Pennomi

Because it’s about control, not health. They are scared of you, and so they want to record your face while you protest.

Good luck getting the right tolerances using silicone.

It’s like saying a jet engine is essentially just a wheel and axle rotating really fast. I mean, it is, but it’s shaped in such a way that it’s far more useful than just a wheel.

The one thing snakes like this do quickly is grab and coil around their prey. Everything else is slow slow slow. You’d really need some sort of pepper spray in a breakable tube that activates upon constriction. Hmmmmm….

In old (pre-ADnD 2e) versions of D&D female characters did have lower max strength stats than male characters.

That’s an extremely disappointing answer. You can’t put pressure on them if you have no leverage, and they know that. Something like a general strike would be far more effective and wouldn’t endanger our democracy.

What strategy might that be?

MAGA crazies are dramatically over represented in politics because of gerrymandering and FPTP voting systems.

Probably not, there are some short cycles like El Niño that will see some temporary heating and cooling. But the trend will always be upwards.

I wouldn’t mind that as much if it were actual proportional representation.