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Also - ffs, they can’t even disable sleep in system settings???

Go ahead, teach me.

From what you’re saying, they would’ve already introduced all those capitalist methods of control the first time around.

Which they didn’t.

What gives?

Also: the EU is literally incapable of “gobbling up capital gains for themselves” because “themselves” doesn’t exist in this context - the EU is not a “State”. The member-states might (and some do).

LOL, whatever you’re taking, stop, it’s doing your brain in! :D

but who needs that baked into their phone for every moment?

Approximately 5.78 billion people.

The EU is not the US.

This is an extremely ignorant take.

A think-tank is supposed to inform, but an informed decision can only be made if the person making the decision is fully informed.

First of all - we don’t know if the think-tank said ONLY that. Maybe it was one ten different things they reported.

Second of all - what was the context of the report? Was it “what do we need to do to ensure that age verification is fool proof?” Or was it “IF we introduce age verification, what are some of the pitfalls we can encounter?”

Stop panicking. The EU operates on democratic principles, and everybody knows well in advance about any votes happening.

EDIT: just read the abstract of the report - yeah, it’s a nothingburger. “VPN can be used to bypass age verification” is what it says. Which is a statement of fact. Sure, the language of their tweet is shifty (with a strong push to introducing AV), but who cares? The idea was shot down a couple of times already, and it will be shot down again unless a solution is found that guarantees privacy of users.

I hate when people do this. “The EU does X”.

No, it does not. There’s no law, no resolution, no recommendation towards doing this from the EU.

The European Parliamentary Research Service is a think-tank that’s supposed to inform the MEPs. So, the actual title should be: “a think-tank in Europe calls VPNs ‘a loophole that needs closing’”.

Your house is not delivered with documentation for the wiring

Contact whoever sold you the house - it should come with a full mapping of electric, water and heating systems.

I mean, judging by the “expectation” panel, he just got his first ever girlfriend not a month ago. Give him time, he’ll maybe finally see what women’s feet look like.

Also, especially in the US, probably go with your partner to ensure she gets the help she needs. I’ve read too many stories where doctors ignore women, especially women of colour, especially Black, especially with menstrual-related issues, until “the man” steps in and confirms that no, the excessive bleeding is not, in fact, caused by hysteria.

“Somehow Palpatine returned” is lazy writing forced on them due to Snoke dying in the previous film.

Hicks and Newt dying is perfectly reasonable in the world the action takes place in.

Well, yeah, but it’s no super weapon, it’s one of thousands of control ships.

TLJ would’ve been a great third film in a trilogy. It absolutely sucks balls as the second film. It killed practically all the story lines from the first, leaving basically nothing for the third, including the main bad guy. Hux would’ve never been a good “ultimate enemy”, and if Kylo Ren became one, it would completely overturn everything the previous eight films worked on.

Oh yeah, woops! My bad! I meant to reply here.

Romulus is phenomenal. If you haven’t already, I do recommend watching it. Through the whole thing I felt like I’m watching the best bits of Alien and Aliens stitched together.

I really enjoyed the Dark Watsit, the one with Mackenzie Davis.

TFA TLJ would’ve been a great third film in a trilogy. It absolutely sucks balls as the second film. It killed practically all the story lines from the first, leaving basically nothing for the third, including the main bad guy. Hux would’ve never been a good “ultimate enemy”, and if Kylo Ren became one, it would completely overturn everything the previous eight films worked on.

Come on, now. The third was OK, the fourth was enjoyable, and Romulus was phenomenal. It was basically “let’s take the best bits from Alien and Aliens and stick them together” and they did it brilliantly.

That’s Aliens vs Predator, not Aliens.