Oh no!

Anyways…

Well you see, there’s a simple explanation for this. When we do it, it’s good, and when you do it, it’s bad.

Everyone except for the people who get sent to El Salvador…

It’s possible to have a poor opinion of the Chinese government without having a bigoted opinion about the Chinese people.

Yup! Totally plausible - just more expensive and less repeatable. And harder to use against moving targets.

Although you are correct, this destroys the engine.

A good, efficient fusion engine just needs to point the exhaust end towards the enemy and the hyper-accelerated particles will punch a hole through the target for you. And then you point at the next target, etc. etc.

Also, it’s a butchered quote from Larry Niven’s Known Space books, referred to as the “Kzinti Lesson” - because the Kzinti thought humanity was unarmed and helpless until they discovered that humans are really good at improvising weapons.

Even if they do know, they almost certainly are buying into the ‘he’s a criminal and deserves to be deported’ bit.

Sigh. Yet another article assuming Mangione’s guilt. Ben Burgis didn’t even bother to say ‘allegedly’ anywhere.

Technically yes, I could, but I originally wanted to slap together a dumb meme about newbies to 196 getting trapped by The Rule. When I couldn’t upload the image I gave up and made this post.

…thanks, I think…

The usefulness of a fusion engine as a weapon is directly correlated to its efficiency.

Even consoles these days require you to install files onto the machine before it’ll play…

They’re called Subaru Outbacks now.

Agreed. I’m not likely to say it to their face… but here, I’m preaching to the choir and I can be a bit salty about it.

Part of this is likely to be because with how stupidly car-focused the infrastructure is, revoking someone’s license to drive is essentially revoking someone’s right to autonomy.

Cars shouldn’t jump up and down due to road quality.

I live in a hilly area. Any time someone with projector headlights is on even a slight downward curve that I’m facing, it’s the equivalent of brights in my eyes. Even with adaptive headlights, cresting a ridge would still blast anyone on the other side for the short amount of time it takes for your car to realize there’s someone there.

For point 3… You’re right, and you’re wrong. Light from point sources instead of diffuse sources is worse for your retina. The light gets focused by your eye’s lenses onto a much smaller area, which can potentially damage the sensitive photoreceptor cells. Ideally, there would be regulations that limit a headlight’s candles per mm^2 rather than just overall candles. Astigmatism makes it so the light glares across half your vision, which makes it worse for seeing other things on the road besides the headlight glare, but conversely makes it better for not murdering your retina because the light is spread across a wider area.

You misunderstand the point of an aircraft carrier. It’s not any more defensible than other large, floating objects - but first you have to reach it, and the aircraft it carries are capable of blowing up nearly anything to kingdom come before it gets anywhere close. Carriers aren’t for defense. They’re for projecting power.

A lot of people actively avoid learning new things in general, which includes learning about current events and politics.

it is not the voters fault.

Sooooooo intentional ignorance isn’t their fault? Whose is it then? edit: Sorry, that was snarky. I know people are encouraged to maintain their ignorance in this day and age. In my opinion, it amounts to shirking responsibility, but I’m aware that other opinions are also valid.

Well, then the problem would be solved anyways!

If opening up is what caused the marriage to fall apart, it was built on a broken foundation and was doomed from the start. You’re only finding out now because emotional unavailability hides that sort of thing.