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Many poorer farmers and tenants in Britain were effectively forced off the land by successive Enclosure Acts, which enclosed previously common land in the hands of wealthy landowners. Marx saw it as systematic theft of communal property. It had benefits in more efficient agriculture (and more profitable for landowners) and, of course, led to a steady supply of industrial workers who could be ruthlessly exploited until they were able to collectivise.

Thank god it wasn't restricted to 8eps like almost everything has been lately. Would love more as well, its just fantastic.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/19/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-iran-israel-today-explosions-isfahan#top-of-blog Fuck.

It's not a game, but an art... Yeah, me too. Getting kicked around by y'all once in a while helps keep the AI Chatbot that runs my brain from getting too full of itself.

Fevre Dream was great. The ending resonates with me till this day. Both volumes of Dreamsongs are on my TBR shelf, as is The Ice Dragon.

That poor tarantula. (I definitely had to look that name up, didn’t recognize it at all)

Whoa! You're right! How about flying cockroaches????

Yes oh yes. No problem at all w/ any other critter, not at all afraid or bothered, but cockroaches... yyyyyyiiiiiikkkkkeeeeeeeessss! And in the non-critter department, sleeping with socks on. Eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!

Cockroaches. Oh, dear god. Aaaaaugh!!!

Gosh, I'm trying to think if I have one. Can't come up with it. I used to have a few . . . claustrophobia, for one. MRI's were challenging. Since my doc put me on a mild dose of Paxil, I am not bothered by closed-in places at all. I feel like I SHOULD have a phobia, but I don't! WAH!

Plemons brought them to the costume fitting himself and asked what they thought if his character wore them, power the costume designer. He came in last minute because another actor backed out of the role, and since he was hanging around set anyways Kirsten suggested that they ask him to fill in. By all accounts, a very successful piece of nepotism.

Drew Sharp.

Voting (First Phase) began in India today exactly an hour ago. Largest democratic elections ever. We do tend to break our own records every 5 years lol. Cast my first vote, expectedly in vain, but hopefully not. Till June 1, then counting and results on 4th.

The theater I go to just redid their dolby BTX, or whatever, and a few of those gunshots scared the shit out of me. They were crazy loud. And I wonder whose idea it was for Jesse Plemons to wear those glasses. Man, he really knows how to play those type of roles.

Agreed! If anything my argument here is those high standards should based on education/occupation, not on income. That’s all I was trying to say. But of course that’s just a general point. You do what works for you, cuz clearly it’s working!

Apologies. I did not intend to sound hostile. I get a little exasperated probably because I just assume that everyone has read the same depressing stuff that is constantly in the news about dating, starting from the book by the OK Cupid founder and the massive troves of data regarding the dating preferences of men vs women to…..(basically, men pay more attention to women the younger they are, with age 18 being prime age for women, to age 51 being the prime age of contact for men on the same dating apps) all the articles in various magazines on those same massive troves of data, which are all of the exact same thing. (Let’s not forget that the more educated a woman is, the more difficult it is for her to find a partner, because men actually prefer non-educated women, while educated men are preferred by women). And let’s not forget the book by Nancy Jo Sales, which I believe was titled “My Life in the Dating Inferno”. Basically, any single woman over the age of 40 is often hit over the head with “you are more likely to get struck by lightning than to marry a man after age 35” and then once one starts to approach the age of 50, well….might as well get three cats, and good thing you’ve got a great career? We all get told to “lower our standards” when that is the last thing we need to be doing.

Maybe one is: @mcbigski, is that your truck? I thought @Week said just one time.

Balderdash. 47 is definitely not old. There's tons of guys your age or older who are smokin'. My husband, for example, is MUCH older than you are, would have women falling all over him if I wasn't in the picture. I worry for you, BFC. That attitude isn't gonna get you anywhere.

Ummm. Do you not know your fellow posters? None of us are getting paid! I do this because I enjoy it.

You’re gonna have to up your game to get paid for it.

This show is absolutely exemplifies everything that's wrong with the whole idea of a show being only 10 epsiodes for a season. It's wrong because I want more. I've not read the book (yet), and it seems, based on comments above, there's been some divergence? But is one more episode enough to wrap this up? My goodness this show is so good. (The Kay comment above was also apt, I thought)

I watched Civil War last Sunday. And my thoughts are that the battle scenes during the movie show exactly what they are supposed to. How terrifying and bloody a civil war in the U.S. would be. But story wise, the movie is a let down. But I would still watch it again for the battle scenes. Especially for the audio during the battles. BANG!

SIgh. And I thought I was the crazy one (see the phobia thread) But since I am crazy, I do actually have hope for the Ukraine Aid this time. I put the odds at 90% to 10% it passes.

You say that, but I make a heel of myself around here and nobody's paying me anything. Can you imagine what I'd do for money!?!

Do you have a Phobia? They are a pain. This is the first definition that came up when googled. A phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and lasting fear of a certain object, situation, or activity. I have a phobia of floating away, and then falling from a great height. Yeah, I KNOW it is crazy, and I KNOW it is irrational. I KNOW how gravity works. But my phobia still makes it's appearance known under certain circumstances. (After riding roller coasters repeatedly, while driving though wide open country, and while walking across long bridges) Intellectually I know my fears are nonsense. And I know what I fear is impossible. But I'm still terrified every time, no matter how many times I force myself to take the actions to prove to myself the fear is groundless. Do you have a phobia?