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How is it dystopian?

TIL gymnosperms are a thing.

I've never been interested in RDR2 because I'm not into the western aesthetic, but I am absolutely into the aesthetic of being a time traveler or alien or wizard using my powers to help farmers and explode bad guys in an otherwise western setting. If I had any money, I would pay someone to make this.

Moby Dick is good in a way where I don't care about any of the characters or the story, but I could read Melville describe water or argue that dolphins are fish for the rest of my life, just because of how beautifully he does it.

I don't understand that at all. What about being old makes something boring by default?

This is just how English used to be.

Once codified into law, would the recent executive order not invalidate the legal identification of everyone who doesn't have their sex assigned at birth listed?

A [State] department webpage that described how people could change their gender marker was taken offline, and Chase Strangio, an ACLU lawyer, said it’s unlikely that any new application to change the gender marker on a passport will be approved.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-passports-prisons-eggs-sperm-da1d1d280658a8c85c57cfec2f30cefb

I don't think media coverage is a very reliable gauge of truth in a society where the media is controlled by oligarchs. On top of everything that that's been going on, a journalist just got fired for calling Elon Musk a Nazi.

It's also pretty common for marginalized people to relate their problems secondhand because victims don't always want the public eye on them. Yes, victims should go to the authorities, but it's often easier said than done even when the authorities aren't well-known for dismissing victims and/or furthering their abuse.

e: To clarify, I don't think it's true that what the official said is policy; I think that person is probably lying. What I mean is that the incident itself is very plausible, and I have a policy of believing victims if there isn't a good reason not to, especially where it may protect others.

You might look up synthetic vs analytic languages and see if that doesn't shed some light for you. I think most people who don't natively speak very synthetic languages have a hard time with it in second languages.

This question made me realize that I could become an expert in anything I wanted at any time; there is nothing stopping me. I guess I'm just not interested.

Survivalist knowledge would be practical in emergency situations. You'd get things like first aid, nutrition, self-defense... Seems pretty broadly applicable.

e: Thought of something. I want to be an expert assassin. Really top grade action movie shit so I can kill whoever I want while maintaining safety, secrecy, and connections.

I can't actually imagine what proof of this situation would look like.

I've never been good at reading stuff like this, so it's more than plausible I'm just missing it, but I can't find where the resolution would give anyone the legal power or moral authority to invade another state.