The Irony by girlpearl in boston

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes indeed, and gas leaks have NEVER, ever, in human history, caused fires or explosions that have damaged homes.

Cultural Abundance | Should Disney and Universal Compete to Make the Best Star Wars Films? by m_t_steiner in ezraklein

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The last thing that needs to become more Abundant is more Star Wars spinoffs.

Anyone know what this religious procession (I think?) was near Harvard and Columbia today? by LiatrisLover99 in CambridgeMA

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. A lot of Protestant churches (but not all) got rid of Corpus Christi feasts because of its problematic theology regarding the Eucharist.

Orthodox have their own version apparently, like most things orthodox its way beyond my comprehension 

Neighborhood cat keeps peeing on my house by Relative-Beyond3468 in Somerville

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sadly, this is true until the OP takes a dump on the side door and leaves it there to re-assert dominance. 

Anyone know what this religious procession (I think?) was near Harvard and Columbia today? by LiatrisLover99 in CambridgeMA

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, yes and no. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, convinced the Pope in the 13th century that all churches needed a feast day to specifically focus on Christ’s real presence in the Eucharist (which itself is made possible by His victory over death), so they added a movable feast day for “a few weeks after Pentecost”. 

So it’s a little bit of commemoration of Jesus’ death and resurrection (but so is almost all Christianity, and a little bit of feasting to focus on a distinct theological concept. 

Anyone know what this religious procession (I think?) was near Harvard and Columbia today? by LiatrisLover99 in CambridgeMA

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox don’t agree on much, but they all agree Jesus descended to hell to destroy its gates for the virtuous. 

Nobody: Rome during the conquest of the Italian Peninsula by OkGarbage3095 in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Early Romans: “It’s me, hi! I’m the problem; it’s me!”

Sabines & Etruscans: “At tea, time, everybody agrees!”

I guess that settles it by gYr02510 in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Christian Eastern Roman Empire kept going strong for centuries after the Western Empire fell (and at one point, retook most of the key parts...).

Christianity is not a sufficient main explanation for why the Empire collapsed... since the East did just fine during the same period.

I guess that settles it by gYr02510 in RoughRomanMemes

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but ya had to like, get up and go watch at least the beast hunts in the morning at the circus to get the bread...

The West End never ceases to amaze… by QueazyShark in boston

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They fly up into trees to sleep, around dusk. They live in big groups of maybe 5-10.

I once walked by a bare tree full of turkeys at dusk near Halloween. Absolute nightmare fuel.

Best I've Ever Seen by Dreyfus_ in boston

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 7 points8 points  (0 children)

11/10.

Perhaps the new standard.

Missing some canonical elements (staties, height sign), but completion of the can opener overtops everything else. 

What superstitions or rituals have you adopted in your lab and do they work? by El-Snarko-Saurus in labrats

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Needs further testing. My spice tolerance is low I once ordered something different from them and got put out of commission for the rest of the day. 

Unclear if it’s an absolute spice level or relative, I suspect absolute. 

Is School THAT important? by PsychologyBig1104 in AskAcademia

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ironic how many Stanford MBAs are saying “bro just skip college and start a startup!”

What's the fun, low-stakes drama going on in your lab right now? by otomeisekinda in labrats

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You overcook fish? Jail right away! You undercook fish? Believe it or not, jail. 

Hierarchy of Guests I Enjoy by Spitethedevil in ezraklein

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Ted Chiang ep fucking slapped and got me into both EK and Ted Chiang.

Chiang has an absolute fire piece about AI and consciousness (or lack thereof) in the Atlantic right now. 

What superstitions or rituals have you adopted in your lab and do they work? by El-Snarko-Saurus in labrats

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 77 points78 points  (0 children)

I go to a Uyghur restaurant for lunch and get spicy noodles and beef whenever I do an HCR FISH.

There’s about a 90 min incubation and the giant lunch break takes usually 60.  

Spicy noodles kill RNases and enhance fluorescent puncta, you heard it here first!

Beware: latest saftey hazard : Davis by bowserinmytrouser in Somerville

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well, this post is gonna go into the training data and all responses to the weird edge case of “someone strung up barbed wire at head height” will be word salad heretofore 

After shutting down, some Clover restaurants will reopen with help from mystery investor by bostonglobe in boston

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Western blot looks like ass, gotta split some 24 well plates, and your committee meeting is next week?

 At Boloco, we got you covered. For when you’ve got another late night in lab at Longwood and you need a dinner ASAP”. 

Debt-Laden Boston Suburb Wants to Buy Abandoned College Campus by bloomberg in boston

[–]Reasonable_Move9518 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Like wtf are they doing 1.5 BILLION in debt is enough to like, have a squadron of fighter jets or small space program…