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rocketjoe79 says

UkraineIsTotallyFucked says

This was the subject of several Alt History SF novels after the 1997 book "Guns, Germs and Steel" debuted. Food for thought, indeed.

One of these alternate history novels is "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus" (actually published in 1996) by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game fame). Very well written, although you can tell Card ran out of steam at the very end.

He turned his turtle into a stalker.


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rSfi_ZYlhsU?feature=share

No, I don't want any Beni Hana today. Last time, anyway, I got some fingers in the noodles.

Lol, sounds like the Chuck Norris of the Orient.

Dholliday126 says

Even in my twenties I recognized those that were devoid of empathy for their elders, and did not respect their wisdom and experience, but rather mocked them. I have found those folks from back then managed to age without wisdom or useful experiences.

If Karma has a set of rules like the 7 seven deadly sins, I'm sure disrespecting elders is one of them. All of the disrespectful punks I grew up with are all decrepit and have health problems at mid 50.

Off the subject, Japan is worth visiting, but choose the months with nice weather.

Yes, that!

Wife and I went to Japan in August. Don't do that.

Patrick says

Wife and I went to Japan in August.

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Did the wife learn from the Japanese the proper way a woman is supposed to cater to the husband?

Lol, no. But she is always respectful to me. And vice versa.

Patrick says

Lol, no. But she is always respectful to me. And vice versa.

She must be right next to you when you wrote that. :-)

Patrick says

WOW!
Close your eyes for a couple of seconds and they'll flip back over.

Is somebody fucking with my dictionary?

Onvacation says

Is somebody fucking with my dictionary?

The dictionary is being reduced. I frequently run into words I know are spelled correctly, check them, and add them to the dictionary. I've considered getting an old style dictionary for Unix and just putting them all in. We have funny unabridged dictionaries today, and all variants of all spelling. I think there is an effort to reduce people's vocabulary.

richwicks says

The dictionary is being reduced. I frequently run into words I know are spelled correctly, check them, and add them to the dictionary. I've considered getting an old style dictionary for Unix and just putting them all in. We have funny unabridged dictionaries today, and all variants of all spelling. I think there is an effort to reduce people's vocabulary.

I started noticing that right as Donald Trump entered the political arena around the end of 2015. I suspected that it's because the Google masters of the Universe, assumed that right wing people wouldn't be able to express themselves if they fucked with the spell check. All it did was just made us more careful in our writing.

Before then spell check used to provide several words, and often they would include a word more suited than the one I was using. It was convenient but had concerns that Google was taking over critical parts of our brain. So I welcomed the self sabotage of the Chromium spell check.

It was also how I noticed that EVERY browser is based on Chromium, or are at least in lockstep with it.
As Firefox, Opera and Brave also have the same crappy dictionary.

Yes, most browsers are based on Chromium at this point, including Brave. But I think Firefox is a completely separate codebase. At least it used to be.

Gym Rat

Didn't know who he was messing with,

Kristi Noem's twin sister?
Onvacation says

Didn't know who he was messing with,

Onvacation says

Didn't know who he was messing with,

He's probably messing with the woman that constantly abuses him. You are not likely looking at the reason she attacked the rooster, by rather why the rooster attacked her.

I think it's likely she is cruel to animals on a regular basis.

When I did dog rescue I noticed how animals are very rarely mean spirited or cruel. I cannot say the same with human beings most people are cruel in some way.