Their comment is based on this criteria:

Countries are classified as democracies if they meet the following conditions:

Executive: The executive is directly or indirectly elected in popular elections and is responsible either directly to voters or to a legislature.

Legislature: The legislature (or the executive if elected directly) is chosen in free and fair elections.

Voting: A majority of adult men has the right to vote.

Source https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/countries-are-the-worlds-oldest-democracies/

For anyone interested: the prehistoric origin of democracy, ie before the Greeks, is also interesting

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_democracy

I wish regulations like this would help people realize that all along they were casual racing enthusiasts, and then spending time on the track for a few hours would become a weekend activity for many. Then we’d see an explosion of track cars vs grocery cars, and more tracks everywhere. That would be a positive outcome of something like this, per my pov.

Perhaps this type of speeding regulation is also meant to help self driving cars? I am guessing that monitoring and predicting the variable speed of many other vehicles on the road is quite a task.

A part of the ruling should require that all Boeing executives and employees will only fly on Boeing planes for as long as they’re employed by the company

All Mario games except for any Mario Kart. I didn’t even like the games as a kid, and I still don’t get their appeal because to me the platforming aspects are simplistic and not engaging enough. I can enjoy other platformers though.

People disturbed by things like project 2025 should become more active at local or community level politics, even to help with volunteering in small ways. You are your community and vice versa, we all have a collective responsibility of sorts.

Interestingly, many local positions are often staffed by incumbents or people who run unopposed.

Lemme guess, NYC subway commuter?

Edit apparently she blamed a bartender, but whose to say when said shit appeared in her handbag, before or after she got to the bar

Don’t even with a helmet, you can get a serious spinal injury, even if not fatal. Slipping a disc or pinching a nerve would be the least worst things that could go wrong.

But how does your butt have the moisture to melt these? How much do you sweat?

I love that the crazy crying chick in this meme is actually reasonable or correct most times, and the calm cat or person on the other side is the technically or factually wrong one

Got mine along with my first baby. Another example of blaming women for legitimate health issues?

Sorry to know that! I was only talking about hemorrhoids from forcing shitting. Didn’t know they could happen with child birth, but makes sense

I’ll take death thanks 🙏

Hemorrhoids is a preventable condition, you’re not supposed to sit there and push. Just get up and do drink water or eat fiber. Try hot coffee or warm milk or a yogurt drink. No one needs to suffer from hemorrhoids at all, I am surprised there are still people who do. Should be a unit in middle school health classes to not force shitting

What’s the point of the plea deal if it’s not taking all facts into account? The defendant was never properly informed of his options imo

Reading the article it seems the discourse should focus on the incompetence of his public defender instead seeing as it took the news media reportedly five minutes to find out that this guys suspended license order was rescinded two years prior

I mean, I agree with them. Star Wars is pretty derivative, but it helped mainstream nerd culture in a way so I can’t complain

Movies are pretty fun! If you stick to indie films or what’s shown at film festivals, you really get to experience great art. I can’t speak to Hollywood movies though, but I watch some popular action flicks now and again like John Wick or Planet Terror (2007).

Also try non-American movies, it’s refreshing to see different povs to similar themes circumstance. I find that niche old movies are pretty awesome too, but you have to dig for gold unless you go with a trusted review source.

Lastly if you’re having a bad time with movies avoid most things made by Amazon, Netflix etc. I find their most of their writers or directors seldom have any artistic vision beyond just copying what’s been done before.

Have you ever read really dense technical material in comic sans? It’s awesome, I recommend it

I can cock both eyebrows one at a time

I can touch my palms flat to the ground while trying to touch my toes

What’s a flow artist?

I get where you’re coming from, but most people who talk about race based inequality aren’t racist against white people, nor do they use words like caucascity to attack all white people but only those who uphold race based power structures (which would be judges, politicians, elites etc)