Janis Joplin - Piece of my Heart

Edit: Came back to add Blondie - The Tide is High. I was trying to think of it earlier, but it eluded me.

I like Sinead O’Connor’s version, but it still counts because it’s also a cover.

And Dr Hook’s Cover of the Rolling Stone.

Thin Lizzy - whiskey in the jar

Whiskey in the Jar is actually a traditional Irish song with unknown origins.

He actually did, he just didn’t wait to hear back that it was a terrible idea.

Good background, thanks. Ya, catch 22 is a good way to put it… It makes it tough for other countries to recognize both PRC and ROC without offending PRC.

archive.is seems to be down right now.

The People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China are two different governments that both claim sovereignty over mainland China and Taiwan.

They both want to unite China, but only one of them is in the position to do it.

Internal to Taiwan, there are parties that support reunification and support independence (opposing views), but Taiwan has not yet reneged on its claim of mainland China.

An odd question. Why would being a (single) parent be a defining factor?

Well, I would expect different answers if they were married 🙂

It’s not a neighbouring country, it’s the same country. Ask Taiwan.

Niche communities, in general. Lemmy just doesn’t have as much users to support many of the niche communities.

Well ya, you can retcon anything you want.

Uhh, Jesus wasn’t around yet when the tower of Babel was built.

Five of the region’s island nations – Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia – offer such citizenship by investment (CBI) from as little as $200,000 (£145,000).

Base 1 is the only universal counting system.

They are using base 1111 and base 1111111111. Instead of digits, you can represent numbers using rocks, if needed.

Or, more likely, Russia supports China’s annexation of Taiwan and China supports Russia’s annexation of Ukraine.

Looks to me like she did it in the bedroom with two faces.

Totally missed that. That’s great.

Same here. I’m not a very picky eater at all, but I can’t seem to eat blue cheese and it’s not for lack of trying.

If only Santa could read, this poor boy’s life could have been spared.

One is a comment on society and the other is some teenage boys surviving a year on their own.