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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/25/the-last-great-mystery-of-the-mind-meet-the-people-who-have-unusual-or-non-existent-inner-voices These idiots are trying to make the case that a lack of an inner monologue is normal or even a positive thing. They're trying to paint an inner...

To me the prescience is the most interesting aspect. It was a deep exploration of how seeing the future could limit us, and how it could be used to ensure our survival. I don't see the solution that Leto came up with as an arbitrary plot device, but as a sincere statement about a possible best...

there should be a rule the only videos of people riding fucking bicycles on the road that you can post, are videos where they wipe out hilariously, preferably with severe injuries

I dunno why people get so fixated with the cock dick and dog jizz part. Dude routinely takes pictures of his body, sometimes while playing dressup, and uploads them to the internet so his male 'friends' on FOH can see them. Its not like you're ever gonna find something gayer than that

I think this misses the key part, his prescience. Peacemakers just a dumb soldier following orders. Leto's the one who sees the Golden Path (the only future that leads to the persistence of humanity) and has the balls to make it happen, despite the unpleasantness it requires.

After 3 episodes the reveals arent expanding. Still impressed with writing and acting but if they don't get into the actual sci fi part soon this shit is gonna crash and burn.

This is true. For a frame of reference, even *I* didnt make it through all of them. If you don't start the process with brain damage you goddamn well finish with it

I thought the first 2 episodes were really great. I think we're supposed to hate the douchebag husband, they laid it on pretty thick. I just hope they dont give him a redemption arc, just have him be a piece of shit who eventually dies. Aside from him I really like most of the characters. I'm...

I had forgotten that Ragnar in space was the same show as the magical floating androids raising kids show. I think that was some kind of defense mechanism my brain came up to deal with how badly this sucked. Maybe S2 will start by wiping out all the kids and androids and then Ragnar can...

I havent followed this story because Im about as interested in Hollywood people shooting each other as Chicago gang members shooting each other. (Althought it appears Hollywood people have better aim) But I'll ask the obvious question anyway cause I havent seen this obvious point mentioned...

lol they went with a fugly ghetto Catwoman? Its incredibly convenient how all the movies are literally color coded as "good entertainment" and "complete dogshit" these days.

Havent followed this. Is this the well-cast but terribly-written TV version, the much worse in every way JL version, or some yet-to-be announced black transperson version?

This. Boycotts are stupid and make zero difference to the company, but we don't actually have to watch every superhero movie they release. Theres no shortage. There arent many bigger comic book geeks than me, but theres still 2 or 3 MCU movies I havent ever had the lack of self respect to sit...

Its funny, the squeals they let out when they hit it sound like quite a deterrent. But they are smart and stubborn, I don't doubt that with enough motivation they could power through it. We've got the standard steel wire electric around the whole pasture, at about 6-8 inches off the ground...

I mean when I was a kid everyone talked about how SNL used to be funny. I feel like my whole life, the only people tuning in to SNL are checking to see if it ever got the funny back, then realizing it didnt, and checking back out. SNL is still running on fumes that our parents remember and...

Yeah, exactly what I have in mind, its a question of whether its feasible to fill one by solar power and achieve the pressure I want without having to build an actual municipal-size water tower. A small scale, single family, solar powered water tower. In principle it seems like it would provide...

I realized yesterday I've been thinking about water supply all wrong. I've got a generator set up at the pump house. And will be setting up a switch so we can switch over to generator when the power goes out, so we have water. But obviously only as long as the fuel supply holds out. And even...

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/american-farmworks-10-mile-solar-fence-energizer-esp10mn-afw?cm_vc=-10005 I was skeptical about solar for OR but it seems lots of people in the area use them. I'll be curious to hear what you think, since I'm a total noob at electric fences We only have...

So our pigs are up to about 70 lbs now, big enough that when they headbutt you you notice. fuckers grow fast. As they got stronger they started fucking with our orchard. Since the trees are still young we keep a small round fence around each tree to keep out deer. When we fenced in the pasture...

