The spite seems to stem from France voicing support for Morocco in the Western Sahara dispute. Which seems a particularly ill-advised choice on France’s part after the Ceuta incident.

She’s the former defence minister, so she decided to make it harder for enemy subs to target her.

Was it Jeffries that vetted her?

Honestly I think the best workaround/loophole would be to hold a “Rocky Horror Picture Show fan convention, with parade” and that would circumvent the law in exactly the desired way.

Nah, just the ones that focus on specific ethnicities, orientations, etc.

Valentine’s Day, out. SAINT Valentine’s Day, in. As long as it isn’t specific to any sexual orientation.

I’m talking about the 2 slot, not the 7 slot.

If it weren’t for the title, I would have assumed this was a Too Many Cooks joke.

I would argue that while TESB is the best Star Wars movie, Terminator 2 is a better movie in absolute terms.

The funny thing is that IRL this has actually happened to me once - a friend served me a green liquor that I couldn’t identify because at a house party he asked me what I wanted and I said “surprise me” - and it turned out to be absinthe. And, my dudes and dudettes and everything in between… that shit will fuck you up.

Rebranding? That’s the platform they ran on in 2024. They claimed “no new wars” and then started a war.

Well, don’t ask me. I was hoping you knew.

So basically Bulgaria has taken Poland’s place in the Visegrád Group.

Wouldn’t be world news without Africa!

Decline towards what?

I’m super insecure most of the time too; I don’t think it should be considered something to wish harm upon a person for.

Stop using autocorrect. You’re providing training data for AI.

I have a rule: “sorry means you won’t do it again”. If I’m about to say sorry for something, I perform a thought experiment: if a similar situation arose and I had the same choice to make again, would I? If the answer is “yes”, then I’m not sorry and I shouldn’t say that I am.

So there’s no genetic component then? Good to know. I had always been told there was.

Question: where does sickle cell disease figure into all of this?