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I’m BACK, and somehow I’m a WORSE PERSON than before :)

[spikeoshields]

I understand that in the Star Wars lore, the color of your Lightsaber has official or traditional meanings. But because of this, I feel like, especially if you’re fighting other force users or former Jedi, you should probably change that up as a tactic.

You can’t do anything about the red light sabers since that just happens at some point when you become a Sith. But if green and blue are the signify someone who’s focused on force powers versus dueling, maybe just swap colors at some point?

The green light saber is supposed to signify someone who has focused on certain light saber forms and the development of their force powers so when fighting them, you should try to disrupt their concentration and put things in more of a physical duel. But if I’m a blue Lightsaber user with a green Lightsaber, I want you to close the distance so I can punch you in the face. Same swapping green for blue.

And I know having so much of my attention focused on how to deceive and overpower my opponent would probably make that lightsaber turn red anyway, but I still feel like someone should’ve done this at some point.

[spikeoshields]

Immortal/vampire goes to museum and finds their old things. Except instead of it being stuff they misplaced or things that were stolen. They happen to “let” archaeologists “discover” some of their old worn down books and broken pottery so that it gets repaired or cleaned.

[spikeoshields]

I was in thr process of waking up, looked pver at a digidtal clock while debating going back to sleep.

If that thing wasn’t skipping seconds of minutes every time i blinked

I swear, when i squint ( was falling asleep so it happened repeatedly) the second display sped up.

[depsidase]

[spikeoshields]

Hypothetical toy story, sequel in the future where robotics have become common and affordable enough that a lot of the new toys can just walk around and talk on their own.

At what point does the simulation of life become indistinguishable from the actual life of the toys?

Do the robot enhanced toys have their own personalities outside of the robot ones?

At what point do the robotic mannequins just stop pretending to be inanimate because everyone expects them to act like people?

Maybe some toy maker fakes building a robot but really just convinces a normal toy to pretend.

[spikeoshields]

Invincible fandom. I disagree with the amber hate.

(From the show)

 Amber was totally justified dumping mark when she did and she should’ve dumped him months before, but kept giving him chances. Because she knew he was a superhero.

Amber never valued her time more than marks, or at least more than what he did. The problem wasn’t (just) that every thing they did together was being hampered, and that all of her time and efforts were being diminished in front of Mark’s “mysterious” hobby. It’s the fact that he was lying to her face for months and she knew it the whole time.

Imagine you had a partner who no call, stood you up on multiple dates. You probably would dump them. But they always have an excuse and a gift and an apology. They promised to do better and then they don’t.

But there’s a twist. You figure out they have a secret, one that’s actually important and does honestly justify them not being around. Well, that changes everything. Now you’re willing to put up with the midnight changes the schedule. And you understand that they can’t tell you yet cause they don’t know they can trust you. Secrets like this are a big deal. All you have to do is prove to them how much you care and let them admit the truth to you.

And then they don’t.

And then go months go by and they’re still lying to you every time you meet them every time you talk to them every time you plan a date that they then don’t show up for, they lied to you.

And you can think oh maybe they just aren’t sure if it’s going to be long-term, and then they start talking about long-term. They start talking about the future and marriage or moving in together. and they’re still lying to your face.

And after all of that, you tell them to make some time for you and they don’t. And they finally confessed their secret… right after you break up. Because they never trusted you, because they’ve never thought you needed to know. They were only willing to share when they thought they were gonna lose what they wanted.

That sucks. And the fact that she put up with it for another season shows she has a lot more problems with self-worth than I gave her credit for.

In their relationship, Mark treated Amber like Nolan treated Debbie during season one. Same lack of respect, just different secrets.

[spikeoshields]

My brain might be cooked guys.

Today I received the letter of certain government services that I qualify for. It’s said I wouldn’t need to recertify till May 2027. And I thought in my brain “oh cool so I’ve got two or three years before I need to worry about it.”

Someone had to point out to me

[amneshionthings]

For the past few days I've been thinking about how Caine drinks..

[spikeoshields]

He throws the whole glass in his mouth and chews it up

[spikeoshields]

So when to post apocalyptic scenario. How long before all the cars just. Stop working.

I’ve heard this for packaged foods and clothing and even like dead bodies and medicine. But what about cars. Engines in general.

A lot of shows talk about rationing gasoline, and scavenging for things but cars need a lot more than gasoline to run. I once you get out of all the fluids there’s a lot of regular maintenance that a car needs.

Sure, you could maybe go a year or two but I’m gonna assume having a car sit outside out of daily use in not optimum conditions is gonna wear it down faster.

So how long until the parts go extinct. How long until the last spark plug burns out.

I’m genuinely curious

[homunculus-argument]

I think it would be funny to write a murder mystery where not only did every single character involved have an obvious motive to kill this mf, they were actually all attempting to murder him first, but the murder attempts all cancelled each other out all except for one. Two people tried to poison him but the poisons just happen to work as antidotes for each other, and instead of killing him only gave him the shits, and due to having the shits he couldn't go hunting that day like he had planned, foiling the plans of the one who had conditioned his favourite hunting horse to panic and bolt at the cue of a whistle, and the other murder attempt of tampering with his gun so that it would have exploded his whole face off.

