This is going to kick off a major war if the US keeps going.

Greenland is the hottest spot of real estate on the planet. Lots of idiot voters deny global warming, but the powers that be know. A thawed Greenland offers major mineral extraction and will guard the soon-to-be open Arctic waters. There’s probably much more I’m ignorant of, but “~Fifteen million dollars~ Greenland is not money. It’s a motive with a universal adaptor on it.”

Yes, Trump’s a dumbass, was so even before the dementia got hold. Yes, he’s looking at a Mercator projection and thinking, “That’s a lot of land!” But there are people behind the scenes driving this goal or the administration would have dropped it by now.

Think Europe will simply stand by? (Well, maybe, they don’t seem to be doing what needs done vis-a-vis Russia and the Ukraine War.) What if Europe does nothing? The US will take Canada next, that’s what.

Not being funny, but I never thought I’d wish for a military coup in my own country.

Pretty much what I gathered. Still haven’t heard Chappelle say anything awful, and you’ll note not a soul has replied with actual words from the man.

Maybe there’s something worse out there, but his trans jokes I’ve seen are far from hateful. When Chappelle first got flak over this I was afraid the jokes would be flat out evil. They could hardly be more mild.

Can anyone point to a particular joke that’s tearing trans people down? I don’t mean poking fun, I want to see the hate you all accuse him of.

This is like the fuck up with redacting the Epstein files.

“Oops! Sorry!”

I’m still astonished people think these events are screw ups and not intentional.

Very cute. I already have it on my RAID array. Take me down.

I’ve seen new architect kids and draftsmen make better renderings 15 years ago.

Gold doesn’t corrode, might be the best idea yet!

Worked at Red Lobster back in the 90s. The cook would just flip it over, split it down the middle and gut it. 5 seconds, it’s dead as a rock.

They farted around, shot some shells, went to the place to check it out, bla, bla, bla.

And of course the media making this out like Seal Team 6 level of planning.

Of course! I’m just mad at the simple-minded idea that there is no adolescence, only child or adult. The idea is ludicrous and harmful to the teens we’re raising to be adults.

I didn’t and wouldn’t say it does! But the difference shows that almost every state in the planet recognizes that teenagers are not “children”. It’s insulting to them at best, detrimental at worst.

A radio host was bemoaning the fact that her 17-yo daughter made a fire in the fireplace while home alone. Host was pretty upset.

Caller: “Did she do it properly?”

Host: “Yes, perfectly! We taught her to make a safe fire. But she’s a child! She has no business starting a fire without adults at home!”

I wanted to scream! In less than a year she can join the military, sign contracts, tell mom to fuck herself, go it alone, do everything but buy beer. And this is how you prepare her for adulthood?!

Sorry, the whole “child until 18” thing gets me bent. We’re trying to train these people to be adults, yet at the same time we tell them they have no agency until they’re 18, merely “children”? It’s fucking insulting and harmful.

That’s a small group and composed mainly of younger people who don’t vote. I built my own PCs from 1994 to around 2019. Now few people even own PCs, let alone build and upgrade.

I take a few tablespoons, stir it up in a coffee cup and chug it every night. Even if I miss a day, I’m generally OK, but miss 2 or 3 days, it’s a 2-3 day thing to get back to normal.

Just another tool for the mechanic to stock. They’ll be on eBay and Amazon soon enough.

China has already been moving into Africa, for some time. Russia doesn’t have the currency to support such international adventures.

The media won’t even call out his dementia. This should be a non-stop story as there are daily examples. I gave up on all media due to lack of reporting on this.

Notice how Trump disappears now and again? Like any dementia patient, he has good days and he has bad days. Look how he was with the Premier of Japan. Bad day where his handlers couldn’t hide him.

I do that too. genx here… lol

The 3rd and 4th paragraphs are certainly true. There are dozens of articles pointing out that Western children are indeed growing up slower. Had a great one I can’t find again, but it backed exactly what you’re saying.

We GenX folk grew up far faster than GenZ, so younger attitudes sometimes confound me. If times get hard, like Depression 2.0 hard, we’ll see that trend flip within a single generation.

Russia already had population issues. Sometime, I think the turn of the century, they enacted a new state holiday for people to stay home and make babies. Not even making that up.

Imagine how bad it is now!

VERY few countries peg the age of consent at 18, mostly the hyper-conservative. Only 10 states in America and only Turkey in Europe. Not sure there’s any countries in Africa or Asia.

This notion that a human goes from child to adult on their 18th birthday is truly bizarre to me. I was sexually active at 16 and the girl I lost my virginity to was 14. We weren’t adults, in full command of our lives, but we sure as hell weren’t children. At 17, my gf and I had sex almost daily, if we could manage it. And you would say we were children? Mighty developed and freaky children indeed!

The age of majority you’re arguing is the age at which society deems one responsible enough to sign contracts, join the military, in short, be responsible for one’s decisions. But to act like there’s no in-between state is ludicrous.

Even weirder is people arguing, correctly, that sexuality, autism, etc., is on a spectrum. But our maturity is not? That idea goes against even the most base observations.

My daughter turns 13 next month. Last summer I was already seeing her flip between “child” and a more serious person, sometimes minute to minute. (Can’t explain better, sorry.) Her brother is 10 and 100% child, no trace of maturity, as you would expect. By the time she is 14-15 she will be a wholly different person. But you would class her the same as a 10-yo?