Thanks for the explanation. I agree that most people get annoyed with/outright ignore deeper thought, but I think that most people also enjoy small talk.

I am interested in your thought, but I do not understand it. Do most people dislike both small talk and deeper thought? Develop our own what? Could you elaborate for those who are not native speakers? Thank you.

A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

All EU activities should be based on law. Such an act would most probably be illegal and should not be issued.

The only clear outliers are NFA offenders and incest perpetrators. The first makes sense to me, it seems to me that whites are more obsessed with firearms than the rest. Incest perpetrators not so much - probably smaller number and larger statistical uncertainty, also crime happens within family.

Essentially you have to double the first figure or half all others. White men represent 56% of all men, and 56% of crimes done by all men. And yes, that percentage is a bit larger for specific crimes.

This is so wrong. As nearly 100% of perpetrators are men, you should exclude women entirely and report the percentage of perpetrators within the male population only.

Dang 👇👇👇

It will not happen. We might be perfectly aligned in values, but economically, Canada is effectively the 51st US state. It would take at least 10 years of Trumpism to reduce economic ties to a level where joining the EU would make sense.

Every time I am out of my town on election day, I do that. I think this is already my third time.

LOL, ​I am from an EU country and at this moment I am holding my mail-in ballot in my hand.

I will not respond to red herrings. If you want to troll someone, look elsewhere.

Do you really believe all these lies? The Serbs left on their own; their evacuation was organised by local Serb authorities. I agree that many would have been in peril had they stayed – we will never know how many – but that is simply not what happened.

"operation Storm which had for a goal killing of Serbs" Seriously??? The goal of Operation Storm was to establish control over the territory of Croatia within its internationally recognised borders. That does not mean the Serbs were not in peril, but you are mixing up goals and side effects.

Brain food: I do not like crypto and I think it is mainly just hype and gambling, so I stay away from it. That means I do not care whether it rises or falls; it has no impact on my life. I think you are thinking similarly, so I do not understand why you like it when it falls.

It took me some time to finally crack this graph. Initially, it seems that humans are only 20% more efficient than cars. However, you have to account for the fact that a car mass is 20x larger, so energy spent is 25x larger. Even if a car transports 4 people, it still uses 6x more energy per person.

Most politicians, even corrupt ones, still try to keep it dormant. However, populists have no restraints; they will happily use cruelty to their advantage.

I'd say cruelty is part of human nature, which we often deny exists. Then we act surprised when it reveals itself.

Many of those who voted for Trump do not care. Most of them likely enjoy the violence they witness, and some even wish they were in a position to shoot a random person without facing punishment.

Ukrainian equipment kills Russians even after it is captured.

The situation might be manageable if it were not going to become much much worse down the road, with nothing to stop it. When memories of the previous world war fade, it is time for the next one.

And yet Slovaks, Czechs, and Hungarians voted for authoritarianism.

There is no Slovenian flag on the map; Maribor and Graz could also be indicated.

He may be one of the worst human beings among those with power. However, there are billions like him who lack the power to project their badness onto society. At least a quarter of US citizens are among them.

Note that the percentage increases for swing states. Because of the ludicrous US voting system, for a third of Americans, going to the polls is completely useless.

I fully support decoupling from Russian energy sources, but your conclusions are misleading. If the AVERAGE price before the full-scale invasion was $16, in the last two years it is $32, and I am being very generous here. Russian gas was and is cheaper, but it comes with significant external costs.

I wish it were Trump. He is too demented and uneducated to have any serious opinion. In fact, it is a large part of his administration that operates this way and then whispers in Trump's ear what to think.

Fun fact: EU institutions better represent EU population than US president and US Congress represent US population. And that can be mathematically proven.

Fun fact: EU institutions better represent EU population than US president and US Congress represent US population. And that can be mathematically proven.

Sarajevo Safari - Wikipedia

I am not surprised at all. There is ample evidence of "sniper safari" occurring during the siege of Sarajevo, and it is well known that Vučić was a hardline nationalist during the war. The only question is why this did not emerge sooner.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarajev...