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You're a police officer in the USA, covering a speech by the state governor in a school gym.

As the speech starts (late) a reporter is talking to a camera at the back of a gym. You ask them to stop.
They start to wrap up.

You:
1. Nod, satisfied
2. Grimace he's still talking
3. Put him on the floor, cuff and arrest him

apnews.com/article/law-enforce

@Satchelpooch
Very strange word choice. Chances...dim? Probability....dims?
This number is dimmer, i.e. less bright than this other number.

decreases
diminishes
ebbs
is reduced
smaller
lower
less/likely

@GrumpyWolf My favorite local (micro)brewery can't source _cans_ which is a different problem, but makes me wonder how supply chain problems factor in to the past year.

Beer shipment to wholesalers down by 14% compared to last year.

Makes me wonder if other libations went up, or home brewing REALLY took off, or...?

@XSGeek Learned my lesson on that one too. You'll get through it friend!

@Render The force required to bend rails and yet the ties came along... zow.

In my copy of Joy of Cooking (1962), cookie recipes start on p.666 with a paragraph about Christmas.

A bit confusing but I will soldier on.

@BrianHjelleVirologist I had to get my arm into a catfish once, all the way to my elbow, to remove a lure. It hardly noticed.

Don't know why I just thought of that.

Apologies to anyone who wants a sincere answer: Tachikoma, an AI in combat vehicle form with a disturbingly childlike personality.

ghostintheshell.fandom.com/wik

Fictional. Probably.

@Blueway while absolutely it can do that, this answer is deemed incorrect. You win!

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