Hmmm. I usually go with the classical plural for latin based terms, but I have certainly seen both. OED gives both plurals as acceptable.

But I appreciate the comment. I used to do a lot of proofreading. Reddit can be painful sometimes.

In this sense it's more of a descriptor than a plural. Almost everyone has either 1 or 0.

I suppose I would be more proper to say "People with a uterus."

Or, and I'm just throwing this out there, AB could make beers that don't taste like water.

It's radical I know.

I actually used to work for the company and they would just grab people for tasting QC panels. Some of them were just like does it taste different? Does it taste at all?

ok, I'll do it.

Fuckin' close to water.

Ding ding ding. I'm a banquet fan. Coors light just gives the whole brand a bad name. They've stopped making it, but if you ever find it, check Coors Extra Gold. It's banquet that they just give a few extra days to in the tank. Good stuff.

They stopped making it during Covid because it's low volume and they needed the aluminum for the better selling varieties.

People with uteruses.

Actually I think you are right. As I thought it through.

Yes. You notice how I cleverly added "ignoring the time factor". There are near Earth asteroids, but I don't know the density or types. In today's world you can't make an investment with a 45 year payback.

If we could develop vehicles that didn't need low-energy orbits we could.. but that takes a space infrastructure that would take the resource we need. It's a total bootstrap problem.

While I love the idea, I have to ask. I've never actually run the numbers, but wouldn't asteroid mining be even more efficient?

Let's ignore the time factor for a Holman orbit to those asteroids and assume we are thinking long term. It seems the total energy outlay (which is really what all space travel is about) is much smaller per tonne to move a small asteroid into lunar orbit or HEO than it would be even to boost it from the moon.

And they come in all flavors: carbon based, ferric, silicates, ice, probably heavy metals, but we really haven't looked for them yet. What do you need and put 10,000 tonnes of it into orbit.

Reminds me of a story a couple years ago about a guy who did a grab and run in a restaurant and ran into 3 marines coming in.

He lost several teeth and broke a few bones when he "slipped on the curb and fell".

You know, I realized that, they do it here. I just don't think I've heard it called that. We just say they salted the road even though you know it's not salt.

Thank you. I came to ask. Us poor ignorant yanks.

> Swans in the UK are technically owned by the royal family

I did not know this. Makes a certain sense. There are still royal game reserves as well if I recall.

Still not sure why. Are swans some kind of religiously revered species? They can fly you know.

I have this problem with traffic coming to a complete halt as a string of ducks or geese cross a busy road. Just proceed, they can fly, you can't.

I think OP specified chef's knife, but yes, given one knife period, a chinese cleaver is what I would get.

Do you really think the Taliban is cosplay? 'Cause they beat the US military for many years and finally won. Of course they had home field advantage, but still.

Well it got that one right.

> multiple eye witness accounts via social media

I mean that's a good idea, but still not truth. I've seen lots of eyewitness accounts of events I've been at, and they weren't even close. Mostly people with a slant or agenda post their observation on social media.

Very true. And even if asked and it gives a cogent answer, it is just using the material it is trained on. Remember the twitter chatbot AI that turned very racist? It's all in the training data.

Sorry I had to giggle. Do people want candles that DON'T combust? Sounds like a wax stick to me.

Well let's stay focused here. Yes the cow dung and cow urine things are pretty silly. But this kid is being given life in prison for attempting to kill a food animal. They don't kill animals.

I know more than a couple young people in US cities, struggling to pay their rent who have started gofundme pages or gone into debt to pay for their 3rd cat's kidney surgery. My nextdoor neighbor paid for 2 cancer surgeries for her 13 year old dog. He had chemo to the point where they installed a port.

Respect for animal life takes many forms. Let's not go calling people we disagree with stupid.

Gas? Electric? Wall or stove combo? With cooktop or just oven?

And most importantly are you doing a remodel and if not, what width? I ask this because most of your real BIFL ovens will not be in the US 30" standard format.

imho you don't want commercial as that might require special permits and possibly some extra hardware (hoods, halon). The easy first filter is "pro-quality" not commercial.

> examples in movies or books where nations come together to face a common problem

and

> I would like to discuss realistic and possible scenarios in the coming decades where X situation leads nations to work together and society changes due to greater globalization and unification.

I don't see one. The only possibility I see is a very global huge disaster. If huge amounts of every nation are not wiped out, the ones not affected will simply use the opportunity. to move in on the others. That applies to every internal and external conflict. I love science fiction too.

Maybe a massive dose of MDMA thrown into every water supply in the world. That's literally the most practical method I can think of.

Not to try to compare, but this doesn't really phase me.

We had a local cop, ON duty, passed out asleep in his patrol car with a partial bottle of vodka open at his feet.

I think he got suspended with pay. That's gotta sting.

> They know VERY WELL the repercussions.

Well, yes they do. They know that as police officers they will most likely just get a pass.

At the price point there is nothing better.

I had like 3 pair I bought for about $10 each in the 70s, and wore them all through college. I was such a rebel I wouldn't wear blue jeans. They still had a press crease when I graduated.