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Brexit was in 2020.. Yes, it's been that long.

I think it's more of a subsidizing thing. In the UK they get all these things and can't budge due to pushback and culture, so they subsidize those costs with cuts to other places, like shrinkflation in the US, and other places. Costs went up to ship their foodstuffs all over the world, buuuut they enabled tipping at POS in the US, getting poor suckers to make up the difference (they hope)

Not an excuse, but if the US put in place the same things the UK has, fast food would lose their biggest cost subsidy for more expensive places like the UK, and prices would actually go up (because the corpo suits can't take a fuckin pay cut obviously!)

There's a host of rules to agree to, some of them are pretty silly, and are in place to keep the brand "pure". "You don't choose a Ferrari, Ferrari chooses you"

You have to prove you can afford a Ferrari by buying 2 other cars, "Honda Accord or better". (This guarantees you have other cars to drive if the car is damaged, and proves status via taking care of 3 cars)

They do have an approved list of colors, just that red is iconic, and they want to do the paint themselves.

You can't sell it in the first year. And if you own a Lamborghini you will be turned down. You can't debadge it/alter the prancing pony because they "sold it to you perfect!"

Visit the factory/attend Ferrari events. Be part of the Family. And family is modest. Don't be a shitty influencer constantly flashing your car.

Generally yes, they tell people not to repaint them and if they do there's a sternly worded letter to change it back. If you do not they won't sell you another Ferrari. You could find someone to sell you one, but anyone who third party sells a Ferrari is also blacklisted. (Since all sales technically involve you selling it back to Ferrari, then THEY sell it to the person)

You also agree to these terms (painting, not debadging, etc) when you bought the car. There have been some examples where Ferrari even sued over "use of vehicle for malicious intent"

That's the beautiful part. There doesn't need to be lore and backstory and all that other bullshit if all you want is a shooty game. Just..."demons on mars/ demons on earth now" for those that just want to move from set piece to set piece. For those that like exploring every nook and cranny there's more.

I didn't see it in the article, but what of the power these dams generated? Did they run lines from a farther city? Did these communities have a say?

I'm all for reducing impact on the environment and these dams were truly messing things up (water full of algae so deprived of oxygen it turns black?). This is one of those uncomfortable trades we've made across the world with hydro dams. They alter rivers, and make reservoirs. They destroy salmon routes and cause flooding above them when they're not fast enough to drain. -But humans demand electricity. It's become essential for homes and health, and now even transportation infrastructure is becoming reliant on it. It seems like these 4 dams couldn't be producing much if the local people were able to demand them gone and Berkshire give in.

Careful or someone will threaten to Shagm your Rogt

Or something

Just for Unknown1234_5

Playing competitive games for 15+ years has ruined "meta" for me. "Did you see the new meta glasses?" Does not mean they give good stats. Rather, the bulky frame, need to charge next to my phone, and red-flags for need to record your whole life and are decidedly off-meta.

"doesn't work as well as you think it does"

I assumed "root of 5 year minimum marriages" being contributed to hookup apps was single digits of likelihood. I assumed this didn't work at all unless it was a fluke. The company has no interest in matching you with long term compatibility, and every interest in matching you with people who have attachment issues and will, at best, fuck you, then leave you on read, or at worst never match you so you pay and pay hoping for a single message from your desired pool of people.

Compared to paid websites that you survey for (like Match) where the goal was initially "find a long term partner". And I feel like those are a con too.

No, that's usually a rural thing. And those are usually cropdusters manned by farmers who, while I may not agree with politically speaking (based on the 8500 flags per section of irrigation), are doing a very expensive component of their job. And even then it's usually farmers with massive acrages that necessitated a plane over a Sprayer Tractor. They might do tricks and stuff when turning around but excessive trick flying about is how you wreck your plane.

Sure some wealthy people do have these private little planes/helicopters for recreational use. But they're far from cheap and still must answer to the FAA during flight. They pay insurance by the hour when in flight, and lying/fudging numbers can cost your pilot licence. (Google says it can take about 6 months for your 20 hours of practice flight time you pay for, totalling approximately $10-20k)

If you have an issue with a pilot flying too low, call the local airport, Tower Control might just find out a new plane owner has not reported their flights.

I'm waiting for the followup photo of a roach/ water bug entombed in beige paint just above the baseboards