Couldnt make it past ep 2, this thread is saving me from enduring any more of it. Thanks for taking one for the team

This: Reading that was bizarre, like a prolonged and disorienting session of deja vu.

Meetings are useless and terrible. Zoom meetings are 10x worse. Zoom meetings where every fucking person but me is wearing a mask (solo, alone in their offices): WHY THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE WE DOING A VIDEO CALL IF YOU ARE COVERING YOUR FUCKING FACE

I dunno, I don't do prefab stuff for anything, but that may be more of a stubborn mindset thing than a rational choice. Chicken coops are easy to build, its not like theres code requirements to follow or something.

We don't heat our chickens here in Oregon. My coop is not insulated, its just a standard wood frame with a single layer of plywood or siding. Granted we have really mild winters, it rarely freezes. But as I recall we didnt heat them in Maine either and it got cold as fuck there. If I had the...

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2021/10/asmr-the-emerging-scientific-quest-to-understand-brain-tingles/ I was really interested to discover there is a name for this sensation and people studying it. Its interesting that such a wide variety of stimuli can trigger what is recognizably the same...

I'd already pretty much perfected my home pizza game except the sauce. Until a couple months ago I learned the truth about pizza sauce, and cracked the last part of the code. Raw tomatoes - the kind that are so ripe and perfect you want to eat them on their down, but dont, save them for pizza...

The vampire's tomb was buried in the sand then a sandstorm revealed it and the priest wandered in. I don't think they specified a time frame but I interpreted it as a long fucking time, like thousands of years or something.

I think it was just the usual motivation for a vampire thats been buried for thousands of years, he was hungry. Finished it, really liked this one. Only character I dislike, after its all said and done, is the ridiculous "I'm a Good Muslim" sheriff. Literally every scene in the series, any...

this. dude could hang out on the streets of any major city in my state and never be recognized. just one more bald white dude with a mask on. surviving months in the woods? hes not doing that shit. Why bother?

Is the distinction you're making based on whether it was written or not? None of them have provided written quotes ahead of time. Just verbal "I will do this job for X$". First a concrete guy, then an electrician, then a fence guy. it appears to be the standard scam: underbid to get the job...

Show runners that race and gender swapped the cast are utterly disregarding the source material? If only there had been some kind of sign? Some warning?

OK, my rant for the day. Fuck any profession who sets the price after the work is completed and fuck every single person working in those professions. Three times in the past 2 years I've hired a guy to do some work at my place. In each case I carefully get multiple quotes from different...

I mean, it sounds like Uber or Lyft, dont those drivers lose money on average (upkeep/gas/etc) while a few drivers actually do well?

If you think the impact on Rands character development is the biggest trouble this signals I don't know what to tell you. When they deliberately fuck up something as easy to get right as casting a series where the author has described each character in painful detail down to the embroidery on...

I missed that this was a coal burner family, I thought it was just a random diversity casting I can see their clownlogic in giving the halfbreed kids black skin but white hair. But how the fuck do they explain the black dude (presumably the husband who married into the family) white targaryan...

Youre missing it. His death made perfect sense.

No, I agree -- all that stuff was a good representation of the Catholic service. Just not the sermon. Catholics don't shout and get excited during the sermon. The sermon is a sedate, almost academic discussion. It is also a minor part of the service in the catholic church compared to Protestant...

This show is awesome despite its issues. it just feels like every one of the main actors is giving it 110%, along with the writers. We bitch about characters whose motivations dont make sense. The main character in this... they set up his backstory so well, that his end made perfect sense...

Lol they literally cast a black dude as a Targaryan and gave him platinum blond dreads I'm convinced the simulation is just trolling us at this point

Whats funny about it is how it reveals the mental illness in these people. FB goes down briefly? Normal people don't even notice The folks at Twitter think everyones like "oh no I can't get on FB, quick I have to log into SOME social media! aaaggghhhh!!!"