Most Americans would be eager to eat ostriches if they'd ever interacted with one.

You mean you might care enough to post a comment telling us all about how little you care?

Marx has never stopped being essential reading, as a historical document if not an instruction manual. The people argh-blarghing about him being included in curricula are invariably those who have never read him and knee-jerkingly shout about socialism without knowing what the word even means.

It was as heavy as a truck carrying 13 African elephants.

posting to undo moderation

I get much better resolution by simply looking down around my feet.

You’re right that ceramic knives are bullshit, but your price point for a decent real knife is way low. $40 knives will cut things, but they won’t hold an edge and they feel awful, except maybe meat cleavers and paring/utility knives. For a main 8-9" chef’s knife don’t go below $150. Also avoid stainless steel if possible. Carbon steel is harder to take care of (no dishwasher, rub with oil before putting away) but dulls pretty much never (and it looks cool.)

What would it cost me for all Dreamworks Animation pictures to be in 0x0?

At least the Chinese are not interested in "regime changes" in other countries.

Tibet and Taiwan will be happy to hear that.

Hopefully we can get China to censor Big Bang Theory here in the U.S. too.

Every time I get gas, at least one drop hits the pavement

I’m sure there’s medication available for that.

Your examples all select for good upper-body strength. You may as well point out that there are no female linebackers in the NFL. Office work and management has nothing to do with raw physical ability, so unless you’re prepared to make the argument that women are genetically unsuited to the cutthroat world of sitting on one’s ass in front of a keyboard, you better re-examine your premise.

Most likely they’re avoiding us. I would.

Right, that explains all the former FCC chairmen now lobbying for ConAgra and Monsanto.

The proper questions to ask are those that you know something about. For Snowden to suddenly jump on LGBT rights or Chechen independence would come off as the type of issue-of-the-day “activism” sometimes seen with celebrities. It would make about as much sense as if Pussy Riot went on U.S. television to talk about Obamacare or the Keystone Pipeline.