Those people really need someone to explain the concept of subtext to them.

How can you not know Superman’s origin story? Apart from the comics its been retold in every major movie version too. He literally is and always was (weird retcons aside) an immigrant.

Polling consistently shows disapproval for Israeli actions in Gaza.

Oh the options are endless…Liz Kendall in an SS uniform machine-gunning a load of disabled people, Yvette Cooper in a Suffragette tee laughing as a load of anti-genocide supporters get arrested for holding signs, Keir Starmer taking a shit on the UK whilst Farage stands off to one side loosening his belt ready to go next.

For anyone who’s thinking UK, I’d advise not - we’re about 4-5 years behind you in terms of imminent fascism and whilst there’s still technically a chance to avert it, its very unlikely - especially since Starmer is being even more awful than the Tories.

If only Keith found it as easy to understand what the people of the country he’s currently in charge of care about.

Just in case it wasn’t obvious, the head of Kent Council is a Reform member.

Re-reading Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House” because its the best haunted house novel ever written.

Not sure we ever left.

Streaming music is damaging musicians ability to remain musicians. Spotify are the worst but none of them are great. You can buy (and therefore download, own and control) a bands music from Bandcamp, Ampwall etc. You can also usually get merch there too. The only people who make good money from music streaming are music streaming executives.

Licensing will be your biggest issue as its usually done per-country. Here’s PPL (uk) pricing model for example.

And here’s an overview on the subject.

I don;t know about your friends but I had the glum task of removing a Misfits patch from my battle jacket when I found that out :(

Thats the great thing about science, you don’t have to ‘believe’ it.

It definitely tastes different - flatter somehow. I don’t know why, but it does.

Pep Guardiola

My head canon is that Mulder applied for Blue Rose membership but was too loosey-goosey for Gordon Cole to hire him. Cole would’ve hired Scully in a heartbeat.

7-zip is now cross platform. There used to be a linux implementation called p7-zip but its not necessary any more.

As everyone else has said: kidney issue. If its an infection (you should definitely get this checked out), you’re going to need antibiotics. Drink a lot of water - like, a lot - and introduce cranberry juice to your drinking habits (won’t fix the infection but there’s some evidence its preventative).

If its a stone then get ready for the worst pain in the world but also drink a lot of water to help break it up/aid its passage through.

TL;DR - get a GP appointment and start drinking a fuck ton of water.

Jesus saves (the match by beating both centre backs then nutmegging the goalie).

Nobody has to ask anyone out, its not compulsory. Women do ask potential dates out, so do men. Its pretty irrelevant who the one doing the asking is - the point is not to put the onus on one gender but that if you - whoever you are - don’t ask, then you’ll never know.