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... also, she MIGHT be using magic for keeping her appearance ...
Susan: So you are Noriko? You look good for your age.
Noriko: And you look dark for blonde.
Based on her being sort-of celebrity I would assume he saw her photo. Also, he might not REMEMBER she's Edward's ex-wife but he has enough clearance to know and was probably told - if he didn't know, the deadly stare would make less sense ; it's more likely Cranium thinks he should know.

I guess results of this may influence how many people would insist to be classified as part of human species.
With the "mostly", it can still work , but ok, deceptive marketing is negative force.
Sure marketing is source of information and if it somehow could be completely removed (which would be naive to think can happen) it would be frustrating. But marketing is not property of product ; if you select product based on it's marketing, it means you ignored how good the product itself is - and there are lot of examples where the product with better marketing is objectively worse.
Docile tamed ... I was talking about cats.
Not just my idea, actually. In RPG terms, it was mentioned in nerfnow:
Alone, lot of traits cats got recently would be disadvantage. But cat got big advantage due to symbiotic relationship with humans, and now it turns nearly parasitic as the original stuff we needed cats for (protecting our grain storages from rodents) is rarely needed now. From evolution standpoint, best cat is one which is cuddly enough to always get food from humans, but is careful not to end up owned, as that can reduce number of her offspring.

I guess results of this may influence how many people would insist to be classified as part of human species.
With the "mostly", it can still work , but ok, deceptive marketing is negative force.
Sure marketing is source of information and if it somehow could be completely removed (which would be naive to think can happen) it would be frustrating. But marketing is not property of product ; if you select product based on it's marketing, it means you ignored how good the product itself is - and there are lot of examples where the product with better marketing is objectively worse.
Docile tamed ... I was talking about cats.
Not just my idea, actually. In RPG terms, it was mentioned in nerfnow:
Alone, lot of traits cats got recently would be disadvantage. But cat got big advantage due to symbiotic relationship with humans, and now it turns nearly parasitic as the original stuff we needed cats for (protecting our grain storages from rodents) is rarely needed now. From evolution standpoint, best cat is one which is cuddly enough to always get food from humans, but is careful not to end up owned, as that can reduce number of her offspring.

A bit of off the mark trivia, fish forks are a real thing (but not in my home), but not specific to carp. Carp are particularly bony, so I suppose that an eating implement could be developed that would lend itself to picking the bones out.
As to Holy, this must have to do with the Roman Catholic Church's meatless Friday rule, and having your eating utensils blessed. Or something. Hey, they ate fish in Israel during the time of Jesus, maybe these are the utensils from the last supper. Yeah, that's the ticket.
This probably has something to do with why you can get anchovies on pizza, as well.

I also don't think Diane needs that much convincing to make Elliot try Nanase ...
Also, as if Ellen couldn't make Nanase-Justin hybrid herself. From herself.


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... but I think squirrels have bigger potential:

How do they have time to notice that they're lonely while making so many smug Ewe Toob videos about the rest of us are fools for not living Off-The-Grid?

Yep. Also, here's a fun tidbit. Journey to the West, one of the great novels of ancient china and inspiration for more manga, anime, movies, books, etc. than you can count. The first several chapters are dedicated to the origin story of Sun Wukong (known as Sun Goku in Japan) and how he single-handedly beat up all the armies of the underworld and heaven, became immortal several thousand times over, acquired a whole rpg supplement's worth of magical powers and equipment,  and was basically only stopped when the author's personal version of God stepped in. And yet he also manages to be one of the most beloved characters in not just the story, but all classic literature. Because the character and the story around him were well-written, the ridiculously op, and pretty selfish and petty, character actually comes of as likable, and the story becomes beloved. Write well, and terrible characters become great ones.

That's so good point it's surprising it's also official explanation from OUR politicians. Probably because noone would be believing them if they tried to claim they can stop it.
Not  sure which are you willing to avoid, but little hint of a social activity which may not be possible for the rest of your life: elections.
The problem with virus will eventually be solved: even if we don't find any cure, people will eventually build better immunity, and even if reinfection is possible it wouldn't be that serious third time.
However, lot of governments were already limiting people's rights and privacy ... and this might give them excuse.
On the other hand, this will also be a big push for home office and electronic communication in general.
So, pessimistic view, there wouldn't be any elections. Optimistic one, they wouldn't be social event, as they would be online ... with "who voted for whom" no longer as secret as is now. Sure, it is technically possible to do secret elections online, but only if government wants.
The ability to pay by cash is also in danger. They already recommend not using cash as temporary measure in my country ... possibly because they don't believe cash will survive disinfection ... possibly because it's harder to track cash for tax purposes.
 

That became quite common knowledge recently.
 

That became quite common knowledge recently.
 

I was with a real bitch yesterday. She was demanding to be petted, licking my hand, wagging her tail, staring at me with her big eyes. If I took a break, she got up and rested her front paws on my legs and gave me a "You know you're not done." look.

