Cool, is there room for one hundred million Americans in your vocational school?

To be fair, we sorta knew it was possible because birds. I think it’s more impressive when we don’t know what can happen, like breaking the sound barrier or putting people in space.

I don’t need ignorance to feel wonder. I think things are cooler when I can marvel at the complex mechanics behind it all.

What, and take any responsibility for the Commons?

Grain is also fruit, botanically speaking.

“If we hold the country hostage, they’ll definitely do what I want before the opposition makes everything irreversibly worse.”

Make tickets non-transferable, boom no more scalpers.

Are the real communists kept around back with the real scotsmen?

I put a new bag in before I leave the room to avoid that. Not ADHD just a terrible memory. Bag is in plain sight so it’s hard to forget the task between steps.

Barley tea is delicious.

Not nuts but very close, they’re called “achenes” (ə-ˈkēn). The only Important difference is that nuts have a thick, protective shell but we’re being specific here.

“Then we’ll put you in the crooked home we saw on 60 Minutes!”

Good news! We made the Torment Nexus from the hit book “Don’t Create the Torment Nexus!”

He’s talked about it a bit in response to criticism, IIRC he said his producer kinda set him up for failure. I’m pretty sure it comes up here https://youtu.be/ENhfIeZF_AY?si=KHczjpQYCkBgTGaG (long video but very much worth it if you care about food)

Aliens.

I don’t think chickens are usually referred to as “dog-sized” even if it’s occasionally true.

PNW weirdo here. I like things to be green and alive, I like my skin unburned, and I like being able to poke around tide pools on a lonely beach. Clouds and rain help all of that.

It’s currently sunny and about 77°F, which is about as warm as I want it unless I’m going swimming. Late summer when it approaches 100° is miserable, but for now the bright weather is fine and good for the plants.

Raw mushrooms are borderline wasteful to eat. We can’t digest the chitin and cell walls so most of the nutritional value passes straight through.

The unintended consequence is genocide. When people need permission to reproduce that introduces a convenient method to keep certain people from having kids.

A strike means things stop. A protest vote means things go backwards, as if there was an entire workforce of scabs waiting to swoop in when the strike starts. There’s no leverage.