It was only 1.57-1 in imperial though.

That’s not necessarily why, the origins of the word are lost to the mists of time. Either might be true!

Did space hurt you, somehow?

I agree it’s impossible to be sure with a sample of one. But I think “we’re not special” is a good assumption to make, and it leads to some interesting possibilities.

The latest estimates put habitable planets around one in five stars

100% agree that we should focus on fixing down here, but very bold of you to assume Fermi, Konopinski, Teller and York, as well as all of the other minds who’ve wrestled with this question have all overlooked basic physics, chemistry and engineering.

I remember my English teacher telling me the word “set” was the worst example of this, with over 200 definitions in the unabridged Oxford dictionary.

Also the UK.

God yes. Especially with an accent that makes the -ant into two syllables.
shudders

What? Ooohhhhh was I being autistic again?

You shouldn’t have started your comment with an insult to their intelligence and then immediately talked bollocks. Now I’m duty-bound to correct your arrogant nonsense.

the sky is blue because it reflects the water

Nope. It’s blue because the atmosphere filters out bluer light.

It only works with sunlight

Nope. There’s nothing special about sunlight, you can reproduce the effect experimentally with a torch and a tube of water

everything would look blue if you stood in a small room with water, air, and the sun.

What? How you gonna fit the sun into a small room?

Totally different R sound in English crucifix and French croissant.

A single word: “abstain”/“forgo” , although these don’t express personal dislike. “Eschew” describes the shunning of something so might be more suitable. Since you’re using only one word, you might get some follow up questions:

“I eschew gnome”.

“Dude wtf does “eschew” mean and why are you such a poser? Oh really? Why’s that then?”

Not OP, but I think the argument is more about nutritional benefit than commercial benefit.

Completely agree with your take on the UK office. Worse, it started a trend in trying to make the audience cringe instead of laugh.

And I’ve always been at least mildly irritated by Gervais, the cunt. Bothered me how everything he did got critical acclaim and I’d have to have the same conversation over and over again about how he just sets my teeth on edge, and no I haven’t watched, and no, I don’t want to give this one a try, and no, please stop trying to persuade me to like anything with that shit in it, it’s not going to happen, yes I guess I probably am the weird one for not liking him…etc.

Yeah some of them have shown promise. Burnham does. Even Starmer showed promise.
It’s the problem that they seem to turn into zombies as soon as they get into power that’s the problem. Let’s see what happens with this next one.

That’s the question!

AFAIK Starmer has done nothing to reduce Trans rights.

From Wikipedia:

“In July 2024, UK Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer stated that trans women should not have the right to use women-only spaces, even with a gender recognition certificate.[14][15][16] He also ruled out allowing trans people to self-ID.[17] Starmer also said he would continue the block on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill in Scotland.[18] In December 2024, Starmer followed through on this by making the ban on puberty blockers to treat gender dysphoria in under-18s permanent on the basis of “independent expert advice that there is currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children.”[19] Despite the assertion that puberty blockers are unsafe when prescribed to children, they remain available for the treatment of precocious puberty.[20]”

You are making a giant straw man argument, would it make a difference for Starmer to merely say Israel is committing genocide?

Yes, it would. Gaza is on the ballot.

Invading peoples privacy was implemented by the Conservatives.

The Labour party voted for the act, and have overseen its implementation.

While you IMO have a point about Palantir, the goal is to improve management and analysis of health data. It is not about “selling” data.

The NHS’s goal is to improve management and analysis. Palantir’s goal is to accrue and sell data. The problem is that the contract was awarded to Palantir - by the Labour gov.

You are basically just proving my point, as you fail to point to anything Starmer actually did wrong.

Reality begs to differ, see above.

Starmer is mostly unpopular because everything has gotten worse after Brexit, and Starmer is unable to turn it around quickly.

Starmer is unpopular because he’s an appalling politician. And -to be as kind and equable as can be- a dishonest shit rag. Blaming Brexit for Starmer’s failures is like Trump blaming the Democrats for the reflecting pool.

Really good comment, although the correct sentence for this demonstration is “I never said I fucked your sister”

Ooh that would be nice