Anyone Read the Biography?

From 22, in the first half at least there's a bunch of information I never saw or was buried online. Made me respect him more. Specifically the 100 million life insurance policy that would have gone to PayPal had he died in 2000.

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u/SavageMell — 8 days ago

Why the drinking age is 21 nation-wide?

I can understand prohibition being federal but how/why is the drinking age universal in such a Republican country where sentencing for murder, legality of narcotics, age of consent can vary greatly?

In Canada we have it Provincially designated and funny enough in the Mid-West you have a 19 province wedged between two 18 provinces and you can guess what happens. Hilariously the wedged province has some of the highest alcohol cost due to taxation which authorities say is due to higher per capita drunk driving.

21 is also extraordinarily high in the developed world. Most developed countries designate alcohols differently too such as in Germany anything under hard liqour is 16 and technically Radler which are 2.5% aren't considered alcoholic beverages at all and sold in vending machines.

Secondary question, if the US DID fluctuate in age per state what do you think that would look like? Any that would hit 16?

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u/SavageMell — 12 days ago

The food poisoning...

It's arguably one of the most comedic episodes of the series and I guess the source is not vital to the conclusion but... It was definitely the Indian restaurant.

Meadow I think twice confronts the accusation as "racist". I take it in jest as another part of the comedic overtone but then the doctor says a throw away line that the spices used would kill any bacteria. In reality just the math of everyone eating at Artie's in contrast to Tony eating at the Indian restaurant (from what we know only time) and getting violently ill.

I think a lot of the show is hilarious precisely because the stereotypes often turn out to be true.

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u/SavageMell — 28 days ago

They really make you hate the FBI don't they?

Like there isn't a single likeable FBI character. No by the books or relateability at all. The female agent they get on Adriana has straight up dead eyes.

In addition they show mass incompetence...

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u/SavageMell — 1 month ago

Furio is the best.

He's honestly so far above everyone else. Reminds me of Wolverine in X-men.

I think we all agree his arc is stupid (production money obviously) but up until then he's like the best character by miles. He's obviously hardcore but we never see him do scummy shit.

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u/SavageMell — 1 month ago

All on deep discount 19.64 treats Saskatchewan

50% or more off otherwise the organic pancake mix and tuna would kill me.

u/SavageMell — 2 months ago

With more available information today we better understand the luck factor of Germany's defeat of France and their house of cards economy necessitating the war to avoid collapse. Hitler cult is obviously immensely strong so all of these scenarios I think require his death which we can use one of many assassination attempts or chance side effect of his drug cocktails.

Point is Germany stalls with France and the economy collapses. This is before Pearl Harbor so consider that as well.

My specific wonder is the global timeline from 1942-1950 in how it affects nuclear programs, Soviet expansion and American progress.

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u/SavageMell — 2 months ago