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Boromir's guess the famous game #219 - Annie Edson Taylor - nyctc7 wins
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Boromir's guess the famous game #214 - Fictional Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer - hownos is the winner
Boromir's guess the famous game #211 -- Joan of Arc -- Won by LauraGrace
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Because these particular conspiracy theories ultimately stem from right-wing, often (but not always) fundamentalist Christian Americans who often have theocratic impulses, are often heavy on Biblical literalism and actually believe that a literal Satan exists.
Essentially, many of these people believe that atheism, secularism, liberalism, socialism and Satanism are all effectively the same thing or that the first four are driven by the latter.
It's a belief system, basically. A brand of Christian thought that thrives in the USA because of its history and its version of religious freedom with no established church.
As church attendances continue to fall in the USA and religiosity dwindles to something approaching European levels, these particular strands of thought will disappear back to the fringes. But for now they're having a bit of a moment in the sun.
We are probably witnessing its long death-rattle.
There probably isn't a single answer to this. There are different types of dwarfism (proportionate and disproportionate types) resulting in different body shapes and presenting different challenges in getting clothes that fit properly. For many, simply buying regular clothes in a smaller size wouldn't work too well because the clothes still don't fit their shape.
And, of course, there are different income levels that would affect people's options.
There are specialist outlets, but they are riotously expensive. (Probably easier to get access to them in our online shopping era though, as there aren't many bricks and mortar stores dedicated to this). There is the option of getting clothes tailor-made or altered. And, yes, there is the children's section.
A quick look at an old Quora thread on this very subject suggests that the most popular option is getting regular clothes altered to fit. But whether the pseudonymous people answering the question actually have the first-hand experience they are claiming is another matter.
I suspect for most people it's a mixed bag and the most accurate answer to your question would be: sometimes.
<blockquote>perhaps not surprisingly, I could find no trace of it anywhere on the internet</blockquote>
Oh, I think the opposite: that's very surprising. On an Internet with at least two comprehensive databases dedicated to detailing every film ever made, even including those that have been lost or destroyed, a film with enough mainstream appeal to be featured on a platform such as Disney's Hulu and that apparently includes one of the most celebrated actors in US movie history in its cast has left no trace whatsoever.
I think this may be the biggest Mandela Effect so far witnessed.
Yeah. Hopefully, the two most Disneyfied episodes were placed at the start of the series on purpose to lure in the Disney+ers who've never seen the show before. But as long as Doctor Who doesn't cater solely to that mainstream American audience, I'm not going to have too much of an issue.
There were things in Devil's Chord I did like, but overall it didn't work for me. And if all the episodes were like that, I'd have to conclude this was no longer the show for me. <spoiler>Musical numbers</spoiler> and toothy wholesomeness should be reserved for Christmas or CBeebies.
But it turns out it's just the same as it's always been (Why did I ever doubt it?): if you don't like this week's episode that much, you might like the next one more.
And I'm fine with that. I'm fine with there being episodes I don't personally like that someone else probably loves. I embrace the tonal inconsistency. In fact, that's how Doctor Who should be.
So, yeah, I'm less concerned about the direction of the show now than I was two weeks ago. Happy days.
I liked it. And I'll also watch it again because I didn't quite catch everything.
For me, episodes 3 and 4 were <i>so</i> much stronger than 1 and 2. I was a little concerned -- especially by Space Babies -- but I've been mollified by these last two episodes. If nothing else, they have provided a welcome reminder that this show is not tonally consistent from week to week. And I wouldn't want it any other way.
Still keeping a beady eye on the Mouse though.
You're spewing errant nonsense. Whether you're doing so because you're an imbecile or you're doing it because you like wasting people's time, it's boring. So I'll leave you to it.
They use the Latin alphabet. A lot of non-Latin languages use the Latin alphabet. Even the Latin languages use the alphabet differently to each other. The Latin alphabet is put a variety of different uses both within the Romance languages and beyond them. They aren't all pronounced in the same way. Far from it.
This is fairly basic stuff. I'm not going to debate with you, because you're either winding me up or you are the stupidest human being I have so far encountered on these boards. Your choice which.
<blockquote>It's a LATIN alphabet. Its letter have a clear pronunciation.</blockquote>
The man c<b>ough</b>ed r<b>ough</b>ly by the b<b>ough</b> of the tree in the bor<b>ough</b>.
The letters don't even always have a clear pronunciation within one language, let alone across other languages that use the same alphabet. Try pronouncing written French the way you'd pronounce written Italian and see how far you'd get with making French speakers understand what you were saying. Or vice versa. Or note the different pronunciations between what are clearly the same root word in Spanish and Portuguese. That different J sound for example.
And that's just the Latin languages.
Or explain to my why the Dutch pronunciation of van Gogh is closer to 'fun KHOKH' than either of the two main English pronunciations. Listen to how Scandinavians and Germans pronounce 'v' and 'w'.
Remember that even back during the Roman Empire there were two forms of Latin -- classical and vulgar -- that were pronounced differently despite using the same alphabet.
Or... just stop talking shite.
<blockquote>There wasn't really any stand out character like that this time around</blockquote>
No. If your stand-out candidate is Xabi Alonso who has been in management for all of seven and a half minutes (although he's obviously good), it's a sign that it's not a great 'manager market'. And look at the people being linked with the Chelsea job and the potential Manchester United vacancy. Keiran McKenna? Really? And are Bayern really going for Vincent Kompany? OK.
You look around Europe and you've got your 'project' managers -- your Poch, your Tuchel -- on the big cash-cow merry-go-round and then you've got a big gap to a new generation of managers with potential but not yet with the track record. There's no Klopp out there who has done two stints of seven years at two different clubs and already made a big name for himself across the continent.
So, given the state of the 'market', I think Slot is not a bad choice. But I do think he's more likely to fail than succeed, just because he's following a club legend and that's what usually happens.
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