Good point. Also, the swampman analogy forgets that when you zero down exactly what we are "made of" there is no matter. Every subatomic particle is nothing more than a collection of energy divots in 4-D space enforcing its local presence against all other energy divots. There isn't actually anything there. As I…
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Spock Must Die - by James Blish
Er, this was actually discussed in depth in the first ever Star Trek spin-off novel, James Blish's Spock Must Die... in 1970.
And it's been so great to be here for most of of that time! Coincidentally I was actually re-reading the old manifesto post the other day, and yes, an update was needed.
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Major Matt Mason was one of the best toys of the 60s and early 70s. That is all.
Major Matt Mason was a Mattel toy inspired by the incredibly cartoonish space suit designed by Allyn B. "Happ" Hazard
"But then you reach a point where you realize that's Captain America's true superpower — he makes things simpler, for everybody."
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Anything by NASA or any other US government organization is automatically fine to use — they have such lovely licensing on all their work. <3
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Does California have a conceal/carry law for these? You just want to be prepared.
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