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Recent content by bvanevery

  1. The Random Thoughts Thread

    In a forum nominally full of I's, I'm hardly shocked. The broader world seems to have devised more inclusive funerary practices.
  2. The Random Thoughts Thread

    Reading some articles around the internet, it seems that historically, funerals are not regarded as private affairs you need invites for. https://www.everplans.com/articles/how-to-know-if-you-should-attend-a-funeral However, I've read of people wanting to have some part of the day's...
  3. The Random Thoughts Thread

    Maybe they're gay lovers and you just don't know it. Or otherwise have a relationship of some kind that you're not aware of from your work environment.
  4. The Random Thoughts Thread

    McCoy issued the stern correction, actually. It is not for you to say how fast humans can evolve under given selective pressures. The idea that all evolutionary change must occur slowly is basically false, as can be demonstrated in a lab with fruit flies.
  5. The Random Thoughts Thread

    That was explained in-episode. Those who actually survived the nuclear holocaust, had genetic propensity for longer life. The harshness of a radiated environment "selected for" longevity genetics. Wouldn't call it a slam dunk of evolutionary reasoning, but it's not impossible either.
  6. The Random Thoughts Thread

    In the STTOS episode "A Piece of the Action", the highly imitative Iotian culture models their society off of 1 book about gangsters. The book in question is called "The Book" and I think is kept in a glass case. Spock discovers it is an Earth book "Chicago Mobs of the Twenties", and...
  7. The Random Thoughts Thread

    You could refuse to use Facebook. That's what I do.
  8. The Random Thoughts Thread

    Consider patronizing businesses that make returns as painless as possible.
  9. The Random Thoughts Thread

    If you don't deal with it, other consumers will be victimized. They may be victimized anyways, so it would behoove you to consider the maximum amount of pressure you can exert upon the company, the concessions you can extract from them, when making your customer service call. Otherwise, if...
  10. The Random Thoughts Thread

    Everyone votes for their slice of the pie. If life, death, and oppression aren't at stake, then that's the way it should be. You aren't required to have everyone else's interests in mind; what about YOU?
  11. What are some life lessons you've accumulated over the years?

    All people are born empty, and have to learn the world anew for themselves. Polished understanding requires personal effort.
  12. What are some life lessons you've accumulated over the years?

    "Trying to argue with such a person is frustrating, until you finally realize they are pathological and you're completely wasting your time trying to get any accommodation out of them."
  13. What are some life lessons you've accumulated over the years?

    Some people have become hardwired to never being at fault, never accepting blame, never taking responsibility for how they inflict themselves on others, and not even having much awareness for how injurious they are. It's always someone else to blame, someone else who has the "deep problems"...
  14. What do you wear?

    In Portland, Oregon, you would look like an anarchist who is intent on smashing up corporate store windows, such as The Gap or Bank of America.
  15. Music preference and intellectual maturity

    Regarding Musicthatmakesyoudumb, I'm not dumb enough to use Facebook, and I don't think I'd be dumb enough to express a particular "favorite music". This could explain the absence of high SAT scores in the graph. It's not natural to expect that smart people, as measured by the SAT, simply...
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