[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago

when he had a good campaign message.

This is a hitherto unencountered usage of the term "good".

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

"Light Speed Travel Is Possible" - of course it's possible, what speed does the headline writer think light travels at...?

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"I plead Covfefe"

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Should it be possible to login to the app using kbin.social credentials? Doesn't seem to work for me.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

This is "world news"...?

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

What an utter travesty, a complete car crash.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, UNESCO is a convention that countries voluntarily sign up to, and the onus on protecting heritage sites generally falls to the host country. Obviously, when an invading country attacks sites like this, there's little UNESCO, or anyone else, can do. Destruction of cultural sites, that have no military value, is terrorism, and, arguably, part of a broader goal of genocide.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Perhaps I should have been more clear. I didn't mean it's a direct substitution for "from where", just that that's its meaning. A grammatical translation of the sentence would be "go back to where you came from".

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

It's correct, as whence means "from where", so adding "from" would be redundant.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

In the same year Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case in Great Britain of a pedestrian to be killed in a collision with a motor car. The car was traveling at 4mph.

[-] jonhanson@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The characters will be voiced by an AI. Players will be astounded at the wide range of in-game dialog, and occasionally bemused when game characters insist that "the arsonist has oddly-shaped feet" and "The Human Torch is denied a bank loan."

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