Don’t forget to add padding, so I’d just round it out to 18 months to be safe.

I thought the Mandalorian was anything but subtle about it’s western roots, not that I minded. It had pretty much every western trope you could think of. Showdowns, savior of the town, making peace with the natives, town needs a sheriff, cowboy father figure…the list goes on.

Did you also dislike the Mandalorian’s spaghetti western-ness too? This is how these things go. Just embrace the fact that this series is going to be an ode to kung fu movies.

USA would probably be better if it were like 4-10 different countries…well, some of it at least.

New England Cascadia California Breadbasket States of America Gilead

Why did they say if like it was a bad thing? I want this to be a thing.

This was before my political consciousness, but I feel like 1992 has an argument, but maybe that was just because of Perot…

I really doubt this is the primary reason. I think it was multifaceted, but really the people in the business of designing phones were already using Bluetooth exclusively and felt that it was good enough. Some designs probably rushed it as a means to sell more premium headsets (Apple, Samsung), other saw it as removing an unnecessary redundant feature that was more prone to breakage and a waterproofing difficulty (Google). I think it really just came down to the personal preferences of the (affluent) people who were doing the designing, not necessarily a purposeful cash grab. It really was not great since wired headphones were way cheaper than their Bluetooth counterparts. Luckily Bluetooth has gotten much better and less expensive. I think there should be options for both.