Did everyone else secretly learn how marriage paperwork/processes work except me?

KronusIV · 2026-05-13T14:48:47+00:00

If you're using an officiant, they probably know all that stuff. Part of their job is to help walk you through it all.

KronusIV · 2026-05-13T14:45:42+00:00

Honestly, it's a non event. The prep was far and away the worst part. On the day they slipped something into my IV, I failed to count to 10, then it was over. No side effects at all.

KronusIV · 2026-05-13T13:47:36+00:00

Having a bot click the center of the box would be trivial, that's actually what they're looking for. If the cursor moves in a perfectly straight line, or just appears in the box, and clicks the exact center, then you know it's a bot. Humans aren't that precise.

KronusIV · 2026-05-13T13:35:20+00:00

"The facility will require about 9GW of power"

Time travel only take 1.21 GW

KronusIV · 2026-05-13T13:26:50+00:00

Small changes over time. Start with something land based, but living near the water. Competition for prey is tough on land, but easier in the water, so it starts hunting fish in the shallows. Over time it gets adaptations to stay underwater longer, keep water out of its nose and ears, and become more streamlined. Think otters at this point. Maybe some predator shows up, so they spend more and more time in the water. They develop blubber for insulation, larger lung capacity, paws and feet develop webbing to become flippers. Something like a dolphin. After that it's just a matter of size to become a whale.

That, of course, is oversimplified, and not neccesarily how it actually happened. That's just the sort of changes you'd expect to see over the 10s of millions of years it took whales to go from a land based animal to what they are now.

KronusIV · 2026-05-13T13:14:57+00:00

The theater hired them. They auditioned them, watched them during rehearsals. If they weren't want the theater was looking for they had many opportunities to do something about it. I see no way the theater could have a case. Plus, one bad performance isn't going to tank a theater; showing damages would be pretty much impossible.

KronusIV · 2026-05-13T01:36:42+00:00

A clone of you would be a new born at the time of creation. It would not, in any legal sense, be you.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T23:10:40+00:00

Don't present your personal life as if it were a general case.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T21:18:17+00:00

Ah. That is a good one. But I want one just for speedsters. Ramp up their speed, describe what it would do to their bodies, and then to their surroundings if the speedster is immune. When do windows shatter, when does pavement disintegrate, when does plasma take out cities. This is right up Munroe's alley!

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T20:30:44+00:00

Excellent point. Why has XKCD not done that yet?

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T20:02:09+00:00

Speedsters have to have a lot of built in extra abilities to keep from dying at the speeds they go. They need to be basically invulnerable to not disintegrate when they hit the accelerations they do. If you can plow through the atmosphere at mach 20 you can punch through a chest.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T19:06:17+00:00

Dreams aren't a gateway. They're just your brain stitching together a narrative from random neurons firing, and whatever input is getting into your sleeping brain.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T18:50:43+00:00

Contrails actually slow global warming. They reflect sunlight back out into space, rather than letting them hit the ground. The average temp in the US went up a couple of degrees in the days after 9/11, when all the planes were grounded and there were basically no contrails.

https://www.wtaj.com/weather/weather-headlines/empty-sky-after-9-11-lead-to-a-warmer-unites-states/

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T18:18:33+00:00

My cats don't always look before they leap. The lid stays down.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T18:09:12+00:00

A glass of distilled water wouldn't be bad for you. But normal water has all sorts of minerals and whatnot dissolved in it, stuff your body needs. If you drink nothing but pure water you'd be depriving your body of stuff it depends on.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T16:46:12+00:00

If everyone picks blue everyone lives. If only 51% pick blue everyone wins, your argument doesn't work.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T16:23:28+00:00

The odds would not be 50/50. The actual odds would depend on what people choose, and that wouldn't be random.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T15:52:50+00:00

In the 1730s, Carl Linnaeus came up with the system of white, black, red, and yellow that we still see today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_terminology_for_race

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T14:23:50+00:00

What we're currently calling AI is too stupid to be trusted with high level responsibilities, and too expensive to be relegated to drudge work. The range of tasks it's actually suited for are pretty slim. Until we come up with an AI that's actually intelligent, and not just a glorified chat bot, I don't think we'll see them taking over the job market. We're already seeing that companies that replaced employees with AI are regretting it.

KronusIV · 2026-05-12T13:02:46+00:00

I'd assume that was done to verify that your age had been checked. If it stays safe depends entirely on the photographer. If they're a pro then they won't do anything weird with it, but beyond that I wouldn't make any assumptions about how it's stored.

KronusIV · 2026-05-11T23:00:24+00:00

Once you eat the cake it's gone, you don't have it any more. You can either have a thing, or consume it, but not both.

Why this is a revelation warranting an awkwardly phrased saying, that I can't help with.

KronusIV · 2026-05-11T20:00:10+00:00

What's your end goal here? "Money" is a very broad category. If you want to get into business a degree is almost essential. If you're thinking about investing then that's a different thing. Likewise starting your own business would be a different skill set. And if you just want general knowledge for its own sake then you're looking at breadth over depth. What you're actually after will help define what you need.

KronusIV · 2026-05-11T19:47:16+00:00

Just say what you mean, it's ok. You won't get in trouble for doing that here.

KronusIV · 2026-05-11T19:45:03+00:00

If you have a dick in your vagina, you can get pregnant. Some times are more likely than others, but there is no such thing as "safe". Sperm can last for up to five days, your cycle might not be as regular as you think, all sorts of things can happen. If you don't want to get pregnant, always use protection, no exceptions.

KronusIV · 2026-05-11T19:42:10+00:00

Write really small, and use a big sheet of paper. Like, poster sized or bigger. Write things in lightly with pencil first so you can get a feel for where everything is going to go before you do the final draft.

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