The US implementation of chip and PIN left off the PIN. The reason given was “no one wants to put in a PIN every time” so for the vast majority of transactions you just hold up your card to the sensor or put it in the chip reader. PIN is only required for cash withdrawals in my experience.

This is why I introduced my kids to scuba diving as soon as they could get certified. It’s an expensive hobby but you can combine it with family vacations. Most vacation places near water have dive shops and will rent you whatever equipment you need

There are full face masks and Gabe’s bread doesn’t seem to be as long as it was.

The Cure - Lullaby

Meanwhile the X-men have been around since the 1960s exploring all kinds of stories about how the greater population treats mutants. Including the recurring stories of Mageto’s “We are better than them Charles” while Professor X is like “can’t we all get along?”

I briefly worked for a plumber during my college days to make money. He said the people who kept him in business were people who poured grease down the drain and also people who flushed tampons.

Ketchup on onion rings? Right to jail, right away.

How to recognize a true believer, from Matthew 7:16-20:

16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

It turns out the Rosetta stone isn’t actually unique. It was simply the first example found of what cane to be known as the Decree of Memphis. It was required to be put in every temple. I think the rally of these stones is up to six currently.

Wasn’t it just one GSV on the Culture side basically fighting the whole war?

Don’t forget the ability to switch sex/gender freely. I think in Player of Games there is one person known for switching to female and having a kid every ten years or so. Having lots of kids also frowned upon.

You’re thinking too modern. We need to go back before Eternal September

You’ll get nowhere because of the Border search exemption

Don’t forget the carnivorous unicorns

The best a third party can hope for us to split the vote from whatever majority party they are most like and allow the other side to win. And only one time in our history has a third party gotten more votes than the party it split from. Teddy Roosevelt, Bull Moose Party, 1912

She’s in control enough to give $197 million in bonuses to her crew. https://pagesix.com/2024/12/09/entertainment/taylor-swift-gave-eras-tour-performers-crew-extra-197m-in-bonuses/