LifeInMultipleChoice

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I mean the Navy did ask for the mafias help monitoring the fishing routes and docks up the east coast during world war 2 to monitor for German vessels bringing fuel back to submarines and such. Believe they asked Jewish gangs for help as well to break up NAZI sympathizer groups and monitor worker unions. Hard to say what may have actually been happening though. We can say for sure they commuted a Mafia members sentence and deported him back to Italy right after the war ended.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

What watch is it by the way? I haven't moved into the realm of wearables yet. Maybe next year will be my year to start

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So now for the tough question, how many hours do I need to cook that bird in the oven for on Thanksgiving? Is it like a wake up at Tuesday ordeal? Haha

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Didn't know that, thanks for the cool information. Although your long neck comment just makes me think of this now

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It also only hurts them directly if it goes weaker though right? From an outside perspective I would understand them moving to the Euro just to simplify things, but I also think being a part of the EU has more effects than being a unified economy. It helps with travel, that's good. But it also makes a country dependent and can void the entire principle of laws fairly easily.

Hypothetical, let's say a country like Hungary isn't following the civil rights laws required to be part of the European Union. Does the EU try to squeeze them economically to make them act in a manner the rest of the Union demands, or do they settle and say, well they are their own country and we have no say there, so our rules aren't really laws, but mere suggestions. Where do these suggestions draw hard lines, and if you hit a hard line what stops the country from printing their own currency back out and just telling the EU to fuck off. Does the EU not allow them to do so because their currency would thereby be unbalanced? Or do they allow them to under the condition they trade all their currency out somehow?

Some things could get dicey I imagine.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Petunia was just jealous. She wrote a letter to Dumbledore asking if she could attend Hogwarts with her sister and was rejected on the basis she was a muggle. She held scorn for the magical world from that day on and hated seeing her sister do things she couldn't and her parents were excited by. So she told her husband of it's existance and called them all "freaks" for the rest of her life. In truth she probably loved her sister, but never got a chance to make ammends. After all, her sister died shortly after she got out of Hogwarts. 21 or 22

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Was curious so I tried to find historical Oxygen levels by century (didn't find that). With the current oxygen level being around 20.9% and decreasing to effectively 17% around a mile in altitude, (say Denver) we adapt to 4% oxygen level without death. So if dinosaurs are similar in breathing to humans, I'd say with no scientific backing beyond just speculation, they should be fine.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Out of curiosity, why would that matter to most people? I don't live in Europe so I'm just curious. Is it just about wanting them to use the same currency because they seem posh about it or something? On their end I assume the look at it and say our money's worth more. (Why I fabricated the idea of posh being a possible reason for debating for/against)

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I think that has a lot of variables. Crocodiles were on earth around 250 million years ago, the t rex around 68 million years ago. Crocodiles still breath our atmosphere.

That doesn't mean other animals didn't have different breathing parameters though.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No I'm saying accident vs non accident is a huge difference.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't admire their situation. Then again... I can't say I could have ever accepted some of the things they did to get there. If I had money in the bank to buy a place outside of any of the counties fighting to be super powers right now I'd do so. The U.S., Russia, U.K., China, and a few others just all seem to be toxic for lack of better terms right now.

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