Does he actually not remember he tried this less than 6 months ago and already had to back down?

It’s never Lupus!

I think you might mean quite a bit earlier than the bronze age? I’m not an expert by any means but my understanding is that the Egyptian bureaucracy and a tax system meant that slaves could build the pyramids in the bronze age.

Yeah, I was thinking maybe the Luddites/weavers might be the first job loss victims but you’re probably right.

Holy hell, nicely done. I vaguely remembered having seen something like this on a tv show but more than a decade ago.

These have been great, I’ve never heard most of them which is fairly rare.

Thanks!

As usual, the best jokes are in the comments. (Though goddamn I chuckled at the meme.)

If Norway just created a Noble Prize, would he notice the difference? And if you surprised him with it in person, no one could ever point out that it wasn’t the Nobel prize as trump can’t stand to ever be wrong so he’d say that’s the one he really wanted all along.

Problem solved, someone can nominate me for the second Noble prize.

Yeah, that sounds wild. Ours were opt in programs with some testing etc. Coursework was hard but I still hardly had any for homework etc.

Got to skip a few university classes as ours counted for them though which was useful. And yeah, the more I think about that grad class (decades ago now) the more impressed I am with what some of those folks went on to do.

Wild, maybe Canada does ours differently? I was in 2 different programs over the years but we still had lunch, free blocks and still shot the shit a bunch in class. And then sports and other extra curriculars too.

Ehhh, to each their own. I was in those classes, fully separated streams. No idea why you’d assume having a more interesting class would nix social development. (You can’t learn to socialize if the teacher doesn’t have to slow down?)

Fully wide range of outcomes but a lot of the kids with the potential went and realized it. Sure, not all of us did but from my small circle one’s on the second highest court in Canada, one’s set up a reasonably famous company, one’s a cardiac surgeon etc.

Ironically, I’d imagine this is his best movie. Certainly the most grown up one. As far as I know, no explosions, almost certainly no cars flying off/through buildings etc. Just a drama for adults aka the kind of movie that hasn’t done well at the box office for the last quarter century or so.

I organize a few co-ed soccer teams. My Tuesday team all said whether they would or wouldn’t play without me having to nag anyone, which is always nice.

At work, a project I’ve been leading for what feels like an eternity just crossed the second last hump and most of my efforts towards it are done (for now until something explodes.)

Apparently the fediverse enjoyed a silly meme I made, which is always nice as I like to try to contribute to this place.

This was an unexpectedly fascinating technical read. Admittedly, I’m “watching” baseball so take my definition of fascinating with a grain of salt.

Ugh, that was probably awful. But on the other hand, their youtube probably wasn’t full of ads if they couldn’t afford premium! ;)

(Personally, as a lazy modern first worlder I have a feeling everything of mine would’ve just been filthy as an alternative to all the effort.)

Yeah, but nowadays we have to do the dishes. And then tomorrow, have to do the dishes AGAIN! So, pretty much the same.

Damnit, I like this title much more.

Oh cool, hadn’t even thought about Monty’s helmet and did not know about the forward pass!

I’d love an edit wherein as they’re about to throw the ring in, whomever has it last (it’s been awhile, I forget) drops and breaks it. Sauron and the orcs evaporate immediately after.

It is never too early for spooky season!