Orang-Utan Cafe

Kristin Mae Photography
She says this is the transition between "golden hour"
-- the much-prized hour when the sun is low in the sky --
and "blue hour" -- the brief period of twilight

Baby pygmy hippo is a cutie.

Elephants are majestic and beautiful until they decide, out of nowhere, that they have beef with you, and then they get scary.

Is it possible to have too many dogs in your pickup truck? This guy dances right on the line.

A great horned owl got stuck in a soccer goal's net, because soccer is stupid and kills beautiful animals. These nice people extract him.

Rescuing an orphaned tiny baby rabbit, and the -- sniff -- setting him free when he's grown.

A Halloween dog parade in New York. I don't think this year's dog costumers are bringing their best, but still, you get to see some dogs.

Elephant plays crossing guard for a herd of water buffalo crossing a river.

A.B.H. Always Be Herding. Always Be Herding.

Turtle Rescue Squad is summoned to save another turtle stuck in a grate.

Tourists come across an orang-utan using the same path they're on, and the big lug just passes peacefully.

We all have our own fears. 😂😂 https://t.co/jxiPk5yOfY
— The Best (@TheBestqueenx) October 14, 2026

A drone captured the incredible moment a whale pushed a paddleboard with its fin.
Maximiliano Jonas filmed the amazing footage off the coast of Puerto Madryn, Argentina
[📹 maxijonas] https://t.co/XcSaFwTftx
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 14, 2026

This orang-utan subscribes to nurse ratched's newsletter. It agrees with her about pernicious river otters.

This one too.

The big finale of Romeo and Juliet, featuring the deaths of the lovers, was being staged and a cat thought, you know what this Shakespeare fag is missing? Me, that's what.

And he was right.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (hG5L0)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Damned pop-up screwed my entrance.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 19, 2026 07:23 PM (hG5L0)

5 Anna, my response to you was Willowed. Posting then then looking at cute fur babies...

>>> I disliked the movie because the 'smart educated' scientists coastally acted in ways that were suicidal.

Oh, for sure Anna!! A lot of their problems could be solved by just not being stupid. Like thinking they can suddenly breathe the air. And splitting up.

One of the fun points of the game "Subnautica" is that the second you land on the planet, everything including the air and water poisons you. You have to get a mutation from a native plant/creature thing just to survive.

And there's a body replicator machine that replicates you if you die. The lore, once you get farther into playing the game, is absolutely horrific. An earlier group of explorers in the game SPOILER ALERT had to make copies of themselves to eat because they ran out of food and the animals there were poison.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Toos7)

6 Elephants are majestic and beautiful until they decide, out of nowhere, that they have beef with you

Yeah, that elephant's going to get shot.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 07:25 PM (vJrRc)

7 The cat was a better actor. Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)

8 She says this is the transition between "golden hour"

I'm glad there were no showers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:25 PM (l3cgK)

9 Also willowed:

Guy Fleegman: HEY! Don't open that! It's The Café! Are there penguins happy-footing around, projectile pooping? You don't know!

[Guy holds his breath. Kwan sniffs the air and shrugs]

Fred Kwan: Seems okay.
Posted by: Galaxy Quest at October 19, 2026 07:16 PM

Translated into an IRL AoSHQ Café scenario.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

10
Re the green white dwarfs from last thread. They can also, depending on the mix of just what's in the atmosphere (yes, white dwarfs have atmospheres), can be all sorts of crazy colors, including pink, purple and chartreuse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (w6EFb)

11
And there's a body replicator machine that replicates you if you die. The lore, once you get farther into playing the game, is absolutely horrific. An earlier group of explorers in the game SPOILER ALERT had to make copies of themselves to eat because they ran out of food and the animals there were poison.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Toos7)

Why didn't they send copies of themselves in the first place?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (l3cgK)

12 Those are Asian Small Clawed Otters, not River Otters.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

13 A great horned owl got stuck in a soccer goal's net, because soccer is stupid and kills beautiful animals.

At least he wasn't flying near bird choppers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (l3cgK)

14 We have a rabbit living very close to house, at best now I think she knows I am not a threat.

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

15 Re the green white dwarfs from last thread. They can also, depending on the mix of just what's in the atmosphere (yes, white dwarfs have atmospheres), can be all sorts of crazy colors, including pink, purple and chartreuse.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM

The last thread had discussion about other types of atmospheric mixes, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

16 12 Those are Asian Small Clawed Otters, not River Otters.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

Have you personally experienced them up your ass?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (l3cgK)

17 I've personally never been around otters. I don't trust the little assholes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (l3cgK)

18 Glad I never played Subnautica, if I want similar horror there is Matango. Nothing on an island to eat but mushrooms, but if you eat the mushrooms you turn into a mushroom monster.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

19 Is that a thing? I am intrigued.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)

20 chartreuse is green though

Posted by: 88C+u isn't gay at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (88C+u)

21 I've personally never been around otters. I don't trust the little assholes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

Were you cognizant that they hold 'hands' whilst they sleep?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

22 Shut up Wesley

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (2GVsD)

23 The blue hour..L'heure Bleue. I have some perfume with that name.

Posted by: Tuna at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (lJ0H4)

24 21 I've personally never been around otters. I don't trust the little assholes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

Were you cognizant that they hold 'hands' whilst they sleep?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

I'm more worried about what they do when they're awake...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (l3cgK)

25 Any more info come out about the Bend, OR killer?

Is it true that Mommie dearest bought a Maverick 88 shotgun for his 16th birthday?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (2GVsD)

26 >> chartreuse is green though

A little yellowish. But basically I just like to say that word.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (w6EFb)

27 chartreuse is green though
Posted by: 88C+u isn't gay at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

It's not (yet) an 'ette-approved fashion colour, however.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

28 Re the green white dwarfs from last thread. They can also, depending on the mix of just what's in the atmosphere (yes, white dwarfs have atmospheres), can be all sorts of crazy colors, including pink, purple and chartreuse.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (w6EFb)
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Sounds FABULOUS!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (FZ29D)

29 My blue and orange sunset painting. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

30 14 We have a rabbit living very close to house, at best now I think she knows I am not a threat.

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

One year, at my Dad's place, we started having wabbits on our property. I found our cat with her litter of kittens and a baby rabbit (obviously traumatized). After the kittens ignored it for a half hour, the mama kitty ate it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM (l3cgK)

31 My blue and orange sunset painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM

Blue and orange is a great color combo!

Posted by: Denver Broncos at October 19, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

32 We have river otters at the creek and they don't do any of that gay shit like holding hands. I've got a trail cam aimed at what I think is one of their burrows in the bank. I've seen them but never got a picture.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

33 27 chartreuse is green though
Posted by: 88C+u isn't gay at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

It's not (yet) an 'ette-approved fashion colour, however.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

Puce sounds awful. I remember in grade school they used add this white powder when a kid would puke...it would sometimes turn pink when it came in contact...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:33 PM (l3cgK)

34 29 My blue and orange sunset painting. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

Nice! Would hang.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:34 PM (l3cgK)

35 All eyes on Alberta. With the exception of a short piece by CBS, the US media is pretty much ignoring the Referendum Vote. Go figure.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 07:35 PM (dIske)

36
Another fascinating discovery about white dwarfs coming out of the exoplanet research. They've confirmed a "2nd generation" planet, a big ol' Jupiter mass gas giant, around a white dwarf. This formed after the star died from the planetary disc expelled as the star went red giant and blew away most of the material (this will be our sun's fate in some time over 5 billion years from now.

