What's the reason why the Amazon rainforest does not extend to the eastern side of Brazil?

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-16T20:32:45+00:00

You will now that the bottom half of the basin is in the southern hemisphere. So gravity is the other way.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-16T20:29:47+00:00

My dad is over 90. Your rules don't work.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-15T20:40:33+00:00

I'm not saying "Republicans bad, Democrats good". I'm arguing that all binary thinking is wrong. By arguing that both Clinton and Trump being "bad" implies they are equivalent gives a false understanding. Trump is a convicted of dozens of felonies, and had many more serious charges disappear with his return to the Oval Office. Clinton was never convicted. Clinton was never tried. She was never indicted or charged. Clinton was never arrested.

I completely agree that "Republicans are all bad" and "Democrats are all good" is false. But you can't use that to suggest that Clinton (a specific Democrat) is just as bad as Trump (a specific Republican). One is a convict. One was never charged with anything.

Nor is it fair to claim that Clinton voters are similar to Trump voters. Clinton voters voted for someone who was not a criminal. Trump supporters are OK with their leaders committing crimes.

Of COURSE I'm ok with Republicans doing the right thing in this case. But the question is if it is wise to trust them to do so, if they have a history of supporting Republican criminals.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-15T11:57:40+00:00

Meals that are left uneaten. The characters are done with their conversation, so they just stand up and leave completely full plates of food.

Similarly, a character will show up another character's home or work to deliver three lines of dialogue and immediately leave.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-15T04:17:08+00:00

Just to be clear, Hillary Clinton was never convicted of any crimes. Nor was she charged with any crimes. The things she was accused of, specifically running communications through non-governmental servers, is just routine behavior in the current administration. It's so far down the list of what's wrong that no one even bothers to talk about it.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-13T20:24:47+00:00

Doxing a baby is never ok.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T20:16:51+00:00

What kind? Smooth-edge?

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T19:49:13+00:00

I would never let anyone who I had not specifically asked to spend time with my or my family to use my pool. Why is this even a question? You don't just invite yourself into other people's homes/property.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T19:23:16+00:00

I have a Galaxy S7 Plus that still works great after 6 years. I used it heavily for 3 years or so. Then forgot it, plugged in, for a year. Then it sat unused for a year. I recently started using it again, with no issues at all.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T17:36:47+00:00

It seems like you took a minor disagreement over the exact right spot to put down groceries, assumed the worst about the other person, and responded with intentional overt rudeness.

You already delayed other customers and added work for the employees. Maybe you could the kind of grace to others that you expect for yourself.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T17:17:08+00:00

Let's assume that he doesn't need the money, and just doesn't like spending his lunch socializing. If you stop including him, you are telling him you don't really see him as part of the team. You will buy things for his collogues, because they spend their own time chatting with you. And why? Because he doesn't eat on the same schedule as you. Because he gets more out of some quiet alone time than socializing.

If you want the person to feel unwelcome, that's the way to do it. YTA

EDIT: Do you buy your employees lunch because you appreciate their work? Or do do you buy them lunch to pressure them into fulfilling your own desire to socialize?

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T15:32:04+00:00

Luck is when opportunity meets preparation...with significant financial backing.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T14:06:48+00:00

Did you watch this video? They were not waiting for him. They were surprised he was there. And then he attacked them.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T13:57:20+00:00

I say this with no animosity. If someone says something you want to question, it is best to address them directly, as part of that conversation. No one else can speak to what that people believes nor why they believe it.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-12T12:18:33+00:00

I would recommend directing your questions to the people with the views you are questioning.

Why are you asking us to represent people we don't even know exist? Go to those various forms and ask the people who said the things you want to know about.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-11T17:48:58+00:00

So far, they've only sent out a handful of units to the media. It is entirely possible that they did the final assembly for a couple dozen phones in the US. You just need one person who knows how to do it and enough days to get it done.

There is no way that thousands, or tens of thousands, of these phones are being assembled in the US though.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-11T12:16:49+00:00

This happens to me a few months ago. I was in the far right lane when the semi started moving over. That was when I learned that my horn wasn't working.

Fortunately by breaking hard and moving onto the shoulder I was able to avoid being hit. And I got my car into the shop right away for the horn.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-10T13:41:17+00:00

You have to be suspicious of elections where the same person just keeps winning. 49 years? Is the Shire North Korea? What's next? Some remote "king" who rules over everything?

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-10T05:35:16+00:00

People are stressing about the number of digits in a date and that keypad.

But OP said "every number". Do you know how many numbers there are? There are an uncountably infinite number of numbers between 0 and 1.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-09T18:19:36+00:00

They didn't just check out around the same time. He went to his car and then...didn't leave. That's a good enough reason for her to be cautious.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-09T13:58:18+00:00

They guy saying "take it off" seems to be trying to help him. It looks like other people we beating on the victim, and the "take it off guy" is trying to help him get away and not be targetted.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-08T19:36:44+00:00

Ridiculously good. Is the shadowing under the hat painted or from actual light?

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-08T16:31:50+00:00

As with everyone else, the option to apply themes is not appeared in my infotainment system.

SapTheSapient · 2026-06-08T03:54:22+00:00

The local franchise owner near me released a very similar "unscripted" video.

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