We should wall off Florida and call it America’s cock ring. After getting all the fascist to move there.

The thing is… arch…. You can actually fix. Most times.

Unlike the proverbial him.

(Not that you should have to.)

First… yes, as far as it goes. That said there’s some problems with it on the whole.

Keep in mind, this is a thought terminating cliche saying by Vulcans to explain “the logic” of self sacrifice.

The thing about logic is it can be used to justify all sorts of horrific things. (For example, the us nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.)

It’s also important to note that, in general, I don’t really disagree with it here. That doesn’t make it any less of a cliche or problematic when applied to things like social policy.

Consider Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Some needs are themselves more weighty than others.

that guy’s need to get to work on time doesn’t outweigh my need to dress safely, even if there’s a dozen of them behind me- and never will.

Similarly, if the needs of the many (say, to feel safe) are juxtaposed against the few, whose need is to stay alive…. The needs of the few outweigh the many. One might say “but that doesn’t happen”… but we do. All the time.

Right now, the most extreme example are all the people that defend Israel’s right to genocide by insisting that Israel has a right to defend itself.

That said. Billionaires don’t need to make money. And they don’t even need to exist, for that matter.

Eh. Having a huge dick isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Big dicks tend not to get hard and flop around.

And also blaming the witches for their problems.

Like bro? You were born with a tiny dick. Blame yer daddy.

The devil would never make that deal since Trump could break it with impunity.

Naw. It’s unlikely to put the flames out, but that odor is awful.

Can’t forget the lovely chants!

(But I get the feeling OC wants something more than protests and strikes. And considering they’re apparently not American, I suggest their rhetoric is not actually in our interests.)

I’ve got a bridge to sell, when you’re done with them.

the various common names of birds have convinced me that ornithologists are mostly horny perverts that have spent too much time alone in the woods.

Oh… we were supposed to drop our evidence? Very well…

Shima Enaga (long tailed bushtit / snowfairy)

Rosefinch

Tanuki

Fire bellied newt

Their honey bee

and for the weirdos… the murder hornet… ( i wouldn’t call these fuckers cute, but I’m sure somebody does. Their moms, maybe.)

Far from exhaustive, but eh, these are my favorite Pokémon. (Okay so murder hornets are ugly, but they’re murderous!)

Just to for the record, if your car can’t avoid a pothole, you shouldn’t be calling it any kind of self driving.

I’ll leave the attachment to logicbomb. Humans tune out unless they’re fully engaged. We’re easily distracted, even if our heads are up and eyes open.

And chances are, they weren’t. Because “full self driving” is marketed specifically as… you know… full self driving…

Still. Both Lupo and I would pay money to see them try and put a hat on a gator.

And not even like…“but cuter!”. Japan has some insanely cute critters.

“The in-transit snacks leave something to be desired” -LadyGull

Yup. So during the Abbasid caliphs, religious scholars weren’t as influential. They were definitely Muslim, but they weren’t opposed to science.

But then, the religious scholars became both more influential and more conservative. The secular scholars started asking questions that were, how shall we say, uncomfortable?

You can also see this shift in the transition from a more rationalist Mu’tazilite tradition to Ash’arite.

This is the inevitable shift. As science seeks an understanding of the universe, through observation and experimentation rather than faith it’s finding an understanding that best explains a universe without god.

It is inevitable that the religious mind either abandons their faith, or abandons science. (Unless of course we stumble onto evidence for god. But, I don’t believe that’s gonna happen.)

Ultimately, if god existed and created everything… science would be another form of worship.

Can we talk about how this guy literally does not believe in 175 year old, settled science?

For the record, the Arab world wasn’t always anti-science. It was religion that got them there.

Not all authoritarian regimes are anti-science. Some would be very interested in things for domestic use, it might be slower, and such, though.

“he’s not even trying to dupe the nation first! he’s just… bombing them! You can do that!” is probably not criticism so much as… you know… like envy or something.

Not that Louisiana is any better, lol.

At least Alaska has a good excuse (distance. Travel difficulties, etc.)