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@S_r_stone: I vote for Genghis Khan. He murdered so many people that it changed the global environment.

: an ad from the April 1943 edition of Weird Tales Magazine

War brings out the grifters for the gullibles, and God and wealth always are part of the schtick.

@sentientdessert: The answer to that question, "No, not by the longest of shots."

: "First of all you've got to have talent, and then you've got to marry her like I did."

: "I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it."

: "Playing Shakespeare is very tiring. You never get to sit down unless you're a king."

Why is it so incredibly dry in the Mid-Atlantic?

Look at where the wind is coming from compared to average — much more out of the NW and not the S.

@EvilBunny: Sad but true and par for the Soviet course.

So far, the North Korean "elite officers" have mainly been being killed on their first day in UKR. More are on the way, seeing as how Putin is publicly iffy on trying to do another large "voluntary enlistment" push.

The existence of that entire keptocratic dictatorship is a crime against humanity, much like Xi's and Kim's.

@WordNerd: I had to think on this one a bit. Very way. Good one.

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@sentientdessert: Because the "robot/AI/machine uprising" is and always been a few of most of humanity, and it's also a variation of the "Slavery/Subjugation is bad, and aren't humans awful?" trope. The two mix like oil and water quite often.

The late "Westworld" HBO series did it right, though, at least for the first two seasons, and then the Nolan and Joy, the two showrunners, gave up working on it regularly because Amazon lured them away to work on a Westworld rip-off for Prime.

: If I can contain myself today, I am going to dedicate a few hours to reading. I've been stupid-busy of late and haven't sat down for a good read in two weeks.

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