deflation wont make the 20 dollar bill any larger or heavier either. Imagine the kind of wallets we’d need!

Americans have experienced more freedom than those who came before.

[citation needed]

ok.

…WHY?!

Two rings to rule them all!

Counterexamples only go so far. What you really need is counterexamples, and an analysis of their implications, including a probability study.

In other words, well, science.

Fun fact, unlike the rest of the EU, sweden does wash almost all its eggs. Unlike the United States, Sweden has very strict rules regarding how that wash is done though, and the eggs does 't loose their membrane.

In the EU washed eggs are generally illegal to sell outside of the country of origin, Sweden is granted an exemption from that rule due the gentle nature of the wash.

its actually pronounced almost identically

well, losing tens of millions of hens to bird flu is bound to make a dent in the supply side of the supply/demand balance.

The “shining” nature of diamonds is not due to their reflective properties, it’s due to how they refract.

that was uncalled for!

That would be great, but AI detection doesn’t work reliably at all.

Here’s a study https://edintegrity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s40979-023-00146-z#Sec19

I need to cut down on my internet consumption.

this is stupid. The existence of an infinite number of universes does not at all imply they must represent infinite variability.

it wouldn’t be much of a joke if we didn’t pretend to take it seriously no?

meanwhile, on hells kitchen:

“FOOL OF A COOK!”

While I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with the ban…

In what way is this a free speech ban?!

the beforemath and the aftermath

Shaka

at least in lord of the rings and the hobbit

On the other hand Tolkien was quite clear on that the story was told from the perspective of the protagonists. Not least through the strong insinuation that the in-universe book that Bilbo started, Frodo continued, and Sam finished, is if not the book we are reading, at least an important source for it.

Lord of the rings telling them as evil mostly shows that’s how the fellowship saw them.