I say yes. It’s one of my favorite genres (if you can call it one) and definitely includes loop-based plots like Groundhog Day and Primer. But I also enjoy the Terminator Series and Back to the Future and others that don’t really loop that way. I suspect most fans are similar. It’s hard to imagine enjoying one premise but not the other.

Also: https://xkcd.com/657/

Lake Superior has the same surface area as the entire country of Austria. It even has its own climate systems. Hell yes it should count, let alone the entire lake set. They’re more like inland freshwater seas.

Your anecdote is only the surface level. People may be spending more at shops because they expect inflation will keep going up and the things they need will just get more expensive. And they don’t expect they can save for larger purchases like housing or renovations so they’re buying lower level items while they can afford them. These sort of shallow effects might look like a prospering economy on the outside but they can mask an uglier core.

I could go give it a negative review if that would help you feel more grounded.

Just kidding, congratulations :)

Right? That should be the message. Average folks appreciate essential services if you press them. But there have been enough scandals and mismanagement (esp. schools and healthcare) that they’re very distrustful that their tax dollars are being used correctly. I don’t know if it’s audacity so much as they just don’t understand that the GOP has been actively sabotaging our systems for decades. But the Dems never seem to call that out, like they’re afraid to name and shame their opponents as liars and swindlers.

The Dems kept making big proclamations about how the economy has rebounded under the Biden administration. But no one except the wealthy has benefited from that. It felt genuinely insulting every single time. Average folks in the US keep seeing bills, grocery prices, subscription services, and especially housing costs rise steadily. People are so worried about paying for these core things.

But the party never listened to Bernie and just kept saying “look, we fixed it” when they clearly didn’t, and I believe that drove away voters.

I went to a brewpub the other day and I thought I respected them. But then the side of tots they gave me (for an upcharge no less) couldn’t even fill one hand. So disappointed.

Hold onto your butts, we’re going exponential.

What kind of restaurants and food are popular there? Is it a fairly even mix of things from neighboring cultures, or does something stand out? Anything unique to the region?

If it’s labeled “holy” I assume a priest stuck his willy in it, so no.

I went there a couple months ago, and it seemed like all the native folks spoke Irish (Gaelic) to some degree. It was pretty surprising, I thought I’d have to go to the west coast to get away from English, but nope, signs everywhere were printed in Gaelic and even the first cabbie I encountered in Dublin was more than happy to chat about linguistics!

No EU member has English as its main language

Ireland?

Where are these supposed US leftists who didn’t vote blue, exactly? I’ve seen a lot of vitriol towards them but not actually encountered any.

I’ve only seen people who fit half the description – e.g. users from lemmygrad or hexbear who railed against Harris but also support Putin or China… Those probably aren’t US voters.

I don’t think you understand. The faction taking over won’t stop with the US. They want unfettered power. They’re well aware American military might exceeds the rest of the world combined by tenfold and will eventually use it to intimidate or destroy anyone in their way, after subjugating our own citizenry of course.

Oh we’re making this a game? I’ll guess 9:37.

The guitar solo is super underrated, and one of Corgan’s best. It stands well on its own for great texture and variety in timings and bends, but it also fits the song super well and enhances it overall.

Starts at 2:26 on the track.

I think it’s called a rabbit hole because rabbits live there.

lol, fair enough!

Eh, I don’t even want to give credence to Carlson’s garbage by repeating it. But even if we imagine Otto Frisch was somehow there alone making drawings in the snow, we still know when it happened.

Of course we shouldn’t do that. Meitner was by far the more experienced scientist and expert on the topic.

Marie Curie didn’t discover fission; that was Lise Meitner and her nephew Otto Frisch and colleague Otto Hahn. But yeah, same problem. Meitner was left out of the publications and overlooked for a Nobel Prize.