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How come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?
Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.
Literally means both literally and not literally.
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How come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?
Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.
Literally means both literally and not literally.
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What scifi weapon would you want?
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What movie would you suggest on either side of the below question?
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I will watch anything made by Monty Python.
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Jamie wants big boom.
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Thank you for reminding me that I need to watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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Jamie wants big boom.
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In the Star Wars universe people can ignore radiation, move objects with their minds, react to things that haven't happened yet (how else do you dodge a laser or block a blaster shot???), and there are force fields and alloys (beskar) that stop anything. Bullets would only work against stormtroopers or woefully unprepared civilians.
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The Federation-verse at a glance
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I was watching The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and someone in the movie said "Mr. Spock, you have the conn."
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Censorship is getting out of hand
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It's a clbuttic
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Involuntary purity culture
awk might be less tempting.
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Dunes vs Star Wars
Now tell us how Lord of the Rings ripped off Star Wars, so that your journey to the dark side will be complete...
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The Signal
Are you sure it wasn't "Are you horses yet"?
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All of them...
Here are a thousand(!) more if you'reinterested: "Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/columns/reasons-why-donald-trump-is-unfit-to-be-president
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Are we underestimating global warming?
Yes
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Trump thinks he humiliated Zelensky. He really humiliated the United States
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Zelenskyy gave Fox and interview which came off quite well.
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Salty
Commenting so I can upvote the comment
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Opinion: How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | The Observer
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He deliberately downplayed the infectiousness of the virus very early stages, and then spread anti-vaccine misinformation afterwards. As the US is a major air transport hub for, this also led to casualties in countries where it would have been a non-event. Early restrictions and screening on flights from China, then subsequent following of Fauci's recommendations would have made a huge difference.
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One big happy family.
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"I am altering the language, pray.. "
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I finally started Strange New Worlds, and it's great but it has one major problem.
Wait till you find out they can sing...
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Seventh Circuit sours on Satanic Temple’s challenge to Indiana abortion law.
The right got to where they are by continually probing the law forweaknessess they could exploit. If this doesn't work, try something else.
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2/10 people on Lemmy, is that you?
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You encountered Brandolini's Law aka the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle: it takes an order of magnitude more effort to debunk bullshit than it takes to produce it.
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Saving Money
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But is it really?