Also Urdli in the Secrets Of Power trilogy was very much an Australian mage.

Because when its good, and I mean everything is correct… its fucking amazing.

Last time I got Kentucky it was all perfect. The bun was fresh, the lettuce was fresh, just the right amount of mayo, the chicken was hot and crunchy. The chips were hot, fresh and had just too much enough salt and the pepsi was just a shade away from being frozen. It was the best chicken burger I’ve had in recent memory.

Now, this was an isolated incident. Normally I wind up slightly disappointed in something. But when its right…

This is probably the most showerthought showerthought I have seen in a long time.

I think if he loses theres a good chance that the people behind him will knock him off.

You know what works better than a hero? A martyr.

Agreed, I think the diehards have gotten much louder and the people who saw him as a catalyst for change have gotten a whole lot quieter.

I admit that I very much didnt think it was a good thing when he got elected but I did think “Maybe he will piss off a few people who need pissing off, upset some apple carts and generally upset the status quo and MAYBE be a catalyst for change some of which for the good.” Yeah… it wasnt.

Just remember Russia.

Everyones a gangster until the snow starts speaking Finnish.

I think that in a practical sense theres also a difference between drinking water and water to top up a swimming pool or run a sprinkler for hours a day to keep your lawn perfect.

Policing or regulating this in any meaningful way would be a nightmare but its a legitimate counterpoint.

I like to joke that I train and diet so my wife is afraid to let me do school runs in case I run into the thirsty divorved mums.

Whats the keyboard shortcut for that?

“Too tired to jerk off” sounds like an album name for a dad-punk band.

What about masturbate for sleepy?

Oh yeah,I’m no expert. I can see salt being problematic if the system sprung leaks and contaminated the soil which wouldnt be uncommon once you have tens of thousands of houses rigged up. Im pretty sure most water based systems just use water and antifreeze.

Point is that the fundamentals are simple, when theres excess electricity and nobody is home convert it into stored thermal energy that can be used later when people are home, the devils will be in the details.

Theres tons of ways that people with even a little brains could figure out, the problem is often cost or feasability.

A big burried water tank in my yard could be heated during the day and used to warm the house via underfloor heating at night, could do the reverse with chilled water in the middle of summer plumbed to an air recirculator with a heat exchanger. Its really simple engineering but expensive to implement.

I think an awful lot of people just dont understand the sheer scale of a lot of these problems, not the fundamentals.

“Now, son… thats not going to work, what you need to do is keep doing that every day when she isnt here and eating clean until you turn 18 and show your sisters friends no interest at all just walking around without a shirt on.”

I took that one to mean You know your Samsung S21 was made by Samsung. That suspiciously cheap “hoverboard” with the lithium ion battery was made… in china… somewhere.

Because I wouldnt settle for a blowjob.

Because your mum said no to anal.

Because your mum is a stone cold freak.

Because the swingers parties got out of hand.

Because our bull doesnt like condoms.

Because I spent the abortion money on strippers.

Because I was too lazy to have a wank.

And finally.

Apologise and be nice to each other or Ill go dump one in your mother right now and see if I can get you a baby brother.

Skinny hairy dudes.

The 4th pig built his house from wolf skulls, significantly less practical but it does send a fucking message.

Me and my 2 Litre, $3 “Jug-O-Body-Wash” feel called out.

I’m a former smoker, I miss them like I miss my first true love. Every now and then I still go for my pack and its been 5 years. I STILL chew nicotine gum but stop being pussies and fucking ban cigarettes. Stop trying to nudge smoking into this shitty little niche, Stealing peoples liberties inch by fucking inch is a bitch move.

Either be willing to fight the fight with the addicts and big tobacco or not.