They can't think about it for a minute though, they don't know how to read the time.

I don't have any mod points atm, but if I did, I'd +1 this.

^ This

One can somewhat mitigate this with Japanese specifically, as it uses only ~2000 or so Kanji if I remember correctly; and by and large even those are composed of regular radicals; plus hirigana, katakana, and furigana.

Not to discount how challenging it would still be though - it still remains a large number of characters that need individual testing once all of those components have been put together.

It's a shame I don't have any modpoints currently, because I agree with this sentiment wholeheartedly.

We live in a post-truth world now; this is the new normal.

Firstly - there are a lot of angry and distrustful people in English speaking nations now, and no amount of facts nor data is going to quell their anger. If something disagrees or disproves with their established in-group gospel, to them whatever it is clearly either wrong or a lie.
And secondly - we have a ruling elite now that embrace blatant mistruths and are perfectly comfortable doing absolutely anything that isn't explicitly illegal, and willing to push their luck as far as possible even if it is illegal.

EA have been turned into a tax write-off; there's no other explanation why they would self-sabotage harder than the British with Brexit.

Mr/Miss/Mrs/Ms/Mx/Fr/Br/Sr/Dr/Prof/Cllr/The Rt Revd/Sir/Dame/Lord/Lady/HAH/HE/HRH* Moneybags over here swanning about with more RAM than the HDD I had in my laptop ~10 years ago.

* delete as appropriate

Population decline is good news *if* the population decline is gradual, IMO.

I agree that this planet is currently wildly overpopulated - the only people that a population decline is a major threat to is the 1%.

A huge conflict of interest exists with the regulator (Environment Agency) and QUANGOs (Anglers Trust for example) having their pensions invested in the very companies they are supposed to be regulating.

I'm rather incredulous that people are legitimately surprised that the private companies that run the water infrastructure in this country put shareholder profits before all other concerns.

Honestly, I'm legitimately surprised that there is enough of a market for TV to support an industry.

Not just with the enshitification and commercial operators trying to wring viewers for every penny they have; and not even for myself there hasn't been a single compelling reason to even bother with an online subscription, let alone something like a TV license — it's just bad value. I can get more entertainment value per hour from a half-arsed £5 game from Steam or GOG than TV could ever hope to match.