Maybe they’re testing to see if and how we prove we’re in a simulation as part of figuring out if they are themselves in one

Maybe they’re re-creating the circumstances of their own world to test theories that they can apply in the real world, and since they can ponder whether or not they’re in a simulation then we have to be able to as well or we’d act too differently

Maybe it’s a total accident. They’re actually studying something over in Andromeda and we’re just a funny accident created as a byproduct of the rules of the simulation

Oh god neither do I, fuck that place. I just did a search for the account in the pic

While I understand this reading, even the briefest of glances at that guy’s twitter leaves absolutely no doubt about how much he is bought into the pro-Trump anti-“woke” mindset

Honestly I generally assume that everyone that isn’t a slightly portly northern English man carrying a pint does not play darts seriously

“Governor” is the title of the heads of the states of the USA, but not of the prime minister of Canada. He has - probably through stupidity rather than actual malice, not that he is lacking in the latter - basically described Canada as a state of the USA.

To be fair, this is usually a spam mitigation thing. Most places that do it have an automod that just deletes anything posted by an account less than x days / weeks old, rather than a human going through and doing it manually. It’s usually in the rules of the sub

A variant is requiring a certain amount of karma for the same reason

It also wasn’t uncommon to have a (partial) set of encyclopedias

“The big book of answers” as it was (jokingly) referred to in my childhood home. It was kept near the dinner table to settle arguments. It never settled them

I’m not saying the linked post got you banned, I’m saying that the discussion about the post is on there. However I did misread the modlog - your .ml account was only suspended, not permanently banned, so I will edit that

You also mistaken to think we believe there is a solution

I specifically said you didn’t think there was a viable solution

If you think is useless, just don’t engage.

That was also what I said

The mod and community were both on .ml until the mod’s account there got suspended, so it’s hardly a surprise that they’re taking up a pro-Russia position

Unfortunately it seems like the mod’s position on climate change in general, based on the discussion about the post that got them suspended, is that there is nothing we can do. Specifically because they think that the only solution would be population reduction and control, and that’s not politically viable. So I maybe wouldn’t bother listening to anything this persom says, because even if you think they are right there’s nothing useful to be done with the information

There’s a region close to the UN-forces-only section where each side is allowed a limited presence under the agreement. Israel still shouldn’t be occupying it, but putting troops there doesn’t necessarily violate this specific agreement deoending on the numbers involved

I don’t even like ESO much, but the trailer for Elder Scrolls Online’s High Isle expansion.

he should have won

Probably correcting the spelling errors from this. That would also explain the gap between “who” and “would”. Really have to wonder if correcting those was easier than just remaking the whole thing though

I think you generally avoid layering flags up like that. If you look at this Swedish flag for example, you can see that the yellow cross is made from three rectangular panels instead of just two, and the blue field doesn’t extend underneath the yellow either. So while it could be made with one blue rectangle and two yellow ones, it has instead been done with four blue ones and three yellow ones.

I’d guess colours might not look right if they’re layered up like that. Or maybe it’s to keep it light so it flies properly. Not sure about the why, but it does seem to be standard practice

We do have some amazing cheese and pastries, but we also have the slight misfortune of being in direct competition with France

I love this design. It’s so distinctive and simple at the same time. You don’t need to cut or sew anything more complicated than a triangle

Glasgow is the biggest satellite manufacturing location in Europe, so it probably does make sense to have some kind of launch capacity nearby too. It just, as the other person already said, perhaps makes less sense to have two separate launch sites servicing the same market

This post has taken the gutter crown of “worst burrito” away from the one time my friend ordered a burrito with no salsa, guac, cheese, beans, or vegetables. Man just wanted some beef and rice in a tortilla, and nothing else

We are indeed British

OP actually is watching for the plot

On a per capita basis it still emits about half as much as the United States.

This is still high, and China’s per capita emissions have only gone up over time so far. It currently emits about as much per person as the EU does. This is too much, and both China and Europe need to reduce their emissions by a lot. Every year that they don’t is more damage done.

Also, China’s emissions figures are misleading since it has an enormous surplus in trade of manufactured goods.

Consumption-based emissions paints a slightly better picture of China, but only slightly. It is still 90% of the EU’s per capita emissions on this metric.

And just generally, what on Earth is that last full paragraph? “If China almost doubles the number of cars it sells, and it subsidises all of them by this number that appears to have been plucked from nowhere, and then it also subsidises batteries and solar panels by the same amount, well that makes a really big number that America isn’t doing nearly as much as!”

The WP article is not some anti-China screed; it is openly discussing China’s very real opportunity to lead the way for the world here. It brings up a lot of the progress that China has made and its enormous success in manufacturing the things needed for cleaner power. That it also brings up some of the challenges China faces in doing so hardly seems “bizarre” to me. Right now China is doing no better than Europe, and the fact that they’re both better than America will help exactly none of us.

Nailed it