I've just come back to piracy after such a long time, and things are still the same, it's like meeting an old trusty friend again.

But then the problem isn't with all plastics, it's with certain plastics, and around 70% of global plastic production are concentrated around commodity plastics, all of which are thermoplastic. The greatest degradation issue occurs with biodegradable plastics, which is perceived as a good thing for them, though even biodegradable PLA has toxicity concerns.

I personally would prefer us to accept that plastics aren’t really recyclable. It’s better to move towards renewable plastics

Err ... getting mixed signals ..

What you are describing is exposure. There are plenty of build with 100% recycled plastic, so not sure where you are getting that 30%. I think you are perhaps thinking of the marketing material of PLA filaments that sell themselves as particularly ecofriendly because they include recycled materials, while I'm talking about builds made entirely out of things like recycled water bottles, which are made out of PET. PLA is more susceptible to exposure to sunlight, heat, and moisture, so rather than using it to hold beverages at that point you might want to skip plastic entirely. PLA itself is not recycled that much, but it is more biodegradable.

Relevant: https://youtu.be/u_Tx1SG0Clw

Depends on what you consider degraded, the only reason it would stop being recyclable is if it became too contaminated with foreign substances or exposure, which applies to anything.

How is it difficult to recycle? The temperatures requires to do so are less than metal, the 3D printing communities has people that recycle them into filaments all the time. I don't think the problem is the plastic so much as it is how it is still treated as a disposable container and that neither companies nor governments pay for or provide reclamation means like recycling machines that pay for each bottle collected. In other words, the problem is more cultural than material.

But in which frame of reference? Our solar system is also moving, so is our galaxy, our universe is "expanding", and let's not even talk about the multiverse, that's overdone as it is.

It's about time, with the way things are going, the Vogon construction fleet can't arrive fast enough. Unfortunately, they must have realized this making their naturally bureaucratic nature delay correspondingly.

Convicted felon says convicted felon things about how he will be a flight risk. So this is what the US means when they say justice is blind.. Certainly blind enough to make not being a natural born citizen a disqualification but allowing a convicted criminal to qualify.. Totally not a personality cult that can't just put someone who's not a convicted felon forward..

The biggest problem with Scientology is that it speaks to our politicians pockets. It's definitely and sickeningly on its way to becoming Yet Another Religion, and it does so under the cover for legislation that still allows exceptions from the law for cults even when their "fair game" policy is well-documented. It speaks volumes about why certain religious regimes are allowed to do what they do.

Scientology targets the mental health industry because that's the target base of their most ardent supporters, they are built on targeting the mentally ill and telling them "no, this isn't an illness you suffer that will require time and effort to treat and will always weigh on you, it's that you are special and channeling all of these thetans, which is just another name for spirit that makes it sound less recycled" and it gets intentionally crazier as you get to the higher tiers, which requires considerable wealth, so that only the most mentally ill reach it or the most manipulative do so, with the relatively normal people on the bottom trained to win intense staredown contests to make them seem imposing for the PR when they are just empty inside and suffering from a cultural and economical form of sunk cost fallacy.

That government agencies are staying with them just makes them seem like jackasses that just care about the views by any means necessary. Anne Frank would be a nobody today, nothing but a banned account in today's social networks, a lot of the intentional disinformation, narrative shaping, and hidden incontestable moderation these social networks are getting away that can completely lock away your work from any access except their own should be prosecutable and have legal recourse.

Can relate, the people from that instance are bonafide shitrilers, born a century too late to join Hitler's youth so they join hexbear instead.