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by clearspira
Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:51 pm
Forum: News
Topic: What did Elon Musk do this time.
Replies: 268
Views: 31076

Re: What did Elon Musk do this time.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/02/trump-musk-leaving-political-liability-00265784 So, it seems that Musk will be stepping down from DOGE after the disaster in Wisconsin. Trump has poo-poo'd this, saying that as a Special Government Employee he is limited by law to working only so man...
by clearspira
Tue Apr 01, 2025 10:49 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?
Replies: 33
Views: 500

Re: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?

So for one that's the same cultures but isn't the word being the same: I had zero idea what "brown sauce" actually is until I tried HP a few weeks ago. I had always assumed it was something like ketchup but it's not remotely similar, I don't have anything to really compare it to. Definitely getting...
by clearspira
Tue Apr 01, 2025 8:35 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Donald Trump Reloaded!
Replies: 378
Views: 33531

Re: Donald Trump Reloaded!

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5347427/maryland-el-salvador-error Trump administration admits ''administrative error'' that got an innocent Maryland man sent to a prison in El Salvador. There is nothing that they can do to get that man back short of saying ''please'' because he is now in the c...
by clearspira
Tue Apr 01, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Gunman at large after UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in ‘brazen targeted attack,’ police say
Replies: 40
Views: 4985

Re: Gunman at large after UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in ‘brazen targeted attack,’ police say

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30qlr528elo

Time to bounce this thread. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Luigi.

Herm... I wonder why the current administration is seeking the toughest possible sentence for killing a multi-millionaire businessman?
Herm...
by clearspira
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:30 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Solo was just going to let Leia die in Star Wars
Replies: 5
Views: 85

Re: Solo was just going to let Leia die in Star Wars

Lol. God damn April the 1st.

Y'know what the problem is? 2025 is satire incarnate. The Simpsons and GTA were joking about the world we live in twenty years ago and now here we are. I didn't even blink when I read the first comment.
by clearspira
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:26 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?
Replies: 33
Views: 500

Re: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?

Apologies to those who cannot see the other two photos but I can in both IE and Chrome - dunno what to say lol.

The pictures are freely available off Google if interested.
by clearspira
Tue Apr 01, 2025 5:19 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Solo was just going to let Leia die in Star Wars
Replies: 5
Views: 85

Re: Solo was just going to let Leia die in Star Wars

The two greatest redemption arcs in film history: Han Solo and Tony Stark.
by clearspira
Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:24 pm
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?
Replies: 33
Views: 500

Re: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?

I've never had a ''biscuit'' so i'm just going by the images, but it REALLY looks like a scone to me. I'm completely open to being corrected though. Edit: So I just Googled ''American scone'' and you're right, its nothing like a British scone. What a fantastic piece of evidence we've just witnessed ...
by clearspira
Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:53 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Donald Trump Reloaded!
Replies: 378
Views: 33531

Re: Donald Trump Reloaded!

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-official-gives-clearest-indication-yet-that-there-are-plans-to-put-donald-trump-s-face-on-mount-rushmore/ar-AA1BZ1W4?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=ba480334376247a5a5a178fafd287433&ei=10 Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told Fox News host Lara Trump that he “ce...
by clearspira
Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:08 am
Forum: Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Topic: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?
Replies: 33
Views: 500

Re: Hypothetical Question: What Would Happen to Human Society if a Universal Translator was Invented?

You immediately run into the Darmok problem. Just because I know what the words mean doesn't mean I know wtf you're talking about. If you want to simulate it go watch a Thai action movie with subtitles. Or most anything Bollywood. Sure the words are there, but the storytelling conventions and langu...