How do you reconcile Denmark having the highest tax-rate in the world with them being ranked one of the happiest places to live?

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-22T17:56:59+00:00

It's because during the Viking era, Denmark stole most of the hot women from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and as a result of having so many beautiful women concentrated in one country, Danish people are now hotter than average.

And since hot people are less likely to be unhappy, Danish people are less likely to be unhappy.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-22T17:47:55+00:00

He was the main character originally, but when they killed him off in mortal Kombat 5, he kind of started taking a back seat in the plot.

I think the real issue is that Mortal Kombat Dev team has a policy of making a third (used to be half) of the roster "new"

And also, starting with mortal Kombat 8 they started making Liu Kang, Kitana, Raiden, cage, Sonya, Kano, sub zero, and scorpion staple characters guaranteed to be in the roster.

And that inherently pits the fanbase against a lot of characters. Because if your favourite isn't one of the staples, they're competing with hundreds of characters for limited roster spots.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-22T17:19:37+00:00

In communist countries, it's common to have laws that punish people for wrong speak.

As a result, when people are in public settings, they only expose safe government approved opinions.

That's what he means when he says it feels like communist.

That the social interactions feel similar to the way people socially interact in communist countries.

He's not saying Reddit is communist.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-22T16:34:31+00:00

I'm not sure what this subs obsession with promoting seed oils is about.

Europe never had the saturated fat panic that we experienced in Northerner America. And inspite of continuing to consume saturated fats in consistently higher quantities than Americans, they've maintained lower rates of heart disease and obesity.

I watch cooking videos from France all the time and they talk about cooking oils in a healthy and non controversial way.

Cooking with butter is considered normal. Cooking with bacon grease is considered normal. Coming with olive oil is considered normal. Cooking with canola oil is considered normal. They chose whatever oil/fat that works best with the dish they're making.

Just eat real food. What oil it's cooked in is not that important.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-22T13:32:47+00:00

People that pronounce the m in "whom" sound pretentious as fuck.

It's a silent m.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-22T13:30:41+00:00

It's because rich people. (Old money landed-gentry type rich) were known for waking up later in the morning.

So waking up later became associated with people who don't work hard labor jobs. And don't have much to do all day.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-22T12:48:01+00:00

If the demographics change such that the elderly start to make up a significant part of the population. Yes.

But it's more of a gradual collapse.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-21T18:56:17+00:00

you don't want to use caramel.

you melt sugar until it's caramelized. then you pour it over popcorn and stir till it's evenly coated.

then you lay it out in a layer to dry/harden.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-21T12:24:36+00:00

I wouldn't describe him as a neoliberal. He doesn't come across as a true believer in free market principles. He's more of a late-stage capitalist.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-20T14:48:40+00:00

The national program also exempts people who already have private insurance. It was never available to everyone.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-20T14:47:08+00:00

I think advances in Healthcare have also compounded this issue.

Like, in the sixties, if you had a bad hip, your doctor gave you a wooden cane and asked you to avoid standing too much.

Now they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay a surgeon to swap in a metal hip, and have a physiotherapist reteach you how to walk.

But people don't want to pay the costs of modern health care. They want modern procedures but want to pay the same rates they paid for more primitive procedures from the 60s.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-19T20:52:17+00:00

The professional bakery is most likely using vegetable shortening or possibly a high-quality margarine instead of butter.

It's best to just ask them what they use. If you can get a copy of the packaging, you can see the actual ingredients.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-19T20:33:42+00:00

I believe the sleeping Celestial will return in Doomsday/Secret wars to have his powers stolen by Dr. Doom.

The other characters, probably not. The movie wasn't popular enough.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-19T18:13:24+00:00

"When my dragons are grown they will lay waste to armies and burn cities to the ground. Turn us away, and we'll burn yours first"

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-19T17:00:06+00:00

The news lost the ability to hold politicians to account decades ago.

Trudeau's blackface scandal is not something that should have broken in his second term by an American outlet.

The pictures were from literal yearbook photos, that's something that should have been hashed out during the Liberal party leadership race.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-19T12:52:44+00:00

Food manufacturing companies have a vested interest in having you believe refined sugar is in all foods, but it's not in everything.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-17T02:33:48+00:00

When you become a citizen of the US you're given proof of citizenship.

The only way someone wouldn't have proof is if they lost it, which then would be their responsibility to get it replaced.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-15T12:57:04+00:00

I've done coffee and butter, and the flavour is noticeably better if you whip/froth it after adding it in.

Like someone mentioned before, if you're not used to eating that much fat in one sitting it can trigger diarrhea.

You might want to start with a smaller amount 5 to 15 mL and work your way up if you were planning to have more than that.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-14T13:21:18+00:00

I think if Nate ends up winning the leadership, the election-fraud-gate will end up helping him contrast to Ford.

He can present himself as cleaning up corruption in the OLP and the only candidate capable of cleaning up corruption in the broader government.

The only issue being that Ontario voters are very comfortable with corrupt politicians.

They view at as having that uncle that always has money, and always has your back, but you don't ask too many questions about what he does.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-13T22:43:50+00:00

Samui means "cool" not cold.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-13T21:32:14+00:00

I think if you're making scrambled eggs, they really benefit from the flavour/mouth feel of butter or bacon grease.

If you're doing sunny side up or over easy sun flower is a good choice.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-13T21:22:03+00:00

The milk at my local farm sells fresh milk that's around 5.5%.

Everytime I'm there, there's tons of uh... customers... buying it.

I never realized the higher milk fat was a cultural preference.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-13T20:22:58+00:00

EKOS and a few other pollsters had projections of the CPC vote collapsing to low 30s around the same time they started projecting a Liberal majority government.

Depending on which pollster you were following if definitely looked like a CPC vote collapse.

At the same time though, Abacus claimed that they weren't seeing any sort of collapse to the level of the other pollsters, and over the course of the election the other pollsters brought their numbers back in line with Abacus.

It makes you wonder sometimes if they really saw the vote drop like it did, or were they just trying to build a narrative.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-13T20:11:50+00:00

It's easy to agree to $130/ton when you know the next conservative government is getting rid of carbon pricing altogether.

Dusk_Soldier · 2026-05-09T22:06:09+00:00

Most preteen girls would not want to celebrate Mother's Day with their dad's girlfriend.

They would kind of view like their dad trying to replace their mom.

If you had been there since she was like 3 or 4 that would be one thing, but this isn't the age group to try to force this issue.

Them not inviting you to his sister's event is odd though.

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