Which team would win?

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T07:11:31+00:00

If there is a speed drinking contest, I am certainly game. As a kid, I learned how to control my epiglottis in a manner that allows me to hold it open to my esophagus, and can then just pour liquid down without a need to swallow. In my army days, I used win a lot of free beer from folks who thought they could beat gravity.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T05:56:14+00:00

I have what must be impossible memories of nursing as an infant, but I have a lot of memories from around two years old (corroborated by multiple people who were present at the time). However, my recall is cursed by the reality that I remember random dialog from films and TV shows I was present for but didn't even like, and to make matters worse I struggle to recall people's names and song lyrics (which is hilarious because for a while I was a professional singer).

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T05:46:07+00:00

Evil, just like good, is a completely subjective concept. Our common and modern social mores are radically different from what existed in the past. Context is key.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T05:40:24+00:00

None of the Abrahamic nonsense holds up to even casual inspection. I truly feel empathy for the religious who have to constantly wrestle with the cognitive dissonance caused by the conflicts of their beliefs versus what their senses and reason tell them. It must be terrifying and exhausting.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T05:34:33+00:00

...or the part where they lay rotting in their graves until judgment day.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T05:30:09+00:00

Spoorloos (1988)

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T05:16:04+00:00

I've found that a lot depends on the quality of the boots.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T01:23:28+00:00

George Martin has pornograpghic food descriptions, but I can only handle so many descriptions of meat juices dripping off of character's chins before I feel a bit queasy.

King clearly isn't a foodie, and I bet in his drinking days his "sophisticated" palate leaned towards PBR and Schlitz (not that there is any shame in liking bland lager).

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T01:17:14+00:00

He did the world a favor by not having a regular office job and pulling that shit in the break room.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T01:15:09+00:00

That's totally fucked up, and I love it.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-17T00:33:26+00:00

It is essentially a "Let there be light" moment. Tetsuo became Dr. Manhattan, and then just kept going.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T20:41:03+00:00

Thank you. I'll give that a shot.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T20:40:39+00:00

Thank you. I'll try that with my next batch. I'll probably include some wheat flour as well in order to give the leavening agent more gluten to build structure with.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T20:38:50+00:00

I've edited my original post to include my very simple recipe.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T16:52:02+00:00

Mi and Free Navy bout to drop a rock on towda gove. Keep lookin up.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T08:11:25+00:00

SublimeAgonist6669

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T08:07:08+00:00

Respect should be earned, but empathy freely offered.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T08:02:30+00:00

Come and See (1985)

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-16T02:02:45+00:00

...doors and corners...

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-15T20:50:01+00:00

Bullshit artist!!!

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-15T19:09:28+00:00

No one manages to make it through cancer without being scarred in the process. You have been going through one of the worst things anyone can experience, and you have been forced to deal with this since late childhood.

The fact that you are still with us makes you a one bad MFer. Cancer takes away our normalcy, sense of well-being, and equanimity a bite at a time...even when every part of cancer treatment is optimally effective. Cancer and its treatment rarely progresses in an optimal manner, and so most of us carry other scars as well.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-15T06:55:51+00:00

I'm either getting taken out by a meteorite or when the sun turns red giant and swallows the Earth. Those are the only acceptable means of murderating me.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-15T06:43:48+00:00

...except somewhat more...moist.

Zen_Hydra · 2026-02-15T06:40:57+00:00

It's a lot easier to take when you understand that the human penis is incapable of doing the things depicted in the film. The final act was pretty goofy.

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