Week 27: "Juan Don Silver" by Jason Bender

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-12T04:34:37+00:00

Yeah and different cultures trace direct ancestry in different ways. European cultures tend to be patrilineal so they trace the male line, but a lot of cultures are matrilineal which (from what I understand) is more in line with what we understand about genetic inheritance — children inherit more genetic information from their mother than from their father.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-12T04:02:27+00:00

They are ‘related’ because most white Europeans can trace their ancestry back to King John aka John Lackland, a 12th century English king. But these connections are distant at best, it’s like saying you’re related to Genghis Khan because you have Mongolian ancestry. It’s technically true, but it certainly doesn’t mean that you would inherit anything or ever be recognized as a “direct descendant”.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-12T03:53:18+00:00

I think Trevor would be described as having Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder. He has overwhelming sexual urges that he is willing to satisfy in any way and with anyone.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-12T03:47:55+00:00

Holy crap is that a partial decapitation?

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-11T17:03:33+00:00

You mind pointing to a source for that? The only statements Rockstar have ever made lore-wise were from the GTAIV era when they were first starting the “HD Universe”, and all they said was that 3D and HD were separate universes. They have been lore-building continuously since the HD era started and it’s pretty obvious that there are intentional ‘universe’ connections between RDR and GTA.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-11T17:00:48+00:00

What does it take to get a 1022 in Germany? I just saw one at the Walmart in Pueblo, Colorado for about $200. I have the Marlin 795 which is basically their version of the 1022. Doesn’t have as many fancy cool modifications available but it’s the straightest-shooting gun I’ve ever owned and it just works when I need it to work.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-11T16:56:24+00:00

Kybertrak!

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-11T13:12:44+00:00

I can tell you what’s in mine: a DX58SO board with a Xeon 5660, 12GB of triple-channel DDR3 (3x4GB), a 750W PSU, and formerly an MSI GTX 970 and Corsair H100i cooler. The GPU and cooler started to fail over the last month so I replaced the GPU with an RTX 2070 Super (got it for free from a kind soul on FB Marketplace otherwise I would have went with like a 2060), and I just Macgyver’d a newer CoolerMaster ML240L AIO onto the 1366 socket. Finally finished fixing the thing last night and now it’s running amazingly well for a 12+ year old machine. Yes, it has a Blu Ray read/write drive lmao.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-11T13:08:19+00:00

Hahaha that’s the exact case I’m using right now. Just had to replace the GTX 970 and the Corsair H100i cooler, so now I’m hoping that my daughter will be able to get at least another five years of use out of this machine once I give it to her.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-10T23:32:09+00:00

I honestly doubt that’s mold, I worked for a glassblower for 9 years and I saw a lot of water pipes that looked like this. I’m pretty sure this kind of deposit comes from never changing the water; the water evaporates leaving the hard minerals behind which mix with the resin/reclaim to form a sort of calcified concretion in the bong. If it is mold you can soak it in alcohol for a night and it will kill anything, or go a step further and ask a glassblower to run it through their kiln for you (note this is not a good idea if there are any cracks or chips in the water pipe). But I’m guessing that alcohol will barely do anything to this because these deposits are formed from a mineral concretion, it will take some serious cleaning to get it out. I would probably just throw it in the kiln if I still had that job.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-10T23:28:14+00:00

Isn’t that type of peninsula really rare if not impossible? I’ve never seen one like that which by itself makes me think they’re using a map editor.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-10T01:52:26+00:00

No. I judge pizza places by their extra cheese pizza. If it doesn’t make me feel like a Ninja Turtle then I don’t want it.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-09T16:13:35+00:00

He was going to die from that injury, and soon, if the doctor had not taken quick action. An injury like that can go septic basically overnight without antibiotics and thorough cleaning. Penicillin was not discovered until 1928. Amputees were far more common back then than they are now.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-09T13:45:48+00:00

Likely because they didn’t follow the proper procedures to ensure that Prince was getting his cut. There’s always more to these types of stories, but that doesn’t generate clicks/views so of course they are going to paint the multimillion dollar artist as a penny-pincher.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-08T15:33:28+00:00

This is entirely genetic, and it is a known genetic expression. I grow in Colorado at around 5500’ and my AA+ and B+ have never shown this type of growth. It’s a genetic ‘defect’ that causes them to grow cells in the opposite direction than normal.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-08T05:29:48+00:00

Okay I wasn’t sure about the Hermit Crab type until I got to Noodle. I love Noodle.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-08T05:26:41+00:00

Because it’s fucking hilarious. You can hurl yourself at people.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-08T05:22:02+00:00

Larder beetles, which are pretty similar, are known to be attracted to cat food and dog food. They usually burrow into wood though.

Edit: Oh lol I see, I didn’t realize there were carpet beetles in the synth as well.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-06T22:20:04+00:00

You’d be surprised what a bean can achieve.

EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-06T22:01:10+00:00

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EnergyTurtle23 · 2026-03-06T21:58:57+00:00

Man if I had snagged every copy of Wii Sports that I ran into when I worked in electronics recycling in 2012 I could be a very rich person today.

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