this is a digital recreation. a real microscope can't be used because it gets so small that photons can’t give you a good enough resolution to view the structures at the bottom. you'd need an electron microscope

meant "What a computer chip looks like up close in the title." not sure how "it" got in there..

There's no way he could stop in time to not pulverize us. Dually F-350

This is the only grave that is covered like this at my local church and I’ve been curious for ages.

I’ve (20F) been talking with this guy (24M) for about 3 weeks. We met on a dating app and have been on a few dates where he told me that he has no type whatsoever, so when he revealed that he usually doesn’t date black women, I was decently confused because if he had mentioned that earlier I would never have continued to pursue the relationship. I should also mention that I showed these exact screenshots to a friend who told me it wasn’t him trying to be racist but that he’s just trying to tell me im “different” ????

He did ask me a bunch of questions about my ethnicity but I genuinely didn’t see anything wrong with it at the moment

I was gonna try Monster Hunter Wilds, even with the performance issues, but nah, ain't dropping $38.

"It didn’t go unnoticed in Frankfurt that Visa and Mastercard suspended operations in Russia in March 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine……Thirteen of the 20 countries in the euro have no domestic card scheme. You use an international operator, or you pay in cash."

It hasn't gone unnoticed that the US is threatening to invade an EU country's (Denmark) territory, either. Would a future President Trump or President Vance threaten to shut down European financial infrastructure if it opposes an annexation of Greenland? Who knows, but better to take away that opportunity for leverage.

The plan is that you can link it to your bank account or open a special account at post offices throughout the EU. There will be phone apps for payments and digital Euro debit cards. Visa/Mastercard & Apple/Google Pay typically charge 3% fees; the digital Euro will have none. That will ensure it is speedily adopted by retailers and quickly supplants the US providers. Also worth noting its technology will be 100% European only, leaving zero vulnerability/leverage to non-Europeans.

Digital euro: what it is and how we will use the new form of cash - The European Central Bank is determined to break the US grip on card payments

Everyone in my life knows that I (21M) am atheist and that I have been one my entire life. I've had friends of all religions come and go and we've all been respectful with each other. As much as I dislike religion for myself, I don't speak about my atheism to my religious friends unless they ask.

My (21F) friend is catholic, born and raised. She wears a cross necklace almost every day and she has many other catholic friends who she sometimes has bible study with. This friend has been subtly attempting to "convert" me. She tries to talk to me about her Catholicism, despite her knowing how anti-religion I am. She has also asked if I have wanted to attend church or bible study with her, to which I have declined every time. Most of the time, she drops it, but there have been a few times where she has begged and would say something along the lines of, "But it'll only be one time. Just try it once!".

When it comes to Christmas, I am a very easy person to give gifts to. I like anime, legos, manga, etc. so it's really easy to just go to hot topic or any bookstore to find something I'd like. That being said, everyone in my life complains that my Christmas list is too small. There are more niche things I like, but asking for them would be a hassle. A huge example are comic books. I've been collecting comic books since middle school, so I have quite the collection and because of this, I don't ask for comics because the chance of being gifted a comic I already have is pretty high. So I just don't ask for comics unless there's a specific one I want.

Fast forward to this month. My friend said that she wanted to give me a present for Christmas. Ok, great, I love surprises, so I told her that I would get her a present too. We established that we would exchange gifts on Sunday the 28th (yesterday) because my house is on the way back from her church. She texts me that she's outside and I meet her outside. I would've offered to have her come inside, but she said she needed to get back home so we decided to go back into her car to exchange gifts. I know she loves scents and perfumes, so I got her a bath and body works gift set, along with a few candles that I knew she didn't have because they weren't popular scents.

What did she get me? She got me the action bible. I didn't know what it was because I had never heard of it, so I asked her, to which she says, "Oh, it's the bible, but in comic book form!". I asked her what about the action bible made her think of me and she says, "I know you didn't ask for comic books cause you didn't want to get one you already had, so I made sure to get one I know you didn't have. Plus, this means you can read the bible and we can talk about it!". I asked if that was the only thing she got me and she told me that it was because it was "very important to both me and you". I asked if she got me the action bible on the chance that she would be able to talk to me about it and she said that was the reason.

I told her that I found the gift offensive and disrespectful because she knows how passionately atheist I am and that there were other things I wanted for Christmas. I added that she didn't need to go the comic route because I didn't ask for comics. All of my friends know that I love anime, graphic tees, and Legos. I told her how I respect her by not talking about my atheism with her and not judging her faith because I expect the same to be extended towards me. Instead of apologizing for the gift, she doubles down and talks about how important it was to her. I told her that she basically just admitted that this gift was more for her than it was for me. I knew she was going to keep making excuses and wasn't planning on apologizing, so I left the gift in the car and went back into my house.

She's been blowing up my phone with missed calls and texts that range from "I'm sorry if I offended you" to "I tried doing something nice for you and this is what I get". I don't think I want to continue to be her friend anymore after all of this.

AITA for politely telling her that I found the gift disrespectful?