Shower thoughts

[steve9728]

Think you guys know what "Hell Money" is.

Today's shower thought is: the number of zeros on those 'bank notes' is increasing every year. How bad is the inflation in another world hahaha

[Ryaja]

On 1/5/2023 at 10:21 PM, kerbiloid said:

Also the obviously smaller and tilted female figure looks stereotypically sexist.

Biologically woman are usually shorter than men, so it is an easier way of doing it but they could add an element of randomness to it, but even if the heights are skewed that's because they are in real life but this is a fictional species so it is different.

 

 

[kerbiloid]

53 minutes ago, Ryaja said:

Biologically woman are usually shorter than men, so it is an easier way of doing it but they could add an element of randomness to it, but even if the heights are skewed that's because they are in real life but this is a fictional species so it is different.

But it is not just smaller, it's also standing behind with hands down, while the man figure keeps its up, like a leading one.

Such small plate, but so many toxic stereotypes on it.

Should the alien civilisation have its first impression about us, based on this dramatically biased picture?

[Ryaja]

9 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

But it is not just smaller, it's also standing behind with hands down, while the man figure keeps its up, like a leading one.

Such small plate, but so many toxic stereotypes on it.

Should the alien civilisation have its first impression about us, based on this dramatically biased picture?

"The man is raising his hand" is not a sexist stereotype, maybe the man is the leader, but that doesn't mean it's bad that just means he's the leader, the man being the leader isn't a stereotype, it's just how it was made. By your logic any picture could be considered sexist for not including every possible human being.

[kerbiloid]

Just now, Ryaja said:

"The man is raising his hand" is not a sexist stereotype, maybe the man is the leader

Why do they not just hold hands like friends?
And why are they turned to the right side, so the woman is like standing behind? They could stand facing the viewer, like equals.

2 minutes ago, Ryaja said:

By your logic any picture could be considered sexist for not including every possible human being.

 

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[StrandedonEarth]

1 hour ago, kerbiloid said:

Why do they not just hold hands like friends?

The official answer is that ETs might think they were joined together…

[Ryaja]

4 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Why do they not just hold hands like friends?

Fair enough, but I will just give the artist the benefit of the doubt, they probably had a reason I don't know

4 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

And why are they turned to the right side, so the woman is like standing behind? They could stand facing the viewer, like equals

Your pulling to much from the perspective of the picture.

 

 

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this is getting overly political and we should probably stop before the mods bonk us with the "no" stick.

 

Edited January 20, 2023 by Ryaja

[Maria Sirona]

If first contact with ETs is made via a message they have sent, humanity might end up calling the specific sender species "senders"

[Ryaja]

7 hours ago, Maria Sirona said:

If first contact with ETs is made via a message they have sent, humanity might end up calling the specific sender species "senders"

It would probably end up being an acronym for something that has nothing to do with senders too.

[Zozaf Kerman]

Super Evil Non-Drownable Extraterrestrial Road Stoppers.

aka S.E.N.D.E.R.S.

[Ryaja]

1 hour ago, Zozaf Kerman said:

Super Evil Non-Drownable Extraterrestrial Road Stoppers.

aka S.E.N.D.E.R.S.

Based on nasa it would be extraterreStial supEr evil noN-Drownable road stoppeRS

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Like forcast: https://www.sofia.usra.edu/instruments/forcast

 

[kerbiloid]

If there is a kugelblitz made of photons, then there should be its neutrino-based analog, kugelblino or kneugelblitz..

Edited January 23, 2023 by kerbiloid

[kerbiloid]

Ruthless viruses of ruthless Romans .

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron

 

Also,

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Barbarian dice.

 

True Roman dice.

 

[steve9728]

In another one or two decades, I should start my own business. It's about a home for the elderly that offers Internet Cafe services in addition to basic medical care capabilities and facilities.

"Listen up my son, I don't want to go somewhere without computer with an xx90ti installed!"

