Ok, what film is this from?

In Sync for Lemmy app, open the post so you can see the comments, then click on the image for both resolution readability.

The name is British, the fine is dollars ($), so could be a lot of places …

An’ live on the fatta the lan’

It’s US English I think …

The other one that I notice is “write your representative”, instead of “write to your representative”

Now that’s my level of bot coding!

Bluetac - no light gets through and it’s usually pretty easy to remove when necessary.

Lol it’s clearly from the statue level in Goldeneye…

Mission successful? … he infiltrated pretty darn deep

And waffles.

(Potato waffles)

Sorry, yes I was slightly unclear in my response. (I’ve moved the paragraph to make it clearer)

The House of Lords in the UK is a mix of hereditary and life time peers nominated by the govt.

The House of Lords has limited powers (I think can veto or suggest amendments to a bill only once before the house of commons can force it through) and it is a archaic institution that we have kept, I guess it adds an extra check or balance to the elected representatives.

Thanks for the explanation.

Well gosh, I’ve had to go and read up on it too 😀

Looks like we both have the same 3 branches, but I was wrong in thinking the house of commons and lords were 2 of those branches.

In a perhaps slightly simplistic overview:

• Legislative - debates and decides the laws.

• Executive - executes or implements these laws in policy decisions (assigning funds to public bodies etc, setting mission statements)

• Judicial - interprets the implementation of laws when needed (e.g. edge cases)

Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. In the UK, the executive comprises the Crown and the Government, including the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers. The legislature; Parliament, comprises the Crown, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Also seems like the UK independence of legislature and executive branch is up to debate -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_in_the_United_Kingdom

I’m British, but it’s hard not to be aware of American stuff due to Reddit / Lemmy, movies, books, games, etc.

Are the 3 branches of govt.:

House of representatives, Senate, and judiciary?

We have house of commons, house of lords, and judiciary. First is elected, second is a mix of hereditary and nominated by govt I believe. Third is appointed by govt I guess.

Edit: looks like I got the branches wrong, see next reply.

I think the expression is “Caveat emptor”, though it translates to “let the buyer beware”.

So Wong it’s right?

We had the teams update at work, with the endless notifications to let me know that a new version was coming, would I like to update early, on the 1st the update will be forced …

He’s possibly the only reoccurring black character, and yes it is very much a product of its time.

In defense of the authors the Gauls are all depicted with large bulbous noses, the Romans with Roman noses, etc; all cariceturs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caricature.

In the attached image you can see Obelix is also depicted as a “knuckle dragger” (at times). The character leading them is a Roman.

This second example shows the Vikings.

It’s an old joke updated for new technology … that’s part of what makes it clever.

It references the original joke (albeit in very small text)

The Asterix books frequently did something similar. https://cloud.wordpress.com/2022/02/17/asterix-and-the-historical-interpretation/

I remember the icon, but I never knew that was it’s purpose.

Because the old law is still applicable in some situations and now the prosecution potentially has 2 options to choose from …

I don’t know the real answer but I’d guess it’s a mix of “if ain’t broke don’t fix it” and the cost of removing the law (time debating in parliament) that could be better spent.