NGL, it would be great if they could make it work and go fuck off into international waters. Unrelated, but did you know that if you put big enough holes in a ship it’ll sink?

I don’t think he’d even stop to consider the parasites before cooking up a trash panda or possum.

I forgot and had to remember why I even came up with it. It’s a simple finish the sequence of Rock Hard, Hard Water, Blow Hard, ________. I couldn’t come up with a 4th part to finish the bit. It’s linguistic, not mathematic or trivia.

There’s the hitch - almost anything is fine as long as it’s one of the officially preferred religions. Currently 99% of Christianity and probably 75% to 95% Judaism (as long as it doesn’t get in the way of Christianity). They get REALLY pissy and sullen when they’re legally compelled to treat anyone else equally, on a sliding scale from Mormons to the Satanic Temple.

Oh God my eyes!

Are you lost?

So the 69,420 joke was on purpose? Dang that’s a long walk for a stupid joke lol

Nope. It’s normal to get attached to things. My fiance (37f) has all kinds of stuff from her childhood that she still uses, even if only occasionally. Blanket, shirts, Xmas ornaments, the list goes on. For her, in her own words, the attachment is to the memories associated with the things, like Xmas or a school club or college. She’s got a lot of things, not just over blanket, but it’s the same principle. Perfectly reasonable and normal.

Yeah but at least Pythia has an understanding of language. ChatGPT sits at the intersection of “a live parrot” and “mashing auto-fill on your phone.”

Probably not. Growing up, a kid I went to school with had the philosophy of “always assume that your parents can and do spy on you all the time in ways you can’t detect.” Overblown maybe, but he never got in trouble for about, so there’s that. If you’re afraid of the government - which you should be, especially when protesting - it’s better to be safe than sorry. Leave it home. Get a burner phone if you need one.

Damn I haven’t thought of that kid in like 20 years. I wonder if he ended up a normal adult or not.

Look, understanding and relating to someone of a different race is one thing, but if you think that you somehow are that race then there’s something wrong in your brain, one way or another. It’s better than being like “I’m really a wolf” or similar nonsense, but only because at least you’re not claiming it believing that you’re a different species. Instead you’re on the sliding scale of delusion/dog whistle and either way I’d rather just not be around you.

Who was a better space Jesus, Sisko or Optimus Prime?

NGL, I lost it at Jeffrey Combs lol

As somebody who’s stomach is SEVERELY affected by spicy food, I suspect that you’re just a statistical outlier, like myself. Don’t sweat it. Instead, lean in. Be the “I can eat anything spicy and be fine” guy amongst your friends.

Tell him I’ll call him back on February 31st.

To quote an old buddy of mine, “do you know what fish do in that?” Of course in reality he just preferred coffee over water if he could help it.

I mean, yeah. If someone had the technology to not only fly half a billion light years to get to our little mud ball (in person or with advanced machines) they’d have a trivial time hiding and blending in. Most likely for the same reason, since there’s literally nothing we have that they could want other than to study us as a curiosity. The only resource we have that they couldn’t find easier and more abundantly, or reproduce from samples, is our culture. That’s it, that’s the only thing we have that might be considered with the effort. Not water, air, energy, precious metals, phosphorous, brains, mates, food, slaves, vassals, soldiers, or anything else that would be worth the trip.

Well now you just lost the game.

Not to be confused with Sugma, which is an illness found only in people who have monoalphabeta neuropathy.

Better question, why are they selling clothes at the soup store, but not soup? Are they selling soup at “CLÖTHEZ” now?