Interesting, I grew up Catholic and never knew there were exceptions.

What drink?

It was also a very convenient way to prevent the nobility from establishing a church dynasty.

Funnier that they demand their priests be celibate but don’t recognize asexuality. Like, what do they think is happening with priests who aren’t getting caught in sex scandals? Sure some of them probably just have more willpower, but I’m willing to bet money that many of them are just asexual and never had to think about it or identify that way because they were instead celibate for their faith.

Could he not have been ace?

1 percent. There’s too much they would need to do in four years to not have an election and elections are done by the states not the federal government. So there will definitely be an election. As far as getting re-elected it would take draconian measures for the exact same reason. He’d need 270 electoral votes worth of states to blatantly go against the Constitution.

The only way he remains in office past January 20th 2029 is by refusing to leave and surrounding himself with loyalists. Thus the 1 percent chance. It could work if a million things go exactly right.

It’s a cat so both

Just smile, like genuinely, and wave or acknowledge her with your head when she looks. And if she turns away then stop, she’s not interested or she’s playing manipulation games. There’s no “right look”, that’s something Hollywood made up for romance movies. The only bad thing you could do is exactly what they do in those movies. Sitting across the room and trying to just use your eyes reads as creepy. So if you’re trying to catch her eye, you should also be trying to get to her, talk to her.

The only community I’ve been in where men constantly break eye contact is the military. And that’s because we were in Iraq and constantly checking out surroundings as we talked. Men are not gorillas. Eye contact is perceived as paying attention to the conversation.

Yeah everything I’ve read about Sweden, militarily, seems like they’ve spent the entire cold war making an invasion a nightmare for the invaders.

Shocked, shocked I am.

Okay I did the funny quote, where’s my winnings?

No, “Total Defense” translates well. And that’s an interesting system.

Iirc Sweden reinstated compulsory service in 2017?

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Except for Greece and Turkey. They’re both waiting for a cow to wander onto the wrong side of Cyprus. (I joke, but not by much)

My dude, the US doesn’t even have English as the official language and it doesn’t operate entirely in English either.

Susan. Make friends with HR. Get your folder marked, “promote ahead of peers”.

You can enjoy TV shows and movies while knowing ACAB is the truth.

It isn’t hardly a civil war yet. And we can absolutely avoid one if we work on helping the working class without the bad stuff. If the Democrats were to commit to lowering the cost of living and publicly attack that problem the way the Republicans publicly attack minorities then it wouldn’t be an issue.

The real problem was they were trying to speak French in Spain and Spanish in Italy. Common mistake, happens all the time.