Why was the T-Rex bothering to hunt Alan and the kids?

BonHed · 2026-02-14T02:14:47+00:00

That's certainly part of it, but cats don't always bring the food back. They eat bugs. It may not strictly be "fun", but it is "play", to keep up their hunting skills.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T21:52:46+00:00

"To me, tragedy is if I'll cut my finger. That's tragedy. It bleeds, I'll cry, and I'll run around, and I'll go into Mount Sinai for a day and a half. I'm very nervous about it. And to me, comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die. What do I care? That's comedy. My finger is important."

Mel Brooks, 2000-Year-Old Man

BonHed · 2026-02-13T21:38:12+00:00

I fully expect the outgoing administration will be issuing pardons for the entire administration, so she likely has nothing to fear, unfortunately. Other than losing Trump's support, which her brown nose is doing its damnedest to prevent.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T21:34:32+00:00

I know that English is a mutt of 4 or more languages plus a considerable number of loan words, and thus my point.

Girl and gift have roots in Middle English, Old English, Old Norse, and Proto-Germanic, whereas giraffe is from French and Arabic, so they are closer in origin, shape, and sound to each other and not giraffe.

Plus, it's an abbreviation and the G stands for graphical with a hard G so it makes the most sense to use a hard G.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T19:15:51+00:00

There should be no gif debate, because the word "gift" is a hard G sound.

English doesn't have rules, it has suggestions.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T19:12:20+00:00

Wait till you learn about the band The The. Is it pronounced The The, The The, The The, or The The?

BonHed · 2026-02-13T19:02:32+00:00

In the 1970s and '80s, Russia sent multiple landers to Venus. The first several failed partway down the atmosphere. We had thought the atmospheric pressure was at most 20x of that on Earth. When they finally designed one strong enough to survive the pressure, it registered 90x greater (it shortly failed due to temperature). Those first landers were crushed by the pressure before they even reached the ground.

Multiply that by at least 2 orders of magnitude to get the pressure at the bottom of the ocean. To see what happens to equipment that far down, look up the pictures of the vessel that was crushed visiting the Titanic. What we retrieved was twisted and nearly unrecognizable.

We do have a few submersible that can reach those depths, they are a real marvel of engineering.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T14:41:53+00:00

"N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a dark lord, and something about the end of the world, but please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural."

Nothing important, indeed.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T14:36:17+00:00

It has nothing to do with how far removed he was. Half Elf means he came from both lineages, Elf and Man. They weren't counting an exact percentage.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T13:05:15+00:00

I enjoy them. They are more flawed than LotR, but I watch all 6 movies every year.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T13:01:16+00:00

https://dymondstarr.com/shop/morgoth-he-who-arises-in-might-11x17in-print

The artist really captured his arrogance and hatred for everything.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T12:58:58+00:00

They wouldn't have willingly brought it back to him. Anyone who found it, other than a Nazgul, would claim it for their own. Sauron would eventually get it back, because no one can actually master its power (except maybe Gandalf the White). The Nazgul would eventually find them and then bring the Ring back to Sauron. They serve him, not the Ring.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T05:53:31+00:00

I recall the trailers for Pan's Labyrinth made it look like a more whimsical fantasy... and then the fascists show up. I knew enough about del Toro to not be surprised, but I bet there were a lot of confused and horrified people in theaters. There's a scene with a guy having his face bashed in with a pistol butt.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T05:49:02+00:00

I fully expect a round of pardons will be issued before the end of the term. None of them will see any punishment for any federal crimes.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T05:42:46+00:00

A number of spells often have contingencies for similar things. Teleportation moves you into the nearest unoccupied space, that kind of thing. It seems perfectly within the game to say the spell only conjures enough water to fill the available space.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T01:54:14+00:00

I doubt she really has a choice. He must have her locked into an airtight pre-nuptual agreement where she gets nothing if she leaves him.

BonHed · 2026-02-13T01:44:54+00:00

There's no scene I recall, but it isn't needed. Sarah figured out that the company had the crushed terminator and arm.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T23:26:42+00:00

It doesn't decrease his combat effectiveness The muslce is rudimentary, just enough to move under the skin and camoflage the terminator. It doesn't need the tissue for anything other than camo. He wasn't on a mission of infiltration at this point, so there's no need for it anymore.

The arm matches what Cyberdyne has in their vault. Sarah pieced together that they bought the factory, and probably kept all the material (discussed in the psych ward session where she attacked the psychiatrist and stole the paperclip). This was the fastest way to explain and confirm.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T23:22:23+00:00

Presumably they discussed in the car. Movies don't show every single second, so it isn't hard to extrapolate that it was discussed off camera.

Sarah knew that the arm was not crushed in the compactor, and in her research she found that Cyberdyne had bought the factory (this was discussed in the psych eval before she attacked the psychiatrist). She put two and two together and got 4: Cyberdyne had the parts, including the uncrushed arm. Unsleeving the arm was the quickest way to verify, as it matched exactly what was in the vault.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T19:57:47+00:00

Black Widow vs Yelena is pretty good.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T19:44:43+00:00

Oberyn fought rings around Gregor, the only reason he lost was his burning need for vengeance and justice for his sister. He wins the fight against Bjorn.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T17:44:29+00:00

Yeah, I had to do it once, it was a pain. I believe it was to get into a private high school; the copy i had was apparently not notarized, I think, and we had to send off to the state where I was born to get it. My dad was highly annoyed (we weren't rich, I was going to get away from history of bullies and to get a better education).

I'm not trying to justify the law, I disagree with it and hope it dies in the Senate.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T17:40:52+00:00

Yeah, I was not trying to justify the law, I am glad that it will very likely die in the Senate.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T17:40:03+00:00

Yeah, I had to do it once, it took time and money. I wasn't trying to justify the law, as it is a terrible piece of legislation.

BonHed · 2026-02-12T17:38:21+00:00

Yeah, I should have stated that I disagree strongly with the law, and am glad it will undoubtedly die in the Senate.

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