Apepollo11

"Not being cool enough to say where you are from" is a weird way for them to phrase it. If they're British, they might be saying it ironically (I use the phrase "well, if you're not cool enough..." as a reference to the old peer-pressure educational videos myself). Otherwise, they might be young, and clumsily trying to peer-pressure you, or old and out-of-touch enough to think that's an effective way to get a young person to give up information.

So, three options. They're either being ironic, clumsy, or creepy. No harm in playing safe and blocking them.

Because history has taught us that fascists listen to people who are against fascism?

I don't blame them for going. If I was in America right now, I'd be eyeing the door.

I was about to sign it, and then I remembered...

Stupid Brexit 😠

New Zealand literally doesn't exist on about half the world maps. It's like the map-makers get to the bottom right corner and go "ah, that's good enough".

Edit: I didn't realise, but there's even a Wikipedia page about the phenomenon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omission_of_New_Zealand_from_maps

Pro life tip.

1. Buy a printer that accepts off-brand cartridges.
2. Buy off-brand cartridges in bulk for further discounts (I buy 12-packs of 'Hicorch' cartridges for my Epson Stylus)
3. Relax never having to worry about running out of ink.

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Very nice. Very nice.

It's because there's a disproportionate number of bad-faith actors starting threads in this community.

Even though there's no stupid questions, it turns out that there are many terrible people.

I might be reading this wrong, but does it not say "yearly"? It may be repeating, but if that frequency is once a year, I'm willing to live with that.

True, but not "one pun intended", which is the punchline here.

It's all fine - I was just pointing out why I prefer the other version. Yours is good too.

I think it might have the edge, though, because "no pun intended" is an actual phrase people use...

Not sure why you're getting so many downvotes.

If it helps any Americans understand, the rest of the world treats US Politics in much the same way as you would a tyre fire. Keep an eye on it to make sure it's not spreading, but be careful not to get too close or breathe too much in, otherwise you'll make yourself ill.

Alchemy! Now this is the out-of-the-box thinking that I like!

In all seriousness, lead is lead because it's made of lead atoms. It can't not be lead. (The reference to alchemy was because before we knew about atoms, many alchemists tried their hand at turning low-value metals like lead into high-value metals like gold).

To answer your question in a silly but scientifically accurate way, there is a temperature to which lead can be heated to become something else, but these are nuclear fusion temperatures, like you get in the Sun.