SilentStriker

To put it into perspective: an upside down American flag is a recognized signal of dire distress which is often meant "extreme danger towards life & property". Historically, it was only flipped when sailors signalled to allied forces that they were in immediate peril (such as fire, mutiny, or sinking) needing assistance.

Nowadays: both individuals & groups started adopting the inverted flag to mainly express political discontent, dissent, or a deep concern for the direction of the nation. I mean, what happens if you inverted the Australian flag either during demonstrations or if the individual has distrust towards the government?

To reiterate: if given a summons by the court, in person attendance is mandatory (applies to all 50 states). After voir dire, if either the lawyer or judge has selected you as the juror and being presented with evidence relevant to the case: what types of cases were you assigned whilst being a part of the jury?

Also, what happens if the individual fails to willingly show up (non-excusals) in court on the appointed date when they've been handed a summons in the US? For reference, in my country where Jury Duty also exists: the offense for failing to show up in person incurs the equivalent of an ~800 USD fine.

The answer is subjective as it depends on where you live, which impacts commute time (those living in the North Shore have it fast as they reside closer to the city center while those living in the West have to compensate 60 minutes or more in order to reach the CBD by train) and the worst lines to take are T2 and T3 in my opinion due to them stopping pretty much 31 stations (some are skipped, more like 24) along the way before reaching the city.

Well, you have no choice but to take either line if you reside in those areas (Liverpool, Fairfield, Granville, Regents Park) meaning the commute will take longer opposed to those residing in Revesby, Glenfield or Campbelltown where the T8 line is present since it skips 8 stations reaching Wolli Creek then through the Airport. Even from Parramatta you're taking it through T1 which intersects with Granville. Don't even talk about the delays or "industrial action".

T3 begins at Liverpool while T2 starts from Leppington in which both stop almost at every station (after Glenfield: from Casula, Liverpool, Warwick Farm, Cabramatta, Canley Vale and so on, literally about 31 stations or so before you even reach Central). They skip Flemington, Homebush, Croydon, Summer Hill, Petersham, Lewisham, Stanmore or MacDonaldtown during peak hour at least, so there's that but the journey's quite long.

It takes like 65 minutes until you reach the city while the same Journey is quicker via T8. However the commute is still a slog to sit through as it takes forever and no other option if you live within areas of T2 (it's why T8 exists via the Airport and skips like 8 stations after Revesby heading for Wolli Creek) but it's only accessible for those living within the Campbelltown area. Don't even mention the commute time via T3, it's worse.

Both lines exist within the Sydney Trains network although are slow and long (well... people living in those areas don't really have an option, at least they have a station) with having to wait a while before they can even reach Central. T3 just heads via Regents Park then via Lidcombe intersecting with the existing T2 line to Central, regardless it's still takes forever due to the train stopping again, at every station on the way.

Either were the only option (alongside T1 via Parramatta) before T8 expansion via the Airport was constructed, and my parents who commuted during the 90s told me it sucks ass due to that stopping at 31 stations before reaching the city, when the Airport line finished construction: it was a godsend as it saved time on reaching the city circle deeming T2 or T3 a joke! T8 via Airport was only made because of the Olympics back in 2000.

I know that both the T2 or T3 (City Circle via Granville from Liverpool) including T6 (City Circle via Regents Park from Bankstown) line are a joke when it comes to daily commute from home to work or school (both ways) as it stops at like almost every single station adding travel time, it sums up to around 65 minutes if lucky but can be longer hence why often the T8 (Airport & East Hills from Glenfield) line is better if you live within that area.

This is during the era when the N64, PS1, SNES, Dreamcast or Sega Genesis were popular. Games back then were released physically via disc or cartridge, meaning distributors or publishers would've implemented anti-piracy (like Lenslok) measures onto physical copies but some knew how to tamper with anti-piracy if they have a computer using other sources of capturing data (floppy disks).

Also, games at the time were 'simple' to torrent but with a catch (dial up was still a thing at the time meaning downloads could take a while if you have a PC). Discs were more straight forward than "torrenting" cartridges (unless you have connections with the manufacturer on smuggling circuit boards). Like with movies, games that came on discs were "torrented" through CDs by using a PC.

It's a contrast since countries who share borders with Yemen (Oman & Saudi Arabia) are stable & wealthy in comparison. As in, it's considered a "third world" country while their neighbors are already in "first world" tier, Yemen also has crude oil but people would rather purchase that directly from Oman instead. Also, is their geographical proximity towards Somalia not helping at all (due to piracy)?

I've heard of a case where an American man was ranting about "why can't they speak English" despite him being in a country where it's not even spoken (in this case: Japan), like WTF? He's literally in another country where a different language is spoken, isn't that already common sense? Yes, there are (some) Americans who are like this: assuming that everyone all over the world just knows English from the get go, but that's not always the case.

Another was when an American woman wanted to pay for the bread at a French bakery using a crisp US$20 bill, but that was not accepted since France uses Euros as their main currency. I guess it stems from the fact Mexico accept that assuming that's universal in countries where their own currency (like the Korea uses Won, UK uses the Pound, Oman uses Rials & etc). I mean, why do (some) Americans think that every country uses US Dollars?

To put it into perspective, the USA is making the draft system automatic from the end of this year and there's opposition to it since the current system is that the individual is registered via the Selective Service System (it's put into the database when one gets a driver's license for example). From their case, the American government's argument is: "it saves money from military recruitment campaigns" which is a pile of horse shit.

I mean, there are European countries where the draft is normal and expected for men over 18 (Austria, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Greece, Cyprus & Croatia) including both Norway & Switzerland (despite them NOT being EU members at all). And yes: Ukraine has the draft, since men ages from 18-60 cannot leave the country due to them being made to stay behind on fending off against Russia.

But there are also European countries where the draft is non-existent, remains dormant or abolished: France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Belgium, Netherlands, Albania, Ireland or the United Kingdom. However, what would happen if your country's government suddenly enacts an automatic register for conscription?

As in, your country's government refers to a name list of guys who possess EU identity cards, driver's licenses or passports verifying if they're over 18 by putting their name on a database. Like this: your name refered from your EU identity card now put into a conscription register meaning you can be called up at any time when the circumstances deem it necessary, like all of that done behind everyone's back.

What I mean is that: they either use the Israeli New Shekel or Jordanian Dinar to process and conduct transactions due to them not having an official currency of their own that deems it Palestinian. Why don't they have their own, since they are using someone else's currency for daily purchases or transactions.

It's weaker than let's say Pound Sterling or the Euro for example. But, does a weak CAD affect international travel towards Canadian travelers? Since they'll be paying more whilst abroad requiring CAD in higher amounts to exchange for larger sums of cash (like if 1000€ = C$1617 that alone is a steep hike while C$1000 = 618€ see the difference?). Also, when you travel: do you bring CAD or exchange for USD first prior due to that having a better exchange rate?

I know for instance, between Japanese & Mandarin there are a few words that are written the same despite them being pronounced differently along with having different meanings altogether:

In hindsight: if you are bilingual, do you know any false friends between two languages (i.e. English & French) or (i.e. Spanish & Portuguese) that are spelled the same but have different definitions across both languages?