It’s somewhat specific to someone with my type of background; namely growing up in a family of young-Earth creationist, fundamentalist Christians, and learning that things like science and evolution are lies from Satan.

At some point curiosity got the better of me and I realized I didn’t even know what evolution even is, so I read up a bit about it. Then a bit more. You know, this actually kind of makes sense. Eventually the rabbit hole led to the existence of God. I remember watching a bunch of debates and expecting the most learned representatives of our Christian tradition to make some really great arguments. And… they… never… did.

The elasticity of demand is not static.

Sure, that’s how many cybertrucks were vandalized, but how many were spray painted on?

Always urlencode your passwords!

Wait, that doesn’t seem right…

Are you saying id-gaff or I-D-G-A-F?

Well that’s … descriptive.

I mean, I wouldn’t call riding a motorcycle “safe”.

I’m not even arguing against them, it just feels like calling it “safe” makes it easy to dismiss all the safety precautions you should take and safety gear you should use whenever you do ride one.

Hmm, I have a taste that I associate with pain, but I don’t think it’s seafood. I don’t eat a lot of seafood though, doesn’t suit well with me.

I understood that reference!

That was super cool.

Imagining scenario’s in an attempt to prepare for them.

Successfully! I remember reading about research into how folks survive scenarios, and having thought about it ahead of time was one of the big ones.

Hell yeah, brother.

So, I grew up in a super religious environment – which is where I grew up, not necessarily the folks in this picture. But if this was from my childhood, I would imagine it went down like this: there are quite a few people who are 100% bought in to the religious teachings. A few of those folks probably got together and developed this idea. No double entendre meant or understood. But there are also quite a few folks who are at least aware of the real world. Those folks saw this trainwreck unfolding in slow motion. But the problem is, sex is taboo. So what are they going to do? Raise the alarm? Explain to everyone who doesn’t know what a clit is? And then, worst of all, explain how they know what a clit is? Oh hell no. That’s just never going to happen. So if the team embarrasses themselves, well, I guess that was just God’s will.

Wow that’s crazy. I still remember some of the questions that supposedly made me and my partner 99% compatible. That’s such a drastic shift for them.

Edit for unrelated story: My second highest match was like 97%, but she clarified in her profile that she was looking for a bi third to join her and her partner. OKC kept recommending her so eventually I just messaged her to say “I’m not what you’re looking for but good luck!”

I forgot to turn my computer on 😓

Not with that attitude

The customer initiated the transaction under the conditions that currently exist.

I feel like that’s what the percentage was meant to approximate. Because more people in a party are likely to have a larger bill and will definitely be more work. Of course there are more variables and one constant percentage won’t always result in the same reasonable wage for their work.

I googled “was Avogadro ugly” and found this picture posted on r/funny ten years ago. But also quite a few people seem to agree that he was indeed quite ugly.

I did a little fence repair for the glory of the empire!