So, planets can form after a star dies. And surprisingly some theorizing has white dwarfs have a habitable zone for any little rocky planet that might form close in.

You'd think it would be impossible. The orbit would be very close, orbital period measure in hours. And it would be tidally locked, but at a few hours period, the rotation rate would be the same, and that would be fast enough to stir up the atmospher nicely and keep heat distributed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

37 Yay! I took the car in for an overheating problem and it turned out to be warranty work. No charge!

Winning!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:37 PM (amcLV)

38 Why didn't they send copies of themselves in the first place?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (l3cgK)

There was an SF story where that was the means of star travel. You'd go to a booth and a copy was sent FTL and arrive, while you'd go home. The destination in the story was a ship constructed to study a strange object in space and the people were all going to die out there after the flyby.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 07:38 PM (uhVAy)

39 It's not (yet) an 'ette-approved fashion colour, however.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1

Au contraire! I love chartreuse.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 07:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

40
Sunsets on Mars are indeed often blue. The dust in the thin atmosphere works exactly bassackwards to Erf, scattering the red, and passing the blue through. You can find some rover pictures of this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:39 PM (w6EFb)

41 So is the light we see from stars also subject to space time dilation?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:40 PM (KC5Lt)

42 The word “puce” just sounds ugly.

Muriel Puce must’ve been a real dog.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:41 PM (77rzZ)

43 >>>Elephants are majestic and beautiful until they decide, out of nowhere, that they have beef with you, and then they get scary.

I don't know if the elephant even had a real beef with them. We seen vids posted here before of lions laying in the path as some elephants approached. They didn't just keep laying in the path waiting to see what happened. They got their furry asses out of the way.

People should be so smart.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (syz1S)

44 I like Chartreuse but it packs a hell of a punch.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (ua/lL)

45 41 So is the light we see from stars also subject to space time dilation?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:40 PM (KC5Lt)

Yes. Red-shifted by the expansion of space...Also, if the star is coming towards us relative to our motion, it'll be blue-shifted, moving away from us relative to our motion it'll be red-shifted.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)

46 The word “puce” just sounds ugly.

Muriel Puce must’ve been a real dog.
Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:41 PM (77rzZ)
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It's also the French word for "flea."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (amcLV)

47 33 The pink sawdust!

Ah, fond memories…

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:43 PM (77rzZ)

48 I like Chartreuse but it packs a hell of a punch.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (ua/lL)
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A drink so awesome they named a color after it!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:43 PM (amcLV)

49 Captain Obvious, well played.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:44 PM (ua/lL)

50 >>>Is it possible to have too many dogs in your pickup truck? This guy dances right on the line.

The guy narrating sounded like he was shitfaced.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:45 PM (syz1S)

51 Captain Obvious, well played.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:44 PM (ua/lL)
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Well, that's according to Quentin Tarantino's bartender in "Death Proof."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:45 PM (amcLV)

52 >> So is the light we see from stars also subject to space time dilation?

There is a Doppler effect for moving stars (and this can be used to determine velocities of nearby stars, if you know the class of star and what it should be emitting in the rest frame). Special relativity modifies it beyond the classical Doppler relation.

Now, at cosmological scales, the expansion redshifts the light greatly itself. The wavelength is stretched out as it travels through space. And there is gravitational red (and blue) shift as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)

53 Years ago was lucky to stay at a rainforest research center for a few days, in Borneo. It was great. Simple dorm-like room (fairly cheap), lived and ate with all the scientists there doing their projects.

I remember there was a Thai woman who was an orangutan specialist. She had habituated one particular orangutan sufficiently that the critter would ignore her when the primate was visiting her favorite durian tree (the scientist staked out this tree). As I recall she was lucky to see the orangutan a few times, in a few months. Amazing patience.

The ant guy had a lot more action. Went out with him one night on his rounds. OMG. The huge ant colonies (with huge ants). The deafening cacophony of the rainforest at sunset was something else.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 07:46 PM (U/Byj)

54 Soccer should be banned in the US as it is a faggy sport of 3rd world savages and Dirty Euros and only seeks to feminize young men.

Posted by: Mr. Heyman at October 19, 2026 07:46 PM (VmFld)

55 On a game drive I did in South Africa we came upon a small group of elephants. It was one male and three females. That's when the ranger driving the rig told up about musth.

It's a periodic thing male elephants go through. Basically a rise in their hormones which causes them to horny. And aggressive.

And just as he finished explaining the condition the male started flapping ears, using his trunk to through dirt in the air and then charged us. When a big bull elephant starts charging at you it gets your attention.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 07:47 PM (viF8m)

56 Love the color of twilight!

Elephants I will always love. This big boy decided these men irritated him vastly. He either picked up faggotry fumes, or the one tapping his finger sent him over the edge. It's possible his dinner was late. Regardless, I have this same feeling at times.

Not an orangutan but a baboon sends our Girlie #1 into hysterics. The word at first, as I said she was acting like a baboon (we have the same uninhibited laugh). I showed her a photo online and she immediately noticed their their behinds. There's a baboon song my dude played in the car mentioning their colorful buttocks. We are weird and wear it with pride.

Loved the kitty onstage with Romeo!

My father's black cat used to scare his sitters for years. Who knew a black cat is as good as a watchdog? One visiting nurse would call ahead to see if he was outside before she came in. Granted, he'd hide in the dark hall or stairwell and jump on people and run off as they screamed...you didn't see him til you did.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 07:48 PM (hzuYO)

57 Soccer should be banned in the US as it is a faggy sport of 3rd world savages and Dirty Euros and only seeks to feminize young men.
Posted by: Mr. Heyman at October 19, 2026 07:46 PM (VmFld)
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Eh. I had fun with it in junior high.

Then I grew up.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (amcLV)

58 Yes. Red-shifted by the expansion of space...Also, if the star is coming towards us relative to our motion, it'll be blue-shifted, moving away from us relative to our motion it'll be red-shifted.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)

Thanks. I was thinking of time dilation as we reach the speed of light. For example if we had a close to speed of light space ship traveling to a star 10 light years away, it would seem to the astronauts to only take 3 years to get there . Makes my brain hurt.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

59 >>>A great horned owl got stuck in a soccer goal's net, because soccer is stupid and kills beautiful animals. These nice people extract him.

Those eyes. Owls always look like they would be happy to eat your liver, with or without the fava beans.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (syz1S)

60 >> I'm not buying.

Well, if you can prove it ain't so, a Nobel awaits you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (w6EFb)

61 So, today’s Halloween joke:

Why did doctor Frankenstein measure the height of his monster?