The whole mystery isn't about who could have done it or how, but who was the one who got lucky and actually succeeded.

[spikeoshields]

Perhaps the murder was a good thing or something they’re gonna be rewarded for like a bounty. It’s a bunch of skilled assassins, trying to find proof that they got the kill so they can be rewarded.

[spikeoshields]

I’m just sayying… if we’d hosted Thanksgiving in MUYYYY HoUse. . . Perhaps this wouldnt have happened.

Your kitchen isn’t as well EQUIPPED as my kitchen, Did i tell you about the remodel were dong. New tile, Gas stoves (thry wont let you make those anymore), TOUCH SCHREEN FRidge.

This is why we need to remodel the kitchen. So these things dont happen. 🤌

[orteil42]

my friend's puppy has baffling levels of attitude for someone who's only been around for a handful of months. he understands concepts like deceit and civil disobedience and other things i didn't fully grasp until well into my 20s. this guy doesn't even know the seasons loop yet. he's probably like okay spring. what's next. some other new bullshit i bet

[spikeoshields]

But what if seasons didn’t loop. What if they just kept coming up with new ones

[segamascott]

[otteroflore]

alright everyone is being sassy but nobody has brought up the actual reason why scientists are interested in the titanic in the notes

Per wikipedia:

The Titanic was made of steel, presumably to resist corrosion (i mean. thats why boats are made of steel i assume) but even when iron/steel rusts people did not expect to find like. decomposition. bacteria are EATING the titanic.

and there's wood furniture from the titanic that isn't decaying. hell, there are wood ships at the bottom of the ocean that archaeologists study. so the expectation people have for the titanic is not that the steel would decompose at the bottom of the ocean. Even in 100 years, since there are much more ancient preserved wooden ships iirc.

(im not particularly knowledgeable about ships, i just had heard about the science going on around the titanic so i wanted to clarify that on this post for people)

[shoresoftheshadowlands]

[sailor-arashi]

The Titanic is an exceptionally weird whalefall basically.

[claraschaos]

Not a marine biologist but biologist enough to weigh in on this. The reason we have iron eating bacteria but not wood eating bacteria at the bottom of the ocean is simple. Hydrothermal vents release a cocktail of different mineral ores into the ocean. And bacteria and other organisms evolved alongside those so they evolved to digest these, like iron or other metal ores

Wood however does not exist at the bottom of the ocean since it basically never sinks down, even when logs are flushed out into the ocean they basically never end up at the ocean floor. So there's no bacteria that evolved to decompose lignin, which is already complex enough to decompose on the surface. And that's why wooden ships or the furniture on the Titanic stay intact for hundreds of years or longer.

[lobo-cansado-de-ojos-rojos]

Okay, but I remember reading a magazine stating that the titanic would basically be gone by now because of the rust eating the ship.

The sister ship HMHS Britannic is still perfectly preserved because of the way it sank, and partly in due to the coral that has grown around it keeping the structure in tact I believe was the reason.

[theminingdwarf]

Coral acting like a living fossil specifically for sunken ships is the coolest thing I've ever heard

[kyraneko]

So lemme get this straight, the Titanic is a whalefall, the Britannic is a biological mummy, and all the wood ships that sink into the deep ocean are preserved incorrupt because nothing can eat them.

Zombie, mummy, lich, respectively.

[tarragonthedragon]

irish coworker: *is back from a month in italy*

me: the weather must have been great, you're looking so tanned!

irish coworker: *stares down at his arms, which are a shade of eggshell white i associate with tasteful wedding table settings* i suppose i am!

welsh coworker: *enters room* wow, youre looking so tanned!

ghanaian coworker: *looks around like hes on the truman show*

[hussyknee]

[spikeoshields]

“please please pretty please just download our app*

[spikeoshields]

I like the Batman and flash dynamic/friendship.

Because everyone expects the flash to be this goofy immature jokester. And he is, but he’s also a chemist and or forensic scientist and or physicist who’s perfectly capable of analyzing crime scenes and complicated schematics.

Meanwhile Batman is supposed to be this gruff overly serious no joy no fun brooding mess. But he’s also the dad of like eight or more kids who are always wearing bright spangaly outfits, cracking much dumber jokes, and generally being menaces. 

So generally, their conversations just go like-

The flash: eating his 4th breakfast burrito of the day with a fruit smoothie. So the bat computer was a bit slow, and I decided to test by hand. Here’s a list of the different metals the villains, weapons and bullets were composed of. also I went ahead and tested most of the stolen jewelry and all of the diamonds are fake so this is probably a cover cover-up for a larger crime.

Batman: 12 coffees deep into a 73 hour work day. …Thank you for not putting the lab equipment in your mouth.

[spikeoshields]

So how does Mr. freeze actually pay for his research?

I understand the premise that he turned to crime with his inventions to fund research to cure his wife’s incurable illness. But logistically, What does that look like?

Does he rob one bank and then do research for 6 to 8 months until he runs out of money?

Does he have a team of amoral scientists and black market inventors?

Is he laundering the money and then donating it to the scientists that actually research the disease or does he do all of the research himself?

Has he ever even gotten that far because he does one robbery and before immediately being arrested?