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*There were shadowy conspiracists lurking in the dark alleys of Washington,

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If you're competing, yes obviously.
I run and cycle in cotton, linnen or wool, but I don't compete anywhere.

Yeah but burning CDs yourself wasn't a thing until much later.

I didn't know it was the last time, and I don't know when exactly it was, but I do know what it was that I burnt:

A Linux install CD

It would be enough to prove I have a working perpetuum mobile and become rich.

Create one!

They overdosed

There’s simply no avoiding them

I've been avoiding them for 5 years now. It would be more accurate to say "It's not easy to avoid them". I don't shop at "normal" clothing stores at all anymore.

This diagram would make the same amount of sense if you randomized the titles in it.
Maybe they're already random.

Phone battery. Then I could modify the phone to let it power other devices and have unlimited electricity.
With a full tank of petrol, I'd create pollution if I tried that.

You probably have several products in your home delivered by a fleet of nuclear powered ships.

Not by choice though.
I only buy local, from Europe where I live, or used.

Currently, the only tech capable of solving our energy needs is nuclear.

Currently, the only tech capable of solving our energy needs is using less energy.

And the new reactors are safer than the ones that come to mind with melt downs.

And container ships aren't known for being in line with current safety standards in anything.
They're operated out of whatever island has the lowest taxes and least regulations, built by the lowest bidder and often crewed by people who don't share a commmon language.

Apple pie.

The entire purpose of life and evolution up to this point was to evolve grandmother's apple pie.

No, it's not purpose. It's just a process that perpetuates itself.

It's how you make the next generation, but if that generation doesn't have a purpose, then neither does yours, nor the act of reproduction.

Holy fuck no!

yes

I have spinach in my freezer that lasted longer than the Confederacy.

"brauchen" ist natürlich immer so eine Sache. Es war mal ein richtiges Handwerk, mit ganz vielen Regeln, welche Blumen womit zu welchem Anlass was aussagen.
Man konnte mit einem Blumenstrauß ganze Geschichten erzählen.
Juckt heute natürlich niemanden mehr.

yes. you expect the third one to be the cleverest and then he isn't.

I... have no idea what you're trying to say, sorry.

3 guys are hiking through the woods when they find a lamp.

One of them picks it up, rubs it, and out pops a Genie.
It booms "You have finally freed me after all these years, so I'll grant each one of you 3 wishes."
The first guy immediately blurts out "I want a billion dollars."
POOF, he's holding a printout that shows his account balance is now in fact 1,000,000,003.50

The second man thinks for a bit, then says "I want to be the richest man alive."
POOF, he's holding papers showing his net worth is now well over 100 billion.

The third guy thinks even longer about his wish, then says "I want my left arm to rotate clockwise for the rest of my life."
POOF, his arm starts rotating.

The Genie tells them it's time for their second wish.

First guy says: "I want to be married to the most beautiful woman on earth."
POOF, a stunning beauty wraps herself around his arm.

Second guy says "I want to be good-looking and charismatic, so I can have every girl I want."
POOF, his looks change and the first guy's wife immediately starts flirting with him.

Third guy says "I want my right arm to rotate counter-clockwise until I die."
POOF, now both his arms are rotating, in opposite directions.

The genie tells them to think very carefully about their third wish.

First guy does, and after a while says "I never want to become sick or injured, I want to stay healthy until I die."
POOF, his complexion improves, his acne is gone and his knees don't bother him any more.

Second guy says "I never want to grow old. I want to stay 29 forever."
POOF, he looks younger already.

Third guy smiles triumphantly and says "My last wish is for my head to nod back and forth."
POOF, he's now nodding his head and still flailing his arms around.

The genie wishes them good luck, disappears, and the men soon go their separate ways.

Many years later they meet again and chat about how things have been going.

First guy is ecstatic: "I've invested the money and multiplied it many times over, so me and my family will be among the richest of the rich pretty much forever. My wife is a freak in the sheets, and I've never gotten so much as a cold in all these years."

Second guy smiles and says "Well, I built charities worldwide with a fraction of my wealth, I'm still the richest guy alive and also revered for my good deeds. I haven't aged a day since we last met, and yes, your wife is pretty wild in bed."

Third guy walks in, flailing his arms around and nodding his head, and says:

"Guys, I think I fucked up."

Are they?

I mean yes, they wrote decisions on pieces of paper saying things the Trump admin did was illegal, but did that actually stop anything?