I read this as Furbies

Even if it is sex, it's just sex

What's "genre fiction"? Wouldn't all fiction be in some sort of specific genre?

I agree. So few countries aren't part of it, you might as well show all of it so there aren't random holes. And I can't imagine many people care about political alliances when looking at stuff like bears.

What a great answer! Thanks for taking the time to write all that out

It's still a substitute for solid wood 99% of the time.

A chair like that I would assume the craftsman is laminating their own veneer and not bending purchased plywood.

Whats funny is that it's covering something cheap (particle board) with something also cheap* (plywood) instead of end grain veneer to make it look like solid wood.

*plywood is of course more expensive than particle board but it's generally not considered as a finish material using the edge grain like this

It's actually an elaborate scam from someone with a poop fetish. You don't have to wait to be 50 to send him your poo.

Huh, TIL that not only is Kingspan not only not just the name of a rugby stadium, it's product that's so common as to be generic.

Now explain "Engineering" up, "General Engineering" down

Most countries aren't rectangles, you're going to have bits of the neighbouring ones when you put it in a square picture.

Speaking in context of where most people are, rather than where most land is, seems more useful in most cases.

> and back the wrong horse

Hey, that's gambling for ya

There's a very low chance of that if you don't play online games