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You may be arrested by men without badges in plain clothes for almost any reason... This is normal there. So perhaps just don't go.
First time I ever went there (1997) I landed at Boston Logan Airport, and a guy in plain clothes, but with a gun, stopped everyone who was departing the plane and repeatedly yelled out "American citizens this way, foreigners line up against the wall!".
I never once felt safe going there, and was always relieved when I got out alive. Decided a few years ago that I'll never set foot in the US again.
I had to wait for 2 hours while my friend was questioned because his girlfriend mum lives in Greece and he'd gone there a few times. The worst border control in the world. Makes you feel like a criminal as soon as you arrive. Now it's much worse. I won't be going to the US until they grow the fuck up.
Edit: my first time in the US I cracked a joke at border control. No sense of humour at all. If I go under the current administration I'll be seen right back because trump is a total piece of shit.
Went to a music show around 2022 and was in the middle of the crowd when they put an alert up on the big screen telling everyone to stay calm with the grateful dead bears and all I could think was "must be someone with a gun if they're being so nonchalant about it". No calls to evacuate, just "everyone chill out, we got another one".
Didn't really give me a warm and safe feeling, and have no interest to go back regardless of who is in power because of it.
But what actually happened? That is not how Americans react to an active shooter, no nonchalance about it.
I was deep in the crowd, and the way it was put up on the screen made it seem like a "don't worry about it guys, we figured it out!" Before we knew what it was and I didn't want to stick around to find out after the show.
Every country should
The AI has done an impressive job of the state borders, and I think that some of the names are an improvement
"Ceparoo" is indeed a great state!
Also I like that it settled the dumb "Gulf of Mexico" thing. I think we can all be happy with "Martnla".
Voom sounds like a fun place to visit.
Bee!
Bee!
I experimented wiith mixing Bee and distilled alcohol. The results were hilarious.
I guess you had to Bether
27 is so dangerous that it has no name.
The Element of Power
Or spandex, we're not really sure
Not a lot of people know that bicycles are made of Gorpium. But now they do.
And transdimensional catapults are made of Yttrium, who knew?
Is there any better way to take down an Irictum?
A pinch of soporconbuttig might do
Oh for sure, but always wear a Dropper when doing so
*gorpuim
I like how it slowly goes insane
Those nickel pancakes sure look delicious
Sinogen... this is the stuff Chinese people are made of. That's how you create Chinese people.
I'm surprised it got the right picture (and spelling) for Argon - which is in fact used in incandescent bulbs to reduce the filament's evaporation. Got a few obvious ones correct also. (Love the Hindenburg)
Meanwhile Selenium... How Ironic.
Wow, that really is listed as an element. I’m learning so much!
Why did it single out New Mexico like that?
Louisiana looks like it’s giving the ocean the middle finger lol
I wonder who’s work this blatantly plagiarized
Hundreds of thousands of maps of the US, tens of images with pindrops, and uncountable cartoon/comic artists for the overall style