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FinjaminPoach

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I like city building games and puzzles. I like other things as well, but that's not important right now.

  • What dumb line/joke may live in your head forever?

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    TIL Realistically, penetrative sex (from penetration to ejaculation) should last about 3 to 7 minutes which is adequate. But 7 to 13 minutes of sex is the most desirable

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  • TIL that 75% of global tiger population lives in India.

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  • They like the food there. It's grrrrrrrrreeeaat!

  • Do you have any common recipes from other countries that sounded completely weird to you when you first heard of them?

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  • Arroz a la cubana

    On google images, it looks like when kids have to cook for the first time in a sitcom with the "mom and dad leave them to run the house by themselves" episode. On wikipedia it looks nicer and more sensible.

    Alarming to anyone who doesn't know about plantains, though i believe sweet bananas are also used. I think it would be a textural nightmare going from the banana to the rice.

    Just found out about pickled hotdogs. Sounds disgusting.

    Speaking of pickles, a lot of things that are pickled are really surprising. Pickled grapes for instance. I knew i'd love them but it takes some convincing to get people to try them.

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • My understanding of this is that this means they are to carry out the instructions of the elected government. Do you see this differently?

    I think that in practice they really don't. Sabotage going on left and right. But also, in order to carry the instructions of elected governments, it's best to have a civil service who see themselves as third party, separate, perhaps above the politicians.

  • What's your contingency plan for the apocalypse?

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  • I'll need to kill dog owners to gather enough dogs for my mighty chariot

  • Monarchists: can you explain the appeal?

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  • Having an inert (a-political) monarch provides a figurehead and commander of the nations military, making it less likely that coups and fascist takeover occurs because all the soldiers swear an allegiance to the king. They don't have to agree with him, or even with monarchy, but as the big boss ultimately in command of the entire army, an allegiance to him is allegiance to protecting all your comrades and countryfolk.

    The monarch is usually unlikely to collapse the country and then flee to another one with their winnings, as a prime minister might do. You could say they have commitment to it, since it's essentially their family business. Theoretically it should be a blessing that, in a monarchy, we have leadership who actually inherit that position and are raised from birth to lead.

    One reason people don't like monarchy is because there are past case studies of it causing problems, e.g just one legitimacy crisis and civil war breaks out, or if a monarch gets to greedy they will emnroil you in war with your nearest neighbouring state for ages.

    But people need to realise, it was never just the monarch in charge. There exist pressure groups, the aristocracy, the church, merchant class; these sorts of organisations have a lot of say in when a war happens and what gets done. The truth of power is oligarchy - an organised minority of the population will always be best suited to maneuveur a takeover of the rest of the popupation. It has to be larger than 1 person, though.

    In my eyes, therefore, the king exists not as the leadership but as the figurehead of the organisational force of the country. For instance in the UK the civil service works for the king - this is again superior to them working for the party government, as they have more reason to be unbiased than just "please don't do that, it wouldn't be fair." The monarchy is a real thing, bigger/more important than the party politics, even if less flavourful.

    I wholeheartedly also believe that the British Crown provides superior organisation of our secret service/intelligence agency (nope, its not just movie-slop!) - we actually have the oldest standing secret service of any country, i believe, and it's pretty impressive russia hasn't completely destabilised britain yet. I would chalk that up to the crown.

    The british monarchy is all of these things, but for countries across the world. It therefore has staying power. Getting rid of it isn't merely a question of how would the people of the UK feel - it may lead to little crises across the world. It's a big reason why the british army is called out to fight wars in african nations (they do this a lot btw)

  • What's your contingency plan for the apocalypse?

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  • I'm just gonnq start killing people

  • What is the best British food you've had?

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  • Baked potato fast-food shops popped up all over the country recently. Haven't gone to one yet because I actually get enough baked potatoes in my diet. I love the combination of cheese, butter, baked beans and potatoes, though.

    This one drew in visitors from other, non neighbouring English counties, when it opened. BBC News Article

  • What is the best British food you've had?

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  • Made with wrong kind of apples and kind of not enough thought into it is what i would say. But also i think you went in expecting american pie (xd) American Apple Pie, that is, which i guess holds togehter better than british apple pies.

    BUT since it's a restaurant they maybe should have made it a bit better - i'm sure british patrons would also scoff at that because they could just buy one from a supermarket that is functionally the same.

    Your analysis is totally correct, they could have used cinnammon for instance to make it nicer, and i'll repeat that they either used the wrong type of apples or cooked them wrong entirely.

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  • Yes

  • What is the best British food you've had?

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  • That image is playing major perspective tricks on me, lol. They look giant

  • TIL that orgasm via masturbation or sex can provide relief for sinus pressure and nasal congestion.

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  • People on the internet have lead me to believe that you can meditate yourself into a hands free orgasm but i personally can't be bothered to find out if that's real. Who knows, maybe it wouldn't even work for me.

  • TIL that orgasm via masturbation or sex can provide relief for sinus pressure and nasal congestion.

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  • Have to look presentable! Be on top form!

  • What is the best British food you've had?

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  • Classic. Also a fun one to say to troll people who don't know much about british food.

  • What's the best food you're had in another country that's not from that country?

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  • Just being silly. Russia needs all the wins it can get.

    That said, things like McDonald's moved in shortly before USSR fractured, if I remember correctly, so would be pre-kleptocratic dictatorship. But obvs those corporations aren't indicative of communism, because they're American corporations.

  • What is the best British food you've had?

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  • I go to the pub when I want a fancy one and to the chippy when I want to refuel for an almost-affordable price

  • What is the best British food you've had?

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  • Yeah because boring old me was going to comment "well I've only been abroad once, but..." 😅

    We're reviving AskLemmy with these spinoff posts 🔥

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  • Maybe the French disowned it then. "Too much pastry and too much meat, this meal is practically English!" They seem to like more fancy-shaped pastries in France.