• JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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    being dragged out of the pub
    We don’t orbit the Sun; we orbit the barycentre. THE BARYCENTRE! Look it up, sheeple.”

  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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    What am I supposed to do? Let them walk around with no more information about high-pressure liquid chromatography than God gives to a squirrel? I think not! These people vote.

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    I’m going to cut you a lot of slack over misspellings. Spelling (or typing) isn’t a finely honed skill for everyone, and not being able to spell (type) has little to do with someone’s intelligence. So, responding to the intention

    I’m less “Trivial Pusuit” and more “history professor who used to be involved in politics.” Make an offhand comment about something - anything - that I have a well-formed opinion about: buckle in, we’re going for a ride. And there’s nothing I can do about it but think, “Here it comes, I can’t stop it, let’s just get through this as quickly and cleanly as possible, and then go lie down.”

    It’s like barfing.