@AsiaAnalyst47@jewndahalfmen He had a well documented head Injury during his marriage to Ann Boleyn. Unconscious for several kinutes, believed dead. It isn't unreasonable to track his personality shift to that event, though it's unprovable of course
@bierkonceagain The multiple references to personal finance seemed weird until I realized someone probably wrote something along the lines of "loved his finance" instead of "fiancée" into the prompt
After Odysseus boards the ship, the Phaeacian notices the word "Circe" etched on his drinking cup. He sees the elephant skull displayed in the corner and remembers the description of the cyclops. He glances at the toy wooden horse one of his children left in the room that morning. He drops the cup and it shatters.
@DavidDidau@SaysMiss Also, having seen it done in a couple of schools, it is always a stepping stone to a massive reduction in students studying literature.
PICARD: Data, shields up
DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution—it's strategy.
[camera shakes]
WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS
DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't
@BrianHatano *You* deserve to have children who experience those advantages, in this scenario. *They* have done nothing, so therefore cannot deserve anything.
This isn't a "politics" thing, it's a "what words mean" and possibly a "time moves in only one direction" thing.
I conveyed Malaysia’s vehement objection in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre regarding Norway’s unilateral and unacceptable decision to revoke the export licence for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system and its associated launcher systems, ostensibly to protect Norway’s security.
Malaysia has honoured every obligation under this contract since 2018: scrupulously, faithfully and without equivocation. Norway, it appears, has not felt compelled to extend us the same courtesy and demonstration of good faith.
I made it plain that this decision will have grave consequences for Malaysia’s defence operational readiness and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) modernisation programme. It will undoubtedly carry broader ramifications for the regional balance.
Signed contracts are solemn instruments. They are not confetti to be scattered in so capricious a manner. If European defence suppliers reserve the right to renege with impunity, their value as strategic partners flies out the window.
@GCSE_Macbeth@straczynski Oh, come now. If you catalogue the ten funniest things ever written by humans then after least half would be throwaway jokes from the Simpsons.