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Vuvuzelas.

The Olympics have this every time. Summits for the elite too if it’s needed. What’s a bit new here is how shamelessly it’s advertised.

https://xkcd.com/2501/

They were a lot more limited. They got this bad anyway.

Picture taken in Paris ~20 years ago I’d say so you weren’t far off.

If those fuckers could read I wonder what they’d think of the book.

I’m still bitter Morrowind vanilla didn’t let you side with Dagoth Ur if you decided to also play an evil xenophobic maniac who wants to spread a flesh-eating disease on the continent.

I’d say very few games have a lot of effort put into the evil arc.

AliExpress at least lets you buy close to the source of a lot of goods that you won’t find made elsewhere than China. Some stuff I find there exists from European makers, latest example, trim clips for cars: you can buy Restagraf but you need to live near a car body shop supplier that will be willing to sell you a few clips without insane markups.

I’d have to agree, the quality of electrical components has gone way up since the 1980s, and almost every shitty part has been replaced with reliable electronics over time: ignition went from points to distributors to statically timed electronic boxes, carburettors have been replaced by very smart EFI with basically no wear items if you keep up with maintenance. All my old cars have had insanely shitty connectors, stupid wiring and finicky tuning.

Hybrids don’t even need alternators.

Can’t judges requisition anyone as a Marshal and send them to capture ICE thugs held in contempt? I don’t think that will happen but maybe it should.

In English they’re called reflex cameras. No one makes them now.

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So if you hit wildlife you have to pay or does it only count for domesticated animals that aren’t allowed on roads in most places? That sounds insane. In most countries if you hit a dog with your car the dog owner is liable for damages to your car in most cases, same with cattle unless it’s part of a convoy.

Levi’s in Europe has been shit for decades so welcome to the club. Sadly it seems only premium denim isn’t fragile shit nowadays.

It’s also a concern with methylphenidate and is actually checked when it’s given to children.

I don’t know if I am fun but filling forms online sure beats losing years worth of income to my own stupidity if I were to be intoxicated (which I do not do anymore but you never know…).

I banned myself from casinos where I live and in all neighbouring countries because the house always wins and there should be no way I can give them money. (The gambling regulators allow you to ban yourself) I’ve never been to a casino I just know I can’t be trusted.

My oven is a piece of shit that has unreliable temperature control and manages to have hot spots even with the fan on. I bought it new and I don’t think it will die any time soon. Joke is I paid a lot more than for my previous oven and it’s the worst piece of shit I’ve ever had, a miniature countertop oven I had way back that was old as balls gave more consistent results.

Magnets are brilliant. I had to go really high up the range for mine to have a motor that opens the door at the end of each cycle. It has good energy ratings too but I’m not sure the extra cost will be worth it in its lifetime because the “eco” cycle is like the cheating on the homologation run of cars: it uses so little power and heat nothing gets clean enough if it’s full.