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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 15 points 2 weeks ago

UPS and American companies in general

But this is USPS, which isn't an American company, it's a US independent agency.

Their mandate isn't (AFAIK...) to make a profit, but rather to serve the mail requirements of a very large country.

Personally, my experiences with USPS have been generally positive, from passports for infants to free change-of-address forwarding service to tracking down quasi-scam products from Amazon. YMMV though.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

Anyway, how's your sex life?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 33 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

"It's not that I'm against vaccines, it's just that I want my body's own antibodies to fight off the virus."

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I think there's a bias in the US against this sort of thing that doesn't exist (or not to the same extent) in Europe due to the age of the cities/buildings.

In the US, a building from the 1700s is a historic artifact to be cherished, while in parts of Europe a building from the 1500s is just the local pub.

So, the US is often hesitant to modify these old buildings, but Europe seems to have more of a perspective of "it's a building, not a museum, let's give it new life by modifying it."

This is just from the perspective of me, from the US


and I think these old/new buildings are really neat!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

In English, it's usually used in a context where there's some humor, frustration, or irony involved, like in the comic.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anybody want a peanut?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well yes, but so is Canada, which has a higher HDI than the US.

Parent was asking why Mexico is excluded from the list while Canada is not.

By "don't have incentive" I'm just referring to an on-paper incentive from an HDI ranking.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Canada has roughly the same HDI ranking as the US, whereas Mexico is somewhat lower. So from the "looking for a better life" perspective, Canadians don't have an incentive to move to the US (other way around actually, from HDI).

Just a guess though.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 4 weeks ago

Janeway's toilet would just be full of coffee that's had the caffeine extracted. So...decaf. Blech!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Not to mention mortgage interest.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 4 weeks ago

If I wanted to give it a bold facelift I'd just use the top one and remove the letters. Gives it an arrogant, "if you have to ask what this is..." vibe, which is probably a good thing for them.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 4 weeks ago

Economic policies, sure. But there are social policies and perhaps more importantly a culture of intolerance that can affect people over a wide range of economic status.

I think I'd just add "straight white people" to the qualifier and then I'd agree though.

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