Compared to an open office the cubicles in Office Space look amazing.
I remember when my dad lost his job around 2002. I was a little kid and my mom told me to be careful when I'm playing outside, because if I broke my arm we could lose our house. That's something I don't think should ever be a reality, or something that parents or children should worry about in a functioning country.
It's the greatest animated kids show ever made.
Technically you don't need a period for a valid address. "a@a" is a valid email address.
At Thai places ask for "pet mak mak"
How it feels talking to my father.
This video answers your question. It is a bit lengthy but well worth a watch.
That's not playing devil's advocate, that's just clarifying the truth. When the truth is abhorrent, there's no need to exaggerate it to make it sound worse.
About 10 years ago, the crypto community was talking about this with regard to microtransactions. The idea was that nobody really wants to pay a monthly subscription fee to news publications, but getting someone to digitally pay 1-10 cents to read an interesting article is probably doable. Unfortunately, digital currencies became what they are today instead of anything actually useful.
I grew up forced to go to church and this is pretty literally a core point of the pastor's sermon multiple times. He told a story about someone trapped on their roof during a hurricane and was offered rescue by three different means but refused each citing God. The story ended like the punchline here.
I don't really have a point to this, but I wanted to share.
Driving a car without plates is extremely common in this area. It has been ever since they suspended registration requirements during Covid. I see multiple cars without plates every time I go for a drive.
They're saying it could have been a fragment of a bullet, which would qualify as shrapnel. They're not using that word.