I should add that although said dust won't penetrate human skin (hence the shorts, I presume) it can be inhaled and ingested and is fatal in high enough doses, carcinogenic in smaller.

It will all be at the least covered in a layer of radioactive dust/particles and require decontamination. The only way the objects themselves would become radiation-emitters is if they were exposed to high enough levels of gamma rays during the initial explosion.

Assuming you’re the real Jeff VanderMeer - firstly, awesome! I loved the Southern Reach Trilogy! Secondly, if that’s true and the novels weren’t inspired by Stalker or Roadside Picnic, how do you think the fact that the upcoming films are explicitly inspired by them will be reconciled?

Yes.

Dinosaurs had feathers, though. Couldn't even get that right.

Totally! I started in the classical literature section and moved up floor by floor. If only there were methods you could use to narrow your search down to relevant books and articles.

Nah, bro, you made me curious, so I actually did check more than Google: Pubmed, and my university library. Every article that I could find confirmed that married men live longer on average than unmarried men. You literally made your claim up wholecloth because it fits your worldview, and now are trying to pretend…

No, you can’t. I can, though, as anyone who fact checks this will discover. You are factually incorrect, so you don’t even bother to defend yourself against facts which oppose your worldview. Instead you plead not to have to, saying “ it’s just my opinion” and “you know in your heart I’m right”.

You know raging dudebro with the "nuh-uh all the research says single men live longer" made me double-check that and, you're right: the "men live longer, women live less if married data is decades old. The most recent studies show a benefit to both sexes. ...Equality?

Where is this “tons of research over decades”? I could find literally zero evidence of your claim. For mine, on the other hand:

Why didn't they just go with "assaulter"? That's what the CAF did.

This is the joke everybody always makes, but like, it's a proven fact that married men live longer than unmarried men, on average, while unmarried women live longer than married women. Who is doing the life-sucking?

A stylized depiction of that view is featured on certain iterations of the 1000-yen note.

Scout?

I... really don’t get it. The gender-neutral terms sound cooler across the board. Firefighter > fireman, police officer > policeman, gunner > missleman, infantier > infantryman. Why would you complain about getting a cooler job title? And if it really ~~doesn’t matter~~ and if objecting to being called by the wrong…

Other English-speaking countries went through this decades ago. The answer you're looking for is "Aviator."

I do in fact own a television (for my PS4 and for use as an alternate screen for my computer) and I also watch television shows.

Nothing is ever set in my hometown of Victoria, but where I live now in Vancouver.

“Punctuation” is the word you’re looking for.

Independence Day was decent. Good action, funny. I enjoyed it when it came out. My little brother, on the other hand, thought it was the best movie ever made and must have watched it about 50 times (he had the VHS tape) so I understand where some of the younger commenters are coming from. Nostalgia is fierce. Now _my_…