My youngest sister never had my mom even raise her voice to her until one fateful day where she had accidentally clogged the toilet, and my mom found out she had done it. Keep in mind, my baby sister was an absolute hellion because she knew she had my mom in her corner, NO MATTER what was going on. I eventually could not be in the same room as her, because she figured out that if she screamed at the top of her lungs while she and I were the only ones in the room, she could get our mom to come running, screaming and shouting me out. I never won those arguments and got into a lot of trouble. After she had clogged the toilet my mom was shouting at her, holding her by the shoulders as she kneeled down to get into her face about what had she done. I had to exit the room because I was on the verge of laughing and knew I would die if she caught me cackling like the hyena I was. She really mellowed out after that after she realized mama bear would chew her out same as the rest of us.

I have the feeling the reason why there are so many people who hate elves is because in most fictions there are two kinds of elves: The first are assholes who are responsible for every problem in the world, for all sorts of reasons. The second are (or are widely perceived as such, a key distinction) physically, magically, and spiritually superior to a human. The latter spawn the former according to me since most people would in fact look at an elf and be amazed and in wonderment. And someone else looks up to something that is better than you in every way, and goes "Wow, what an asshole."
Yes, this is a tangent unbidden, but the only reason I bring it up is because while I like the meme, I have grown tired of the niche opinion that elves are all pricks. What kinda drove it home was when I was dressing the setting for a oneshot I trusted a friend of mine to explain some of the world history of the setting, and the first words out of his mouth were: "Okay, so the elves fucked up"

Can't wait for Beta Ray Bill to show up so someone can shout Horsepower in theaters.

Sauron sang a bar so heartbreaking the guy he was song-dueling died of sadness on the spot.

Youtube: Yellowstone Won't Explode And End Civilisation (Sorry) The Deep Dive, by Soup Emporium.

Bread and Circuses.

More so the CIA picks targets that can't really fight back. How the USA is with Taiwan, China could be analogous with North Korea. Mess with one and you mess with the other inevitably. Plus, has the CIA really ever been a friend to the common people or altruistic in any fashion? The better way to look at them would the US version of the KGB. They serve "national" interests, and anything that gets in the way is a free target.

Did Zane die or

"Believing in X does not automatically make you a good person"

NATO classifies the Russian R-36 withe reporting name as the SS-18 "Satan". "NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manner in place of the original designations, which either may have been unknown to the Western world at the time or easily confused codes.[1] For example, the Russian bomber jet Tupolev Tu-160 is simply called "Blackjack"." - Wikipedia, NATO reporting name.
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TLDR: It's not actually called the Satan, NATO just uses an english name to identify Russian equipment where a direct translation would not be as clear or easily understood.

I wouldn't want my firearm bumping into my elbows while I try to read a book.

Sure, we'd just need to erase only 3 buses worth of folks and then we'd need to erase another 3 buses, in, let's say 10-20ish years. And after that, 3 more buses of people in who knows how long it takes until we need to remove 90 or so people from the equation.

Only a psychopath finds no fault in this.

Ah, you got a real belly laugh outta me with that title. Fucking classic man.

Pretty sure the receding hairline is more accurate if nothing else.

"We have thoroughly investigated ourselves with no expense spared to the budget of this investigation, kindly paid for by the taxpayers concerned that we may be behaving inappropriately in matters both internal and external, and have found we are guilty of no such wrongdoing."

I refuse to believe England conquered/colonised all that land and territory because they liked the taste of those spices. because they legitimately consider a raw, uncooked can of pork and beans on a slice of toast a sumptuous meal.

There are some old revolvers who were fed from magazines in the grip. Interesting designs to look at, but never caught on. One example is the Landstad 1900. Never went into production (On account of it being submitted for a military trial and failing horribly), but the one existing prototype hung around in a British museum until it was sold in an auction.