Because he wanted to make sure that he’d grew some.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:51 PM (77rzZ)

62 I like Chartreuse but it packs a hell of a punch.
Posted by: Ben Had

Chartreuse tastes like Simple Green smells. Not recommended.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 07:52 PM (nEUC6)

63 Get out of the strike zone when the orangotang is pitching. He throws a lot of crap.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:53 PM (LHPAg)

64 Au contraire! I love chartreuse.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 07:38 PM

You may love it, but that doesn't mean it's gone through the 'Ette-Approved Colour Amendment Process. Only a few colors have. IIRC, fawn and taupe were the first two, followed by ecru, mauve, puce, and the last approved, sea-foam.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

65 60 Yes. Red-shifted by the expansion of space...Also, if the star is coming towards us relative to our motion, it'll be blue-shifted, moving away from us relative to our motion it'll be red-shifted.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)

Thanks. I was thinking of time dilation as we reach the speed of light. For example if we had a close to speed of light space ship traveling to a star 10 light years away, it would seem to the astronauts to only take 3 years to get there . Makes my brain hurt.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

That's all relative. To the place they blasted off from it will still take the number of years it takes, but to them, less time will have passed. I'm sure Publius could do a better explanation involving Lorentz transformations and Einstein's relativity.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (l3cgK)

66 Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:52 PM (JTyQ

I'm talking about theoretical time dilation not whether a speed of light spaceship possible.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM (KC5Lt)

67 You may love it, but that doesn't mean it's gone through the 'Ette-Approved Colour Amendment Process. Only a few colors have. IIRC, fawn and taupe were the first two, followed by ecru, mauve, puce, and the last approved, sea-foam.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)
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No dun?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM (amcLV)

68 There is no "Warp" in space time as we know it.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:52 PM
It's just a jump to the left.......

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM (LHPAg)

69 Makes my brain hurt.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

Hurt the brains of the people who wrote the "Passengers" movie too.
Arcturus in 36.7 ly, 31 (relative) years to get there; means they were going 76% the speed of light. iirc the movie said they were only going 0.5c.

Posted by: we do get to see bikini Jennifer Lawrence in 0g tho' at October 19, 2026 07:56 PM (88C+u)

70 There is no "Warp" in space time as we know it"

Uh huh. It's just a jump to the left...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (pfXMo)

71 There was a young fencer named Fisk
Whose swordplay was exceedingly brisk
So fast was his action
The Lorentz Contraction
Reduced his rapier to a disk

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (amcLV)

72 69 Well, if you can prove it ain't so, a Nobel awaits you.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (w6EFb)

The Nobel Prize is the modern equivalent of the Church.

Ain't no Nobel Prize getting handed out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (JTyQE)

Titan proves that it can happen.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (l3cgK)

73 >> out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.

Do you mean abiotic generation?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (w6EFb)

74 and yeah, the ship gets fucked up in Arcturus' Oort-cloud in that movie

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (88C+u)

75 Dang it...slow again

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (pfXMo)

76 It's just a jump to the left.......
Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM

And then a quantum leap to the right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

77 Those eyes. Owls always look like they would be happy to eat your liver, with or without the fava beans.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (syz1S)

The three major predators on primates are snakes, cats and birds, and it is suggested that this is the basis for our fears for these critters.
No idea what causes the fear of spiders, though. Probably enough that they are spiders.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (rbvCR)

78 73 Makes my brain hurt.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

Hurt the brains of the people who wrote the "Passengers" movie too.
Arcturus in 36.7 ly, 31 (relative) years to get there; means they were going 76% the speed of light. iirc the movie said they were only going 0.5c.

Posted by: we do get to see bikini Jennifer Lawrence in 0g tho' at October 19, 2026 07:56 PM (88C+u)

Maybe they were still in their acceleration phase?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (l3cgK)

79 Local news in Sacramento reports on 28 legal immigrants and permanent residents charged and 11 arrested for voting crimes an hour ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (RIvkX)

80 No dun?"

And no shiplap?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (pfXMo)

81
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was faster than light,
She left one day,
In a Relative way,
And returned the previous night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

82 Carpet colors:

https://youtu.be/gZAUXVw_TW4

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (dF6f/)

83 75 There was a young fencer named Fisk
Whose swordplay was exceedingly brisk
So fast was his action
The Lorentz Contraction
Reduced his rapier to a disk

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (amcLV)

::: golf clap :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (l3cgK)

84 And then a quantum leap to the right?"

Pull your knees in tight...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:59 PM (pfXMo)

85 *Arrested by DOJ, tbc

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM (RIvkX)

86 Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM (JTyQE)

You can change your nic but you'll never change being an ass.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:01 PM (KC5Lt)

87 Carpet colors:"

But does it match the drapes?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (pfXMo)

88 To Morrow?

https://youtu.be/zdEkm__55ik

Posted by: The Kingston Trio at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (dF6f/)

89 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (r2Icn)

90 Genius Attorney General says it's "proof there's no widespread voter fraud."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

91 Any magic sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from physics....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:03 PM (FZ29D)

92 We ain't not on the Moon because of Relativity.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM

Newton didn't give a fig about speed other than delta distance / delta time.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 08:04 PM (0sNs1)

93 " I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"

Who gives a hoot? Me!

Posted by: The owl at October 19, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

94 "Some things are just absolute.
Posted by: Physics"

You got that right.

Posted by: Logic at October 19, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

95 Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM (JTyQE)

You seem nice.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 19, 2026 08:05 PM (dyMal)

96 >> Some things are just absolute.

Yes, these are known as invariants. Physics is all about the invariants, not the coordinate dependent quantities.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)

97 95 Genius Attorney General says it's "proof there's no widespread voter fraud."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

If you don't look for it, you'll never find it.
I'm reminded of the cartoon movie "Sleeping Beauty", where for almost 16 years the minions of Maleficent ask why they haven't found the girl, and one minion says, "We've searched everywhere...and all the cradles. Every cradle"...

https://youtu.be/EPoC9QOH-4s&t=22s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (l3cgK)

98 Science, My Mother always told me when you have a cold take a Physics and you will shit the cold away.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (ua/lL)

99 Some things are just absolute.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:03 PM

Trolls are absolute zero.

Posted by: Lord Kelvin at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

100 "Any magic sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from physics....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

101 Ain't no Nobel Prize getting handed out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (JTyQE)

Invincible Ignorance in full flower!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:09 PM (wSl27)

102 What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

Quantum entanglement

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR)

103 107 "Any magic sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from physics....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

Light refraction, reflection and distraction.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (l3cgK)

104 It looks like we might have the Anti-Einstein on our hands.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

105 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

106 as something like if the Dutch wanted to talk shit about how easy it would be to sail.

Without actually sailing. Without putting a boat in the water.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM

Aye, someone's never heard of a Dutch Rudder.

Posted by: Lord Kelvin at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

107 113 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

We won't find out until you do.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:12 PM (l3cgK)

108 Should have been in bed awhile ago, long commute tomorrow
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (Ia/+0)

109 We probably should not talk about random theoretical stuff that may or not make sense because it pisses people off. Well, not "people", just that one guy.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

110 Carpet colors:"

But does it match the drapes?
Posted by: man

Dear Wife asked me if most women go for the hardwood look these days.

I almost answered her.

She's a sly one. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (V8Zwm)

111 We probably should not talk about random theoretical stuff that may or not make sense because it pisses people off. Well, not "people", just that one guy.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

He just likes to lecture everyone about things he doesn't understand and lacks the vocabulary to describe.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (rbvCR)

112 Monday Night Football flyover was a U-2

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (ZxPkt)

113 117 We probably should not talk about random theoretical stuff that may or not make sense because it pisses people off. Well, not "people", just that one guy.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

Even if going faster than light (or Warping or using wormholes) is not theoretically possible (or maybe not now due to our understanding), something can be learned by thought experiments on how it might be accomplished, and occasionally it can be something useful.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:15 PM (l3cgK)

114 On the YT channel Northern Perspective - about Canadian politics - they were having a serious discussion about CFB Wainwright and maintained their decorum, even as a cat jumped on their desk.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 08:15 PM (y1v6X)

115 118 Carpet colors:"

But does it match the drapes?
Posted by: man

Dear Wife asked me if most women go for the hardwood look these days.

I almost answered her.

