@phire it's sort of like that Dan Savage "leave a person better than you found them" quote

You can make a white russian with gin instead of vodka and no one can stop you.
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Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Give a man a sex, and you sex him for a day; teach a man to sex and you sex him for a lifetime.

A short photoset to celebrate the season:

I really wish I could simplify my life enough for this to be my phone

Merry Christmas, you filthy animals

@maria_irini yes also a good point!

I'm re-watching Star Trek II-IV and something occurred to me about "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one" and the transposition of the key terms in that axiom.

The needs of the many always outweigh the needs of the few or the one. Except sometimes the needs of the many require saving the few or the one, because otherwise we could never look at ourselves in the mirror ever again.

This definitely isn't explicit in the movie, and I don't think it's implied either. In fact, the movie goes out of its way to say that breaking the initial axiom only happens when humans are illogical. But saving people is an inherently logical decision.

We, as a people, need to save each other (the many or the few or the one) if we can ever hope to evolve.

What is the electron configuration of gadolinium?

How do you feel?

I find it very convenient that two of Santa's reindeer are called Dunder and Mifflin

I wonder if Elon Musk has ever had lemon juice poured into a paper cut?

I'm kinda done with the meme/joke about "how Kevin's father from Home Alone can afford that house and fancy trips for the family." He's the Managing Director of a law firm. He's an oil executive. VP of Marketing for Phillip Morris. Who cares!? Lots of these people exist. You wanna know how Kevin's dad is rich but not a billionaire? It's the same answer to everything else: capitalism. And it sucks.

@phire @mconnor they get worn because I make sure they get worn hashtag eyeroll and how dare you question me emojis

I think they should do a reboot of Cheers. But in this one they shouldn't wait to the last episode for us to find out that Norm is an alien from the planet Xarbon 9

@mconnor because it's virtual and private

My wife (an expert in VPN technology) tells me this is accurate