Critical thinking is power. A lot of people mistakenly THINK they think critically, when all they're really doing is confirming their preexisting biases.
@cmdicely @NikaMelkozerova You just tell more lies. The people who don't believe you won't believe you any less, meanwhile the people motivated to believe you will be able to pick and choose which versions of the story to believe.
@LittlePathLost@GoodestThinking@BlakeWriting Cats is basically Cirque du Soleil prior to Cirque existing, and with much less impressive acrobatics. There's no worthwhile plot, it is weird AF, but certain scenes can be amusing.
@planet4589@MaddowBlog Gotcha. Like crumple zones in a car. So this will help us figure out how squishy this type of asteroid is, and how much force would really be needed to deflect?
@504spyboy@Angry_Staffer @RadioGaga1988 Yeah. A lot of money, and not something I would be able to afford, but I have insurance for my dogs that pays ~90% after deductible, so would make something like that more manageable. And as expensive as it all is, the alternative is not being able to do anything to help our pets
@Monkeyslut69er @Pain_Fe01 @poetryismyweapn @DustaBat@itsmegangraves I have a very different interpretation of that original tweet, but it depends on the context, which I'm not sure we have.
@504spyboy@Angry_Staffer @RadioGaga1988 Someone I know had their dog on a ventilator for a while (like a couple weeks) and it was ~$40k. I don't know anyone who has done it, but they apparently do kidney transplants in cats that cost about the same. I thought it was so expensive until I saw what it costs for humans
@Bubbatronik@CatGrah17554541@johnrich Aww shucks, thanks. It isn't always easy to determine which definitions pro-lifers are being ambiguous about at any given time.
@ryandary@johnrich Moreso that it becomes a living being when it is capable of remaining alive after it pops out. Prior to that point it is a fetus using another human being (sometimes unwillingly) as an incubation chamber.
@Bubbatronik@CatGrah17554541@johnrich 2 months later...? You might not have been as careful ~7 months prior to your decision to have a baby as you thought.