Yep. A gram is one cocaine. A kilo is a group of cocaines.

Sphinx: You there, knight. I am the guardian of this place and cannot allow you to pass without a battle.

Me: My name is Ender, Sir Ender to you. And I'm a bit weary from my long journey here, would you accept a pun battle?

Sphinx: Aye, Sir Ender.

Me: Thank you, please move aside

Op is one of those people who find it easier to read when words are spelled correctly and don't shoehorn in a throwback letter that hasn't been used in English for centuries.

Notably, there is only one language that still uses the thorn. Icelandic has less than 500,000 speakers worldwide. Also notably, Icelandic is not English and whether or not you're bilingual doesn't excuse poor spelling skills.

The names Norway and Denmark are old and predate 1847 by centuries. "German Ocean" is an old term for the North Sea.

Norway was independent from Denmark at that point in time. So it was off the coast of Norway in the German Ocean (North Sea). And the expedition was sent by the king of Denmark, a nearby seafaring nation.

They are expensive to fly and maintain and their primary purpose as a high-altitude spy plane has been taken over by satellites.

They are still really cool, we just don't have a good use for them.

A mill grinds grain, a windmill is just a mill powered by wind. It's not technically correct to call a wind turbine or wind-powered pump a windmill, but that's how it's commonly used. So this comment chain is a pedantic correction leading into the ground water pun.

It's a solid pun, but does require the background of pedantic Internet discussions

A rally, works for a car or a Klansman

She is a narcissist, talking herself up and putting down the people around her. Constantly bulldozing over clearly established boundaries by deliberately misnaming Worf, harassing Picard and Odo after they've made it very clear they aren't comfortable with her advances, and just completely dismissing almost everything her daughter says. It's clear she just does what she wants and expects everyone to go along with it, making a dramatic scene if anyone objects.

She's a rich bitch that doesn't care about anyone except herself and only really seems to help people when it already aligns with what she wants. It's understandable that Deanna only talks to her mother when pushed into it.

It did mention that there may be a case against the company that sold the vacation package if specific promises were made about the meals. Like something specifically marketed towards people with dietary restrictions.

International travel requires at least some flexibility and the lady in the article has none.

To make the setup work, aye

Looks like she continued to use her maiden name throughout her life. American schools seem to always use her French name, including using Marie instead of Maria. Partially because Americans can't pronounce Polish names. And likely a significant cultural bias towards associating scientific advancement with Western Europe.

The email sounds like a college student participating in a sociology study for class and asking the professor for clarification. This is exactly the kind of thing that I'd expect to ask about gender along with a bunch of other personal information. The goal being to see if any patterns in the responses.

Sociology in general does have the problem that categories are important and helpful to spotting patterns, but people are very difficult to categorize. People just don't fit cleanly into categories

The sentencing is in the article. 20-45 years, largely because they showed no remorse and claimed they would do it again

While I like the comparison between Trump's legal troubles and Julius Caesar's, my inner pedant needs to point out that Caesar was not part of the fall of the Roman Empire. Depending on how you break up the timeline, Caesar was the beginning of the end for the Roman Republic and his heir Augustus was the beginning of the Empire.

Big Strong City, on their homeworld Pakled Planet

Greece's official English name is the Hellenic Republic, named after Helen of Troy.

None of those languages have thorn in their modern alphabets.

And every example you pointed out is valid English. You should probably learn it if you are going to nitpick other people's grammer

I don't understand how anyone thinks any part of this is going to work out.

• The vast majority of machines online are fully automated, how do you validate the age of an automated account? If automated accounts are allowed without verification, how can you possibly tell the difference between them and an actual person?
• How do you handle old and foreign software? Are they going to start prosecuting individual people for running non-compliant software? Can't afford to update your old phone? Well now you're a criminal.
• Validating age requires private information to identify who you are. They have completely put the security of this information on each individual OS. Expect this info to be leaked.

This will never keep someone from viewing something if they really want to. All it will do is open up individuals to prosecution if they want to use any device anonymously.

Dry eyes are a common side effect of THC, especially larger doses. This is the main reason people have red eyes and squint when high. The smoke may also cause irritation making it worse.

The happy ending places are usually pretty easy to spot from reviews or their website if they have one. A few indicators:

• The images they post online are just attractive women possibly giving massages. The focus is on the person giving the massage, instead of general relaxing imagery.
• Reviews are split down the middle between 5 stars with no details and 1 stars complaining about short, half-assed massages and requests for tips before the massage ends
• The building itself has all the windows covered and very little advertising except for a sign to reassure clients they have the right door.