it would be very tempting to me, to turn the car over to the slowmow guys for general slow-motion abuse.

unless I could convince mythbusters to get back together for something fun.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one with an overly active imagination!

Incinerator toilets?

The primary strength of the federation wasn’t that it’s technologically advanced- rather that it was relatively technologically adaptable.

It was that adaptable nature that allowed Janeway et all to defeat the borg (and everybody else.)

I subscribe to the theory that the reason Q screwed around with humanity as much as he did was to push them towards being able to defeat the borg- throwing them at the cube let them see what they were up against and begin preparing before the borg were on the federation’s doorstep.

As for humanity in particular, I suspect it’s because the federation is unique in that, as seven of nine said, a collective of many voices in harmony. (More or less.)

It’s a lot of diverse worlds working together, without there being some controlling force (like the borg’s hive mind, or the Dominion’s founders,) keeping everything from flying apart.

This diversity of thought was its real strength, and it was humanity that laid the foundation for it. (Because off course we did.)

I always find it amusing how supposedly pacifist Starfleet ships could take on their counterparts two to four on one and still come out winning on a routine basis, despite Klingons being both an older race and vastly more violent.

Them and Romulans. And borg. And the species that were kicking the borg’s ass.

I stand by my assumption that it’s all based on who gives the best blowjob.

“Could”…

Try… “Will”

So, Peter at the gates comes from a more or less literal interpretation from the passage where Jesus was making Peter the first pope. “To you I hand the keys to the kingdom of heaven….”

What Jesus was saying is that Peter got to decide who was in the Blood Ritual Cannibal Club,

Keep in mind, the books were written well after Jesus died, and the scriptures weren’t canonized until 300 years later; at the council of Nicaea- which was called specifically to “unify” the church. A lot of the choices about what was canon or not was specifically made to protect the bulk of the bishop’s authority (by drawing a straight lineage of succession from Peter.)

Definitely true, of course,

he could still win. here’s how:

I’m thinking it’s trying to say:

(2/6) + (1/6) = (3/6) = (4/6) - (1/6)

But either in “colloquial English for those who want to give other people aneurysms” or “colloquial English for those trying to sound smarter but aren’t”

Basically that the degree of difference between a half and a third is the same degree of difference between a half and two thirds- and that degree of difference is “one part”.

but… I don’t want to save the world from red pandas.

I want to leave, and dying from cuteness overload sounds like not such a bad way to go.

Die from cuteness overload?

Everybody talks about Hitlers camps, nobody talks about America doing the EXACT SAME THING, ROUGHLY AT THE SAME TIME!!!

Not that the internment camps were or are defensible, but we weren’t gasing Japanese Americans or driving them out by the truck/trainload and shooting them in the woods.

Yes, some died in the camps- roughly 1,600, but none through and intentional and concerted effort to exterminate an entire race, with the number of Jews dying in nazis germany roughly 6,000,000.

You don’t need to be hyperbolic. The internment camps were bad enough on their own; but they were not the same as the holocaust.

If you can, ask someone already there. Depending on the exact type of work, they may have very specific recommendations, and they’ll have a better idea of what the climate is like than we will.

In general, you’ll want to be able to layer clothing. Start with the base layer, whose job is to be wicking away sweat.

Mid layers are for insulation, and it would be prudent to get one light sweater and one heavier sweater, maybe a third or whatever. The idea being you can increase your mid layers to stay warm but not too warm as necessary. Same for pants. Around here, I usually go for a tight base layer, a loser waffle-weave longjohns and shell blouses into boots.

Keep in mind, that layers being worn to the outside should be looser so as to not compress layers being worn closer to the body.

Patagonia makes some good, hard wearing stuff as a general brand to check out, but there far from the only one.

Hats and gloves are important, too and for gloves I’d consider getting mittens at least as one option and maybe lighter fingerless gloves to wear inside. (Or lighter gloves. Especially if it’s possible you’ll need manual dexterity)

Also, bring a book or something to read, and plenty of snacks that don’t necessarily freeze. Hydration is also important and illumination.

Try to stay away from caffeine, among other things it also constricts the blood vessels limiting circulation in your extremities.

just poke the fake-muscle suit with a needle. It’ll deflate comically.

(actually, I’m pretty sure it’s clay sculpted and then used as a positive for a silicon mold. He was still ripped for the role, but… not that ripped.)

“They have investigated themselves and insist they’re not guilty. Aid groups are lying!”- Blinkin, probably.

“I wouldn’t say that, no, I’d say it was good reporting, actually,” -Corpos; in a horribly fake British accent

Did fox give him an employee of the year award and a $5 visa giftcard?

(Oh… look article doesn’t say. Probably a REMFIE participation medal.)

poor gen x. they’re either boomers or millenials. Gen X doesn’t exist.

(/mild sarcasm)