Existential threats have a way of crystallizing one’s priorities.

I believe that they’re deliberately provoking dissenters into the slightest bit of violent action so that they can do exactly that.

Not as far as the state is concerned.

I remember in the 80s several National Lampoon covers that featured this concept. One had a tagline with something like “Welcome to America, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company” or something like that. And then there is the slightly racist one in this image:

Damn, I’ve heard jokes about quebecios being snobby with their French but that seems excessive

It’s not snobby. From an anglo perspective, here’s how it plays out in reality:

WAITER: Qu’est-ce que vous voudrais? ME: Huh? WAITER: What would you like? ME: {proceeds to order}

…And life goes on.

The Democrats get penalized for not fixing it fast enough or good enough.

Welcome to the club. Fuck that place.

After a decade there I also got permabanned. And then I got permabanned 3 more times with alt accounts for saying some pretty innocuous shit, but almost always political.

I finally got the message. Fuck you Reddit.

> That being said, electronics in our devices do tend to reduce the amount of water and power that appliances use. Dumb devices are extremely inefficient, even though there are fewer points of failure.

I fail to see how electronics in these (unpowered) devices in any way reduce the amount of power that they use.