I know. I was sure the EU would stop the DuPont-Pioneer/Dow merger, or the Bayer/Monsanto merger, but alas, these two companies now control seed production for over 60% of the world.

If only there was a branch of the government dedicated to ensuring the free market stays competitive and free of trusts…

Car no go pants. Car go street, naked.

I’ve been pronouncing naked as baked for a while now. Thankfully it doesn’t come up in conversation as often.

Gotcha. I wish more languages were like German in their adherence to letter-phoneme pairing.

My mother tongue very rarely completely mutes the sound of letters. More often, they are just deadened. So I can’t help but pronounce a little bit of G at the beginning of those words.

Wait wait wait… How are baked and naked supposed to be pronounced?

Funny you mention Germanic languages, given how deterministic German itself is on pronunciation of letters.

I’d say take a look at their catalogue. Maybe you find something that interests you. I know they do have some black leather boots, I don’t recall if they have combat boots like you pictured.

Is it for work? Red Wing boots are great, durable and comfortable. Get the insoles while you’re at it. Insoles are consumable.

If for aesthetics, I don’t think Red Wing has quite what you’re looking for.

Heck yeah, there’s an elephant community!

This has Look Around You vibes. “An experiment was conducted…”

I’m not native, but I speak a bit, and there was something about his lines that felt like someone who trained to say those exact words in that exact sequence, rather than someone that is actually fluent. Thanks for confirming.

We’ll never have this county back by relying on the Democrats.

Checkov’s ex.

What was his last slap?

They can read??

Ow my back. Is my hair thinning? Why can’t I get a good night’s sleep? Oh look, a sale on wall stain removers!

Let the motherfucker burn! Burn motherfucker!

Also, what’s a valid reason for harassment?