She's a sly one. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (V8Zwm)

Hah.
Yeah, the answer is, "How would I know?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:15 PM (l3cgK)

116 >>> 121 Monday Night Football flyover was a U-2
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (ZxPkt)

They launched Bono and his car from a trebuchet???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (jb8Ss)

117 It looks like we might have the Anti-Einstein on our hands.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)
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He should be hanging out with noted Flat Erfer CC "Chris" from Westchester County.

They'd make a great team.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (FZ29D)

118 "Humanity is way, way behind on the applied part of science. &

Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

119 I'm reminded of the joke of the two guys at the barber shop getting a shave.
The barber asks if he was some cologne after the shave, and the first guy says, "No. I don't want to smell like a whorehouse when I go home to my wife."
The second guy, when asked, says, "Sure, I'll take some. Neither I nor my wife know what a whorehouse smells like."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (l3cgK)

120 You sexist bastards!

Greg Price
@greg_price11
Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 08:18 PM (ndZc7)

121 128 "Humanity is way, way behind on the applied part of science. &

Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

There was a time where it was generally believed if you traveled faster than 45 or 50 mph, you would die of a heart attack. Also, if men were meant to fly, they'd been born with wings.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:18 PM (l3cgK)

122 113 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

We won't find out until you do.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:12 PM (l3cgK)
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No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

Posted by: Professor Farnsworth at October 19, 2026 08:19 PM (FZ29D)

123 121 Monday Night Football flyover was a U-2

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (ZxPkt)

Shot down by Russia?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (l3cgK)

124 132 113 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

We won't find out until you do.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:12 PM (l3cgK)
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No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

Posted by: Professor Farnsworth at October 19, 2026 08:19 PM (FZ29D)

Or maybe BOTH outcomes happened...just in different universes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (l3cgK)

125
Ain't no Nobel Prize getting handed out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.

Posted by: Physics

Can I be of assistance, officer?

-- Sadi Carnot

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (trSL4)

126 There usually is a reason it's a theory and not a law.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

127 Fun fact. Another name for a Slotkin is an "Intercrural Trench".

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

128
General Relativity is just about the most successful theory in physics and also the most beautiful.

Now, the late Mr. Feynman might quibble a bit with the definition of "successful", claiming bragging rights for QED in terms of experimental precision of less than one part in a trillion, but on the grand scale, GR is the masterpiece.

This thing we call spacetime has been experimentally confirmed six ways to Sunday for over 100 years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (w6EFb)

129 We weren't talking Star Trek except for the nic changing ass but it is interesting that it took place only in a quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy and there are a trillion galaxies.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (KC5Lt)

130 136 There usually is a reason it's a theory and not a law.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

Because then it would be enforced?
Oh, don't mind the Dems; they break da law all the time and get away with it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (l3cgK)

131
125

Then tell us. Tell us the theory that is lead-pipe stone-cold cinched up.

You know. Like Climate Theory. Tell us.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:16 PM

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Tell us what you meant by adiabatic generation of hydrocarbons.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (VWtfl)

132 Greg Price
@greg_price11
Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 08:18 PM (ndZc7)

No, it's because she's Stalins commie jerk sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)

133 Fun fact. Another name for a Slotkin is an "Intercrural Trench".
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

She and Scogg ought to get a room.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:22 PM (wSl27)

134 About the prior thread: No fascists were big on kings, either.

So far the fascists have 0 kings.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:22 PM (Fi81e)

135 Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi

The Tesla flying car has my attention.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

136 127 It looks like we might have the Anti-Einstein on our hands.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)
_______________________________

In clarification, that means we have someone who doesn't subscribe to marrying one's cousin.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (dIske)

137
Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away!

No, it's because you are a bragging lackwit who is way out over your skis.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (trSL4)

138 We weren't talking Star Trek except for the nic changing ass but it is interesting that it took place only in a quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy and there are a trillion galaxies.
Posted by: polynikes

Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

139 Harkening back to a particular high school vulgarity:

Everyone comes from slots.

We are all slotkin.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (Fi81e)

140 Tell us what you meant by adiabatic generation of hydrocarbons.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (VWtfl)

I assumed he meant Abiotic generation of hydrocarbons...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:25 PM (l3cgK)

141 Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)
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In some ways we are already there.

This geospatial engineering program I've been helping faculty develop has really opened my eyes to the fantastic complexity of our modern world.

And yeah, NONE of it would be possible without a deep understanding of Einsteinian physics (including relativity).

We may not fully understand it, but we know enough to perform amazing feats of technological prowess.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (FZ29D)

142 They launched Bono and his car from a trebuchet???

If only.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (2GVsD)

143 Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

Not a Star Trek expert but I think it had a distance limitation right?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (KC5Lt)

144 Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away!
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Because no one complains when men say they want to discourage their political opposition with prosecutions!!

Right?

Right?

But they're not stupid enough to trot this element out, because it ignores the ready-made objectors in ... your target!!

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (Fi81e)

145 The Tesla flying car has my attention.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)

146 94 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (r2Icn)

Maybe she feels her hooter are enough for you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (l3cgK)

147 Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

Not a Star Trek expert but I think it had a distance limitation right?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (KC5Lt)
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Nerd!

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:28 PM (Fi81e)

148 King Roy Cooper's campaign is sending mean texts to my phone because King Roy Cooper's campaign hasn't received a text or a donation explaining why King Roy Cooper's campaign hasn't received a dime or a text from my phone.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (rj6Yv)

149 Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)
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That is actually a good question.

They had realtime subspace communication across many lightyears.

Why can't they beam the information packets of a human being using those same pathways? Unless there was some sort of signal degradation that could lead to horrible results.

Not a big deal beaming video, but not fun when beaming flesh and blood...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (FZ29D)

150 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.
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I wanna new duck.

Posted by: Al Yankovic at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (Fi81e)

151 I think the entire phrase "Fossil Fuels" is a lie.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (JTyQE)

So Satan put wood grain and leaf impressions in coal just to deceive us?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (wSl27)

152 In more somber news, Jun Maeda of the studio Key and helped create Clannad and Angel Beats! among other series has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

He is choosing to focus his energy on finishing the works in progress and receive palliative care instead of more vigorous treatments.

Prayers up that he is still cured.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

153 If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)

Motorcycles , bicycles, tractors , hunting vehicles, vehicles to tow boats, etc etc.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (KC5Lt)

154 Well, flying cars don't count because I've been dreaming of them since I can remember. What I mean is things we have not even thought of yet. Like imaging transistors 10,000 years ago.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (MWfyi)

155 I think the entire phrase "Fossil Fuels" is a lie.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (JTyQE)
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I've heard that too. It's along the object that correlation is not causation. Thus the presence of biotic material in oil shows correlation, not causation.

Posted by: Al Yankovic at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (Fi81e)

156 Alberta counting should begin in a few hours.

For elections, we usually know who won by midnight Ontario time.

Regarding Slotkin, is there anything the DOJ can do or some other agency to harass that bitch to the point of suicide? Hypothetically of course. Waters mentioned her.

On the other hand, you know, the leftists believe that's exactly what Trump is doing. They legitimately say that on MSNow and elsewhere so maybe their own lies are suppressing their less crazy people from running and volunteering.

Ralphy is resting. Snowflake is in. It was a nice day. It's always funny to wake up in the middle of the night and see Ralphy sleeping at the foot of the chair and the not-my-cat sleeping above him protectively. Cute.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (Sco7b)

157 Why can't they beam the information packets of a human being using those same pathways? Unless there was some sort of signal degradation that could lead to horrible results.

