They absolutely are - the non-American aligned countries are afraid sanctions would prevent their ability to trade at all and want a better medium for exchanging goods. Everyone has seen the damage sanctions caused to Russia and are afraid of what might happen to themselves.
For 6€ you should be able to get 5g data at that rate. I’m on 5GB @5G for 5€ on Lebara.
Canadian phone plans are insane. I’m on Roger’s and they graciously allow me to “Roam like Home” for only 15/day in Europe… or I could buy a SIM card for five Euros that’ll last me a fucking month.
That isn’t even, imo, the weirdest Basement Jaxxs video - I’d give that crown to Where’s Your Head At
However, I think the HK Slap is also incredibly weird.
With Trump incoming there’s a pretty finite clock on how long Ukraine has to cease hostilities. Otherwise it’s likely to face united opposition.
As a former Vermonter with a lot of state pride… you’d be amazed how few gallons Vermont actually produces! Also, if shit really hits the fan, we might end up with Vermont too!
Yeah - but I bet a few Canada Goose jackets to the right guy will get me a waiver.
It may be fine for you - but when you date someone at work, you run the possibility of making it awful for everyone around you.
It unhealthy to seek to establish relationships at work because you or the other person may suddenly be forced to leave. You should have a support network outside of your employer.
That all said, you spend most of your waking hours at work so it’s likely you will form friendships and you should celebrate those and try to shift them outside of the workplace to preserve them if employment statuses suddenly change.
The only actual disadvantage of work friends is that those strong relationships can keep you in a position that isn’t healthy for you and it makes it more difficult to come to the decision to leave for greener pastures.
The only thing I consider verboten is dating at work. Don’t date some from work - never. NEVER.
Enjoy that Aunt Jemima with your pancakes, buddy.
As your Canadian buddy, do you want a hookup? We’ll meet on the border of Alberta and Montana under the moonlight where the moose crows.
I had zero interest in getting laid as a teenager as well, but my lack of interest was because I had other priorities. If you were in a similar place in your teens, then I don’t think there’s anything to regret. It isn’t fair to judge yourself at one point in life from another - in each moment we only have so much information available and, ideally, we make decisions with that we consider good with that information.
100% - Meta’s opinion on this matter is absolutely irrelevant.
I agree, but I tend to use evangelicals because they are the worst and clearest example.
Recounts generally only correct for errors in vote counting - if different systems are used (i.e. electronic tally for initial count and by hand for recount) where one is cheaper and faster and the other is more expensive and more precise then it makes sense to trigger automatically if the vote is close enough that error could account for a swing.
However, recounting using the same system will result in the same outcome (varied by whatever amount of error is inherent in that counting system) with the single exception being suspected interference in the counting process.
If, for instance, there’s a municipality suspected to be staffed by pro-Russian bureaucrats then it makes to recount the result using trusted actors as a way to remove possible error.
Mandatory recounts with the same system and participants don’t get us anything particularly meaningful.
I agree that critical thinking could likely reduce the problem (though I think equal education access is difficult and religion is still harmful in communities that have been denied proper access to education). However, religious zealots purposefully create these education vacuums so if religion is tolerated then it will slowly deprive society from equal education access.
Religion just seems to inevitably make shit worse.
I do completely agree that this isn’t limited to WASPs - psuedo-religious bullshit like crystals and fortune telling perpetuate the same issues… they tend to be less well organized but given time small faiths seem to entrench themselves. There is an excellent example of this in the meteoric rise of Scientology.
I am confused. Is the concern that the vote counting process was compromised or that voters were unduly swayed before the election?
I’ve heard grumbling about the latter (especially regarding TikTok) but a recount wouldn’t remedy that.
Sir, I doth guffaw at Aldi.
Evangelicals literally couldn’t give a shit about reality… they live in a fantasy world where the world will end next year and where the only moral abortion is my abortion because those other women were tramps or some other bullshit.
These people are fucking broken from having propaganda shoved down their gullets 24/7 and rather than treating Evangelicalism as a mental health crisis America decides to put them in government.
About twenty years ago, I was happy to live and let live when it came to religion… it’s now clear that it isn’t just the opiate of the masses. It’s a poison to society. Some people find comfort from trauma in religion, and it legitimately helps them - but the cost to society is too great.
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