Oh it is a democracy, but not “direct democracy”. We don’t choose what happens, we just choose who decides what happens.

Still not a democracy, you just described a Republic, which is what we’ve always officially been even if die hard patriots prefer to say democracy

What are you talking about? The people electing representatives that makes the final decisions is called “representative democracy”. A republic is a form of representative democracy. A constitutional monarchy, like you find a lot of in Europe, is another form of representative democracy that fit the original description, without being republics.

What did the founding fathers decide that made it impossible to have short election seasons in the US?

Your point would hit harder if Snow White hadn’t been adapted a stupid amount of times after Disney’s movie.

I have never written a PhD thesis, so I might not be the best representative, but it’s the first time I’ve heard the phrase.

What is a doctor father?

No Rolls Bared played a round of this a while back in one of their House Rules episodes.

So the US Government should not make money available ASAP to rebuild the bridge, but instead wait for the laughable scenario that the company pays for the damages?

Sure, and a window on the fifth floor is technically an exit. But that doesn’t make it a viable option.

Which politician do you believe would be able to solve all or any of those issues with the razor thin majority in Congress the Democrats have had during Biden’s administration?

My assumption was that a temperature scale for the human experience would place the ideal temperature around the middle, and not towards too hot. Would it improve such a scale if the 0 F was closer where 20 or 30 is currently, so that 70-80 is more centered? Is 0 F the perfect point for where it’s unacceptably cold for a human, or could it have been shifted up or down the scale?

It’s the very first line in this ABBA song.

If 0 F is 0 % hot, and 100 F is 100 % hot; shouldn’t 50 F be the Goldilocks ideal of neither too hot or too cold at 50 %?

And if 50 F isn’t the Goldilocks ideal, then where on the scale is it?

So 50 F is the ideal temperature?

Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere universe would be fantastic. The last thing I remember hearing was that he was working on a script for a Mistborn movie. I would’ve preferred a TV-show, but he feels it would work better as a movie, and I trust his judgement.

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