I don’t think the “/s” was required.

I know Poe’s law and all, but surely no-one could think that was serious.

Reading order

I’d start with either The Watch, or The Witches. Both are great, I’d avoid The Unseen University initially, his writing gets significantly better so the early books are harder to read.

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On the internet, nobody knows that you are a horse.

Whilst I appreciate the Python reference.

I believe the meme is implying a far more intimate fart, as in contact between the farter and the fartee.

Water (and other liquids) make solid things wet.

If you put water and oil in a container and they separate, the interface between them is not wet.

Humid air can make things wet, but that only happens when the moisture in the air condenses onto a solid surface. Humid air will not make the surface of a lake wet even though water is condensing out of the air onto that surface.

I moved mine over about 2 years ago.

Only issue was getting the printer to work… Took a few hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZeWPScnolo

Maybe update the Wiki, you seem to know a lot about the condition.

The language used is very mild.

Wikipedia didn’t have that detail…sounds a lot worse now.

Harlequin syndrome is not debilitating, so treatment is not normally necessary.

I looked it up, doesn’t seem that bad.

Risk/benefit ratio.

The benefit is X the risk is Y, but the risk increases with excess weight, at some point Y exceeds X. Once the risk exceeds the benefit, it no-longer makes sense to perform the procedure.

From the patient point of view, the likelihood of a bad outcome is above the likelihood of a good outcome. They would be worse off getting the procedure; but likely they are only considering the good outcome and wishing away any bad outcome.

From the doctors point of view, they are considering both outcomes and trying to communicate to the patient that it’s not a good option for them. There is also the opportunity cost to consider, they could be helping someone else that is more likely to have a good outcome.

One really weird thing that stands out to me is

hard labour…picking litter, picking produce, clearing mine fields, cleaning up Chernobyl

Ok, so picking vegetables and cleaning up rubbish; is somehow equivalent to clearing explosives or cleaning up nuclear contamination.

So strange.

Hard disagree, the tendons are attached at different points then a human. This gives them a huge (mind mindbogglingly huge) strength advantage; something like 10 times stronger.

Chimps have a similar advantage, whilst smaller than us, they are also significantly stronger.

Human vs chimp, skill may make up for the strength disadvantage; but against a gorilla…not a chance, it would be like fighting a 5yo, sure they may have skill but nothing they could do would make up for the strength disadvantage.

Take over Greenland, and rename it Red,White and Blueland

Oh wait that one is already taken!

Onion writers currently crying into their morning whiskey.

Well at least it is bullet proof…not sure about missile strike proof though.

As a long time climber, watching that documentary is really gripping/terrifying. The bit at the end when he says what it was like walking over the top; no one noticing what he had done, because he didn’t have ropes and a harness etc…wow.

The morningstar is such a nice sounding name.

Fae Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Fae Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Fae Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Fae Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Fae Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Fae Elves are terrific. They beget terror.