"Uhh... Something something about an inordinate fondness for beetles."
Raine_Wolf
Wait, that's just slavery with extra steps!
I grew up there. Honestly, you're not wrong. Napoleon Dynamite is honestly only a mild exaggeration.
The thing is that most voters would be in favor of such a thing. Which is why those policies rarely find their way to polls. We don't live in a direct democracy. We live in an oligarchy.
Edit: Talking about the US here.
Or Anthropology. Right now, we have realized that New Caledonian crows have entered an equivalent to the early stone age in humans. Therefore, we can gain a lot of insight both about the nature of technological progression and of the very nature of intelligence (and the differences between mammalian and avian intelligence) by doing these studies.
It's more like... Having an extra layer or two stashed at convenient locations like a chipmunk.
Ok... Those don't look half bad tho. Anyone out there got a good flan recipe?
Cities: We expect them to get help! Just not from us. We can't lower property values like that.
I mean... You could try a tea shop! Usually have good pastries too
TIL: Guinness Book of World Records origin story is the same as a D&D campaign: started in a tavern.
Isn't that called a slum lord?
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