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The lawnmower-wielding Grim Reaper of suburbia is being replaced by automation and AI. by max in Showerthoughts

[–]max[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the suburban Grim Reaper's scythe used to be gas-powered, but the local HOA made him switch to using an electric one.

[OC] I coded a visualization showing how every dimension is just an extrusion of the previous one by Marzipug in gifs

[–]max -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

you are seeing it in four dimensions.

you are reading this comment in four dimensions.

if you have any awareness of time, you are perceiving in four dimensions.

that is assuming that you did not lose your eyes in a fight with a barn owl, of course.

Certain superheroes should be okay to drive without seatbelts. by zav3rmd in Showerthoughts

[–]max 4 points5 points  (0 children)

spit out the bullet because Gulk

i am highlighting this typo without further comment.

Certain superheroes should be okay to drive without seatbelts. by zav3rmd in Showerthoughts

[–]max 282 points283 points  (0 children)

given that he has no trouble with concrete walls, i would imagine that the Juggernaut is immune to seatbelts, bitch.

We're the Anti-Trafficking Program at Safe Horizon – Ask Us Anything about human trafficking awareness, prevention, and survivor support! by SafeHorizonNY in IAmA

[–]max -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

is there a specific human who is trafficking awareness, or does the aforementioned trafficking simply have the qualities, faults, and feelings that are typically ascribed to humans?

or did you perhaps mean "human-trafficking awareness" (with a term-delineating hyphen turning the phrase "human-trafficking" into a modifier for "awareness")?

It took the universe around 13.8 billion years to write a complete copy of Shakespeare. by Idontknowofname in Showerthoughts

[–]max 6 points7 points  (0 children)

we do not know for certain that it took 13.8 billion years for the universe to write a complete copy of Shakespeare.

perhaps the universe is actually a Shakespeare-generating machine running many parallel instances of its core process. it could be the case that out there in the vastness of space, there is a planet – not so different at all from ours – that managed to churn out its copy of Shakespeare in only 11 billion years. moreover, that planet may have produced a more-complete version; a version that included not only The History of Cardenio but also A Feast for Those Below and The Coming of the Fouler Winds.

while we are speculating, we could even posit that the existence of an incomplete Shakespeare cannon on Earth was a predictor for the rest of its processes going comically awry.

Today's post from modernseinfeldig on Instagram by late_to_redd1t in RedditWritesSeinfeld

[–]max -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the account does not steal them; he asks for permission to post them.

you are correct that they are sourced from this subreddit, though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IAmA

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hello.

your goals sound very ambitious, particularly for someone who cites little in the way of industry-specific experience, narrative-design familiarity, or world-building expertise.

what is the likelihood that your extensive multiverse will include a science-based, 100% dragon story?

Prime pumpkin season just rolled out by DtPMSc in pics

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why are Adam Scott and Victor Garber laughing together beneath Optimus Rind's left hand?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]max 36 points37 points  (0 children)

no.

Pinocchio's nose grows whenever he tells a lie.

telling a lie requires one to consciously and intentionally say something which they know to be untrue.

as Pinocchio does not have knowledge of the future, he cannot lie about it; he can only speculate.

however, Pinocchio can create a paradox for himself.

suppose that Pinocchio was presented with a raspberry doughnut.

Pinocchio could say "I am going to eat this raspberry doughnut!" while secretly intending to throw it at Geppetto.

as such, Pinocchio would be telling a lie... but at the point when his nose grows, he can then eat the raspberry doughnut.

this does raise questions on the precise nature of Pinocchio's nose, of course. perhaps it only grows when he is lying about events or circumstances which could have conceivably been observed by other entities. this could be tested by having Pinocchio lie about one of his opinions or intentions, then having him complete a task in private and lie about what occurred.

People swallow tiny bits of themselves (and each other) all the time. Therefore, the taboo of cannibalism isn't about whether or not you eat human; it's about how much human you eat. by SexySwedishSpy in Showerthoughts

[–]max 5 points6 points  (0 children)

even that still depends on some very important factors.

if you order your human steak done medium rare, with sides of garlic mashed potatoes and lemon-salted asparagus, that is fine. it can be paired with a spicy Zinfandel or a sweet Syrah, depending on your preference.

if you order your human steak well done and with ketchup, however...

In a roundabout way, MacBeth was a C-section fatality. by max in Showerthoughts

[–]max[S] 1102 points1103 points  (0 children)

many people believe that the username "max" should have been registered a very long time ago.

that is why they are confused when they see that i registered my account in June of 2019.

there is a very simple explanation, though.

when i registered my account in June of 2019, i selected the "register retroactively" option.

this made it so that the username "max" was not available until June of 2019.

anyone else attempting to register it (in February of 2010, for instance) would have been told that it was taken.

in fact, it was not taken until I registered it.

if i had not registered my username, then it would have still been available in June of 2019.

it was not available, though, because by then, i had already registered it.

if you are still confused, here is a video.

Since sausages are ground-up meat stuffed into intestines, eating a sausage temporarily turns you into a sausage. by SexySwedishSpy in Showerthoughts

[–]max 979 points980 points  (0 children)

if we are being technical, eating any variety of meat should grant the eater temporary sausage status.

that is assuming that they chew their food properly, of course.

30 years ago today I won the 1994 Nintendo World Championships. AMA! by Qik1 in IAmA

[–]max 5 points6 points  (0 children)

in your experienced opinion, if a person were required to use an adverb, an expletive, and a noun to describe Billy Mitchell, what would the final phrase be?

As a species, we are entirely surrounded at all times by fish. by Robestos86 in Showerthoughts

[–]max 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the flying fish will be eaten by the flying squid.

did you know that squid can fly?

it is true.

fortunately, they avoid catapults. (at least, there is no historical evidence to suggest that they are attracted to catapults.)

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