They said people, not reptilians 🦎

Go away, 'batin.

To be a figurehead. They are seperate from the government for a reason (these days) and that keeps them independent. They do little for general society on the day-to-day, except for the tourism industry - others care a lot more about them than the Brits or Commonwealth do, but they do (or are meant to) be a moral compass for the population too. That’s how figureheads have always worked.

Hence why people get very upset when they act like normal people - e.g. the Diana/Camilla/Charles years of the Early 90s. Or even worse, Andrew. Presidents are political figurehead positions, which means they make decisions that affect the day-to-day running of the country. This can be good and bad. Good because things come from the top, but also bad because if that doesn’t work, the top is where the blame lies and there’s no way to remove the top person easily - in a constitutional monarchy, the prime minister/head of government, can be easily removed by a vote of no confidence. Whilst the Republic system works well if the President doesn’t have too much power, as was originally the case in the US for example and how it was set up, it becomes tyrannical if the President chooses to consolidate the power in the executive and, more importantly, is allowed to by the house - that’s what the English Civil War was all about (i.e. the King wanted all the power themselves and the Parliament said no). Notice the parallels to the current US.

That’s why I’m getting a different Toyota

This is why it’s always worth having fat neighbours who can’t run or shoot.

What year f150 are we talking about, and which model? It changes a lot.

Do you know what doesn’t change? 1m³

Must’ve been writing at the same time - I checked to see if anyone had said the same thing first too.

Americans will use anything other than the metric system.

I’ve never seen someone panic when the internet went down as my 72yo mother

As the world goes mad with dumbassesry, it makes sense to understand why the fuck they’re going there. As they claim it’s all based on the bible, and they seem overtly keen on Old testament, might as well question theiir questionable beliefs.

Ahh fanfic. Well that kinda makes sense too. Gotta prequel that shit.

Hmmmm…makes sense tbh

“sources report that Netanyahu danced on a dead Palestinian child before eating it. If true, this means Bibi engages in cannibalism, which is reportedly frowned upon by Human Rights Watch and the Goat People of Talshicazi.”

The devolution of powers of Congress to the Executive Branch was the first step in undermining the People.

This is why, as an Aussie, I’m very disappointed in our subservience to the US all the time. It’s honestly pathetic. We abandoned our initial plan for, admittedly not cutting edge tech, french-built submarines to go with far better-specced US-built subs but who knows if we’ll ever actually get any of them.

Honestly, I don’t trust the sepos not to hamstring them somehow.

A decade? I had a Windows ME upgrade disc - M$ has been at this for a long time.

It’s funny. As much as I detest DJT and all the terrible things he’s brought to the world order/markets/general stability, I do have to be thankful that he’s helped spur on digital sovereignty and sparked a revival in independence rather than US hegemony. It’s also a shame, but the US has proved itself too volatile and an unstable partner.

Women have to protect themselves from weirdos somehow.

This is a good time to remember:

If it bites you and you die; venomous
If you bite it and you die; poisonous

Huzzah! Can’t wait. I’ve never liked the idea of eating brains, now it’ll be my favourite meal