"Commander Sonak's family can be reached through the Vulcan Embassy." - Admiral James T. Kirk.

But Gary Seven was able to do it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (2GVsD)

158 I don't think Hydrocarbons are limited. As in fossils.

I think they are generated by pressure and time. From the core of the Earth.

Oh yeah, smart guy. Then why haven't the subterranean lizard people monopolized their harvesting and use?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

159 Motorcycles , bicycles, tractors , hunting vehicles, vehicles to tow boats, etc etc.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (KC5Lt)

If a car can be made to fly, so can those others.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM (wSl27)

160 So far the fascists have 0 kings.
Posted by: Axeman

Excepting Victor Emmanuel III.

Posted by: who was bad at his job at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (88C+u)

161 Oh yeah, smart guy. Then why haven't the subterranean lizard people monopolized their harvesting and use?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

The lizard people fully endorse Net Zero, which is proven by the stance the UK and EU take

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rbvCR)

162 Flying redneck pickup trucks, what could go wrong?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD)

163 Oh yeah, smart guy. Then why haven't the subterranean lizard people monopolized their harvesting and use?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM

They poop the oil. We're pumping their excrement.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rQo4V)

164 I think the Transporter doesn't make a bit by bit copy but instead makes a quantum image that can't be sent by TCP/IP.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

165
What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?
Posted by: fd

Ever see Hitchcock's "The Sorceror's Apprentice"?

https://t.ly/jnqs-

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 08:34 PM (Cqx++)

166 157 The Tesla flying car has my attention.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)

Limited flying ability, as in minutes, not hours.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (l3cgK)

167 It's time to do lawfare. Time to do some investigating.
Subpoena them for information. Tie them up, whip saw them.
DOJ lawyers they can contrive a reason to occupy these Ahoe's time, concern and money. We are letting them slide, make them work for it. Every. one. of. them.

Every asshoe politician should be paying out the snoot to lawyers and accountants to satisfy inquiry. Also, the JAMA, and Drs. who are performing castrations of any kind. Johns Hopkins has bloody hands too. Big medical centers are crawling with corruption.
Chinese spies, (Deep Seek) are making a comeback.
There are many rivers waiting to be log jammed.
_lawfare turnabout

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (2UA/a)

168 They poop the oil. We're pumping their excrement.
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rQo4V)

Another episode of Futurama.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (KC5Lt)

169 "But Gary Seven was able to do it.
Posted by: Anna Puma"

His advanced race uses IP6000.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (MWfyi)

170 Slurm!

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (rQo4V)

171 They poop the oil. We're pumping their excrement.
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rQo4V)

Another episode of Futurama.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (KC5Lt)
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*** Nibblonians have entered the chat ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (FZ29D)

172 Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Toos7)

I didn't think 'Prometheus' was that bad either but I saw it after all sci-fi went stupid woke. My favorite stupid part. We're scientists on an alien world. NO GUNS.

Who needs protection from who knows what?

DisneyChannel had "Gabby Duran and the Unsittables" about a teenage girl and her friend that babysat aliens. It was a fun show and had a neat take on a bunch of alien stuff.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (Sco7b)

173
The Musk roadster (with thrusters) doesn't really fly, it hops. And getting it approved for routine use is not going to happen.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (VWtfl)

174 I think the Transporter doesn't make a bit by bit copy but instead makes a quantum image that can't be sent by TCP/IP.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

The Star Trek transporter was invented to avoid wasting story time on the the mechanics of landing on, and taking off from, a planet. They did have a shuttlecraft, which appeared in some episodes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (wSl27)

175
Not a big deal beaming video, but not fun when beaming flesh and blood...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (FZ29D)

I'm a believer that "transporting" someone via transporter kills them and what is created is a copy of that person. Case in point, Riker was transported, part of the beam diverted back, and two Rikers were created. Which was the real one? Which had his soul? I believe if I were transported, what would be reassembled would have my memories and body, but not my soul...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

176 162 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.
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I wanna new duck.

Posted by: Al Yankovic at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (Fi81e)

I wanna new drug.

Posted by: Huey Lewis and the News at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

177 >>>If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)
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You missed an essential function of the vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/4pcd39ja

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (2UA/a)

178 The Star Trek transporter was invented to avoid wasting story time on the the mechanics of landing on, and taking off from, a planet. They did have a shuttlecraft, which appeared in some episodes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (wSl27)
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I thought it was to save money on the special effects budget of filming the shuttlecraft in space...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

179 Elissa Slotkin"

Is she related to Dr Schlotkin, the best nose job specialist in the universe?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (pfXMo)

180 Kirk got split in two also. Riker was a copy/paste fail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD)

181 "Ever see Hitchcock's "The Sorceror's Apprentice"?

https://t.ly/jnqs-
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"

No but it sounds interesting and I will now!

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)

182 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

One of ace's favorite movies. The Prestige.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (KC5Lt)

183 I waited an hour in line today for early voting. The average age appeared to be around 63. There was talk about a lady around 100 years old who voted earlier. Mostly clueless Dem retirees, as usual for the area.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (rj6Yv)

184 157 The Tesla flying car has my attention.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)
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I think the car part of that technology was a gimmick to sensationalize. That particular technology is applicable to countless industries. But, I don't think we'd be as excited about seeing a pallet being stacked very high in a warehouse using thrusters. Or materials being moved to the top of an under construction high-rise. The flying car stigma was to grab out attention....and it did.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (dIske)

185 The transporter was invented to get the crew to the planet without blowing the budget every episode on having the ship land.

Then it fell to the writers to create ion storms and short circuits to break the transporter and raise the story tension.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (2GVsD)

186 I believe if I were transported, what would be reassembled would have my memories and body, but not my soul...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM

Would you get a new soul or be souless?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (rQo4V)

187 Weird things happen in space. It's all really quite dreadful.

Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

188 Limited flying ability, as in minutes, not hours.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (l3cgK)

Helicopters can stay in the air for several hours, and cover a lot of ground while doing that.

We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)

189 Do you want to see your molecules scattered across the galaxy? - Dr Leonard 'Bones. McCoy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (2GVsD)

190 Would you get a new soul or be souless?"

Or be a soul man?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:42 PM (pfXMo)

191 So far the fascists have 0 kings.
Posted by: Axeman

Excepting Victor Emmanuel III.
Posted by: who was bad at his job at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (88C+u)
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I think that would make him a transitionary figure. He wanted to use the popularity of the fascists to restore order, by the time he had to conform to it, Mussolini had the power.

A monarch who loses power as fascism comes into the reins, doesn't apply that well. I don't think "No Kings" is complaining about figurehead kings.

But, fair point that the real world is messier than theory.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:42 PM (Fi81e)

192 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)

Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

193 Weird things happen in space. It's all really quite dreadful."

You need a towel. Trust me, it helps.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (pfXMo)

194 I waited an hour in line today for early voting. The average age appeared to be around 63. There was talk about a lady around 100 years old who voted earlier. Mostly clueless Dem retirees, as usual for the area.
Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (rj6Yv)

The Villages?

Posted by: Death at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (VmFld)

195 >>The Musk roadster (with thrusters) doesn't really fly, it hops. And getting it approved for routine use is not going to happen.

