Haha, thank you, I appreciate the sentiment! I recognize that this is a Me Problem, but in classic fashion I think I can overcome this, too, with just a little bit of self-improvement in a slightly new area of expertise. I mean really, how hard could it be?

And why would we hope for that…?

Don’t forget the sinking of the Maine as pretense for the Spanish-American War.

I’m not too hung up on the how at the moment

It was very in the open, but Trump said he didn’t know anything about it, so the sycophants believed him.

Maybe I’m just not hearing about the Palestinian side of the armed conflict, but is that part still happening? This has felt very one sided for a long while.

Are you kidding? Always dodge twice!

Exactly what keeps me from writing anything, which is silly, but I hate the idea of somebody reading something I wrote and thinking, “what an idiot” 😔

Damn, that’s a neat take. Hadn’t thought of that, but yeah, the sheer, weird “what would happen if” premise is what kept me reading, so all of the exposition was yummy rather than annoying

I disagree with you on 3 Body, but I love reading reviews that match my opinion just so I can be like, “Exactly! Thank you!”

We’ve only been married for 20 years. How can I be sure she really likes me?

Sometimes it be like that.

Flash is such a hilariously overpowered hero, it’s awesome

Oh please please please

Any idea what kind of coding error might delete weirdly specific parts of a web page? Might as well have said it was a spooky ghost.

Dumb or lazy? Why not just apathetic?

I thought it was amusing that they were being produced basically concurrently. I’ve enjoyed both the books and the one season of the show, but I feel like I’ve experienced it and I’m ready to move on.

Having read the books and (presumably) watched the Netflix show, do you think the Chinese version is done well enough that it’s worth another journey through the same story?

Definitely chaotic good energy. Big fan of his videos.

Oh man, you hit upon why it makes me twitch. Because this has always been thoroughly hypothetical for me I somehow never considered the other half of the social equation!

Yes, that’s exactly it: if it’s used as a way to unduly elevate themselves over others. That was the part that I was stuck on but couldn’t articulate. Now I know what I would do if I ever ran into this situation (just call me mister, lol), so thanks for that.

I generally agree with the sentiment, but coded language is part and parcel of a compromised communication space. That it’s thinly veiled only really speaks to the exact nature of algorithmic censorship.