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idk i might find that pretty funny

par for the course for libertarians.

golly i didn’t realize identity politics had such a large role in console preferences, TIL

maybe you can.

i’m a professional.

this seems like a comically false equivalency

weird time for the cynics and misanthropes when any errant intrusive “i hope everyone dies” thought might just be prophetic

ds9 is best trek imo. the double fake identity twist is just silly enough that it somehow feels conceivable, even with the cosmetic surgery angle. i don’t know that i’d take a plot like that seriously in anything other than a star trek story lmao

depends HEAVILY on the eye. some folks are really good at eyeballing shit. usually this goes hand in hand with other “visual calculus” skills like telling whether two things are the same size or determining angles at a glance.

reckon it’s just spatial reasoning + visualization + practice. i had an uncle who could look at a mechanical system and tell you exactly where all the wear would occur. i always thought it was some kind of savant trick until i started working on similar stuff.

the brain is just another muscle, you can train it to so all sorts of really amazing things!

hilariously more drugs can also help, heavily depends on your brain and your current relationship with drugs

what if they were going for “fighting-guh-guh-guh-guh-guh”

oh no that’s the trick with msg tho

i actively avoid texas whenever i have to drive cross country. i’ve gone as much as 4 hours out of my way. every time they threaten to secede i hope TO GOD they go through with it.