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  1. Comment on Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King' in ~news

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    I can't speak for anyone else, but I see this only as the first step of justice, that the crown is giving the okay for the rest of the system to proceed

    I can't speak for anyone else, but I see this only as the first step of justice, that the crown is giving the okay for the rest of the system to proceed

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Canadian gas price hits sub-zero as liquefied natural gas plant hiccups keep supply high in ~enviro

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    Kinda like I Love Lucy skit where there's too much chocolate coming down the pipeline, spill all over the floor and will need a clean up fees. We saw this in the wine article the other week, where...

    “Companies have to pay to have their gas taken away when prices are negative,”

    Kinda like I Love Lucy skit where there's too much chocolate coming down the pipeline, spill all over the floor and will need a clean up fees. We saw this in the wine article the other week, where their barns are already stuffed full of unsold wine. But it sounds like for LNG they have tech coming online that will ease the oversupply soon.

    3 votes

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  4. Comment on What are some interesting landmarks in your neck of the woods? in ~talk

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    Similar: New Brunswick, Canada Edit: oh I forgot the man made landmark of a giant magnet to accompany the optical illusion

    Similar:

    Cars simply don’t roll uphill. It's impossible, right? Well, drive to the bottom of this world-famous hill, shift into neutral, and be prepared to be amazed. Your car will roll uphill in total defiance of natural law, even as your brain is telling you it's simply not possible. Is it magnetic, an illusion, or a gravitational mystery? Stories about Magnetic Hill have been around since the early 1800s, and this wondrous place has been puzzling visitors for decades.

    New Brunswick, Canada

    Edit: oh I forgot the man made landmark of a giant magnet to accompany the optical illusion

  5. Comment on Global Anglicanism split in two today in ~humanities

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    In my imperfect understanding, not just USA. GAFCON rejected Canterbury (UK) https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2025/10/17/gafcon-canterbury-split/ I'm confused. So they reject all four pillars of...

    In my imperfect understanding, not just USA. GAFCON rejected Canterbury (UK)

    https://dailydeclaration.org.au/2025/10/17/gafcon-canterbury-split/

    Archbishop Mbanda’s statement made clear that GAFCON has now formally rejected all four “Instruments of Communion” that have historically united Anglicans worldwide — the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference, the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), and the Primates’ Meeting.

    I'm confused. So they reject all four pillars of Anglicanism, but instead of saying they're leaving, they pulled a "no u" and say they're the OG and it is England's Anglican Church that left.

    The announcement comes just two weeks after the Church of England appointed Rt Rev Dame Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury-designate, the first woman to hold the post and an advocate of same-sex marriage, abortion and racial politics.

    Earlier this year, the Church in Wales elected Archbishop Cherry Vann, who is in a same-sex relationship — another decision that widened long-standing rifts over Scripture and sexuality across the Communion.

    But that's what England and Wales has decided. I understand them leaving, it doesn't make sense to take the label with you. Just be new denom GAFCON or non-denom. Why take the Anglican brand.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    Compromise like the Chinese language, where we have 他/她/它/祂 （male/female/neuter non human animal/ neuter non human deity) but all pronounced the same ? My kid came up with a sci fi world where not...

    Compromise like the Chinese language, where we have 他/她/它/祂 （male/female/neuter non human animal/ neuter non human deity) but all pronounced the same ?

    My kid came up with a sci fi world where not only is their alien language extremely gendered and counted, each part of speech also changes depending on your relationship with + feelings towards the person you're speaking to, and the relationship with /feelings towards the person you're speaking about.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on This site is fast in ~tildes

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    What are they used for?

    What are they used for?

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  8. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    Not disagreeing with you, but submitting for your consideration that as always it's enforcement that bring down good ideas. Take mental health checks: your president "passed" the man woman person...

    Not disagreeing with you, but submitting for your consideration that as always it's enforcement that bring down good ideas. Take mental health checks: your president "passed" the man woman person camera tv check. In reality these checks allow the power group to have guns when they shouldn't, and keep marginalized groups from having them when they should.

    So, agree, with heavy caveat

  9. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    Piggy back subway take: all languages should aim to move pronouns, nouns, verbs...nearly all parts of speech, towards being non gendered. It's hard to learn, eh

    Piggy back subway take: all languages should aim to move pronouns, nouns, verbs...nearly all parts of speech, towards being non gendered.

    It's hard to learn, eh

    1 vote

  10. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    You'll be happy to know that is the original way to celebrate Christmas; the 12 feast days* of Christmas begins Dec 25 and continues to Jan 5 (or if you're old calendar Orthodox, then we have...

    You'll be happy to know that is the original way to celebrate Christmas; the 12 feast days* of Christmas begins Dec 25 and continues to Jan 5 (or if you're old calendar Orthodox, then we have second Christmas until the 17th)

    It also casts a wider net for having white Christmas!

    But don't put those decor down yet! Starting Twelfth Night, we move into Epiphany Feast hurray!

