wtf should they do?

Not even the biggest one of the Great Lakes.

They are - but only if you look down on them.

Are clams really happy tho?

Well, that stuff is pretty much just water, so it’s ok.

The word is “acshully”

Depends on how fast it works.

It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see…" “You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?” “No,” said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, “nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.” “Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.” “I did,” said Ford. “It is.” “So,” said Arthur, hoping he wasn’t sounding ridiculously obtuse, “why don’t people get rid of the lizards?” “It honestly doesn’t occur to them,” said Ford. “They’ve all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’ve voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.” “You mean they actually vote for the lizards?” “Oh yes,” said Ford with a shrug, “of course.” “But,” said Arthur, going for the big one again, “why?” “Because if they didn’t vote for a lizard,” said Ford, “the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?” “What?” “I said,” said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, “have you got any gin?” “I’ll look. Tell me about the lizards.” Ford shrugged again. “Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happenned to them,” he said. “They’re completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone’s got to say it.” “But that’s terrible,” said Arthur. “Listen, bud,” said Ford, "if I had one Altairian dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say ‘That’s terrible’ I wouldn’t be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.

Went through this myself. My father was a physics prof, and at some point he couldn’t really follow what I was doing at work. It was sad, but we all get there. Then a few years beck, he was late 80’s, my daughter asked him for help with some 1st year calculus and I was about to hop in and help him save face but he taught it like a pro, clear understanding of where she was stuck and how to guide her to figuring it out. And pointing out a couple of algebra errors in some other stuff that just caught his eye in her work. But at the same time, he’s hopeless at recognizing scams. He hasn’t fallen for anything yet, but forwards emails or texts to me asking if things are legit when they are so obviously not. Just got to be patient and understanding. We all get there eventually if we make it that far.

I’m sure some Israelis want to expand into Lebanon. And they were gifted a great excuse with Hezbollah attacking them in Oct. Certainly it doesn’t justify Israel’s actions, not even close. But it did trigger it.

Lebanon has wanted to be rid of Hezbollah for a long time.

But she had a weird laugh, so what could we do?

So kill the president of Lebanon?

It was relatively peaceful on the Lebanon/Israel border at that time. Of course there was history, there always is.

The English Horn is not a horn nor was it invented in England. It is a woodwind and was created in Poland (Silesia at the time). Also the French Horn was created in Germany, although it is at least a horn.

Ah more death and destruction - good idea.

They both need China’s help to survive I no their current form. China can pretty much dictate economic conditions between them.

Members of the EU have purposely grouped their sovereignty in a way that makes them stronger and still with decent autonomy. Russia and N Korea have been forced economically to do anything that China wants. Not really the same.

I’m talking about myself because I have been banned from multiple Lemmy subs despite clearly not being one of those settler colonial apologists, but being accused of it for no reason other than I didn’t just blindly agree with everything.
And yes if people lie and ignore facts you can reasonably argue to ban them (I probably wouldn’t, but I understand).

But people seem to think I’m justifying genocide when I’m clearly not, I’m just agreeing with everything they say. And they ban ban ban. That is stupid, like burning books.
I 100% disagree with Russia invading Ukraine. It is horrific and stupid. But I would still be interested in talking with someone who supports it to try and understand where the hell they’re coming from. If they just buy into Russian propaganda or worse are clearly spreading it on purpose then there’s no useful conversation to be had, but if they genuinely believe it’s the right thing to do based n something that I don’t know about, I’d love to hear them out, and then presumably try to help them see where they are wrong.