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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's like almond milk, oat milk or soy milk. But when milking spaghetti, the liquid is so clear that we just call it spaghetti water.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago

Gravity assist with one of the larger planets to make a very narrow orbit seems to be the most efficient way. But you need the planets to align correctly to have an efficient route.

"I'll launch you into the sun once there is an appropriate transfer window to Jupiter" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

The vessel would still have a lot of speed after escaping earth's orbit, so the trajectory would become a large orbit around the sun. You still have to slow down by about ~30km/s (or ~100 000 km/h) to make that orbit intercept with the sun's surface.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Same in Norway with "gift". Also, the same word is used for "married".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (5 children)

In Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, the number of thieves wasn't really necessarily 40. The number was likely just chosen because 40 was an exaggerated number, much like when we'd say "I've told you a hundred million times". So 40 as a shorthand for "a huge amount" seems fitting in celcius.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Evolution might just block out certain frequencies. No need to go completely deaf.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Fluent in Norwegian and English. Norwegian allows me to basically fully understand Swedish and Danish, but my mimicking/mocking of those languages does probably not count as languages I can speak.

I also have some very rusty german education which would probably allow me to be understood, but hardly enough to have a conversation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When you want to create the atmosphere of the 60s without having to smoke anything yourself?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That trolley problem is intense: would you direct the trolley onto a track as driving_crooner described or let the trolley run on an empty track?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

OP, I'll have you know that I pull that joke every single time it happens. And I make sure to throw out a great, heartfelt laugh and slap my knee just to make sure you get the joke.

It's great.

 

If inciting an insurrection towards their own government is an action without legal repercussions, I don't see how the law would be less lenient about straight up firing a gun at an opponent.

I by no means want any party to resolve to violent tactics. So even though I play with the thought, I really don't want anything like it to happen. I am just curious if it's actually the case that a sitting president has now effectively a licence to kill.

What am I missing?

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