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You see ladies, it's like this...

Master's in Mansplaining: Course Overview

  1. Introduction to Mansplaining: Foundations and Historical Context.
  2. Advanced Over-explaining Techniques: Ensuring They REALLY Get It.
  3. "Ackchually" 101: Perfecting the Art of Pedantic Interruption.
  4. Body Language and Mansplaining: Dominating Physical Space.
  5. Eye Rolling Resistance Training: Preparing for Expected Backlashes.
  6. Condescension Theory: Making Simple Topics Sound Complicated.
  7. Selective Hearing: How to Ignore When They Say, "I Know.".
  8. Mansplaining in Digital Age: Dominating Online Conversations.
  9. Rhetorical Strategies: How to Talk in Circles and Never Concede a Point.
  10. Advanced Studies in 'Well, Actually': Beyond "Ackchually".
  11. Mock Lectures: Practice on Unsuspecting Friends and Family.
  12. Case Studies: From Interrupting to Over-elaborating.
  13. Mansplaining Across Cultures: Making Assumptions Worldwide.
  14. Debunking Mansplaining Myths: Or How to Justify Everything.
  15. Thesis Project: A 10-Hour Lecture on a Topic Your Audience Already Understands.

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The French have lost their minds over bed bugs

First paragraph of the article :

In October, many people in France became convinced their country was infested with bed bugs.
They saw the parasites everywhere, called exterminators in droves, and called for government action. But it appears that public panic far outstripped the bugs' actual prevalence.

While their population may have slightly increased over last year, there was no drastic spike in numbers.
The instance appears to be a textbook case of a media-fueled social panic
, where a group of people reacts negatively and in an extreme or irrational manner to a situation.

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God Bless Us,

In the 1840s, 15 British shillings would have been equivalent to approximately $3.63 in U.S. dollars at the time. Adjusting for inflation, this amount is equivalent to about $123.24 in today's U.S. dollars.

If someone earned an amount equivalent to $123.24 per week in today's dollars, the daily rate for this income would be approximately $17.61 in today's U.S. dollars.

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A woman tried to call her mom in Iran. A robotic voice answered the phone

From Venezuela living abroad, had the same output on a different situation.

Family was traveling to EU from Caracas, called directly without texting first via cell phone to get an idea of how ready they where to depart and all the anticipation for the trip and boom, seems like someone I don't know is handling the phone.

Thoughts racing on my head: we're they kidnapped, were they kidnapped? What is actually happening?

I tried to reach out using other providers and even going trough a landline, same output. A voice saying they'll get to the phone soon and calling them to come and pick up the device. Super unsettling.

Then my wife's phone rang via WhatsApp and it was them, they were there saying are ready for the trip and that all was on track unbeknownst to all the events.

So, without going into a lot of detail I think is by design from the current administration of narco dictatorship in Venezuela. A friend's and family VoiP company loyal to their leaders routing by default on their own carrier once the calls go onshore within their network.

A way to make money out of this is routing calls trough a maze of providers of their own to catch a "a quarter a minute" and spread unsettling thoughts on the general population who has family abroad.

After this we all started a group on Signal and hoped for a better way to communicate privately.