Unrelated, it’s crazy to me that Xerox has remained in the lexicon for so long.

Because blood is red regardless of oxidation.

I literally just argued the opposite with my FiL. I think property should be illegal to inherit. If you have multiple children, you usually end up with a disagreement on what to do with it and how to split it up. It allows the consolidation of property for wealthy families.

You’re just factually wrong. Now you may have an argument that someone that’s driving drunk may be a better driver than someone that’s a bad driver while sober, but alcohol impairment reduces inhibitions, increases reaction time, impairs motor control, and alters judgement. That objectively makes you a more dangerous driver compared to your sober self.

It was Snowball! He snuck into our group chat under the cover of night and sabotaged our great windmill war plans!

That’s because that isn’t a healthy thing to do in the first place. These people are essentially drowning and cutting them out of your life indiscriminately is like speeding away in a boat while you hope they manage to float to an island.

Having a tough conversation with them about your honest concerns is the only way to fix what people have become. It’s okay to tell them that their lack of empathy is making you feel sad/depressed. Don’t just tell them that they’re wrong and need to change their mind. Pick a specific thing they support and tell them what’s making you feel upset and let them ruminate on that. Only they can change their minds, so hopefully they view you as a close enough friend to reconsider their actions or beliefs.

Without converting the download to .pdf there’s no way to know and I don’t know if that’s even possible. The simplest way to download Wikipedia is through Kiwix. The largest download is 109.89GB and is stored in a .zim format so you need to use a specific application like Kiwix to read it, but its free and open source.

You can. You just need the storage space.

Not sure that I’ll be donating every year, but I also donated for the first time in 2024. Every little bit counts and when I can find the extra money, I’ll send it their way. Also, friendly reminder, it’s possible to download the entire contents of Wikipedia with less than 100GB. It’s just 16GB if compressed.

It could, but the democratic party is okay with his performance. They’re not going to bankroll attack ads on their own incumbent senator, so whoever tries to primary him would need to finance their own campaign.

No one runs against him and even if someone were, he’s the incumbent with party backing and all of the name recognition that comes with the decades of doing it.

Okay. Don’t conflate this with me supporting ICE or the fascio-authoritarian state…BUT, lots of wealthy Americans are traveling to Mexico for healthcare because it’s cheaper, faster, and in some cases just flat out better. I hope this is the case for the kid. If it is, she may have hit the lottery when she needed it most. They get a free ticket out of the US, potentially better healthcare, and maybe a shit load of money for the government ignoring her rights.

As opposed to a sex cult that is under control? /s

I’m not going to kill your dream but be careful. Lots of it would probably be covered in hydrazine which is super duper toxic.