ve already got over 500,000 casualties not to mention equipment losses. They’re starting with a disadvantage regardless of how Ukraine turns out. Biggest issues from Russia-owned GOPers continuing to detract and otherwise make full support difficult as well as disinformation campaigns.

The middle east is difficult. Question of getting bogged down (as per usual) as well as nuclear concerns. With NATO support on one side and opposing Russia-China support the other. Israel would likely be the biggest ally here(it is a major reason they get military support from us) and already have advanced weaponry and of course genocidal rage. Something something about enemies and enemies.

China would be the most difficult issue if already engaged with Russia and Iran. Numbers and military quality are certainly a concern. All the outsourced manufacturing would also be a major headache, honestly not certain which side would be hurt more by that economically. That said many nearby countries would probably be willing to aid in small and large ways because of dislike of China. Furthermore their last major military engagement was in Vietnam 1979 with skirmishes until 1991. So 30-40y on most Chinese commanders and infantry don’t have actual battle experience. So question of quality and whether with allies we could stand up to their manpower and manufacturing capacity.

Not certain how much Africa would come into play as that’d be a real mess.

All in all, winnable or not would only be determined by actual battle. Major losses of life for all involved.

India was a British colony for a long-ass time. English is the second most known language in India behind Hindi. More than 10% of the population speaks at least some English. English is also prominent among more educated fields because many indians study abroad in the US and UK. On an article written in English it is common to use photos that readers can understand. I assume there were/are also Hindi sign that just aren’t presented here.

Hindi is spoken by about 40% of the population.

Paperback. I’ve sometimes waited for paperback versions of books after their initial hardcover release. Cheaper, lighter, same reading, I used to be less patient so would suck it up and get the hardcover, nowadays I don’t read as much so waiting is easier. I read a lot when traveling and hardcovers are just such a pain. The only “nice” collection I have is LOTR+hobbit.

I’m trying out an eReader soon but I’m not sure I’ll be able to get away from the desire of physically turning pages.

NK will be their Japan, while Africa becomes a mishmash (again), China plays as a USSR type and Greece can be the new Italy.

I’m a 2 on the scale unless i try (I can do 1 but it’s not fast or easy for complex things).

Visualization isn’t usually an active thing for me. But when you say “think of a car accident” I can visualize one generic car t-boning another on a generic road. If you ask me to describe a room in my house I visualize most of the things there and described based off that visualization.

Hugging, yeah. My joints(knees, shoulders, back) are too fucked for what play wrestling is between guys, I forget that when I see my brother after a while but I get reminded right quick. No snuggling, but I’m also not usually on a couch when we hang, still probably not.

You’re not supposed to just say hot potato. Use it the middle of a sentence then say it fast.

Trial on people who they don’t care about upsetting.

They stopped being hosted by the league of women voters in 1988 because both political parties wanted to be able to frame the debates as they wished and as such started sponsoring their own debates and tried to impose several restrictions on how LWV debates would be ran. As a result LWV backed out of presidential debates but they still sponsor other debates.

1988 to 2020 presidential debates were run by the “commission on presidential debates” basically a nonprofit co-founded and run by both the DNC and RNC. This year both campaigns opted out of the CPD debates and are only doing 2 at all, one sponsored by CNN and the other by ABC. Last year debates were a shitshow so it’s not exactly surprising.

At a societal level young people arent getting the benefits of their work. We’re getting what is paid for. They’re paying those old guys pensions+benefits but their own has been cut to the marrow. Consumers pay isn’t going to them. And good fucking luck to any of them trying to start up against behemoths both local and national that can nip them in the bud before they become competitive.

Yeah, same shit new sites.

Not a weeb but I think that’s most places if you don’t look or speak like them. I’m American but I’m brown, west coast, bigger cities there’s enough brown people I don’t stand out. Down south, rural small towns, most of Europe those reactions and percentages sound about right.

Welcome to being a minority.

No, and no. My PhD thesis was on gene delivery. We’re barely getting into the simplest modifications for disease treatment. Multigene stuff, and spatiotemporal control is still a ways off.

Most dogs are fine actually. A small seemingly random percentage go into kidney failure so it’s easier and more humane to just not take a chance.

In a similar vein as your dogs but in Asian countries the dogs also eat/get fed leftovers which include plenty of spices, which are also stated online as problematic for dogs.

Pretty sure this goes against discord ToS because Discord wants to do that themselves.

So vote in the primaries. But when it comes to the general the “both sides” isn’t accurate and acting like it is is either willful ignorance, privilege, or trolling.