    * 12 feast days because we precees Christmas with 40 days of vegan diet nativity fast. So the whole season goes from Nov 15 to Jan 5, plus 13 more days if old-calendaring.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    You're a better person than I. I very much "when in Rome" when I travel somewhere where folks dont move over. I mean I still don't occupy the left, but neither do I immediately vacate the middle...

    You're a better person than I. I very much "when in Rome" when I travel somewhere where folks dont move over. I mean I still don't occupy the left, but neither do I immediately vacate the middle when someone comes behind me :/

    1 vote

  12. Comment on Global Anglicanism split in two today in ~humanities

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    Saw this last night. Protestantism just keeps on splitting on. I liked my Anglican Elementary school, they introduced me to litany style prayers and made young Chocobean feel like grown men in...

    Saw this last night. Protestantism just keeps on splitting on.

    I liked my Anglican Elementary school, they introduced me to litany style prayers and made young Chocobean feel like grown men in fancy dresses and tall flashy hats look awesome. Didn't like visiting the churches in London too much though. I hope their congregants in little local parishes stay together regardless of overall politics. Some families (like my mom's) never quite heal from Protestantism schisms.

    10 votes

  13. Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk

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    Hard disagree. When you have a great idea but nobody is abiding by it, you have a culture problem, not an idea problem. I live in a place where people respect "left is only for passing, then you...

    Hard disagree.

    When you have a great idea but nobody is abiding by it, you have a culture problem, not an idea problem.

    I live in a place where people respect "left is only for passing, then you come back in front of the car you just passed" and it's wonderful. Mind, I don't know how good culture can be passed to bad, but I disagree with just doing away with good to call grey white.

    20 votes

  14. Comment on Does anyone here use a SAD lamp? in ~health.mental

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    Maybe it's a defective unit and might benefit from an exchange.

    Maybe it's a defective unit and might benefit from an exchange.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

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    Oh no :( there's no good scenario here, just tragedy: (1) "They'll never find me here I'll win hide and seek~" (2) a migrant person trying to move to a better place to live (3) a person murdered...

    Oh no :( there's no good scenario here, just tragedy:

    (1) "They'll never find me here I'll win hide and seek~"

    (2) a migrant person trying to move to a better place to live

    (3) a person murdered and disposed of

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Who's tried durian? in ~food

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    Durian is the king of all fruits, while mangosteen is surely the queen. They pair exquisitely and I would love to eat my fill of them both om nom nom nom nom

    Durian is the king of all fruits, while mangosteen is surely the queen. They pair exquisitely and I would love to eat my fill of them both om nom nom nom nom

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  17. Comment on Who's tried durian? in ~food

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    :) in the other thread about what ridiculous thing I would do with billions, mine was to own a tropical fruit garden. Durian would get its own section for sure. I haven't had too many varieties:...

    :) in the other thread about what ridiculous thing I would do with billions, mine was to own a tropical fruit garden. Durian would get its own section for sure.

    I haven't had too many varieties: was just a kid when I lived in Asia, and only visited HK handful of times, Thailand once, SE Asia 0. Going to All You Can Eat fruit buffet was so worth it: got to try a bunch of varieties in small quantities, in every way imaginable and then some.

    Frozen random variety isn't as good, but I still love it. It's got a wonderful texture and a delicious smell and taste. My small regret when I was in Thailand was not buying as many freeze dried as I could have.

    I'm hoping to travel to Malaysia during peak season and eat a bunch of fruit one day. Can I come stay near you guys?

    It's okay if folks don't like it, but some of the more colourful language feels a bit....mean. I don't like the smell of olives because I didn't grow up with them, but i am happy for folks who love olive oil and olives on their foods.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Financial collapse? in ~finance

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    That's what I always thought and hence why I was surprised @Kale has personal anecdotes of people who make a ... way of life (?) / experience out of it. I guess they did mention it was a while...

    That's what I always thought and hence why I was surprised @Kale has personal anecdotes of people who make a ... way of life (?) / experience out of it. I guess they did mention it was a while back and rules might be different now.

    :) the TV version I grew up with, people in suits come into your home, put labels on every piece of furniture you own, and and count the eggs in your fridge and ask you to leave. Reality probably somewhere in the middle.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Forgot Chrome's unusable, any recommendations? in ~tech

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    Interesting.... I'll keep an eye out when they have a desktop version (don't watch media on mobile) . Thanks for the recommendation

    Interesting.... I'll keep an eye out when they have a desktop version (don't watch media on mobile) . Thanks for the recommendation

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Forgot Chrome's unusable, any recommendations? in ~tech

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    For me, Firefox + uBlock Origin YouTube was stuck loading (gray box loading icon) and unable to neither show ad nor load video. Yeah whenever google make new improvements there'll be temporary...

    For me, Firefox + uBlock Origin YouTube was stuck loading (gray box loading icon) and unable to neither show ad nor load video. Yeah whenever google make new improvements there'll be temporary blocks. Just looking for something a bit more permanent, and still refusing to pay for yt premium.

    2 votes