Edited January 25, 2023 by steve9728

[ColdJ]

I wonder how much of a traditional kids rhyme you can change and still have it recognized?

A lady named Cher,

Sat on a chair,

Shooing the birds away.

When down came a rider,

That sat down beside her,

And frightened Miss Cher away.

[Maria Sirona]

If someone says "nobody asked", here's a snappy response: "Now that i've said it, no one needs to"

[Ben J. Kerman]

Having long hair acts as insulation in the winter, it's like always wearing an ushanka.

[snip]

 

Edited January 27, 2023 by Starhawk
Redacted by moderator

[Superluminal Gremlin]

why do kangas represent down under?

they just do

[kerbiloid]

https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Babylon_Project

Quote

The Babylon Station
The Babylon Station was the first space station built by the Earth Alliance under the aegis of the Babylon Project. [1] During construction, The Babylon Station’s infrastructure collapsed and exploded as a result of sabotage. Construction worker Thomas Jordan had just left the station. [2][3] Part of its materials were recycled to construct Babylon 2.

Babylon 2
The second attempted station in the Babylon Project, Babylon 2 was also sabotaged and destroyed, exploding during construction.[3] Materials that survived the station's destruction were used in the construction of Babylon 3.

Babylon 3
Like the previous two stations, Babylon 3 was also sabotaged and destroyed, exploding during construction.[3] As they had been on the previous station, leftover materials were used in the construction of Babylon 4.

Babylon 4
The biggest of all of the Babylon stations, Babylon 4 was fully mobile and had dual rotating sections that rotated in the opposite direction relative to each other, allowing the station to conduct stable flight in space and not needing to reside in planetary orbit. Constructed in 2254, Babylon 4 disappeared twenty-four hours after it became operational.[3]

Babylon 5
Babylon 5 was the final Babylon station constructed, with substantial assistance from the Centauri and Minbari governments. It was the smallest of the Babylon Stations, utilizing what parts and components were left over after the initial construction attempts.

This makes to think that the similarity between the Babylon stations and Nauka module is not just a coincidence.

Destroyed, reused, upgraded.

It's not similar. It's the same.

[steve9728]

If one day the Indian really launch their own space station, we will have an Indian Space Station in orbit, which in short is... ISS?

Wait, again?

Edited January 28, 2023 by steve9728

[Pthigrivi]

Yknow how people are afraid of spiders and snakes? Most animals must look at humans and think “Euugh I don’t like how that moves. Nope!”

[kerbiloid]

Human from the minor beasts' pov.

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Human from the major beasts' pov.

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Human from the other apes' pov.

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Edited February 3, 2023 by kerbiloid

[kerbiloid]

This is a proper table setting.

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But where is the correct place to put this thing according to the etiquette?

To the right? To the left? In a special glass?

By which hand it should be used? The fork hand or the knife hand?

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Another question.

Should a good-mannered person always open the beer bottle with a spoon or knife in the right hand, or is it equally appropriate to use a fork in the left one?

Edited February 5, 2023 by kerbiloid

[ColdJ]

3 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Should a good-mannered person always open the beer bottle with a spoon or knife in the right hand, or is it equally appropriate to use a fork in the left one?

Should always use your teeth while holding a bottle in each hand.

[kerbiloid]

(Keeping reading and thinking)

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"If you have to leave your place, but yet not finished, put the knife on the plate diagonally and cross it with the fork."

Sounds wise. If someone is going to steal your cutlet, he will see that you'll first grab your fork and stick his hand to the table, then slice him with knife.

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""If you have to visit a rest room, and say 'I'm sorry, I have to leave your for a minute'".

Not clear. What if the table is long (or there is several of them)? Should you declamate it loudly or ask the neighbors to pass it down to the chain to let everyone know.

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"Unfold the napkin with one motion, and shake it in the end."

