[-] Ithral 10 points 7 hours ago

why is there no one with the authority to deem him unfit to govern, and demand that he step down under duress of consequences?

There is, it's called impeachment followed by a vote to remove. That vote can't pass without Republicans joining in, and they likely won't.

[-] Ithral 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Look, it's not simple. Armed rebellion is not a good time. If that course is taken it's critical to first understand where the states fall. Since each has it's own military, among other things, no tactical decisions can be made until those lines are drawn, or fragmented accordingly.

It's kinda the equivalent of asking why the Italians aren't doing a revolution because the EU decided to ban Pasta. Like sure they did that, it's not good, but like what happens if Germany doesn't participate and Ireland sides with Italy?

[-] Ithral 6 points 5 days ago

Under 6'4" DNI /S

But for real a lot of Tinder bios and stuff have a 6' minimum stated. While 6'+ people aren't rare exactly, I've known many women and men who hover around that mark or exceed it, it does exclude a large segment of the population.

I think a large part of it is that women generally want a partner taller than them. Guys also seem to generally want a partner shorter than them. And a lot of people will just ignore others until someone checks all the boxes instead of taking a chance. This in turn tends to fuel the loneliness epidemic and can't be good for self image.

[-] Ithral 61 points 3 months ago

This is why "Command said the latest military zone will be part of the Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso."

Effectively what happened was the land was turned into a part of the base. At every US base there is a line usually shortly before the gate, sometimes only at the fence line where you are considered "on base". Once you are on base military police can arrest you since they have jurisdiction on base. Kinda like how if you commit a crime in an unincorporated area, the sheriff will arrest you, not city cops since that's their jurisdiction.

Frankly though this type of move is unprecedented, as far as I know. While the fed can just give fed land to bases, I've never heard of it happening like this. It's a loophole to keep it legal on paper but not in spirit.

[-] Ithral 31 points 9 months ago

That's already a thing. The estate tax only kicks in over 5mil. It's typically dodged by putting all assets in trusts so that ownership never legally transfers it's the trust that owns them. Trusts being a legal vehicle don't die, and can have beneficiaries added and removed.

[-] Ithral 57 points 10 months ago

AES is a solid symmetric encryption standard. I support the use of it. However I think you might be referring to something else?

[-] Ithral 90 points 1 year ago

So, veteran here. I've tried to talk people out of joining the military or at least trying to avoid jobs with high probability of seeing combat. Usually the result is they just start prying about what combat is like and make statements about how much they want to experience it.

Another tack I haven't tried but it might be more effective, is to describe how miserable it is to have the stench of a burn pit wafting over you, always wondering if the distant gunfire will move in your direction, being stuck manning a 24/7 watch where if even one person who can do that job dies or is otherwise incapacitated you will be stuck doing 12hr shifts instead of 8. Then you get back home and have to fight tooth and nail for benefits from the country that fucked your life up in the first place.

War is hell, coming home is hell, forcing that on someone can only be justified if they are literally at home fighting off an invading force.

[-] Ithral 18 points 1 year ago

Meat chickens are called broilers, and egg chickens are called layers. Since they have been selectively bred for each specific purpose

[-] Ithral 126 points 1 year ago

If only they had stuck with that

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this video helped me a lot, and was my primary reference when starting out with voice training, strongly recommend

[-] Ithral 28 points 1 year ago

The best kind next to feta

[-] Ithral 78 points 1 year ago

Would be nice if we could unfuck the US, also if we could take a bit of money from the military to get heat pumps and induction stoves, and just skip the gas

[-] Ithral 27 points 1 year ago

Let's gooo, some good news

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