PeopleDoNotThink

13631 pts ยท December 12, 2012


I think on having been on here since the end of 2012 - not the oldest user by any means. Still, I am amazed pondering the journey that the last decade and change has been both for this site and for myself. There is an impulse to write something longer or poetic or genuinely meaningful, but, at the end of the day, there is a sort of "shouting into the void as a floating speck in a sea of meaning, non-meaning, and meta-meaning" feeling to that. So... Beans...

New Orleans area we call them mirlitons. We stuff 'em with seafood and such and eat them at holidays sometimes.

9 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Umberto Eco is a solid starting point if you're looking for a framework. Search Umberto Eco Ur Fascism. It's about 10 pages or so and pretty insightful.

2 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Look into Cosimo Cavallaro's cheese art...

2 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

Fun fact - he's who pops us in image searches for Homer Plessy. We don't have pics of Plessy. Someone posted it years ago, and it stuck.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That is if the spell is ended by tossing them at a solid object or speaking the command word. Antimagic field suppresses a spell temporarily

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

As written, antimagic field only suppresses effects while in it. Small ball turn big then small again passing through the field.

4 years ago | Likes 23 Dislikes 2

Unfortunately, many DO know what it means, but they don't "believe" police violence is an issue, and that cops are the "real" victims.

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Artist says they left off anything bigger than 24,000 meters to now screw it all up.

5 years ago | Likes 56 Dislikes 0

It's on there. Right to the right of the Tau Battlesphere. Lower middle-ish.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Probably because the metal scene is currently largely dominated by Northern Europe. Epic, folk, and other metal offshoots lean that way.

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Sure, that's the talking point, but the data suggests otherwise. WHO ranks us 37th in efficiency. Behind most of our industrialized allies1/

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

You seem to be missing that many of the countries you listed also have reasonable wage law and universal healthcare. That's what people want

5 years ago | Likes 26 Dislikes 2

Yeah, considering moving the Canada one day, but Alberta is out for that, and the patchwork of pitbull banning places eliminates others.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Its highly unlikely. I've only had one prone to biting, and she was an abused rescue.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Get rats. Some get pudgy, and it's basically the same concept as a squirrel. Plus they're great pets.

5 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Right, is what I meant, but character limit

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Depends on who you ask. I'm in education, so MY first step would be end de facto school segregation. Too small space for in depth analysis.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Because the actually structural realities of racism still have effects - segregated neighborhoods due to redlining, for example.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I went the terror route and put a fake owl by the garden. Seems to have worked so far.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

They're cute, but one keep STEALING MY GODDAMN EGGPLANTS....

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

And a large number of dangerous conspiracy theories blame the Jews for pretty much everything.

5 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

My 9 rats are judging you.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

My wife and I played Russian Unicorn at our wedding.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Needs Chariots of Fire right when the slow-mo starts.

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, Murph is an adorable doof.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

They're freshwater weirdly enough.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

There's a really solid Star Trek DS9 episode about this kind of thing. Fucks Chief O'brien up good and proper. Nah/10. (S4E18 if curious)

6 years ago | Likes 27 Dislikes 0