That's what I meant saying "Yeah, I know, those hashtags don't mean what they say". I'm aware of how it was used and even why, I just find it weird.
Yeah, unbelievable what can happen in country claiming to be civilized.
To be fair, there is more "low level" criminals between those black folks - because there is more poverty between them as well, and "low level" criminality is powered by poverty. Of course, that doesn't give ordinary people, much less police, right to shot black people just because of their color.
(High level criminals are rarely shot at, no matter their color. Mostly because earth-to-air missiles are hard to get. Middle level criminals are shot at more often, but color still doesn't matter, as everyone looks same behind the dark window of limousine. And they are likely more often white because of opportunity.)
If you mean Germany - controlled territory (Poland, France ...), like, seriously? If the situation would be THAT bad NOONE would dare tweet "Black Lives Matter", because doing that would get you AND your family being shot at - and you would know exactly what was the cause. It would also be clearly written into all official papers and the policemen doing it would not just get off free, they will be praised for following orders.
In worst case the situation might be like Jews BEFORE WW II.
Black Lives Matter Too would be much more logical tag, because THAT's what's that SUPPOSED to mean.

Definitely. Exact quote from this strip commentary is
 

If you figure out you want to delete before you hit submit, you can just leave the page. Afterward, all you can do is edit the second one into a quote and add a comment, "What an excellent post".

I don't believe that. There is not enough ketchup nor mustard involved, also where would the bread-roll came from?
Note that I was describing Europe. But yes, good point: nowadays, most of wealth doesn't really exists so it doesn't need to be transported. And debt is usually transported by internet.
I see. Hmmm ... not sure what is average length of freight train in Europe. I remember counting them when young, but not the result.

She might have enough money to fund EVERYONE in whole country. Like, in real economy that's impossible, but in simplified game economy ...
So yes, why not? If Arthur didn't wanted Rhoda to go to pub, he should tell why, not mock her about not having money.
... of course, it's possible it wouldn't help.
Also this.
... and the way Dan speaks about splitting into parts, we likely aren't in half yet.

Are you?
Look again at the story. The ultimate proof it's not real is that Susan got away with it.
And, actually, she tried multiple times to NOT be rude just to find out it's not working.
Also, note that even if this is not real and we are all in a video game, you still shouldn't be rude to other players. It's only allowed to be rude to NPCs.
(However, I doubt that. I mean, seriously, noone would try story as improbable as real life.)

If school districts build to meet their peak anticipated enrollment, then any year that they do not meet that number they are left with unused / underused facilities that they must continue to maintain, heat, and secure even if they have become little more than a storage shed
If school districts do not build facilities to meet their peak enrollment, or significantly underestimate what their peak enrollment could be, then they wind up overcrowded with more than a few students condemned to long bus rides across different school districts
It is as if humans do not take the plight of local bureaucracies into account when engaged in behavior that might result in new humans

I can tolerate that people hold strongly to a religious belief. I cannot and will not tolerate that they attempt to impose their religious belief on me either personally or politically. I will to the end of my life fight against attitudes so insular and so blind that they will deny me my personal identity, liberties and rights simply because my existence makes them feel uncomfortable. And since I strongly feel that this sort of oppression links together and intersects, that includes the oppression they direct towards beliefs other than their own, persons of colour and Blacks, the disabled, all other LGBTQI* people and the impoverished. That is all.

No, it is not possible
Phobia implies an irrational or excessive fear
There is no such thing as "Too Much" fear when we must confront our feline overlords
Love Cats
Admire Cats
Take them into your family
Treat them as friends
But always fear them and remember your proper place

Literarily allergic to cats. >_>

Makes sense.
I don't have cat. My sister had one when we still lived together but that's years ago. I like cats, but only from safe distance ... I'm allergic to them. I mean literally.

... and yet, when a brother and sister do this, it's considered to be weird. Go figure.

.... hmmmmmmm .... I don't consider it that much likely but it's true that we can't take anything discovered before the magic "small" change for granted. Especially considering that it may not be change of immortal magic but change of ordinary magic.
... I'm not sure who has more right to be called "Smoke".
That would be LOT of luck to not trigger Edward's defenses.
The Whale also got there.
I believe Sirleck was not able to exist on that another plane without host ... but, yes: There might be way how human magic user can enter the spirit plane. However it seems it's hard to do and/or not widely known, as it didn't seem DGB had any other way to search on spirit plane than asking immortals for help.
On the other hand ... we know that immortals can hide from each others as well. Maybe imagining spirit plane as ONE plane is misleading.
... as far as we know, Agent Cranium's method of seeing place without being there involves spirit plane. Speaking about which, this COULD be Agent Cranium.
... wait.
One more idea about the clicking involving invisible people. So far we evaluated two possibilities: that invisible person manipulated ordinary door and that the door itself is enchanted. Another option: Door is enchanted to be part of house protection. It auto-locked itself when it detected someone invisible near.

It would take a LOT of flexibility even for a Hollywood producer to claim that Schwarzenegger was the main star of Aliens. Still, I can actually imagine them trying.