The Department of Education began in 1979. In 1978, the US was ranked #1 in education. Today, the US is 28th in education.

Quote from: Prof Emeritus at Fawk U on May 16, 2026, 10:18:45 AMLobbying should be far more regulated than it is.  Hard caps on donations, full transparency on endorsements, and maybe a look at changing their non profit status.

Indeed

Quote from: DKG on Today at 11:03:29 AMThat is where hydrocarbons come from too. Not dinosaurs.

Hey...people even today fail to understand that avian species are dinosaurs. Albeit much smaller versions of their predecessors, but dinosaurs none the less!

Quote from: Blazor on May 16, 2026, 10:28:37 AMYeah, sounds like I have time to purchase possibly 2 on that list before the "deadline" 

I think a lot of gun owners will do the same before the deadline.

Quote from: Lab Flaker on Today at 09:08:39 AMIt's quite the misconception that trees produce the majority of oxygen on the planet. It's actually marine algae, also known as phytoplankton, that produce around 70% of the planet's oxygen. I mean... it's kinda common knowledge with us learned shitters! Lol

That is where hydrocarbons come from too. Not dinosaurs.

I was never a fan of jargon, particularly in relation to the forum world. I never felt the need to be pretentious or even arrogant in verse. But fluid English just oils my various characters ever so delicately. The forum world is quite multicultural, and whilst members may not be multilingual like me, I prefer to resound on an even keel.

Very rarely would you see me prattle on with a thesaurus up my bum for no apparent reason, nor would you see me blow my own horn when it comes to the merest of discourse, unless it pertained to a particular character of mine.

Nah....fuck all that. I can become a novelist on my own terms and sell a fortune to discerning ears if it were ever to tickle my fancy.

Sic parvis magna xx

Quote from: Garraty_47 on Today at 08:16:56 AM<hug>
Yeah, somewhere out there a tree is working really hard to replace all the oxygen I waste and it's not going to get a vacation for ages yet. I wish I could discover which one it is so I might go apologize directly but we aren't allowed to know such things.

On the bright side my continued existence seems to bother a few mouth-breathing twatwaffles and that's a heartwarming thought.

"Yeah, somewhere out there a tree is working really hard in order to replace all the oxygen that I may have wasted, and it's not bound for a vacation any time soon. I wish that I could discover which one it was, so that I might apologise, but alas I'm inept and bereft of common sense."

You're welcome!

Quote from: Garraty_47 on Today at 09:42:35 AMDid I just get a "well aktually..." from Safetynet over a casual bit of unserious wordplay that obviously wasn't meant to be taken literally? Fucking hell if I didn't!

Breaky, you pedantic cunt, stop trying to ruin our fun with insipid intentional misinterpretations of conversations that didn't even involve you and that goes double in the hilariously embarrassing event you truly assumed I believe I've been assigned a specific tree to offset the oxygen depletion caused by my respiration.

Daft bugger.

Hey... a little bit of intellectual fodder normally goes a long way. You can lead a horse to water....
You get the gist!

Quote from: Lab Flaker on Today at 09:08:39 AMIt's quite the misconception that trees produce the majority of oxygen on the planet. It's actually marine algae, also known as phytoplankton, that produce around 70% of the planet's oxygen. I mean... it's kinda common knowledge with us learned shitters! Lol

Did I just get a "well aktually..." from Safetynet over a casual bit of unserious wordplay that obviously wasn't meant to be taken literally? Fucking hell if I didn't!

Breaky, you pedantic cunt, stop trying to ruin our fun with insipid intentional misinterpretations of conversations that didn't even involve you and that goes double in the hilariously embarrassing event you truly assumed I believe I've been assigned a specific tree to offset the oxygen depletion caused by my respiration.

Daft bugger.

AI has totally destroyed BBW photography! I want even fat distribution and way more cellulite ffs!