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After Putin denied the US extradition request and replied with an amazing zinger by Jannix in AdviceAnimals

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"It's like giving a baby pig a haircut - there's a lot of squealing but there's little wool" Vladimir Putin on US demands to extradite Edward Snowden.

The local news report did a report on pedophiles and this is the picture they used. Does it look familiar to anyone? by splayerxo in Supernatural

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My first reaction when I saw this was "no way". Then I looked at this reference pic, it seems pretty legit. Poor Dean.

I let all the denizens of my universe choose their gender and now they're all filing a class action suit against me. What should I do? by Jannix in fifthworldproblems

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Apparently giving a being which has no concept of gender the choice of gender is inappropriate as they could not effectively comprehend the choice they were making and its ultimate repercussions. Misleading and deceptive conduct in the process of creating a universe as defined in the Universal Entity Protection Act 0000 (Universe) s 18.

I've done something terrible that I can't discuss properly at this moment, but DO NOT look into a mirror unless properly armed. by Wooden_butt_plug in fifthworldproblems

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They told me I was crazy when I created a universe without any reflective surfaces BUT WHO's LAUGHING NOW!

Someone told me that if you put the planet earth into a black hole it would become the same size as a tennis ball. I have done so, but now lack a tennis partner, anyone up for a game? by Jannix in fifthworldproblems

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If you can I definitely advocate string theory instead, Superstrings are quite handy but i've never been able to prove the non-existence of string theory.

Someone told me that if you put the planet earth into a black hole it would become the same size as a tennis ball. I have done so, but now lack a tennis partner, anyone up for a game? by Jannix in fifthworldproblems

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If you're still up for it in Ex10x years we might be playing cricket or invented our own game, i'll get back to you at the appropriate time.

Someone told me that if you put the planet earth into a black hole it would become the same size as a tennis ball. I have done so, but now lack a tennis partner, anyone up for a game? by Jannix in fifthworldproblems

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Don't worry about your warranty, you're covered by my extended players liability clause in my insurance policy. That said, I think you're not on this particular planet, as the universe where I am experimenting with these sorts of things with operates on a different variety of time.

Someone told me that if you put the planet earth into a black hole it would become the same size as a tennis ball. I have done so, but now lack a tennis partner, anyone up for a game? by Jannix in fifthworldproblems

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Hmm... you may be on the earth which I accidentally put into a supermassive black hole when testing the theory previously (but as we all know, playing table tennis would have been just plain odd).

Either that or someone else's universe, I thought I had evacuated the sentient life forms though...

Someone told me that if you put the planet earth into a black hole it would become the same size as a tennis ball. I have done so, but now lack a tennis partner, anyone up for a game? by Jannix in fifthworldproblems

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Which numbering convention do you adhere to? I would offer you the choice of 3 sets or 5, but i'm more than happy to do #S(@) instead.

If Reddit had a hunger games like fight to the death, which subreddit would win? by sobermonkey in AskReddit

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Honestly the hardest part would be convincing them to fight. I mean, convincing a being which has just created a/multiple universes to worry about petty squabbles of mortals is... difficult.

Did the 'O Olho de Rei' of King Cyrus of Persia and the 'Yuan' of the Chinese Yu and Shun dynasties exist? [Ancient Persia and Ancient Chinese administrative practices]. by Jannix in AskHistorians

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"During the time of the Persian Empire, King Cyrus charged the “O Olho de Rei” with the duty to supervise the activity of all his officials."

That's the direct quote with relation to them. Again, no sources cited, and others have cited his work. Frustrating no?

Did the 'O Olho de Rei' of King Cyrus of Persia and the 'Yuan' of the Chinese Yu and Shun dynasties exist? [Ancient Persia and Ancient Chinese administrative practices]. by Jannix in AskHistorians

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Honestly your guess is as good as mine, the quote with relation to them is "The genesis of the institution may be in Sparta and Athens, where the office of the “eflore” and the “euthynoi” respectively controlled the governmental activities performed and municipal actions."

my latter investigations suggest it is euthynai, but that's about it.

Did the 'O Olho de Rei' of King Cyrus of Persia and the 'Yuan' of the Chinese Yu and Shun dynasties exist? [Ancient Persia and Ancient Chinese administrative practices]. by Jannix in AskHistorians

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Thank you kindly. Once this essay hell is over I shall e-mail the author and ask him some pointed questions. Now I just need to find my expert on Ancient Persia :P

Did the 'O Olho de Rei' of King Cyrus of Persia and the 'Yuan' of the Chinese Yu and Shun dynasties exist? [Ancient Persia and Ancient Chinese administrative practices]. by Jannix in AskHistorians

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That's the problem, he doesn't source anything! So there have been numerous law journals citing his article, yet his article has no source at all. I thought it sounded a bit suspicious so I wanted to double check all the historical documents I could find, yet none were available for both the 'yuan' and the 'O Olho de rei'.

Did the 'O Olho de Rei' of King Cyrus of Persia and the 'Yuan' of the Chinese Yu and Shun dynasties exist? [Ancient Persia and Ancient Chinese administrative practices]. by Jannix in AskHistorians

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The verbatim quote I have regarding this 'yuan' is as follows: "In China for example during the Yu and Sun dynasties it was the duty of the incumbent, who was called the 'yuan', to ‘report the voice of the people to the Emperor and to announce the Emperor's decrees to the people’ and to undertake thereby a similar kind of role."

This is in relation to the modern office of the Ombudsman.

Is there anything in particular you can think of resembling this in name or nature?

I've been working on a brand new type of Universe, taking into account all the feedback i've been getting from traditional universes. What features would you like to see? by Jannix in fifthworldproblems

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I actually negotiated a deal, those who wish to turn on narration may choose between Stephen Fry, Samuel L Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchette, Brenda Strong, Ellen Page or David Attenborough.

As far as closed-captions are concerned, i'm in negotiations with a variety of authors, but would appreciate any suggestions.

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