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Tardigrade's avatar

It would be three if you had included the Oxford comma. As it stands, it's arguably two.

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Rat's avatar

Fixed. It's three now. :)

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Tardigrade's avatar

Oh, I wasn't criticizing! Was just being a smartass.

I do confess membership on Team Oxford Comma.

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Rat's avatar

What matters is that you were right. :)

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Tricheco's avatar

Cousin's plans for world domination can't possibly be worse than the lunacy at Davos. A tyrant who is satisfied with a bit of cheese and an available baseboard is easy to survive. The current lot, not so easy.

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Rat's avatar

Cousin seems to be borrowing from Sir John James Cowperthwaite:

«I asked him to name the one reform that he was most proud of. “I abolished the collection of statistics,” he replied. Sir John believed that statistics are dangerous, because they enable social engineers of all stripes to justify state intervention in the economy.»

https://www.cato.org/commentary/sir-john-cowperthwaite-personal-tribute

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Tardigrade's avatar

Excellent!

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Dave Wise (Neoteric Wood Art)'s avatar

If cousin ever achieves world domination, would he be willing to leave other nations alone and instead drone strike the hell out of every telemarketing headquarters on the planet? If he should rise to become a benevolent dictator, hit me up for other ideas that would actually improve the lives of everyone.

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1.032547698's avatar

Wasn't it by doing the first two that the elites got to dominate the world?

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Rat's avatar

Yes. Protein and fiber. Protein and fiber.

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Craving Ratio's avatar

Your posts are like oxygen. I like taking them in.

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Opmerker's avatar

Fair enough. 🤔

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