Pretty sure this isn't real guys. There's no "Do not thaw pizza" clause.
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Our butter stick wrappers have volume measurements on them. I've never melted butter to measure it.
Generally, yeah. The way they worked with Mick Gordon last game was awful though.
That's assuming that they're authentic and not propaganda pieces...
Correct. Amish are Mennonites who shun other Mennonites. The elders of their church decide for the local congregation what is and isn’t appropriate conduct. If you disagree, you are shunned.
I know this is pedantic, but that's just not right. Amish and Mennonites are generally distinct. One group does not belong to the other, though some groups in the middle claim to be part of both. Regardless, the umbrella term for both is "Anabaptist".
If the congregation down the road disagrees, those folks are shunned.
I've not known there to be much animosity between neighboring groups, but I guess I haven't witnessed an Amish church split up close. I know they happen though, but all Anabaptist groups in my area are quite friendly with one another.
Shunning seems to be more of a way to have their own members conform to their local rules. They really don't care what others in the community or neighboring Christian groups do. I think it really is a control mechanism -- e.g. "Do things this way or you are going to lose your family/friends/community support".
(Source: My dad grew up Old Order Amish, his family was kicked out of the church (over some farming rules). My grandpa transitioned to be Beachy Amish at some point, while my dad joined a (now progressive) Mennonite church that I grew up and remained in for a long time)
Yes, but it only works with the original client. Doesn't appear to work with OpenMW, yet, which is superior in many ways now.
There's a whole segment of the population that lives in a different reality, probably due to right-wing media conditioning.
Show them something well researched, understood, and explained and they're likely to dismiss or reject it. Say something completely bonkers about someone or something they don't like and they'll gobble it up without a second thought.
Reminds me of ones like "You're one fry short of a Happy Meal", or "You've lost some marbles". They generally imply that you've lost or are missing some mental faculties.
I know everyone is different, but I've been sleeping better while Vyvanse is still in my system. I have a much harder time getting to sleep super late or trying to get back to sleep after getting woken up.
Weird hill to die on...
Generally, I'd agree with that sentiment. However, what path forward would provide the best way out of the situation and discourage further conflict in the region?
When we look at the lead up to WW2, we see a build-up of tension by Germany and attempted appeasement by the other major powers in an effort to avoid another breakout of war in Europe, only a few decades after the first great war ravaged these nations.
Notable events:
As you can see, in the build-up to WW2, the European powers that opposed German expansion sought alternatives. They even allowed Germany to push its weight around on its neighbors, taking territory from others, and consolidating power. By the time the great powers were forced into conflict by open war in Poland, they were no longer in a position to hope to control Germany at all, doubly so with their apparent new cooperation with the USSR.
Knowing what happened, it's easy to see that any intervention by France and/or Britain, whether it sparked violence or not, in the early days of German aggression would have almost certainly led to a less powerful Germany, perhaps one that could not have taken over most of Europe so easily.
I think the key take away from all of this is that, modern nations that have a desire for conquest are a danger to all. They are not to be believed, they should not be appeased, they should not be rewarded. Any violence against free nations should be resisted, supported by all free nations, but without escalation to full-blown nuclear war.
The danger of washing our hands of the conflict and saying something like, "Violence bad. End the war. They can have Ukraine/Donetsk/whatever." is that Russia won't stop there. They'll get bigger, stronger, and move on to the next target when they're ready.
The horrible part about all of this is that the apparent best way to keep long-term violence down is to continue the fighting now. The longer the conflict continues, and the more humiliated Russia becomes, the less likely Russia will chose to do a similar invasion in the future.