Pete

Husband, dad, runner, climber, Minecrafter

[Pete @Crieffish]

The trees of the Carboniferous coal swamps are extinct, but we have some of their herbaceous relatives in our yard:

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@sdkassis Central heating should not be treated as a normal answer to every cold day. It is an emergency tool that has been turned into a lifestyle. If we cannot function without machines heating every room, then we have failed at housing, planning and climate responsibility.

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@PepperGii @Sarahjdublin Europe is larger than the entirety of the United States, never mind the top 4.

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@garellaprachi Not one of those stats addresses the % of men that commit those crimes.

100% of people who have walked on the Moon are men, but does that mean you suspect any man you meet of having walked on the Moon?

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@DrFrancisYoung I think it’s probably within our capabilities to both study myths from a literary perspective AND hypothesize about their origins. One doesn’t preclude the other.

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@Nexuist @dwlz @gfodor Such a great, chilling speech. When you see the room quiet as he bangs his walking stick on the floor, you’re expecting something wise and sensible to follow. Lovely bit of rug-pulling.

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@UltraMagaKandi @JayDarkmoore Liberals, too, believe that parents *should* be responsible for their kids. But liberals ALSO recognise that some parents are irresponsible idiots, some are incompetent, some are ignorant, some just can’t be bothered, and some are genuinely evil.

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@strda221 @PlaidBarbarian When Shelley is credited with inventing science fiction, it’s generally because of The Last Man (1826), a dystopian apocalyptic sci-fi novel set in the year 2073. Too many people hear “Mary Shelley” and just think “Frankenstein”.

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@murphthemurph @lionel_trolling I watched Schindler’s List. Five minutes after watching it I could not have described, if you threatened me with death, the symbol on Goeth’s collar.

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@GhidorahJoe @TheAlexSylvian Bizarre take. It peaked with Tennant and Smith.

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@FacerJYK Ah got it. And yes … but again, not too seriously. It’s more of a fun little intellectual exercise. If we’re going to insist that birds are dinosaurs, then for the sake of consistency we should also insist that humans are fish.

I can happily argue both sides.

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@latina_sama Counterpoint: they are both fish.

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@duckevara @schmotdocker And we call people from the Netherlands “Dutch”. English is a funny old language. You can argue about stuff like this until you’re blue in the face, but at the end of the day, correctness is determined by usage. And the word “American”, in English, means “of/from the US.”

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@timruss2 No such system is possible, because all systems depend on the people in charge to maintain, uphold, and enforce them. ‘Rights’ are not immutable laws, written into the fabric of the universe; they are granted by people, and they can be taken away.

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@StarWarsSession A compelling story. Originality. Top notch writing. Care and attention to detail. A quality cast that is excited by the project and delivers immaculate performances. NO VOLUME. Location shooting. Physical sets and miniatures. CGI used with diligence and restraint. Great music.

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@EllenFWalker Because Forbidden Planet.

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@ItsRobbAllen This is why I consider the prequels to be noncanonical fanfiction.

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@GStergar60482 @TheGriftReport You think this kind of thing doesn’t ever happen in the U.S.?

And do you not think that 14 years of deliberate underfunding by successive conservative governments might have had something to do with it?

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@AlchemyAmerican Absolute bollocks. He has “mathematically proven” nothing of the sort. You’re either an idiot or a grifter.

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@derpo377 How is that clear? His entire and only purpose, plot-wise, was to deliver Han to Jabba the Hutt.

I never got the Boba Fett love/obsession. His was a bit part, nothing more. Greedo had more lines.