totm nov 2023 Thread to discuss negative things in a very general way, just see where it goes y'know?

[SunlitZelkova]

8 hours ago, Linkageless said:

On the bright side...  War brought us rocketry in various forms

Aside from the possibilities of destruction and misery,  who knows what else it might bring?

"All that silly talk about the advance of science and such leaves me cold. Give me peace and a [backwards] science."- Thomas J. Dodd, prosecutor at the Nuremburg Trials (the word backwards has been substituted for a word that begins with R that might violate forum rules). One of my favorite quotes.

[Linkageless]

12 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said:

One of my favorite quotes.

I like that, thank you for reminding me.  

I'm pretty sure the use of that R word in correct context shouldn't be controversial, much as use of a certain G word to express carefree happiness is fine in my book.  Bad example I know, but I mourn the loss of such words simply because some people may take them out of context, some automatically object to what they think others may get upset at, and some try exploit all this through double entendre.

Back on topic, there's no denying war is a powerful motivator for advancement of technology, but often our tech advancements would appear to bring as many problems as they solve.  Yes, give me a simple quiet life without such rapid tech advance.  Trouble is, that whenever one person gets themselves the sweet life, sooner or later some bugger will come along and ruin it for them.  How I wish we could push through to the other side, to achieve a post scarcity as envisioned by Iain M Banks and others.  That said, what makes those stories interesting is the conflicts that continue to arise, suggesting we'll never be free of war and there will always be rivals to try to get the better of by any means possible.

I also like your footnote...  appropriate in this context.

Edited 7 hours ago by Linkageless

[AlamoVampire]

i woke up about 0545, so about an hour or so ago as of writing this, and its official. 2025 is trying to end me. First its the spam flood, which, of course will be updated here as it happens, but now, something worse has happened. I have a la z boy recliner and part of its mechanism just broke. The foot rest now leans to the left when extended and is a royal pain to retract. I can retract it if I support it, but, even then it is hard. Worse yet, I cannot recline the back of the seat and extend the seat itself <the action where when the back rest reclines back it extends the seat> as something is physically jammed. I have not slept in an actual bed for going on 15 years, I sleep <for personal reasons> in that chair. I am going to see if they can repair the chair <I will have to take the thing to them> at their repair center or gallery <i think their stores have a repair center in them, i think> and hope they can do so in the space of a day. This may mean, I need to wait for them to have a mechanism delivered to them and then I bring the chair at an appointed time, but, the timing of this is horrific. I have obligations for the next 8 weekends that I cannot miss, and my body is adjusted to sleeping in a chair so, sleeping in a bed may be nigh on impossible. I am unsure what to do at this point. This is just bad. 065302282025

[DDE]

Sprained my left ankle a bit. Why in the hell did that pavement had a step in it?

[AlamoVampire]

First spam call of the day

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Edited 1 hour ago by AlamoVampire