I remain baffled at how so many Americans seem unable to see or grasp what the rest of the world can. The issue has nothing to do with political opinions, but to do with having a rational individul as your leader.
In most European (and many other) countries, the person in charge doesn’t have unlimited power, they aren’t the ones who choose who should be in place to decide if what they’re doing is right or not (how can a Supreme Court be expected to do anything other than approve his Executive Orders if he put them there to do just that?), and if they are complete lunatics, there are provisions in place to get said leader out before they destroy the country (and the rest of the world).
I am quite sure I got some of the details of how things like the Supreme Court works off somewhere, but to be blunt, it doesn’t matter. The rest of the world can see that irrespective of what politics you might follow, you have chosen a delusional lunatic who is only interested in looking after himself and has a lust for power that will destroy your country and badly affect the rest of the world. Kamala may have been a terrible choice, but at least there was a semblance of sanity there.
I look forward to the point where you have to pledge allegiance to him personally instead of the Constitution or the Flag, if you want to stay out of trouble.
Proper eReaders that use eInk screens are passive; they don’t use power to keep their mage displayed, only to refresh it when you turn the page. These are completely different from tablets or computer and much closer to reading an actual book. They generally only work with ambient light (unless you have one with optional backlight), with a decent paperwhite eInk screen replicating a print book quite closely. Most will happily run on a single charge for several weeks of use.
I have a vast collection of real print books that I love and treasure, but an eReader allows me have a vast library of other books that I would never otherwise be able to enjoy (too many books, not enough wall space for shelves).
There are some simple misunderstandings and misreporting that is causing agreat deal of the confusion. In many countries, including the UK and some in Europe, the official figures were always quoted quite clearly as ‘X number of people died in the last 24 hours OF ANY CAUSE that had a positive COVID result in the last 30 days’. In other words, they made clear that the figures were not of people who had die of COVID but were of those where it could have been a contributing factor. Sadly, many media outlets chose not to clarify this and misreport the figures as ‘x number died of COVID’. It was the same outlets who then later claimed the ‘Government’ had lied, when it was themselves who had lied.
A major misunderstanding of masks is who it protects: masks do not protect the wearer; that isn’t how they work. Surgeons wear masks to reduce the risk of giving OTHERS infections or anything that could put them at risk. When you were wearing a mask, it was OTHER PEOPLE you were protecting, while they were protecting YOU. Again, this is often misreported as ‘masks don’t work’ – they only ‘don’t work’ if they are cheap ones or you have misunderstood how they work.
This might be a slightly false memory, depending on exactly when you saw it. There are videos on YouTube that show the changing opening crawl of Star Wars from original to more recent versions, which demonstrate its initial US release did not include either ‘Episode IV’ or ‘A New Hope’. These were added really quickly, to the extent that screenings relatively soon afterwards and many initial international releases would include one or both.
This is a little like many British fans will talk about how they ‘remember’ watching the film in the summer of ‘77, despite the film not being released in the UK until Christmas ‘77 (it was back in UK theatres over the summer of ‘78). It was fairly normal for quite significant delays like this back then.
I remember a period when a few companies would throw in a discount code or a means to get something for free somewhere in their T&Cs (usually buried near the end), as a reward for actually bothering to read them!
We should demand the government repeal the law of gravity, it would take such a load off us! (Tries adding tongue-in-cheek emoji before remembering he can’t add them)
It is so uplifting that to see attempts at reasoned discussion on here. I have occasionally tried it, but felt like any attempt would prompt exactly the reaction you got. I try to be a good and reasonable person, but accept I am not perfect. I disagree on maybe one or two of your points (in details rather than the main ones), but am happy to accept my research might not be as good as yours and you could well be correct.
I would add I am not above letting some of the more vocal ones exercise themselves for the purpose of entertainment, but I tend to leave the flat-earthers to their own devices, primarily on the grounds it presents as a harmless belief that doesn’t particularly affect others :)
I remain baffled at how so many Americans seem unable to see or grasp what the rest of the world can. The issue has nothing to do with political opinions, but to do with having a rational individul as your leader.
In most European (and many other) countries, the person in charge doesn’t have unlimited power, they aren’t the ones who choose who should be in place to decide if what they’re doing is right or not (how can a Supreme Court be expected to do anything other than approve his Executive Orders if he put them there to do just that?), and if they are complete lunatics, there are provisions in place to get said leader out before they destroy the country (and the rest of the world).
I am quite sure I got some of the details of how things like the Supreme Court works off somewhere, but to be blunt, it doesn’t matter. The rest of the world can see that irrespective of what politics you might follow, you have chosen a delusional lunatic who is only interested in looking after himself and has a lust for power that will destroy your country and badly affect the rest of the world. Kamala may have been a terrible choice, but at least there was a semblance of sanity there.
I look forward to the point where you have to pledge allegiance to him personally instead of the Constitution or the Flag, if you want to stay out of trouble.