You’re not dumb if you fail to understand a book of philosophy. Very few are as straightforward as Das Kapital for example.

Right, I was expecting the earlier one to be a work of fiction

You’re probably right. My biggest flaw is that I fail to notice forks, guarded pieces and other obvious patterns, and don’t know any nuances in the general strategy other than “exposed king bad, having more pieces good, K>Q>R>N>B>P”.

Sounds like at least one of the books in question is shit

I also know how chess pieces move, other than the rare en passant, but will lose to anyone willing to challenge me and I don’t think I could get much better than mediocre with any amount of practice. However, I got full marks on a Mensa IQ test so I’d say I’m intellingent in a way but with my mild autism, likely ADHD and lack of practical skills, it’s hard to tell. I have done lots of stupid decisions IRL, often repeatedly.

Would I say I’m “smart”? Depends. Intelligent, probably. Wise, hell no.

Here is some Czech TV Monday reporting from there (at cca 1:30)

You can sacrifice some pride/comfort/identity or go persist in Canada. There are lots of options that don’t involve anything tragic. None are great because of the horrors and that your agency over them is limited.

Czech Republic. Heck, we would even team up with Slovakia (on a per-sentence basis, Czech & Slovak are >99% mutually understandable) to reach some sustainable mass.

The image hoster (freakin’ Fandom) seems to be blocking cross-origin requests.

Reupload to catbox.moe:

It’s not pretending to be genuine

Very good explanation! The wording varies, in Czech and German it’s like “consume by” and “can be stored at minimum until”.

A store in my country once had an apology sign on display saying something along the lines of:

Some products in [this section] on sale [this year] were labeled with a “Sell By” date. According to [this EU directive], such a date is identical to the “Best Before” date. This has been fixed and we apologize for any confusion."

I have no idea how the “mistake” happened (normally, no food items share packaging between Europe and other continents) but I’m glad they got it sorted. The “Sell By” bullshit causes industrial-scale food waste by US supermarkets. Here, items about to pass BB are marked down by about 30% instead, and mom-and-pop stores usually have a discount shelf dedicated to past-BB items at 50% or higher discounts.

Well then, Ohio’s fucked. I should have believed the memes.

Depends on a lot of factors. When I consider grocery prices in the Czech Republic, our food safety standards, sick leave conditions and healthcare costs, I’d say I might get food poisoning 0-2 times in my life for $25 each while saving at least $30 per year.

Dry and sealed, it can last decades. Honey can last centuries but will usually expire after 1 year for legal reasons.

The risk is worth it, I will probably never get food poisoning (as long as I’m careful when foraging) and I’m healthy overall so my body would take it well. I can’t imagine store-bought food pushed to less than +50% of its shelf life with no signs of decay will do permanent harm. I guess a week off work can be a problem if you’re in America? I feed old food to chickens instead if it goes stale or unappetizing so I never really waste any anyway.

Pasta, 12 years. Yoghurt, 1 month.

It is wasteful, the expiration date is very conservative. You can push it 20% or more for sealed, correctly stored items. Just check for signs of rot or mold. Food waste is a serious problem in first and second world countries.

This is a serious thread. No jokes and off-topic comments.

That’s mild, I’d say every Israeli in the yellow region shoild GTFO

*Maimais