What did you learn today TIL

[Athos_131]

I believe Staci was the first one to use this joke.

#Resist

[_priapism]

I approve of what this has become.

I'm a little surprised you're not taking credit for it, too.

The moderators and Lois deserve credit, and they are also working nights and weekends to review 1,000’s of posts.

[psiberzerker]

The moderators and Lois deserve credit, and they are also working nights and weekends to review 1,000’s of posts.

I already gave them mine.  Julie extra for coming out of retirement.

Athos got a participation trophy of omnipresence.

From a child rape writer.

[Athos_131]

Athos got a participation trophy of omnipresence.

From a child rape writer.

You said it, not me.

#Resist

[psiberzerker]

I'm still disappointed in you.  I would have thought if somebody cared enough to actually #Resist, in my absence, it would be you.  Instead, you waited for me to woo you, so you could troll me with impunity.

Well, I shut you up, for a few minutes here, and there.  Let me know when you're not afraid of the #friendzone, you incel.

[Athos_131]

#Resist

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned Steve Kerr, the basketball coach, named his son Nick Kerr.

 

[MintJulie]

I learned Steve Kerr, the basketball coach, named his son Nick Kerr.

 

I thought you were making a joke.

#itsTrue

[watcher1]

"Balls draining bitch"

Heard that a lot.

Hey, I never called you that b word but drain my balls you certainly did. 

[ObiDongKenobi]

btw - not bad. 

Not bad is an insult to me.

I kind of thought that too, CG.   Almost got yourself a boo there birdy boy.

Dan ever says, "Not bad."  I'm knocking the punching bag around for a bit.

Oh dear, once again the interweb proves that lack of emphasis can lead to trouble (and a sore scrotum).  On my side of the pond 'not bad' spoken with the correct intonation can be a great compliment. 

[Jed_]

I learned what Pollyannaish means.

The word comes from a 1913 children's book by Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, about a young girl who tries to find something positive in every situation — a trick she calls "the Glad Game."  Hopefully she’s 13.

I looked it up after you posted.  It wasn’t a completely unfamiliar word, just didn’t know the exact meaning and back story.

I have subsequently looked up tumescent, which even my autocorrect didn’t recognize.  Maybe I’ll teach my Peruvian that word tonight.  That will not involve slamming my sock drawer shut on anything.

[watcher1]

That because of the shortage of bees, farmers and orchard owners have been contracting with a company who uses mechanical drones to pollinate their fields and trees. This company loads up their drones with pollen and then flies over the fields and orchards releasing pollen. Interesting but sad that bees are becoming rare.

[psiberzerker]

Crop dusting is an interesting application for that technology.  Also, sad that bees are being wiped out, but I already knew that.

[psiberzerker]

I'm sure someone will let me know if THIS is in the wrong place.

Master woodworking.

[IdleBoast]

Today I learned how to build a small blacksmithing forge. It was simpler than I thought!

[wayne3218]

Today I learned that IdleBoast spends a lot of his time looking for pics to post and how much I enjoy checking out his posts.

[MissBarbara]

Today I learned that IdleBoast spends a lot of his time looking for pics to post and how much I enjoy checking out his posts.

You've got THAT right!

[IdleBoast]

Today I learned that we need a "blush" emoji...

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned my star wars obsessed wifey doesn't understand how star trek works.

We watched first contact and she noted how the enterprise got from the neutral zone, which she assumed was very far away from Earth, back to Earth in no time at all by using their hyperdrive.

I explained that WARP drive is faster when the plot needs it, slow as fuck when it doesn't. 

[psiberzerker]

WARP drive is faster when the plot needs it, slow as fuck when it doesn't.  

Exactly, every technology in Star Trek is a Plot Device.  Every problem is written from the start to be solved (In 40 minutes or less) by technobabble.  The "Aliens" started out Ethnic Stereotypes, and through later series, the Exploration became a central theme of cross-cultural interactions.

Then again, Star Wars is a Fairy Tale, an most of the technology (Pretty much anything outside of the Light Saber) has no explanation at all.  They're not "Shields," they're "Deflector Screens."  Only in Star Trek, they at least make something up to work the shield strength into the plot.  There's a power source.  Yeah, it's bullshit "Dilithium Crystals" but at least there's a reactor onboard.  They can run out of power, when has anything in Star Wars even run low on energy?  

What is the Millenium Falcon run on?  Fuel?  A cosmic cube?  Leprechaun tears?  We don't know, but this always bothered me.  The Owen farm had a Speeder that's just parked a couple feet off the ground.  Any exterior shot on Tattoine, where there's a speeder in the background, they never touch the ground.  How the fuck does that work?  Do they just have permanent magnets in the base, and there's an unmentioned superconductor right under the surface that makes 24/7 levitation without an energy source possible?

I have to laugh whenever Star Wars fans point out how Star Trek is "Unrealistic."  Okay, but the Force, that's believeable.  Uh huh?  

Plot devices exist to tell a story, as long as you don't overthink it.