I think the terrible thing is that people learn that the answer to those questions is either “No one knows” or long, complicated and almost certainly involving higher mathematics. Unlike Carl Sagan the average person does not enjoy doing or learning things that are long, complicated and involve higher mathematics.

Yeah that was the part that stuck out to me. I’m not concerned if they change some adjectives or make things less gender specific but removing mentions of major authors in English literature seems a bit much. I don’t believe Matilda set off to conquer Africa or India after reading those two authors.

Chemically a catalyst is supposed to be the same at the end of a reaction as at the beginning so theoretically it could last forever. In practice though the material itself won’t be perfect, the surface it’s applied to will contain some flaws, it’s impossible to predict how every pollutant in the air could affect the…

Right. I think a callous disregard of human life, even their own, and an inability to understand things like large numbers and probability come into play. These are the same people who watched a similar number of Americans die of covid, many of them their political fellow travellers, and called it a hoax. Whether it’s…

Almost like the concept of war crimes is just a justification for executing your enemies. If the Allies had lost WWII plenty of their leaders would have been executed for “war crimes” too. Probably something about being race traitors.

No no no. How it works is like this: Does the author like the famous person they’re writing about? Or dislike their famous ex? If so all descriptions of the current situation must use positive adjectives even if they don’t make sense. If their current situation is bad then it must be attributed to a disliked person…

“butt nuts”

Now I'm not sure if this is a joke or if my joke somehow is an actual and terrible recipe.

And the hits keep on coming! This level of cringe hasn't been seen in years and, ladies and gentlemen, it's a privilege to witness. Not only to continually respond to mockery but to make it more visible by doing so! Definitely a thread for the history books this evening.

You misunderstood someone, got snippety, got corrected then instead of apologizing went straight to personal attacks and finished with a weird pop culture reference. Bravo. Thanks to people like you the jerk store will never have empty shelves again.

I think Google, Siri and Alexa all depend on being able to send off the language processing to powerful computers elsewhere in the cloud. If McDonald’s isn’t paying for the same hardware backend I could see how it wouldn’t work as well. That also assumes that whoever McDonald’s got to build their system designed it as…

They’re not building Starbucks locations in low income areas like they do McDonald’s so it could be high-brow depending on where you’re at. The presence of one means a decent number of people there aren’t so poor they can’t afford overpriced coffee. 

I’m not sure if Krispy Kreme exists outside the region where I live but their larger sites still make the donuts fresh. There’s even windows so you can watch. Pretty much just donuts though, I’m not sure if they even serve anything else

She was going to feed it to the dog but he wouldn’t eat it so at least it’s a hot dinner, right? I can’t complain. If I do she’ll cook every night, as punishment. No respect, I tell you...

Not when there's an A10 Warthog on the runway. Did you see the gun that thing's packing? Frickin huge, guys were so jealous.

Blend all ingredients in a blender, pour into casserole dish, cook on highest setting, pull as soon as it starts to burn. This is the strat.

I think most streamers for whom it could be an issue notify their local law enforcement agencies that they may be the target of fake SWAT calls and such. Not sure how much it helps but you don't hear about it happening to prominent streamers very often.

Really happened in Philadelphia. Halftime show at a football game.

As far as I can tell she’s famous for appearing nude but is neither a centerfold nor an artist’s muse. I have no idea if she has any talents beyond her appearance and I do not believe I have ever heard her voice.

The commenter used the full phrase before using it as an acronym, as one does to save space and not be repetitive while giving an engaged reader the information to understand the usage. Either you noted that, forgot and then remembered it when you “guessed” or you didn’t pay attention when reading.