dmention7

It's astounding how much fuckery can be traced to just a handful of names. 😞

I've always thought it would be an interesting experiment for all (or most) proposed laws to be written as though they were scientific experiments, complete with:

• Hypothesis (what is the law intended to accomplish?),
• Metrics (how will effectiveness be measured),
• Effectiveness period (when will these effects be realized?)
• Success cnriteria (what is the minimum effect to consider the law effective?)
• Side effects (what might go wrong, and how will that be evaluated?)

There's probably lots that does not cover, but the main idea is that any new law comes with quantitative ways to determine its effectiveness against its stated goals. Any law that does not meet those goals in the predefined time period is scrapped.

But again, as Zeppo said, without an informed and interested electorate, it's all pretty much moot.

Another point that rarely seems to be accounted for is what type of miles are being used for comparison.

Aggregate autopilot crash rates may look good compared to non-autopilot rates, but if autopilot cannot be used in inclement weather, challenging roads, or other risky situations, then the statistic is misleading. (Statistics??? Misleading??? Well, I never....)

The part I can't figure out is why?

Bookmarks/favorites are designed specifically for managing large collections of more or less frequently accessed sites. They have descriptions, tags, folder structures, etc all built in and requiring a few kb of disk space each instead of 100MB of RAM. I'm wracking my brain for a reason why deliberately keeping hundreds or thousands of tabs loaded could possibly be more effective at managing a collection of resources. I got nothing though...

There are some crappy pears out there, but good ones (like you get in those ridiculous Harry & David gift boxes) are a thing of beauty.

It's all moot though, because pineapple puts them both to shame.

I think a good general rule there is:

Is the cliche the setup for the joke, or is it the entire punchline?

The former can make for quality humor, but the latter is just being lazy.

I honestly can't figure out if this is the only answer to the question OP was actually asking, or just the best joke answer lol

Uhh, do you guys not have pockets?

Where was your phone when you walked into the bathroom, and where does it go when you walk out?

Delightful

I think it depends. Most people could already get away with a lot of immoral or antisocial behaviors without super powers, but most of us still don't.

The Boys is an interesting one because there are hundreds of supes out there, enough to have a community of depravity. If you were the only one with super powers and you decided to majorly abuse them, you'd be a social outcast, even if you didnt face strict punishment, which most of us would really not want.

Impulse control and the general idea of delaying minor pleasures now that will have significant benefits later, or even just not doing things that kinda feel good in the moment but will make you miserable in the near future. As a species we're pretty terrible at those kinds of judgments.

The meme of the guy poking a stick into his bike wheel in one frame and lying in a crumpled pile in the next is timeless for exactly that reason. Same with shocked Pikachu.