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Just go barefoot everywhere

Well that was a pithy article. Three short profiles of "bad experience", two of which were addiction related, no real wrap-up at the end, no real interfacing with the stories to discuss things they could have, or should have done that could serve as lessons to others.

Shoes. Indoors, in your own house, on your furniture?!

We need more science education, and basic epistemology taught at every level. Not What to believe, but How and Why; and the What's follow from there.

I have a dear friend who fell down the Flat Earth rabbit hole some years ago, and only upon discussing the topic with him did I learn just how bad his science education had been all his life; and trying to get him interested in actual science proved impossible because the conspiratorial mindset was already in place alongside the "you're being lied to" defense.

Like, yeah, I personally can't detect the Cosmic Microwave Background of the Big Bang with the Observatory that's not in my back yard. But that's not proof that the scientists are lying, making up stories. Reproducibility can be a problem in science; but not with basic physical facts of the universe that have been reproduced across the continents, multiple times.

Education may not be a magic bullet, but it's definitely a fantastic tool to begin the journey towards the more rational.

Congratulations on your award! No doubt there was a big speech and the usual media denials?

They're my buddies, who I decided should live with me, so they do. And they love it. :)

"Malazan: The Book of the Fallen" by Steven Erikson has probably got what you need.

The main series is 10 books long, and they are amongst the most violent, brutal, but ultimately very well-written series I've ever (so far) read (still on Book 5).

Books 2 and 3 were too dark for my tastes but I plugged on through and I'm loving it. Great characters, wonderful dialogue, and way less obsessed with Food as GRRM

I believe that it exists as a concept. That's what you're asking, right?

That seems to be a problem with their expectations, not the game.

Yeah, the What Makes This Song Stink on "Hey Soul Sister" made me never want to hear it again for all my days

because they did not participate in the past two federal elections, prompting an inactive status.

That's... Not how democracy is supposed to work

Awwws, Silver Tabby <3

Sounds oddly familiar... But I can't place it, so the free market dictates that this must be a good idea.

This is what they seem to never understand:

They fixed the price of bread for years. Before getting caught, if people had asked them, "are you fixing the price of bread?", they would have said No, and probably have acted insulted that they were even asked.

So now, if we ask them if they're fixing any other prices, they'll say No, and act insulted.

After last time, why should we believe anything they say at any point?

One of the busiest highways in the world, to get one of the longest tunnels in the world underneath it?

This will cost a hundred billion at least, and it won't solve congestion.

But then when the bogs get flooded for harvest, the wolf spiders have nowhere to go that's not water, so the people who are harvesting cranberries are like tall islands of refuge, so they swarm to the humans for safety, so the humans are covered in friendly happy relieved wolf spiders <3

Don't worry, this one's definitely gonna be AAAAAAAA

The truly rich tip worse than everyone else. Speaking in generalities, they're among the most selfish, least charitable people out of all income brackets, the same way you often see the most expensive cars on the road driving the worst.

There's definitely exceptions, but as a classy they definitely ain't very classy.

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