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AnObserver says...

I guess you enjoyed paying $1/minute to use your cell phone or call a long distance number? Or paying $10,000/month for broadband Internet. BaTelCo was only ever a viable company due to their outrageous pricing. They were incredibly inefficient and overstaffed for decades.

AnObserver says...

How to make a boatload of money.

1. Buy residential land.
2. Call your buddy in Town Planning, and re-zone it as commercial
3. Develop your new commercial property for pennies on the dollar.

AnObserver says...

The postal service stopped working, and absolutely nobody noticed.

On Employees want postmaster gone

Posted 18 April 2025, 1:30 p.m. Suggest removal

AnObserver says...

Luddites. Absolute Luddites.

AnObserver says...

It would be foolish for anyone to vote for Minnis ever again.

AnObserver says...

Does anyone know what URCA actually does?

AnObserver says...

Cars have headlights. The last thing we need is more streetlights.

AnObserver says...

Space X rockets are fueled with kerosene. Also known as Jet A. This is basically a slightly lighter petroleum distillate than diesel. So a Space X rocket booster failing to land, exploding and falling in to the sea is no worse than a mailboat sinking, or a plane crash. Even if the booster were to fail to land, it would explode, burning up all of the excess fuel.

I know it sounds scary and crazy to land rockets on boats, it is really a very low risk operation.

On Handing keys to the unknown

Posted 20 February 2025, 3:05 p.m. Suggest removal

AnObserver says...

Exactly. There is basically nothing to worry about whatsoever from the booster landing. Far more pollution ends up in the ocean from bottom paint, leaking lower units, spills when refueling, runoff, etc. People are barking up the wrong tree.

AnObserver says...

Is it really that hard to say "Rape is wrong."?

On PM seeks consensus on marital rape law

Posted 18 February 2025, 3:18 p.m. Suggest removal