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To add to other comments:

There are ways of folding envelopes or letter packages that are destructive in opening, so that tampering could be noticed.

The practice is called letter locking, here’s some links:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterlocking

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/locked-for-300-years-virtual-unfolding-has-now-revealed-this-letters-secrets/

Aside from the answers already given, the were ways of folding letters that were tamper proof, destructive in opening, called letter locking.

Here’s an article on the prachtige: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/locked-for-300-years-virtual-unfolding-has-now-revealed-this-letters-secrets/

We had a Mac classic in the early nineties. That was great. Was a big apple fanboy until osx. The best was probably a performa (serial number I forget)

No way of generalizing. Actions speak in this matter.

If you’re clearly communicating about rules and applying reason in enforcing them, ally.

If you wield the BAN HAMMER with furious vengance and abuse your power, adversary.

You just did the math!

In Dutch, there’s an archaic name ‘Joke’, pronounced yo kuh. But in a more multilingual world it has practically disappeared.

I love that that is the name of the mascot for ‘big ass fans’ they have a donkey (ass) called Fanny.

Just Because I didn’t see it mentioned:

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and Tombstone

I’m at 5000. Don’t play much nowadays, but used to play competitive and go to lans.

Have you not read the article? Cheese and all types of fruit/meats were used on the flatbread. Trukish Pide is basically the same thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/İçli_Pide

The thing with the invention of tradition is that it’s orgiginality is only established after the popularity. American GI’s find out that pizza is not the thing in Italy it was back in the states: people go looking and find that someone from Napoli wrote something about flatbread with cheese and tomato. Now it is said to be an Italian classic.

Sam thing happened in Scotland with the Kilts and tartan. That wasn’t a thing in Scotland untill an English textile salesmen started selling fabrics to scottish nobility in the 19’th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invented_tradition

‘any alcoholic beverage’ is quite a lumpy category.

It was popularized and took it’s current form in the US. Flatbread with toppings was eaten all across the Mediterranean, so isn’t Italian as such.

The original for me. I watched that whilst smoking a j and got a true panic attack. Only movie ever I had to switch off.

I just rewatched gremlins, and beside some jumpscares it’s pretty camp and tame.

But then the scene comes where the Santa Claus gets stuck in the chimney, discovered due to the smell. This is not shown, just a story that gets told pretty off handed.

I realized that that was the part that made the movie scary to me when younger. And it colored the rest of the movie darker, too.

Tolstoy’s work is all in public domain. Anna Karenina and War and Peace are great. Not the easiest to read, but unparalleled.

It does indeed!

I see, thnx for the clarification. It seemed like you were indeed supporting said practise.

By the mental gymnastics they have applied to make Stalins brand of communism into their ideal they have actually learned to embrace authoritarianism.

They think that the only way that communism can be manifested is by first destroying the western capitalist society and they think Putin and Xi will help in this endeavor.

It’s quite delusional (as both are openly embracing capitalism) and quite the opposite of how Marx thought communism would take place, but that’s what they seem to think.

You still don’t explain why it’s, in your opinion, necessary to remove voting rights.

You put that it they shouldn’t remove those for small infractions, but that the administration can’t decide on a line where voting restrictions should be put, and therefore just blanket bans every from from voting.

Also it’s somehow ok that after people have finished their punishment, they should be punished some more by stripping them off even more rights.

All of that greatly reduces chances of rehabilitation and keeps criminals in the criminal sector. I fail to see why even minor infractions should lead to lifelong consequences.