“The Strongest Jedi” definitely isn’t right. At best, he’s evenly matched with Obi-Wan. If you apply stupid “power scaling” rules, then sure, Obi-Wan got ganked by Dooku during their fight while Anakin handily beat him. But at the same time that Dooku pushes Obi-Wan, he easily kicks and downs Anakin who’s behind him; Obi-Wan was just the one he subdued by crushing him, ostensibly seeing him as the greater threat.

We’ve seen Anakin lose to Obi-Wan at the (inherent) height of his combat prowess, and it was his own fault. Windu and Yoda probably also take Anakin one-on-one. (Windu, of course, was totally defenseless when Anakin severed his arm.)

If we’re talking about things like the Force, Yoda is clearly much more powerful. There’s an argument Anakin was the most powerful pilot, but that combined with being very Force-sensitive and a very good duelist doesn’t make him “the most powerful” overall. Most potential? If he could keep his emotions under control, probably.

Also Saddam watching someone make a meme with that line break:

Wow, what elegant timing for AskYourUncle’s video about AC4.

However, 54 per cent of those who responded said it was important for B.C. to have aligning policies on daylight time with other jurisdictions.

There’s then a further section:

Business leaders, YVR airport concerned

I think you just saw that paragraph, came here to contradict the headline, and didn’t consider that’s not the only statistic the CBC was considering when calling it “mixed”.

This is largely true. English takes ‘-ard’ from Old French. MW defines it as:

one that is characterized by performing some action, possessing some quality, or being associated with some thing especially conspicuously or excessively

The main point is that it’s generally just a pejorative suffix.

Citing the Trésor de la langue française informatisé, however, Wiktionary puts forward a surprisingly cogent counterargument and alternative etymology to the “packsaddle” one for “bastard”.

“Please explain it to me. Not the actual thing we’re talking about, because I actually don’t care to consider why I might be wrong, but about this batshit strawman argument I created.”

Checking off all the boxes. If you want to talk to someone who’s whatever you tell them they are, then fuck off to ChatGPT, you clown.

it’s nice that you know the names of two renowned psychologists.

The painfully unearned smarm almost masks the way you have no idea how any of this works and just want to manufacture a reason to be mad at the NYT’s coverage of the Middle East – coverage that already has a million provable things to be mad at (of which that link is just a small sample). You’re trying to perform alchemy in a fucking gold mine, and it’s baffling.

It’s “quite easy to understand” because that’s how the Dunning–Kruger effect works: the less you know, the more simplistic your understanding of a system, and the easier it is to confidently make bullshit claims and pretend you know what you’re talking about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base (among others)

After Iran sent so much materiel to Russia for their genocidal invasion of Ukraine, this is the one very tiny bright spot of this catastrophe.

You’ve got it reversed. Switching to Teams greatly hastened development, as the team’s newfound vitriol and frustration could be channeled toward the end user in a neverending feedback loop.

Donald Trump has the power to stop Trump, and you don’t see me kissing his ass when he shows no signs of using it.

Not going to feel even a little bad for those who participated in an illegal attack that killed over 100 children in a strike on a school alone. I sincerely hope the five seriously wounded (if they were a part of this attack and not just collateral) make it and have to suffer physically and psychologically for the rest of their lives, and in an even more ideal world, the VA wouldn’t give them shit for their troubles.

Edit: “Trump says ‘we expect casualties’ after Iran strikes but ‘in the end it’s going to be a great deal for the world’” Fucking gross.

“It’s funny how people will believe in Newton’s laws of motion but still think the Force from Star Wars is mythical nonsense.”

Exactly where the arguable triple entendre comes in!

• “Can spam” as in “put spam in the garbage can”.
• “Can Spam” as in the literal canned meat product Spam that Internet spam derives its name from.
• And now the third: “can spam” as in “you’re allowed to spam because this law sucks”.

Yeah, I was pretty confused about what to do with my ferns when my house plant phase ended too. :/

What did you expect? It says “beyond fried” right there, as in “so far past fried that it’s condensed into rubber”. (I’m sorry, Beyond; I love you, and you’re perfect.)

An understandable question, but this opinion article is by the editorial board; the source and the author in this case are functionally identical, so it’s entirely valid, in my opinion, to point out contradictions like this.

I don’t think you should be downvoted for what would otherwise be a reasonable, level-headed response.

Edit: by the way, @SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone, maybe a source besides a screenshot of a ChatGPT log is appropriate here.

Edit 2: In part because I think some of that is even hallucinated. E.g. point 3, the real headline is: “Trump’s Remarks on Migrants Illustrate His Obsession With Genes” Did you check any of this before you posted it here?

Don’t forget about CAN-SPAM! (which honestly, given it’s arguably a triple entendre, is hilarious)

Of note is that introducing a bill (for those unfamiliar with American legislative politics) means remarkably little. The two sponsors are brand-new to New Jersey’s General Assembly (80 total members), and unless this really advances anywhere, it’s about a rung up from putting out a scathing press release.

Respect the backronym and overall bill idea, though.