I am really just in awe at this extremely simple and very rational explanation of why cattle are found in that state. Thank you! My husband, in the other hand, is in a snit. I fear you've ruined the mystery in a way he can't (yet) refute it. Hah!

As an Australian who spent nearly 20 years in a desert area...

I never even considered that, but it makes perfect sense. The simplest answers are always the truest answers especially where money is the motivation. 

Yes, I’m sure aliens, who have clearly mastered hyperspace travel, advanced space flight, and a level of stealth that humans are thousands of years away from mastering, are super interested in draining the blood from cows and cutting of their genitals. That’s what they REALLY want to do. Traveling the cosmos and…

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yeah, not to be too graphic but blood runs out when animals eat each other and add the scavengers that will go inside the carcass to eat and we’ll get what we see in that linked NPR story.

It’s not aliens or people.  It’s natural causes and insurance fraud - if the cattle died due to natural causes, the insurance doesn’t pay out.  So cattle die of natural causes, and the rancher insists that it must have been because someone did something to it, and counts on most people not really understanding how…

cattle mutilation was my bag when i was a believer and one of the reasons i moved to seattle, we had a bunch here in the late 80s and early 90s in south king co.

The issue to me seemed to not really be the scene within the context of the show, but the fact that Netflix used it as a standalone clip for promotional purposes - iirc the accompanying tweet said something like ‘this makes so much sense!’ which I think meant ‘it makes so much sense for Ali Wong to join the cast of…

Do non-binary or third gender people not exist on Earth? 

To your last point: I’m in my mid-20s, and all of my LGBT+ friends actively refer to themselves as “queer.” No LGBT+ person I know over the age of about 40 does. The generational divide on that one is stark. 

Yeah, I don’t think the character having that opinion was the issue, but they could have been more explicit about highlighting the nuances. Especially because to me that scene also seemed to be about educating the audience.

He died in February, but the movement seems to have been petering out for a while.

Answer: nope, they’re all in crisis.

The Elizabeth Warren/Marine rumor is one of the funniest and most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard in my life. I love how immediately it backfired, though, because we would all root for a 70 year-old-woman to outsex a 24-year-old Marine.

Granted the Pence transgression seems small midst what’s happening globally. The thing that has everyone hacked off is the hubris of Pence’s disregard for the local traditions and lack of respect for the local Everyman and Everywoman. The Republicans chest thump about limiting federal government and embracing the…

It’s a small island

Pretty easy to secure 

You are an idiot trying to defend this. You state that there are vehicles on the island (this is true), but then try to twist it as “oh, it’s just a normal thing”, which it is not.

They only use motorized vehicles when absolutely necessary, and during season only for an emergency. Off-season, yes the vehicle count goes…

Calling Mike Pence’s Yuxon XL a trash truck is valid only while he’s in it.

Woooooo, let’s go full on stupid! I do what I want.