It depends what aspect of colonization is important to your definition, I guess. Is it about imperialist expansion to non-contiguous territories, or is it more specifically about extracting resources from those territories for the exclusive benefit of the motherland?

At any rate, I would say that French Guiana either counts or doesn’t count as a colony of France to the same extent that Hawaii counts or doesn’t count as a colony of the United States.

INB4 the Palestinian previous residents are permanently barred from returning and it’s redeveloped for Israeli “settlers.”

It’s because that little chunk of South America is French Guiana, which is a full-fledged part of France (not just a territory, but a departement with political status equal to the ones in mainland Europe).

It’s also where the European Space Agency launches their spacecraft from, by the way.

“Europe” is just an Asian peninsula with delusions of grandeur.

IMO you only need a cargo bike (i.e. long-tail or box bike) if you’re trying to carry more than one kid. Otherwise, a regular-size bike with a heavy-duty integrated rack should be plenty. They even make some that can carry a lot of weight and fold for easy storage (e.g. this one).

If you occasionally need to carry a lot, cargo trailers are a thing.

You’ve heard of Project 2025, right? Rebuilding the officer corps (and the entire rest of the government) to be loyalists is exactly what they’re planning to do.

When it starts, they’re the ones who will be giving the Army Rangers the orders.

Or in terms of practical applications, it explains why CDs are “good enough” and audiophile stuff is very often bullshit.

Having a shitty, or even traitorous, legitimate political opinion is one thing; being unable to tell the difference between reality and fantasy is entirely another. Not taking sides between reality and delusional conspiracy theories is even worse than not taking sides between the US and Al Qaeda!

It’s really not, though. Trump is backed by people even more bloodthirsty and totalitarian than he is.

Biden is backed by a bunch of enlightened-centrist appeasers whose biggest policy goal is disarming themselves.

The '90s:

Also the '90s:

This is a seditious threat that justifies preemptively striking in self-defense.

Why are you lying? It’s the appeasement-minded liberals that are fucking us all over.

FYI, correcting your lies isn’t pedantry. Quit being a condescending troll.

@originalfrozenbanana really seems to hate getting called out for his scapegoating lie.

I’m sick and tired of jerkwads fucking up the definitions. Happy now?

It matters because liberals have always been the enablers of fascists, and people need to understand that. Blaming the “leftists” instead is a scapegoating bullshit lie.

…fuck those useless parents as well. They should not have had kids.

But that’s how the problem started in the first place!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA

You know what actually strongly ecourages people to accept help? Housing-first policies.

“No” and “yes” respectively. The proper reaction is preparation, not “panic.”