Property is very taxable!

That’s how we know!

… let’s maybe stay away from genocide, hm?

I mean, he’s set the precedent - apparently it’s now allowed for a country to just snatch the leader of a sovereign nation and run off with them

Nah, Earth’s a giant blob of liquid with a thin skim of crust on the outer layer. If you apply a force that slows a portion of that crust, you’re not going to affect the spin of the blob - you’ll just push that part of the crust around a bit at most.

So apocalyptic earthquakes will shut this down long before you have any real effect on the day’s length. (And that’s a lot easier to recover from!)

…Octarine?

I suspect that before it starts to scale to the whole planet, you’d be stealing angular momentum from the tectonic plate specifically. Picture a sail on an ice floe, you’ll mess with the plate long before you have an impact on the vast body of liquid it’s sitting on.

So, at worst, lots of earthquakes and the like, not screwing up the day/night cycle.

Thanks for this, I hadn’t seen this one!

Nah, it still fits. Shovel vendors get a bit of cash from everyone in the rush, and graders get a bit from each person investing in the hobby.

I would put gold rush purity testers in a similar bracket, though

Also seems like it’d be a lot harder to modify or extend later

I don’t mind imperfections while they work out the kinks. I dislike dismantling industries in favor of something that doesn’t work yet.

That’s not how you get someone pregnant!

Yeah, Firefly suffered from this 23 years ago

Eh, not everybody works well with faces

And not only did he see for himself, he wrote up and published his results.

In our case, it’s a sign that my kids struggle with extra-long noodles. We’re letting them get used to scooping with a fork before worrying about much longer strands.

That was my first thought - aren’t homosexual relationships documented in Greek and Roman culture, among others?

That sounds very traditional to me!

I think their world view just needs more information. Bill Gates is a horrible person, who has had an excellent PR team whitewashing his name for at least a decade. And unlike Elon Musk, he doesn’t step out from behind the PR team’s cover.

We just need to keep bringing it to people’s attention.

To begin with, instead of “Italy has a major issue with domestic violence”, would it be more fair to say “The Italian government sees domestic violence as a major issue”?

My post was a response to all the “it’s still just murder!” comments; because per your first source, Italian domestic violence does largely target women, and that does need addressed.

But it sounds like your problem with this legislation is that the government is using it to prop themselves up and make themselves look virtuous while they target other disadvantaged populations. Would you mind expanding on that? My knowledge of Italian current events is woefully lacking!

I’m reading a lot of responses here that seem to rhyme with the “White lives matter!” responses to the BLM movement.

As was the case then, what seems to be getting missed by those saying this is the context. Italy has a major issue with domestic violence, including spousal murder. From the sound of it, it’s usually women who are the victims. Thus, a new law to target wife abusers specifically.

There may be some merit to debating whether this is an effective move or not, I’m not up on my research there; but let’s not deny that they see a need, and are attempting to address it.