27775 pts ยท January 16, 2016
How did you even get here?
Cake or pie?
I dunno about this place in particular but some places around my area have it listed for local restaurants. I've seen a young man from the Chinese place that shares a parking lot with my local grocer buying an entire cart full of eggs and other misc ingredients several times.
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Man this thing looks great, but it must have cost an arm and a leg.
You seem to have misinterpreted acknowledging potential hazards as some sort of panic. I even went so far as to state the odds of such an outcome being low, the desire to protect an ecosystem and avoid unfriendly biology are not mutually exclusive. Considering our first interaction was you accusing me of chasing "internet points" followed by attempt to drag me off topic into a debate about C19 and now building a straw man it seems the only "goal posts" that have moved are your own.
My goalpost has been firmly "don't open the crystal" this entire time and yes subterranean ecosystems with no access to light do exist. Quite often we find interesting and bizarre creatures thriving in places humanity had no idea life could exist. Also, if you remember, this conversation began about a crystal containing incredibly ancient life that has been completely cut off from the outside world for millions of years and scientists wish to study. So... stay mad I guess.
As interesting as the C19 digression has been. I do realize the odds of anything dangerous to humanity existing in the crystal is small. If there is some non invasive way to study the things in the crystal then I am all for it, but it has been a completely isolated ecosystem for millions of years and cracking it open to dissect the inhabitants is, in my opinion, unnecessary. Just exposing the crystal to sunlight may have already caused irreparable damage to anything that was/is living in there.
Regardless of its origin, the handling of the situation was at best sub par and at worst a disaster. People who run around outside in a thunderstorm waving metal poles are significantly more likely to be struck by lightning than those who do not. There will be no risk of contamination if they keep the rock sealed.
Considering how the reality genre handled its most recent encounter with microbiological organisms it may benefit us to err on the side of caution when dealing with the unknown.
#9 how about we leave the potentially immortal ancient microbes trapped inside their crystal prison.
Hoppy frogs day!
#11 this does seem a decent place to settle for a spell.
Charlie Puth, Betty Boop. https://youtu.be/8ps_NoX43Z4
Tardigrade song https://youtu.be/aCkSr0ugTIM
Indeed! The only difference is the Elvis version adds bacon, it tastes so good.
It can be messy depending on how much you put on/in it.
pan fry in butter (like a grilled cheese) for when you want to love and hate yourself at the same time.
#20 wait a minute...
Gotta catch'em all!
#6
Clouds
Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie
Huh... Til I'm black, go figure.
Cake or pie?
I dunno about this place in particular but some places around my area have it listed for local restaurants. I've seen a young man from the Chinese place that shares a parking lot with my local grocer buying an entire cart full of eggs and other misc ingredients several times.
Man this thing looks great, but it must have cost an arm and a leg.
You seem to have misinterpreted acknowledging potential hazards as some sort of panic. I even went so far as to state the odds of such an outcome being low, the desire to protect an ecosystem and avoid unfriendly biology are not mutually exclusive. Considering our first interaction was you accusing me of chasing "internet points" followed by attempt to drag me off topic into a debate about C19 and now building a straw man it seems the only "goal posts" that have moved are your own.
My goalpost has been firmly "don't open the crystal" this entire time and yes subterranean ecosystems with no access to light do exist. Quite often we find interesting and bizarre creatures thriving in places humanity had no idea life could exist. Also, if you remember, this conversation began about a crystal containing incredibly ancient life that has been completely cut off from the outside world for millions of years and scientists wish to study. So... stay mad I guess.
As interesting as the C19 digression has been. I do realize the odds of anything dangerous to humanity existing in the crystal is small. If there is some non invasive way to study the things in the crystal then I am all for it, but it has been a completely isolated ecosystem for millions of years and cracking it open to dissect the inhabitants is, in my opinion, unnecessary. Just exposing the crystal to sunlight may have already caused irreparable damage to anything that was/is living in there.
Regardless of its origin, the handling of the situation was at best sub par and at worst a disaster. People who run around outside in a thunderstorm waving metal poles are significantly more likely to be struck by lightning than those who do not. There will be no risk of contamination if they keep the rock sealed.
Considering how the reality genre handled its most recent encounter with microbiological organisms it may benefit us to err on the side of caution when dealing with the unknown.
#9 how about we leave the potentially immortal ancient microbes trapped inside their crystal prison.
Hoppy frogs day!
#11 this does seem a decent place to settle for a spell.
Charlie Puth, Betty Boop. https://youtu.be/8ps_NoX43Z4
Tardigrade song https://youtu.be/aCkSr0ugTIM
Indeed! The only difference is the Elvis version adds bacon, it tastes so good.
It can be messy depending on how much you put on/in it.
pan fry in butter (like a grilled cheese) for when you want to love and hate yourself at the same time.
#20 wait a minute...
Gotta catch'em all!
#6
Clouds
Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie
Huh... Til I'm black, go figure.