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Whatever it is, it needs to be a pun on "oak trees", because they're _eggcorns_ that grew up.


This is sarcasm, right?


Which part?


EVs may have reduced use of the friction brakes, but I still wouldn't budget 0% to their maintenance ;)


Teslas at least are rated for the lifetime of the car, but it’s fair to say the chance of them getting replaced is higher than zero especially if you drive it a long time and brake aggressively.


Your interpretation of what HN is about is narrow at best.

Furthermore, the justices explicitly called out Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell as cases that could potentially be revisited.

Where's the [sic] overdramaticization?


Outlawing contraception is next?

You don't think that's melodramatic?


Not at all. Most methods of contraception can technically fit under the definition of abortion. The Pill and IUDs, for example, prevent implantation of fertilized ovum. If human life begins at conception, those are both murder.

Banning contraceptives has been a stated goal of at least part of the anti-abortion movement.


When conservatives say they seek to stand athwart history, yelling stop, when do you imagine they mean? That's a pretty well known saying taken from the mission statement of the National Review from 1955, before the rulings cited.


How long do you think it takes for a woman to know she is pregnant?


Never assume Ted Cruz is operating in good faith.


Because the heel hurts "the other" - marginalized people - more than the average person who voted them in. They're willing to suffer a little, as long as the right people suffer _a lot_.


In Texas, as a schoolteacher, you must agree not to boycott Israel. Is boycotting violence?


I feel that is overreach by the state (and there are quite a few others), but I would also ask if boycotting is not violence then not using a specific pronoun would fall in the same category as the above -impolite but not violent.

As a teacher, your job is to educate in the subject, teach some social behaviors (civics0 and stay away from political indoctrination.


It isn't an overstep, but is probably just a weird method for compliance. The Export Administration Regulation is a US federal law that includes penalties for supporting boycotts of US trade partners and allies. Normally this is directed towards anti-Israel boycotts in the middle east where legislation in several countries prohibit trade with organizations that also trade with Israel. If a US entity adheres to that country's boycott by refusing business with Israel, then they are in a legally actionable position. I don't personally know how Texas may be notifying people about compliance requirements, but this is actually pretty standard language in many contracts involving export compliance sections.


Given Mini's British origins, this is brilliant


It's worse: the author took common diagonal sizes and then assumed those were _widths_. 34" and 49" are diagonal measurements for monitors.


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