Not according to Musk. He said the car is capable of flying like a rocket, he just didn't shot it at the demo launch.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

196 Digitized Soul would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)

197 198 I believe if I were transported, what would be reassembled would have my memories and body, but not my soul...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM

Would you get a new soul or be souless?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (rQo4V)

I'd be dead. I wouldn't be looking through those eyes. As for soul, I dunno. Maybe some Ray Charles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (l3cgK)

198 Larry Niven once wrote about "The Hole Man."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (2GVsD)

199 I thought it was to save money on the special effects budget of filming the shuttlecraft in space...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

It all boils down to money in the end...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (wSl27)

200 Would you get a new soul or be souless?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (rQo4V)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKNqk8low2A

Posted by: Steven Wilson at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (Fi81e)

201 193 "Ever see Hitchcock's "The Sorceror's Apprentice"?

https://t.ly/jnqs-
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"

No but it sounds interesting and I will now!
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)
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There's a movie by that name as well. I think Nicholas Cage was in it it. It annoyed me because they made it under the guise that it was to be the film version of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. They have purchased the film rights to do so. But, it had absolutely nothing to do with the Dresden series. In the end, it wasn't very good other than Cage going over the top, as usual.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (dIske)

202 Digitized Soul would be a good name for a band.

Electric Monk opened for them at the Palladium.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)

203 We weren't talking Star Trek except for the nic changing ass but it is interesting that it took place only in a quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy and there are a trillion galaxies.
Posted by: polynikes

Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

Transporters have a short range. And they wouldn't be FTL if they had infinite range.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (uhVAy)

204 We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)
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Aeronautical charts are complicated enough as it is...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (FZ29D)

205 Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting."

Or Korbin Dallas...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (pfXMo)

206 Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting."

Or Korbin Dallas...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (pfXMo)

207 I finished season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as I'm doing computer stuff.

They had a lot of really strong episodes and someone in the cast must have been working on horror movies. And they had some funny episodes. A lot of great crew stuff with Lieutenant Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Uhura and Chapel who's a hottie.

And since they're going off the air, episode 9 had a lesbian kiss. And Chapel referred to her dating a woman.

It DID NOTHING for either episode but piss me off, remind me not to watch any show until it's over and off the air, stick to asian stuff and older shows and kids' shows. All to drop in some sort of freaking message because they could. Let it burn.

Star Trek Enterprise has been really enjoyable. They did sex it up with T'Pol

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (Sco7b)

208 Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

And AI is programmed by humans, who can fuck up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (wSl27)

209 The Villages?
Posted by: Death at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (VmFld)
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The Commie HQ of NC.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (rj6Yv)

210 We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)
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Aeronautical charts are complicated enough as it is...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (FZ29D)

Think of every time your car stopped, stalled on you. Every one would be a KIA in a flying car.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (uhVAy)

211 Ok, that was odd...odd

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (pfXMo)

212 I don't think you have a soul but rather are a soul.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (rQo4V)

213 Were there a soul (as I believe) there is no strong reason to say that it has a physical attachment. So, a reassembled you, might pick up the same signal/correspondence.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (Fi81e)

214 Einstein married his cousin Elsa.

Even his marriage was relative.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (dF6f/)

215 220 I finished season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as I'm doing computer stuff.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (Sco7b)

I haven't...some of the episodes felt stupid. The puppets one did a "Dallas" (the show from the 80's).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (l3cgK)

216 228 Einstein married his cousin Elsa.

Even his marriage was relative.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (dF6f/)

And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (l3cgK)

217 Think of every time your car stopped, stalled on you. Every one would be a KIA in a flying car.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (uhVAy)
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That corresponds to a theme I once wrote when I saw myself as a SF author: Every new leap in technology is a longer walk home.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (Fi81e)

218 The Star Trek transporter was invented to avoid wasting story time on the the mechanics of landing on, and taking off from, a planet. They did have a shuttlecraft, which appeared in some episodes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (wSl27)
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I thought it was to save money on the special effects budget of filming the shuttlecraft in space...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

Also air time for a launch-fly-dock sequence.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (uhVAy)

219 But can Einstein make sense of Bistromathematics?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (2GVsD)

220 >>We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.

Normal Tesla's already have self-drive mode. I imagine we will get flying cars at some point and there will have to be new rules of the "road" to accommodate them but if a car can drive itself it doesn't seem a stretch that a flying car could as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)

221 And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (l3cgK)
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Splitting the atom while splitting household expenses.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:49 PM (rj6Yv)

222 You don't have a soul.
You ARE a soul.

Posted by: C.S. Lewis at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (dF6f/)

223 Soles however, seem to be sufficiently reconstructed by ST transporter technology.

Just sayin.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (Fi81e)

224 I haven't...some of the episodes felt stupid. The puppets one did a "Dallas" (the show from the 80's).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (l3cgK)

Which I was fine with. I actually liked that episode. Kind of a lot. They did something different.

The second episode on the planet where the air made everyone drunk was good.

They're supposed to have 4 new shows and some movies. I'll pass until they're over and people report no 'very special episodes.' I'm sick of crap like that.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (Sco7b)

225 225 I don't think you have a soul but rather are a soul.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (rQo4V)

Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

226 Once read a story about a time when people used up the finite number of souls in stock and soulless people started being born...

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:51 PM (uhVAy)

227 No souls on a starship. They take the soul train.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 08:51 PM (Cqx++)

228 And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (l3cgK)
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Likely explains his aversion to chaos in Quantum Mechanics.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (Fi81e)

229 But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

Depends on how well God designed the transporter effect.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (uhVAy)

230 Oldcat

Arthur C. Clarke wrote that story.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (u82oZ)

231 Stupid flying car.

Where is my Mr. Fusion???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (jb8Ss)

232 226 Once read a story about a time when people used up the finite number of souls in stock and soulless people started being born...

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:51 PM (uhVAy)

Then they ran for office and ran Gov't bureaucracies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (l3cgK)

233 That's my problem. My soul is on backorder.

Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi)

234 229 But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

Depends on how well God designed the transporter effect.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (uhVAy)

LOL, yes, exactly. Who designed the transporter?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (l3cgK)

235 Normal Tesla's already have self-drive mode. I imagine we will get flying cars at some point and there will have to be new rules of the "road" to accommodate them but if a car can drive itself it doesn't seem a stretch that a flying car could as well.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)

But a self-driving car only has to contend with traffic and obstacles in two dimensions. A self-flying car will have to deal with 3-dimensional hazards.

Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (wSl27)

236 Think of every time your car stopped, stalled on you. Every one would be a KIA in a flying car.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (uhVAy)
You'd be on a laser beam, 100% controlled flight for your flying KIA. You didn't think the government would let your dumb ass just skylark about, did you?

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (LHPAg)

237 234 Ban me Dildo.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (JTyQE)

Just throw it during a WNBA game. And you don't have to use yer Irish accent.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (l3cgK)

238 If my flying car doesn't sound like the Jetson car, I'm getting a refund.

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (ZHRuH)

239 >>>
Or be a soul man?

Posted by: man
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTWH1Fdkjow&t=49s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (2UA/a)

240 Did Scogg's Loggs get scooped again? Aww.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (88C+u)

241 238 If my flying car doesn't sound like the Jetson car, I'm getting a refund.

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (ZHRuH)

So you'll pack your briefcase and go?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (l3cgK)

242 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.

Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)

243 and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?"

Atlanta?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (pfXMo)

244 We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)
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I think we will, as soon as the entire process of flying from point A to point B is automated and completely out of the hands of the human cargo.

Tesla Full Self Driving, but in the air, and mandatory.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (oqH4h)

245 That's my problem. My soul is on backorder.
Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi)
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My problem is that I owe my soul to the company store.

