“The more you tighten your grip, the more [countries] will slip through your fingers.”

They both hated each other. The monster wouldn’t want Frankenstein’s name, and Frankenstein wouldn’t want to share his name with the monster.

Frankenstein wasn’t a doctor. He was a student that dropped out of college to conduct his life-creating experiments. He was a self-absorbed coward who was completely incapable of taking responsibility for his actions, but most of all he was a kid in way over his head.

The monster, on the other hand, was a cold-blooded murderer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-xJk9oE7EQ

If by “alright” you mean in a similar position to the one they occupied from 1945-2016, they’ll never be alright. That situation was the result of a very specific set of circumstances (being the only major power left standing after World War II) and maintained through inertia. Once that inertia’s gone, it’s not coming back.

How high was the Dow?

“Your honor, my client stands accused of falsely arresting an innocent man twice. However, the record clearly shows that he, in fact, arrested him three times. My client is therefore innocent and I move to have all charges dismissed.”

Ah. 1990s Captain America.

And myaxe.

Like if the people who handled the Prince of Persia movie did a Yakuza movie?

My first thought was Carmen Miranda, but that was fruit, not flowers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK0bZl4ILM

They aced the cognitive test.

What does Disney have that’s worth pirating?

PieFed keeps track of how many upvotes and downvotes you give, displays that on your profile and if you downvote too much it takes away your downvote button. That happened to me after a weekend of use. This is Lemmy. There’s a lot here that needs downvoting.

Is this why the Joker got away?

Unfortunately the “attitude” system makes Piefed unusable.

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