What about an aboleth or a tarrasque? Either one would be pretty cool.

A completely unrelated idea just popped in my head. There’s a reason why the Russian army is targeting the Ukrainian power grid.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy. What a waste of money and time.

If you ignore the anime series, and just watch the live action movie with zero expectations, it can be kinda fun. Realistically, pretty much nobody did that, and that’s why they hated it.

What I thought mattered at the time: Opinions of other people
What actually mattered: My own opinions

People expected me to borrow money, buy a house, get married, travel the world etc. I didn’t actually want to do any of those. Well, eventually I did screw up, got stuck in that situation for years, but now I’m finally free again. Phew. 😌

If I could send a message back in time to a 20 year old me it would be this:
You may not be entirely sure about what you do want, but you certainly know what you don’t want. Let the latter guide you. When people expect you to do something you don’t want, don’t do it. Peer pressure in this context is just annoying noise, nothing more. You shouldn’t make life-altering things unless you’re really sure about it. It isn’t enough that everyone else has done it and expects you to follow suit. Contrary to many cultural norms, the people around you don’t actually always know what’s good for you.

Sounds like the bubble is about to pop.

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Religious targets? You get bonus points if you start a holy war.

If you glue an iPod nano on a pair of old sunglasses, you could technically call them privacy respecting smart glasses. Obvious, that’s not what they’re actually going to do though.

It depends. Many people have something odd going on here and there, but most of it doesn’t really require medical intervention. Some of those things actually go away sooner or later anyway, so an intervention can do more harm than good. Chances are, it’s just going to freak you out for nothing, and cost you money.

The thing is, you never know. There’s always a chance that something truly horrifying is brewing inside you, and ignoring it is going to cost you your life, or worse. What if you’re one of the lucky few who need to get something fixed before it becomes a serious issue? Who knows.

The way I see it, the expected value of this equation is pretty harmless. If you feel completely normal, it’s probably nothing.

The more you look, the more you’ll find. Those pictures may give you answers you didn’t want to hear.

LOL. What a classic move. The fastest way to world peace is to invade every nation and murder everyone.

It all makes sense now. When you max out your straightness value, but keep on pushing, you cause an integer overflow. That’s a sneaky way to end up being super gay.

Can’t they just hire gay people in the first place? Can’t turn gay if you’re already gay.

Or maybe working hard could make you super gay… or straight? I don’t know how this works.

Sounds like a great plan. I’ll get my popcorn. 🍿

Pro tip: Go where the work is.

If it’s in the middle of nowhere, the company has to take whatever its given. This means that there’s hardly any competition, and even a recent graduate can get a decent job. As long as your degree is at least a little bit relevant, you’ll get the job easily. The locals who also applied are just drunken idiots who barely know how to read.

Would you like some radium water? It was considered highly progressive in the early 1900s since it utilised this fancy new thing called radiation. Borderline magical stuff when you think about it.

We had electric cars at first. Lead acid batteries were pretty miserable a hundred years ago, so no wonder why gasoline and diesel took over so quickly. That was progress in the 1900s, because gasoline was just so much more practical in every way.

Currently, we’re transitioning back to electric cars, but this time we have vastly superior batteries. Today’s progress means we’re driving cars that pollute less than their predecessors. Even when you get less range, it’s still counted as progress because priorities have shifted. That’s not exactly full circle, but it’s close enough.

With bisons and whales we’re really trying to come full circle. About a hundred years ago, we were driving both groups towards extinction, but now we’re trying to get those numbers back to normal. Both directions were viewed as progress because priorities have changed so much.

Either way, decisions were made based on what the situation called for at the time. As the world changes, more information becomes available, and different things become important. These things shape decisions all the time. Perhaps future generations will look down on us building all these wind mills instead of developing fusion reactors.

To me, progress is change in a desired direction. When a lumber mill is built, that’s progress to the company and employees. When the same mill gets decommissioned 20 years later, that’s seen as progress by environmentalists.

The term itself doesn’t define the direction or goals. People who use it take care of those things.

Yes

You need the following:

• Plastic pipes
• end caps
• wool yarn
• table salt
• citric acid
• soy lecithin
• shampoo
• alarm clock
• popcorn

Leave all of it scattered on the table and let your friend’s imagination run wild.