Posted by: Tennessee Ernie Ford at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (rj6Yv)

246
Babylon Bee....

Omar tells brother it is time to start seeing other siblings.

Posted by: four seasons at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (/QHx4)

247 242 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.

Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)

It's Rejuvenation!

Posted by: Logan's Run at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (l3cgK)

248 So you'll pack your briefcase and go?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I'd forgotten that. It was awfully light, too, wasn't it?

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (ZHRuH)

249 just skylark about"

Don't be so cavalier...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (pfXMo)

250 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.
Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)
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If only you had followed your other rules...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (FZ29D)

251 Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

You could make the argument that your soul is immaterial, just a signal that resonates within the meatware that makes up your brain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (wSl27)

252 Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (wSl27)

Probably drop you off at the gate and fly off to a cheaper part of the state for parking
The real issue is how they queue to pick you up when the game is over

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR)

253 You'd be on a laser beam, 100% controlled flight for your flying KIA. You didn't think the government would let your dumb ass just skylark about, did you?
Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (LHPAg)

You mean like they do with regular cars?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (uhVAy)

254 Oh wow, they really ARE blaming Trump for the riots going on in Albania. Something about a coastal resort Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are building.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (dIske)

255 Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)
Let's re-read The First Immortal by James L. Halperin.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (LHPAg)

256 Probably drop you off at the gate and fly off to a cheaper part of the state for parking
The real issue is how they queue to pick you up when the game is over
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR)
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Flying shuttle buses to/from the parking lot?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:58 PM (FZ29D)

257 Atlanta?
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (pfXMo)

The Braves are visiting the REd Sox. Doh!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:58 PM (wSl27)

258 242 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.

Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)

It's Rejuvenation!
Posted by: Logan's Run at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (l3cgK)

Niven had a story where a transporter like effect beamed your body out and left the 'fatigue poisons' behind and made you young again in a short time.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (uhVAy)

259 Probably drop you off at the gate and fly off to a cheaper part of the state for parking"

Clearly you've never seen Mrs being dropped off...

"Where's my purse? Did you get my phone? I'm changing shoes..."

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (pfXMo)

260
Of of my favorite quotes about Einstein is from the great mathematician David Hilbert, a giant in his own right, who said:

"Every boy in the streets of Göttingen understands more about four-dimensional geometry than Einstein. Yet Einstein did the work and not the mathematicians."

That was high praise indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (w6EFb)

261 On a lighter note (SWIDT?), we're all gonna be making moonshine at home again, just like before the great whiskey Rebellion.

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (ZHRuH)

262 251 Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

You could make the argument that your soul is immaterial, just a signal that resonates within the meatware that makes up your brain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (wSl27)

If generic energy is used, you body and brain and memories scanned, then another exact copy is made of you, you won't be looking through the eyes of the copy...
The only difference with transporting, is that your body is used to make the energy that is used to make the copy.
Star Trek is one of the bloodiest series, with all the killing happening while transporting people...

Posted by: Logan's Run at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (l3cgK)

263 I think we will, as soon as the entire process of flying from point A to point B is automated and completely out of the hands of the human cargo.

Tesla Full Self Driving, but in the air, and mandatory.
Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (oqH4h)

______________________________

I prefer "The Fifth Element" and "Star Wars" approach.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (dIske)

264 Yeah, sure, let the government handle guiding flying cars. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:00 PM (MWfyi)

265 The real issue is how they queue to pick you up when the game is over"

"How much you got? "

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:00 PM (pfXMo)

266 >>Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?

I'd do one of those barrel rolls right into a parking space.

When I say we will get flying cars I mean someday when all the problems you listed and more are solved I can imagine there will be some form of flying car. I'll be long gone before it happens at scale.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 09:00 PM (viF8m)

267 Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (wSl27)
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I mean...you'd park your flying car in the same gigantic parking lots we currently park regular cars in...

Why would parking change, lol? Flying cars with automated deconfliction and route planning would also eliminate sitting in traffic for 2 hours getting in and out of the parking lots.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (oqH4h)

268 234 229 But who is looking out the eyes?
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Who are you? Who, who, who, who?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (2UA/a)

269 The government already loycences aircraft and helicopters.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (88C+u)

270 off running sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (l3cgK)

271 269 The government already loycences aircraft and helicopters.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (88C+u)

Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)

272 But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

You could make the argument that your soul is immaterial, just a signal that resonates within the meatware that makes up your brain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (wSl27)

It might work if the soul is attached in some extradimensional space *and* the technology accounts for it.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (vSvIl)

273 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

274 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM

Endorsement: Flying vehicle of less that 10 passengers.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (rQo4V)

275 >>> 273 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

Should have socked as Gregor Samsa.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (jb8Ss)

276 You didn't think the government would let your dumb ass just skylark about, did you?

Posted by: Eromero
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Y'all are killing it tonight.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvFio4Arlh8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (2UA/a)

277 eliminate sitting in traffic for 2 hours getting in and out of the parking lots."

He who pays most, goes first...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (pfXMo)

278 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (uhVAy)

279 Who gets the first FUI charge...?

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (ZHRuH)

280 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM

Whoa.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (rQo4V)

281 I prefer "The Fifth Element" and "Star Wars" approach.
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (dIske)
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Star Wars has open convertible-style flying cars without safety harnesses (apparently), cruising at hundreds of miles an hour, several kilometers above the ground.

Count me out.

At least Korben Dallas has a seatbelt.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (FZ29D)

282 273 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)
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A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 09:05 PM (oqH4h)

283 "When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

Should have socked as Gregor Samsa.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket"

Now that question is really going to bug me.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:05 PM (MWfyi)

284 280 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM
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Y'all been bogartin' that hooch too long.
Pass it on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (2UA/a)

285 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)
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Wouldn't the FAA be more appropriate?

I know you have to go through them to get a license to fly drones for commercial purposes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (FZ29D)

286 Y'all been bogartin' that hooch too long.
Pass it on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (2UA/a)

Or read a lot of H Beam Piper stories.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (uhVAy)

287 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12."

And I thought I was out there...

Posted by: Carlos Castaneda at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (pfXMo)

288 Blue and orange is a great color combo!
Posted by: Denver Broncos

We heartily concur!

Posted by: Meat The Mets! at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (EdP2u)

289 Old Cat,

My mistake. It was The Vitanuls by John Brunner

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (u82oZ)

290 >>Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.

Some of you guys took a lot of drugs.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (viF8m)

291 It might work if the soul is attached in some extradimensional space *and* the technology accounts for it.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (vSvIl)

Science does not (currently) believe in the soul. I think once you break it, you can't remake it. I can only say I believe that if my body is turned into energy and that energy is reassembled, I have a gut feeling that it won't be me. I won't be inside that body.
If you believe otherwise, by all means, if transporter tech becomes reality in our lifetime, you're more than welcome to try it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (l3cgK)

292 285 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Class A, of course.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (2UA/a)

293 Now that question is really going to bug me.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:05 PM

*rubs forelegs together in applause*

Posted by: ungeheueres Ungeziefer at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (rQo4V)

294 Wow, it’s feeling very existential in here.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

295 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

Dave's not here, man.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (pfXMo)

296 285 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)
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Wouldn't the FAA be more appropriate?

I know you have to go through them to get a license to fly drones for commercial purposes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (FZ29D)

Shoulda put the /sarc tag on that one...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (l3cgK)

297 Some of you guys took a lot of drugs."

"Took"?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:08 PM (pfXMo)

298 Endorsement: Flying vehicle of less that 10 passengers.
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (rQo4V)

I think we have to stipulate what sort of "flying car" we are talking about. If it actually "flies", i.e. uses engine power and aerodynamic principles to motivate through the air, it'S going to have to be licensed by the FAA, and its operators likewise. And it will be costly to operate, as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne.

