Ok, my bad then - I don’t remember the exact quote of Fareed’s, he mentioned two countries specifically, Iceland and another which I thought was Germany, which supposedly had a very low death rate. I could have fucked up remembering correctly - which wouldn’t be surprising, I’m half senile myself already - or maybe…

Or is doing some kind of research out largely by themselves.

I suppose you’re right. I only watch him because he can lay down some damn on the nose punchlines at times, but he has a bunch of bugbear hangups that just grate on me something awful, like his obsession with PC and what he (and others like him) call “victim culture” for example.

Yes, Fareed always did strike me as an intelligent, highly observant guy, it’s really disappointing to hear him talk like this.

I would have been standing on one of the outside platforms wearing 12 life preservers during the first flip test, honestly. :P

I assume, since the boat flips relatively slowly, that you have to balance yourself and “walk up the wall” mid-flip... :P Gimbaling a bunch of platforms would mean more maintenance and costs, especially in a saltwater environment. :) Especially with this ship getting rather old now. Also, bad things might happen if a…

“Combat roll”, eh? Looks more like the guy tripped over his own damn feet to me... lul

How likely do you think it would have been that the guy would have run any red lights at all if the cops hadn’t hassled him into returning to his vehicle and then chased after him, for having committed no crime whatsoever? (No, yelling in a public place isn’t an offense. Yet, anyway.)

Tell me about it.

A toy would not have fans with enough static pressure to push air through a HEPA filter. You’d suffocate. :P

A bunch of rich people in Dumpy’s larger sphere have apparently recently acquired stock in corporations that make this drug. Because...of course they have. lol Totally coincidental, no corruption to be seen here!

Fallen Dragon portrays a very interesting human dystopian society where we have developed interstellar travel, but said method of travel is so outrageously expensive that megacorporations literally have to resort to piracy to stay in business, extorting the people of their own colonies every couple decades or so at…

Oh, wow. Merica did it too eh? First time ever I hear of that. :)

I’ve no idea what you’re talking about lol. I’m so behind in Hamilton production, I started reading the next book after Judas Unchained whatsitscalled, but got put off by the fact that even though it’s set WAY later in time, human civilization in his universe has still not moved away from its late-stage capitalism/neo-…

I was a bit dissatisfied with the ending of Night’s Dawn, it was essentially a pure cheat; deus ex machina LITERALLY. lol

Coal liquefaction eh? You were thinking of the Nazis, weren’t you? lol

lolwut Bill, you gotta stop being so shitty!

Socialism = bad! ...Unless a coal/oil company needs a fat taxpayer bailout, of course.

What book(s) I would like to see made into a TV show more than almost anything is some Peter F. Hamilton hardcore sci-fi. His writings is basically a perfect match for HBO material; his characters swear, kill, drink, dope and fuck. A lot, and usually in kinky ways too. I’m pretty certain that Hamilton himself is the…

No link to the video itself: booo! :(