People making tiny inconveniences for themselves instead of imposing them on everyone else is the essence of civilization.

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2048 chickens.

If that doesn’t work, you could always deport as many vulnerable members of the lowest stratum of society, so you couldn’t work the factories even if you had the materials.

Try threatening some friendly allied countries for more land.

Found Satan.

Absolutely. The institutions with lots of telescope time get very political and cutthroat.

But apparently not in periods…

No, just a pre-internet meme about red cars.

Red ones go faster.

I don’t think it’s crazy, just desperate for validation.

There is a myth in evangelical Christian circles, I believe acknowledged in the article, that candy canes have their color (white for purity, red for blood) and shape (upside-down J for Jesus) and taste (sweet like the gospel) to explicitly communicate Christian doctrines. There is even a children’s Christmas musical performed in churches at Christmas based on this principle. As much as one may approve of the doctrines, Christians holding steadfastly to a particular origin of candy canes regardless of the evidence seems dishonest and misguided, if not outright idolatrous to me.

The amount of candy cane myth that is believed wholesale and unquestioningly by modern American churches is amazing.

Phenylephrine ​isn’t the only OTC medication that doesn’t work.

And it’s a stimulant. Nothing worse than feeling miserable from a cold and unable to sleep because of pseudoephedrine.

I think Mucinex has been demonstrated to be as effective as phenylephrine (i.e., not).

It depends. Does he collect them because they’re cool and he wants to trade with friends, or to play the game and win? If it’s the former, get a bunch of packs (I think they typically have of order 10 cards each, and you’re guaranteed one of the better cards with nice art). If the latter, you would need to ask so you get something that works with what he has; one possibility is to get a trainer box that has cards that tend to work together, or you can buy decks that previously won a championship or something.

Similar boat here. While we’ll probably be all right, I fear for the vulnerable and weak.

No, his image is all he cares about, which is not the same thing.

Does he have to have one? I’ve never gotten the impression that he cares about his legacy.