alanjaow

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[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Even if the tech was perfect, they'd be far too loud. Drones are already pretty loud, but you wanna make em huge and everywhere? Ugh.

[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like he is closer to the norm than we think. We should all strive to be like that, rather than relegating it to random chance. We should also demand more of our leaders.

[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

5 million is the official tally! 😁

[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Aluminum cans have a plastic liner in them to protect the metal from the acidic soda, but I'm not sure if it leaches in the same way as plastic bottles.

[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If I had to guess, I'd say that others wouldn't have gotten a red carpet at all. It doesn't exactly serve a function, and I've never heard of anyone receiving one.

After looking it up, though, it appears that "Heads of State" use them on "ceremonial and formal occasions". Wiki link here.

Edit: Barack Obama was photographed with a large red carpet going down the length of Air Force One's stairs. The one for Rubio is miniscule in comparison.