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 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)

If you believe basic physics ? Yes.

A lot of modern physics is aimed at convincing you and I that the basics no longer apply. Which is bullshit.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:46 PM (JTyQE)

55 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)

56 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)

57 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)

58 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.

One of the bedrock fundamentals of a constantly expanding universe.

I'm not buying.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:48 PM (JTyQE)

59 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)

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)

61 >>>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)

62 >> 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)

63 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)

64 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)

65 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.

It ignores basic physics. I blame Star Trek.

Matter exists in space. Dust. Particles. Guess what happens when you go really, really fast through it ?

It'll fuck you up. Gash holes in the ship.

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

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:52 PM (JTyQE)

66 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)

67 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)

68 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)

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)

70 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)

71 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)

72 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)

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)

74 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)

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)

76 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)

77 >> 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)

78 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)

79 Dang it...slow again

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

80 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)

81 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)

82 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)

83 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)

84 No dun?"

And no shiplap?

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

85
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)

86 Carpet colors:

https://youtu.be/gZAUXVw_TW4

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

87 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)

88 And then a quantum leap to the right?"

Pull your knees in tight...

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

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

Might as well talk like Dave from Florida. As if an election is or is not able to be stolen. And then stick those boots in the ground and swear you had it right.

We are so far away from Relativity that it does not fucking matter. Not one bit.

Its funny, though. The fucks that want to get in the weeds about such shit.

We ain't not on the Moon because of Relativity.

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

90 *Arrested by DOJ, tbc

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

91 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)

92 Carpet colors:"

But does it match the drapes?

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

93 To Morrow?

https://youtu.be/zdEkm__55ik

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

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

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

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)

96 You can change your nic but you'll never change being an ass.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:01 PM (KC5Lt)

I'm good with it. Basic Math doesn't change much either.

Some things are just absolute.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:03 PM (JTyQE)

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

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

98 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)

99 " 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)

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

You got that right.

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

101 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)

102 >> 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)

103 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)

104 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)

105 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)

106 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)

Yep. And basic Newtonian Physics ... and a cat from Nazi Germany ... got us on the Moon. And Fortran.

But now we can't get there. Yet you have fucks that want to talk "Warp Speed" and "Space Time". Dude ... its all bullshit.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (JTyQE)

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)

108 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)

109 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)

110 107 "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)

111 These discussions ... and this is something I've said even today ... always strike me 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 (JTyQE)

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

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

113 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

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

114 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)

115 113 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)

116 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)

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)

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)

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

A bit. If Space-Time really works ? Make it work.

Humanity is way, way behind on the applied part of science. The Make It Work part.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (JTyQE)

120 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)

121 Monday Night Football flyover was a U-2

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

122 117 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)

123 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)

124 118 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)

125 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)

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 (JTyQE)

126 >>> 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)

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

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)

129 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)

130 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)

131 128 "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)

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)
---
No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

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

133 121 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)

134 132 113 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)
---
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)

135
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)

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)

137 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.

Theoretical Models. There is value to that., If only to game out a limit, as current tools understand them.

Why do we see loud people throw about these models, as if fact, when we've never sent anybody more out that the Moon ? It makes no sense.

Its like the Priests talking about the movement of the Stars.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (JTyQE)

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

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

139
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)

140 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)

141 136 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)

142
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

-------

Tell us what you meant by adiabatic generation of hydrocarbons.

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

143 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)

144 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)

145 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)

146 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)

147 127 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)

148
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)

149 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)

150 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)

151 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)

152 Tell us what you meant by adiabatic generation of hydrocarbons.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (VWtfl)

I will.

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.

Now ... we can certainly extract them faster than the Sun heats the Earth to generate them. No doubt.

I think the entire phrase "Fossil Fuels" is a lie.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (JTyQE)

153 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)
----
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)

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

If only.

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

155 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)

156 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!
---
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)

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)

158 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)

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