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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Seeing as it was bought just after WW2, I doubt they still work there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

More like supporting his nightmares.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago

Hell, even if you could find someone to handle it fairly, it would just be a matter of time until someone subverted that organization for their own purposes. If there's power to be wielded, someone will abuse it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

“Those who want to burn books are either afraid of the ideas contained within the covers or they haven’t the courage to stand up for the views which they themselves profess to hold.”

-Tommy Douglas

Speech, Saskatchewan Legislature, February 17, 1954.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

Nice that they took the time to respond. I expect they're getting a lot of offers from people who want to help them replace books.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

We did fluoride treatments but only at semi-annual dental checkups. It was a thick gel that they put in trays and we had to keep them in our mouths for a couple minutes. You had to lean over a sink and let any saliva just drip out because you weren't supposed to swallow any of it.

But I also was trained from an early age to brush with fluoride toothpaste every night before bed, so...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Something something planned obsolescence?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

How did that cat even get through admissions?! I smell a bribery scandal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So much for protecting the poor unborn children.

[–] [email protected] 104 points 3 days ago

This shit is dystopian, but I have to admit that I'm mildly relieved to see these videos of crowds forming to yell at the thugs and get in their way. It gives me some small amount of hope.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Just in case you're serious: The 747 literally predates Airbus. The first ones rolled off the assembly line in 1968 and are a product of a time when Boeing was run by engineers that actually cared about quality and safety. Airbus was officially established in 1970.

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