Have you ever listened to Greg Brown? This is one of my favorite songs of his. [media] (Relevant lyric around the 2-minute mark, but the whole...
No, no ... repeatedly confusing Greenland with Iceland, after you've been obsessing constantly about Greenland for months, is totally a thing that a...
Because there's programmable matter, she can't make an aesthetic choice? We have digital watches and smartwatches and all kinds of advanced wearable...
Frankly, I've always thought of the universal translator as something that's best not analyzed too closely, because if it really works by reading...
Besides, people today choose to wear glasses even when Lasik is a perfectly viable option for them. It's not a perfect analogy — I'll probably never...
How bizarre that it's Shatner bitching about a character wearing glasses, when Kirk wearing glasses because he's allergic to the standard treatment...
That would make sense; as the only living person in the 23rd century with any direct knowledge of humpback whales, Taylor probably would have been a...
Emerin Sadal uses sign language because he is deaf. I assume Betazoids speak non-telepathically to each other in the presence of others because...
"But if we use the government to hurt people I don't like, I might be able to get an erection for the first time in years!"
Does anyone know if Trump has ever been asked, in an interview, if he knows what asylum means?
So, Republicans.
Oh, and let's dig a little deeper into this: "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS,...
I remember the speculation about whether Bush's eagerness to invade Iraq was influenced partly by the fact that Saddam Hussein tried to kill his dad...
Globally, tourism's economic impact rose 6.7% on 2025 ... but guess who's the exception? The U.S., where spending by foreign tourists dropped by 7%....
Ake is a bit of a Bunny-Ears Lawyer, but not excessively so. The idea that generations of past Starfleet captains would be appalled by her because of...
I've never been able to decide how much credence to give the "Great Man Theory" of history. (Not referring to Hitler as great, obviously, but that's...
When are we going to stop referring to a 48-year-old boinking a 17-year-old as an "inappropriate relationship"?
Here's what I'm pretty sure is a text version of the same investigation:...
Rolling Loud Orlando isn't until May, so yes, it's a gag. Not that she hasn't been doing things more or less like that. MAGA is full of some deeply...
Does Australia not have any kind of probable cause requirement? Regardless, in the U.S., the police can't just go rooting through your stuff to see...
I assume it has escaped nobody's notice that this administration's entire aesthetic — when it isn't echoing 1930s Germany — is based around the last...
It will probably not surprise you to learn that Republicans, having engineered voter-proof majorities for themselves in many state legislatures, have...
I know you like to think you're clever, but past experience makes it pretty easy for anyone with basic analytical abilities to see what you're likely...
Oh and: 5) Her misinterpretation of Caleb's motives, jumping to the assumption that he was manipulating her — and the entire argument that follows...
I'm revising this, because I went back and rewatched ... and although it's ambiguous, I'm not actually sure that Tarima is able to communicate...
My preferred retcon for this is that Soong programmed Data to avoid contractions for the same reason that he gave him yellow eyes when a more typical...
So basically, sticking the continental US in the corner and moving it lower in the frame in order to generate an emotional perception of...
And a lot of people in red states who think they'd love it ... until they have to live without California's federal tax subsidies.
Is that a standard Mercator projection, or did they fuck with it even more to make Greenland look threatening?
Honestly, it's amazing how many conservative actions make more sense if their starting assumption is "I'm a shitty human being myself; therefore,...
Scattered notes from "Beta Test." 1) A space academy in the 32nd century is still using an academic calendar based on Earth’s agricultural cycles?...
... and if you mention that even Joe Rogan doesn't like how the ICE goons are behaving, they retort "Aha! So you love Joe Rogan now?"
There comes a point, with continuity, when you have to be willing to say "yeah, that was just kind of stupid" and jettison it. And in science...
In fairness, a LOT of things would be deadly if you fired them from a trebuchet. [ATTACH]
The existence of women I don't want to fuck is a personal attack on me!
I'm not saying she was ever fully sane, but has Candace Owens suffered an actual psychotic break?
There used to be a brewery in my town that loved to make beers like "Blueberry Maple Marshmallow Jalapeño IPA." I'm exaggerating, but just barely....
Oh, and if anyone wants to propose that guns and cars be treated roughly the same way ... I can get on board with that.
Sure. We could end almost all auto deaths by setting a national speed limit of 25 mph and banning any passenger vehicle that's capable of driving...
Or, as Antonin Scalia would put it, the rights that are "deeply rooted in history and tradition." Didn't have rights by the end of the Industrial...
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