One reason might be shipping. A car probably takes up the same space in a shipping container as four cars worth of steel.

I don’t know where the break even point is. But it’s likely to be more complex than you describe.

I can see that, but I’ve always expected tidal waves to be far more destructive. This is, as you say, an astonishing amount of movement, but nothing like I was expecting to see.

Am I missing a joke?

Sure they can write laws making it illegal to claim the king of Thailand is a doddering old fool anywhere in the world. Good for them.

They have no legal right to enforce it on me, though. If I visit their country, of course, I will be subject to their laws. But they can’t apply it to me until then.

They can write whatever they like, but in practical terms, they can only enforce their laws inside their borders.

No European law applies outside Europe. That’s kind of the nature of laws.

I suspect that the reaction to the edited video spooked them. They were expecting to get away with that, and when it was so easily called pot as a fraud, they had to reconsider.

A run of market sales would drive down the price.

And if you can’t afford to rent, then got being able to buy is not a significant difference.

And what, leave the apartments empty? Have them earn zero money, rather than some money?

Do they not have flatbed tow trucks?

According to Seaspan, Moffatt’s EV was denied boarding on their barge because it was inoperable and not on a flatbed tow truck or trailer.

Back when I lived in N. Carolina, there was a local brand called “Dr. Enuff.” Loved that stuff.

On earth? No, not by a long shot. We would need to get into the deconstructing planets business.

Because the English language is known for its rigid consistency of pluralization.

An interesting analyses. It certainly matches what we’ve seen. His attacks on the standard list of people is moderately pathetic, and quite predictable.

He’s never told the truth in his life. How hard would it be to say “no, of course not.”

The government should be obligated to shield them from the causes of climate change. But I suppose that ship had sailed.

Context is as important to language as syntax.

Context is important to the message, yes. But if I need the context to understand a particular word, I would understand the message just as well without that word.

Yea. Not helpful.

I’m aware of the existence of contranyms. None of the examples you gave apply, as they just have different meanings, or the same leaving with different connotations.

Right, that’s “speaking figuratively.” There are rules for that.

But a word that means the opposite of what it means is not a useful word.

I’d hate to find a box in my lab marked “inflammable.”