They didn’t used to be. Maybe you’d have some less popular candidates try and get a jab in for publicity during the primaries, but the presidential debated used to be for attacking the other guy’s policies while making yourself seem likeable and confident. And back before TV, they actually had to sound smart too.

Quoting Wikipedia in reference to the variance in ceramics for the degree of crystallinity and number of electrons in their iconic and covalent bonds:

With such a large range of possible options for the composition/structure of a ceramic (nearly all of the elements, nearly all types of bonding, and all levels of crystallinity), the breadth of the subject is vast, and identifiable attributes (hardness, toughness, electrical conductivity) are difficult to specify for the group as a whole

Joke’s on you, I never figured out how to leave vim!

Excuse you, on the internet they’re known as shit posts.

Jesse wasn’t good at chemistry.

Lots of non traditional instruments get called for in concerts. I played a song that called for drumming on upturned metal trash cans in high school.

It does sound borderline war crime, but then again the US buried thousands of Iraqi soldiers alive in the first gulf war, but our lawyers also did the mental gymnastics to justify it not being one beforehand so presumably they have some justification so its just barely legal. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-12-mn-2959-story.html

That being said, its not like Russia is being super careful about its rules of engagement.

Consider just going on a date with someone you wouldn’t normally have if you’re in a dry spell. Helps you figure out your preferences in a relationship beyond physical appearance.

Why is the default that it isn’t? I’m saying we shouldn’t have an admin enforced default not force one or the other People give terrible advice regarding pet care, child rearing and everything else. Why is this any different? Should we ban all content with exotic pets like parrots or sugar gliders because they overwhelmingly do poorly in captivity?

Isn’t that kind of the point of having open communities, so that you can decide what does and doesn’t belong in your community without some centralized censor coming in and deciding what is acceptable in your community unless it’s illegal or actively harmful?

If you have definitive sources that vegan cat food with the appropriate taurine supplements aren’t ok for normal healthy cats then you can make an argument that that’s animal abuse, but otherwise you’re just applying your own preconceptions to their community.

They’re more of a “get off my lawn, and I’m serious” kind of aggressive than an “I’m hungry” kind of aggressive.

I’m hardly a Modi fanatic, and don’t consider myself particularly nationalistic towards India, but no one embargoed Pakistan into the dust, or gave India weapons to defend its territory, in fact the US sent warships in support of Pakistan when India tried to stop them from committing genocide in Bangladesh, so why should India have to forgo a longtime trade partner because of a border dispute it has nothing to do with?

I’m not saying Ukraine doesn’t have the right to defend itself, or even as a US citizen object to the US financially supporting Ukraine in the ways it has been, but there is very much a double standard in how people view these disputes when it affects the west vs when it doesn’t. Its not suddenly a world-wide crisis just because it affects wealthy nations.

Damn, even with inflation? You must be super on guard. That being said. I will turn on my A game to shave $0.50 off of a set of coasters from a tourist shop while on vacation.

Its not about playing it, its about being able to play it for the first time. You can only explore a video game world once, every other time is just revisiting it.

I didn’t know that how you were supposed to do it. They really should put the preparation instructions on the box.

Tbf, that’s a lot of what making a good AI image is as well, messing with prompts and parameters then finding something you like.

Was it that bad?

Migrants and vulnerable populations already take dangerous jobs, like roofing, and many will refuse to take really dangerous jobs if they don’t feel comfortable.

Classifying sex work as some higher tier of danger is a bit silly imo. also it will happen whether or not it’s regulated so by not having some kind of legal protection around it, people with no other option will end up doing sex work anyway, but with fewer protection from abusive pimps.

And now it smells like weed.