Who the fuck is still polluting the internet with Stonetoss?

Oh, yes, nazis obviously, okay, point taken.

The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: “I am sorry, but I couldn’t help myself. It’s my character.”

Surveillance systems are able to differentiate between identical twins. Even if they look the same and have the same genetic code.

Good surveillance software can recognize you by the folds in your jeans and wear patterns on other clothes. It’s not a good forensic method, but it’s just one of many data-points for a stochastic analysis. And if you try to wear anti-surveillance-fashion (it’s a thing) this is just another data-point on your profile. Anti-surveillance fashion honestly makes you more recognizable to the system, because you are “more different” from other people.

Disappearing would also mean that you never carry any identifiable electronics, (like a cellphone, not even a google phone or a smartphone, ANY cellphone).

Also the LACK of identifiable electronics would in and of itself be a VERY identifiable data point. Or, if you gattaca that too, the person you would try to impersonate would have to stop using their devices while you use them.

Lastly the surveillance system doesn’t even need to connect your profile to your or any real ID, the profile it builds will be build on the things you do, wear, say and how you act. It can be connected to your ID post-factum.

Gattaca relies heavily on a lack of technology that we do have today and the in-story over-reliance on genetics (for example there are no security cameras in that NASA-building, because they rely completely on genetic identification for everything security related).

Unsurprisingly, a movie set in a fictional world is not a good guide to today’s very real privacy concerns.

Oh shit, that sounds exactly like Lekvar or Powidl, that might point to a mostly eastern European, maybe German but more likely Slavic origin.

I think the biggest difference is that many european states have parliamentary democracies vs. the US’ presidential democracy.

This, combined with proportional representation voting systems, that more accurately represent the will of the populace in parliament, leads to a need for governmental coalition building, necessitating a more concilliatory and a little more non-partisan politics. While usually allowing for a more effective government, since the head of government represents a legislative majority.

It does have its own challenges and is far from perfect, but I think the current US government is a fitting contrast of a minority elected, non-concilliatory, highly partisan government that might become completely and utterly unable to do any governing by the midterms.

The US is also a good example that the age of a democratic system doesn’t mean it’s a good system. In fact I far prefer the very young post-WW2 german system to the very old american or british systems, though it could stand to learn some from the nordics, especially Finlands open list voting system.

With the compact taking effect, your vote would matter again, every vote would matter.

Quark is the superior creme cheese in all regards, except as a topping for bread rolls.

I feel like sour and chocolate don’t mix well… but there is Quark with chocolate chips and some people like it, I’m just not one of them.

How… how do you know so exactly my activities and thoughts from yesterday evening? (I’m soooo tired)

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt

Just be aware that The Wandering Inn turns into the absolutely longest rambling mess of dozens of viewpount characters.

It’s often lovely, but sometines it just goes on and on and on… It is roughly three times longer than the entire Wheel of Time series, and its word count surpasses War and Peace, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Lord of the Rings, and The Hunger Games combined and it is still unfinished. Pirateaba writes like a mad person.

A local rendition of “Tratsch im Treppenhaus” in our local dialect in 2009.

I couldn’t really concentrate on the wider play though, everybody kept looking at me when I entered the stage and said my lines.

Remember the first rainbow coalition!

The Rainbow Coalition was an American anti-racist and socialist political organization that united various marginalized groups in Chicago, Illinois.

The Rainbow Coalition’s ideology centered on class solidarity, uniting poor and working-class people across racial lines against shared oppression. It emphasized using direct action to pressure local government into achieving tangible improvements, with objectives including reducing unemployment, improving public education, and counteracting gentrification. Members of the Rainbow Coalition also sponsored a wide range of service programs at reduced or no costs to their respective communities, such as breakfasts for children, health clinics, busing to prisons, daycare centers, clothing, ambulance services, among many other efforts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Coalition_(Fred_Hampton)

No experience in naval battles but worlds best infantry? Instant bridge makes everything an infantry battle.

A willing creature you touch shape-shifts, along with everything it’s wearing and carrying, into a misty cloud for the duration.

While in this form, the target […] can enter and occupy the space of another creature. […] can pass through small holes, narrow openings, and even mere cracks, though it treats liquids as though they were solid surfaces.

This is one of the few transmutation and movement spells that don’t require you to end your turn or movement on an unoccupied 5ft square.

This should work. Nice! 😆