If it works on anti-gravity principles, which don't exist, all bets are off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:08 PM (wSl27)

299 men these days only want one thing and it's disgusting
youtu.be/uUhQGR53dC4

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 09:08 PM (88C+u)

300 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

Dave's not here, man.
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (pfXMo)

very old Greek philosopher said that.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:09 PM (uhVAy)

301 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM
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Ted Chiang's "The Story of Your Life" plays around with this idea. Humans encounter a species of aliens with a non-linear perception of time. One of us learns to communicate with them and develops the same perception, where she can see past, present, and future simultaneously.

It was made into the movie Arrival.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:10 PM (FZ29D)

302 Wow, it’s feeling very existential in here."

Wait a bit. We're going to have a live reading of Johnathan Livingston Seagull later on.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:10 PM (pfXMo)

303 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM
If I could do that I would certainly not be 'me', maybe I'd be some some sorry bastard that got killed in a juke joint. I'll take what I have and be glad with it.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 09:10 PM (LHPAg)

304 I liked Arrival. My wife thought it was stupid.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:11 PM (rQo4V)

305 Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Annnnnnnd we've circled back to the Transporter.

They'd still call it 'The T'.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 09:11 PM (V8Zwm)

306 "very old Greek philosopher said that.
Posted by: Oldcat"

Deepthoughtacus.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:11 PM (MWfyi)

307 men these days only want one thing and it's disgusting"

An AR10 with unlimited ammo?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:12 PM (pfXMo)

308 And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Guy didn't even have time to comb his hair.

Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at October 19, 2026 09:12 PM (EdP2u)

309 Star Wars has open convertible-style flying cars without safety harnesses (apparently), cruising at hundreds of miles an hour, several kilometers above the ground.

Count me out.

At least Korben Dallas has a seatbelt.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (FZ29D)

Most every sci-fi author basically treats "flitters" as a given, and pays no more attention to them than your typical mystery novelist pays to automobiles. Their existence is acknowledged, and they are used to advance the action of the story, but only rarely are they the story.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:13 PM (wSl27)

310 Deepthoughtacus"

"Meh"

Mediocrates...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:13 PM (pfXMo)

311 Imagine the repair and maintenance costs with a flying car.

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (ZxPkt)

312 The thing about a flying car is that any sort of malfunction would quickly turn into a catastrophic one. In a plane, you can glide if there is a loss of engine power. If you are driving a Porsche Ostvind, you'll drop like a brick.

An aerodynamic, German brick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (zZu0s)

313 My husband designed traffic systems. His brother helped develop the MR machine, whatever it's called. At family gatherings they would have conversations like yours tonight, where I only understood one sentence in six.

I loved it.

Keep it up.

Posted by: Wenda at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (J5E68)

314 men these days only want one thing and it's disgusting"

An AR10 with unlimited ammo?
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:12 PM

Happiness is a belt fed weapon.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (rQo4V)

315 >> Guy didn't even have time to comb his hair.

If you look into differential geometry and tensors, you'll understand why his hair looked like that.

There is the story that one time at Princeton, he answered his front door buck naked. So immersed in though he was, he forget to put on his clothes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)

316 An aerodynamic, German brick."

Can you get from Berlin to Krakow on one tank?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (pfXMo)

317 >>>i.e. uses engine power and aerodynamic principles to motivate through the air, it'S going to have to be licensed by the FAA, and its operators likewise. And it will be costly to operate, as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne.
...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's old think. We are entering a new time, beginning the 4th industrial revolution. Things will change. Just as we moved from buggies to cars and dark houses at sundown to gas lamps then electricity. Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (2UA/a)

318 I wonder what your insurance rates are going to be on the flying car?

Just do like the illegals I guess.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (Sco7b)

319 Imagine the repair and maintenance costs with a flying car."

I had a TR6. So there.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (pfXMo)

320 Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026

in fire and terror.

or maybe I'm just being pessimistic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (rQo4V)

321 There is the story that one time at Princeton, he answered his front door buck naked. So immersed in though he was, he forget to put on his clothes.
Posted by: publius,

My excuse too, but the Door Dash lady wasn't buying it.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy!!! at October 19, 2026 09:17 PM (EdP2u)

322 Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (2UA/a)

Unless the commies win. Then things will change in completely predictable ways.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

323 >>> 311 Imagine the repair and maintenance costs with a flying car.
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (ZxPkt)

Toyota or Fiat?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (jb8Ss)

324 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

very old Greek philosopher said that.
Posted by: Oldcat

Same as all children grow up in different families.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (V8Zwm)

325 Just do like the illegals I guess."

Hey man, check out my flying chevy! I lowered it!

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (pfXMo)

326 305 Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's where the compressed air tanks come in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (2UA/a)

327 I had a TR6. So there.
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (pfXMo)

*steps back from the acolyte of the Dark Lords of Lucas*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (zZu0s)

328 as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne."

We'll use solar panels!

/AOC

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:19 PM (pfXMo)

329 There is the story that one time at Princeton, he answered his front door buck naked. So immersed in though he was, he forget to put on his clothes.
Posted by: publius

I was in the bath!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 09:19 PM (88C+u)

330 >>i.e. uses engine power and aerodynamic principles to motivate through the air, it'S going to have to be licensed by the FAA, and its operators likewise. And it will be costly to operate, as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne.

Think how much money you will save on tires.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

331 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

very old Greek philosopher said that.
Posted by: Oldcat

Same as all children grow up in different families.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM

You can't go home again.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:20 PM (rQo4V)

332 very old Greek philosopher said that."

He was an early cletus...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:20 PM (pfXMo)

333 I was in the bath!"

Eureka.

Now where's my froggy?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:21 PM (pfXMo)

334 I need my hip waders up in here.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at October 19, 2026 09:21 PM (EdP2u)

335 There does seem to be a lot of this Malfoid stuff around. I do not get it. So she's a racist, evil, wicked, plotting beautiful girl?

*thinks about exes*
...

Yeah, I mean who'd want one of those?

*whistles guiltily*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

336 In more somber news, Jun Maeda of the studio Key and helped create Clannad and Angel Beats! among other series has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

He is choosing to focus his energy on finishing the works in progress and receive palliative care instead of more vigorous treatments.

Prayers up that he is still cured.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Amen.

Though, living his best life right up until the end, despite an incurable disease, is probably how he'd want to go.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 09:23 PM (VHUov)

337 There does seem to be a lot of this Malfoid stuff around. I do not get it. So she's a racist, evil, wicked, plotting beautiful girl?

*thinks about exes*
...

Yeah, I mean who'd want one of those?

*whistles guiltily*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

Appears to have a hairy pooter, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (wSl27)

338 I saw a ewetub thumbnail:

'I hope youre proud of your vote for Trump!'

Yep! *keep scrolling*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

339 >>Happiness is a belt fed weapon.

Posted by: toby928
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My favorite poet:
They'll have to cross interlocking fields of fire first.
_SMH

She's such a romantic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (2UA/a)

340 Gadabout Gaddis"

Liberty liberty liberty....

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (pfXMo)

341 At least Korben Dallas has a seatbelt.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (FZ29D)

I think Heavy Metal did it better.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 09:25 PM (SY3XK)

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