China has still fucked up its environment massively though. Being the world’s factory produces a lot of byproducts. Sure, they’re concentrating them and trying to detoxify the worst of it but the place is swimming in effluent that does great damage to life in one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. “Green” in the sense of renewable energy and climate change mitigation is not green in the sense of preserving the last tracts of intact wilderness to limit mass extinctions.

Pity he wasn’t navid.

Lol I bet your comment confused them, that line is originally from that On Top of Spaghetti song and it was repurposed by Bread in his classic number The Meatballs the Meatballs the Meatballs the Meatballs the Meatballs the Meatballs of Liiiife. I love Bread. I’m a huge Breadhead and Bread can get all up in my guts any time.

I had no idea it was synthesised from oil! Yet another reason not to take it. My local chemist has a sign that says “Did you know? Paracetamol is available for patients with long-term needs.” Big oil and big pharma colluding to cause liver damage on the basis that it’s barely an analgesic and doesn’t interact with most other drugs.

I always think of Jesus as a Buddhist Jew.

Sounds like natural personhood for AI is coming

Not bad!

They learnt from the best

Shocked you’re the first ITT to mention 無印良品 - it’s probably the most successful unbranded brand in the world nowadays!

It was called Franklins, No Frills was their home brand

You’re a sensible fellow and I appreciate your rational perspective and positive, encouraging attitude to your fellow human beings. Good idea on the virtual hike too, I’ll do that next time I’m out and about if I remember.

We should expand the volume of society then! PV=nRT baby

Or maybe it feels like oppression because it is. Nobody in this thread has their mind open to the possibility that structural changes disadvantaging (young, predominantly white) men can happen even when other groups are continuing to be held back.

Bring back punctuation altogether at this stage!

Three Body Problem?

It’s slow by design, for better encryption. Faster fibreoptic cables maybe? A faster speed of light might help?

Defund the dumb teachers! (Reasonable analogy, right? /s)

So what? Finish your thought.

Well said and I agree :)

China isn’t reliant on imported food, from the US or anywhere.