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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The Norks Kims are world leaders and KC3 isn't? Did I accidentally stumble into a .ml echo chamber?

On looking at the OP's list I was also wondering why Trooping the Colour wasn't on it, as it is a military parade for the (official) birthday of one of the leaders in the G7.

King Charles III is not symbolic; he is the ruler of the UK and the Commonwealth. He refers to Parliament as "my government" in his speeches and no new laws can be passed without his approval (Royal assent). He is the head of the military and the Church. So referring to Charles as a symbolic figurehead is factually inaccurate. Deferring power to Parliament doesn't change that. Taking it up again may cause a constitutional crisis, but I believe it is an option.

This seems like a fairly reliable source, on the grounds that although it's "only" a blog, solicitors aren't known for posting misinformation. https://www.milnerslaw.co.uk/could-king-charles-iii-dissolve-parliament/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

No. John 17:3 "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."

My "reward" is right here, right now. While I'm still alive.

A death cult encourages people either to kill or to die. Christianity is not one of those.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So much wrongitude here I don't know if this is genuinely what you think or if you're just trolling.

Jesus came to earth so that we could know God, here and now. To nick someone else's quote: It's not pie in the sky when you die, it's steak on your plate while you wait. John 10:10: "I have some so that they may have life, and have it to the full."

I suggest you read the Bible some time. Start with the Gospels, either Luke or John. Not as a means to convert you, but so that you can understand what Christianity is really about, instead of spouting uninformed nonsense about it. You're currently the equivalent of those Christians who say the equivalent of "evolution is just a theory".

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Not really; one guy died, by his own choice, but came back to life two days later. A real "cult of human sacrifice" would require it as an ongoing practice and for the victims to stay dead.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Simple. We let them get away with it. Compare:

"Your PC is out of date" "Don't be stupid, it's only 2 years old and still works fine" with

"Your phone is out of date" "OK I'll buy a new one".

There needs to be a lot more of Answer A to Statement B.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Maybe it's a Samsung phone and a "Made in USA" sticker, shipped in as components and stuck together in the USA, thus fulfilling both "designed" and "made" in USA even though there are some foreign-made components (2). Then onshore those components bit by bit until the process is complete.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

They're not a property market or game show either.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Technically that's 100% buffering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oops! Thank you :-)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I once got rid of ants by leaving a small pile of sugar out for them.

I like to think the ants that found it took it back to the nest and said "hey guys look what we found!" then got "don't be so stupid! humans never do that! It's obviously a trap, don't ever go back there"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Also see: Kitten Kong

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

There's also the ~~Escher~~ Magritte picture of a (smoking) pipe, captioned "Ceci n'est pas une pipe".

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