Wise. There can be crumbs on it after the previous user, so you'll shake them off away from your trousers.

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"Large napkins are used on official events. Unfold it by half."

Got it. Many people means one napkin for two persons at once. If you are alone, no need to stain the whole napkin.

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"If the dish must be eaten with hands, look at the event host, maybe he will tuck the napkin in his belt, or collar..."

... or use it to clean his fingers, taking the tasty pieces from the cauldron.

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"Use the napkin to blot your lips, not to wipe them".

Not clear about blowing the nose.

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"When you have finished, fold the napkin to hide the used parts of it."

Wise. Thus somebody else can reuse it after you.

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"If the napkins were ringed, stick the ring back on the used napkin."

Too late. You should warn that it's not a souvenir.

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"You should sit straight, with hands bent in elbows were on par with forks and knives."

The idea is clear, to be able to grab the knife and the fork at any second and counterattack, but the moral atmosphere looks a little fugitive.

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"Never put your elbows on the table."

Not strange. To protect your sides with elbows if the neighbor grabs his knife or fork first.

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"If you are alrready served, wait until others get ready, before starting to eat".

Wise. Who knows what they have put in the dish. First watch the careless ones if they keep feeling good.

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"Take only the objects which you can reach from your seat.  Don't come across the table..."

That's clear. By coming across the table, you place your center of mass into unstable position, and at the same time you open your back, so the neighbor can stab your kidney.

"... or across the neighbor."

Clear. Thus you open your soft belly.

"Ask somebody to do that and thank him after."

A little sneaky but right. You can either attack your neighbor in vulnerable pose, or demonstrate your good intentions by refraining from that. Diplomacy is important.

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"The dishes should be passing from left to right".

Thus you are holding the heavy basin with your stronger right hand, and can quickly overturn on the neighbor it with the left hand.

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"Eat at a calm pace. Firstly, it's good for digestion. Secondly, you are showing to the event host that you enjoy his company and food".

Thirdly, you can quickly stop eating on feeling bad, so the full dose of the potential poison will not be consumed.

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"While eating, keep your mouth closed and try to avoid making sounds".

Because nothing is as nice as a company of people eating in absolute silence and listening for every rustle in the dark outside.

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"Don't blow at hot soup, wait till its cooling".

The neighbor in front of you that you are mocking at him, and hurt you.

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"At all costs, don't speak with a food in your mouth. If you have something to add to the discussion, first swallow, then speak".

Yes. Maybe someone would say these words for you, so somebody's plate will fly into his head instead of yours.

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"If you have to leave the event, explain to the company that you would be glad to stay with them, but the deals force you.
You don't want to create the impression that you are tired of them."

Indeed. If you did that, next time you should be twice as careful with food, and put on a double vest.

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"There are two ways to hold the tools.
The European one is when you hold the knife and the fork in same hands all feast long.
In the American way you can temporarily put your knife on the plate, with handle out and sharp edge inside."

Clear.
The Europe is small and overpopulated, so you should always keep your tools in your hands, otherwise a neighbor can steal one, and also to be always ready to fend off.

The North American continent is bigger, so you have to throw the knife and arm with the fork.
Also, when the knife is one-eged, it's wise to put it with blunt edge toward a neighbor, to quickly rotate it clockwise by 90° and point at him.

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"Always cut the food towards yourself."

Yes, so the crumbs and pieces will stay in your table rather than go to somebody else.

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"When you have finished, put the fork and the knife parallel to each other, pointing with handles to four o'clock."

So, when you lean with your left hand on the table to stand up, you can quickly grab both at once with your right hand and fend off.

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"Always thank the cook".

That's obvious.
Next time an unthanked cook can spit into your plate or do something worse, so it's just dangerous to leave him unthanked.

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The etiquette rules look mannered and sometimes weird, but thus we can see that they are invented by people who could scare any fugitive with their cruel inpredictability, and written with blood of those who didn't follow them.