Africa's elephants have reached a tipping point: more are being killed each year than are being born, a study suggests.
Researchers believe that since 2010 an average of nearly 35,000 elephants have been killed annually on the continent.
They warn that if the rate of poaching continues, the animals could be wiped out in 100 years.
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Welp, elephants are screwed.
there was a story on this on cbs sunday morning this past weekend and it was so damn depressing
basically the east asian ivory trade / traditional medicine is going to drive elephants (and rhinos, for that matter) extinct and there's nothing we can really do about it
I think I remember reading a thing about a guy who contends that ivory can essentially farmed and harvested from animals (not sure whether it was rhinos or elephants) without harming them, and although you could potentially disrupt the black market by allowing for humane ivory it's probably too late to actually do enough because you wouldn't be able to easily distinguish between legal and illegal ivory.
actually is there even a slur for english people that works
we need to develop one
Limey is almost entirely neutral without some swearwords in front. Ros bif is unsuccessful because how great is roast beef. Pom can gather some contempt around it in the mouth of a decently aggressive Australian, but is usually pretty innocuous.
The French used to call English soldiers 'Goddamns' in the Napoleonic War, which is such a terrible attempt at giving someone a nickname it defies belief. Nicknames for your enemy aren't supposed to make them sound awesome.
its pretty weird actually but there u go, valve decided not to give a shit
hiring a class of support peons would defo change the company culture
Steam only had 2 people answering tickets, for millions of users. Anything complicated that a basic form letter didnt handle, they would just ban the account and refuse further contact. It was like 5 hitlers, and now its just hitler.
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actually is there even a slur for english people that works
we need to develop one
Limey is almost entirely neutral without some swearwords in front. Ros bif is unsuccessful because how great is roast beef. Pom can gather some contempt around it in the mouth of a decently aggressive Australian, but is usually pretty innocuous.
The French used to call English soldiers 'Goddamns' in the Napoleonic War, which is such a terrible attempt at giving someone a nickname it defies belief. Nicknames for your enemy aren't supposed to make them sound awesome.
€25 for the doctor to tell me they can't do anything for me and I should just wait it out
fuck you doctors
The horrors of socialized medicine.
well, that was most of my money till the start of next week
oh my god I cannot wait to be not poor
it is gonna be amazing
Btw I didn't mean that in a DOuchey way. I'm just frustrated at medical expenses atm
oh yeah, I know! In the grand scheme of things, it's a minuscule amount for a doctor visit (I got it cheaper because I'm a student), it is just frustrating as it is a large amount to me with my current finances
i get my first pay cheque next friday. It is gonna be the beeeest
Wouldn't be an insult. The other way around might get you a punch or a sharp correction, though.
Hey wait a minute. Don't the Irish or the Scottish have insults for the English?
Not really. They just generally call you "sir" and bow quite a lot and ask that you leave them some of the harvest because their children do need to eat, mi'lord.
(I really can't think of any)
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
The wiki that lists ethnic slurs has limey for Britons and about a million for basically every other country. Either we lucked out, we're universally loved or we probably made up all the slurs for everyone else in the first place..
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limey is just like
oh no curse u fools for finding a way to defeat scurvy with ur moderately tasty lime cordial
doesnt quite have that ring 2 it
If only.
I think I remember reading a thing about a guy who contends that ivory can essentially farmed and harvested from animals (not sure whether it was rhinos or elephants) without harming them, and although you could potentially disrupt the black market by allowing for humane ivory it's probably too late to actually do enough because you wouldn't be able to easily distinguish between legal and illegal ivory.
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Limey is almost entirely neutral without some swearwords in front. Ros bif is unsuccessful because how great is roast beef. Pom can gather some contempt around it in the mouth of a decently aggressive Australian, but is usually pretty innocuous.
The French used to call English soldiers 'Goddamns' in the Napoleonic War, which is such a terrible attempt at giving someone a nickname it defies belief. Nicknames for your enemy aren't supposed to make them sound awesome.
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i think it's more about the optics than anything, here
like, this whole situation already feels out the 50s civil rights movement
and the suggestion just brings that image more and more into focus
well, that was most of my money till the start of next week
oh my god I cannot wait to be not poor
it is gonna be amazing
there's nothing like waiting for the wait to end, that's a different kind of waiting
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Because the word has no power.
But when you're the minority, the word can have some pretty bad baggage.
But, you know, who cares, right?
i don't like being called a Frog. Do what you will.
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Btw I didn't mean that in a DOuchey way. I'm just frustrated at medical expenses atm
Steam only had 2 people answering tickets, for millions of users. Anything complicated that a basic form letter didnt handle, they would just ban the account and refuse further contact. It was like 5 hitlers, and now its just hitler.
the boers had quite a good one
VERDOMMT ROOINEK
god damned redneck
none of them work
i would never get salty at any of those
Basically building floating cities in international water.
The blatant overtones of using desperate poor people fleeing 3rd world countries as a source of cheap labor were staggering.
"britisher"
You can always call them Scottish or Irish.
Or is it the other way around?
They always talk as if it would be so independent when in reality every single plan relies on basically being a parasite of a real state.
always call americans canadian when u first meet them
then congratulate them on having such a nice canadian accent
But some of them just played off of slurs towards other races, and that just seemed rude
Wouldn't be an insult. The other way around might get you a punch or a sharp correction, though.
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I made a game, it has penguins in it. It's pay what you like on Gumroad.
Currently Ebaying Nothing at all but I might do in the future.
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Although most of those are as much class based insults as race based.
You..
Shopkeeper!
Wow these insults are terrible.
Backups? What are those?
oh yeah, I know! In the grand scheme of things, it's a minuscule amount for a doctor visit (I got it cheaper because I'm a student), it is just frustrating as it is a large amount to me with my current finances
i get my first pay cheque next friday. It is gonna be the beeeest
There is no legitimate way these people have qualifications.
The secretaries here that can't figure out how to put paper in a printer have more qualifications.
Seance? What is this the Victorian era or does it means something else here?
Hey wait a minute. Don't the Irish or the Scottish have insults for the English?
Right.
Also, what would you do about crime?
"We'd have security!"
Ok, who legitimizes the security force?
"The high seas are already super safe!"
But... There aren't cities there...
"But I've been on a cruise ship and wasn't stabbed or shot or anything!"
I... are you serious? How do you protect yourself from other Seasteaders? Like an invasion?
"Nobody invades the Cayman Islands! They don't have an army!"
I'm pretty sure they have some sort of defense treaties? Who would honestly give a fuck about some seastead?
These seem like really basic questions that haven't been thought about for more than 10 minutes.
Also, "We can build a space station, so we can obviously build a sea station" Nonononononononono
NOoooooOoooo
Not really. They just generally call you "sir" and bow quite a lot and ask that you leave them some of the harvest because their children do need to eat, mi'lord.
(I really can't think of any)
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Motherfucker needs a dropbox account