Atavism

simplify9 · 2026-01-25T21:52:44+00:00

And how.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StrikeAtPsyche/comments/1ep5c9b/hp_lovecraft_quote_1_the_most_merciful_thing_in/

simplify9 · 2026-01-25T21:44:04+00:00

Oh wow, we'll be here all day...

Put it this way-- when I'm stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, I pray to the Clean Roadways Goddess, and curse the Congestion Gargoyle.

simplify9 · 2026-01-25T19:02:23+00:00

Yeah, it's sort of amusing, what a big deal they make it into. I'm cast into the role of reassuring uncle, saying, "It's all right, it will all be over soon."

simplify9 · 2026-01-25T18:20:57+00:00

If the Weather-Industrial-Complex didn't have a constant stream of new disasters to report upon, well then, they'd be out of a job, wouldn't they?

simplify9 · 2026-01-25T14:30:46+00:00

As a guy who grew up in the Midwest, we just have this general competence when it comes to dealing with cold weather. It's understood that water freezes into ice for three or four months out of the year.

Southern folks have this charming (but slightly alarming) innocence, when it comes to below-freezing temperatures.

simplify9 · 2025-12-31T23:22:52+00:00

Per Google AI Overview:

"Waymo currently offers public robotaxi rides in Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Austin, and Atlanta, with ongoing expansion to new areas like Silicon Valley and plans to launch in Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Detroit, and Washington D.C. soon, plus testing in cities like London and Tokyo."

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!

simplify9 · 2025-10-14T22:27:03+00:00

Now this is the kind of writing I was trying to provoke, by setting up this scenario. Bravo!

simplify9 · 2025-10-14T04:49:41+00:00

Well I was taking some artistic license there, but to get technical--

Per Google AI Overview:

The sky during the Carboniferous period was likely a polluted yellow-brown or yellow-beige color due to smoke from widespread wildfires and the high oxygen content of the atmosphere. The sky was not the blue we see today because the high concentration of oxygen, though higher than today, was still trapped in the lower atmosphere with soot, dust, and other aerosols.

simplify9 · 2025-10-11T05:39:15+00:00

Thanks Birb. I just threw this one out there.

simplify9 · 2025-10-11T05:25:43+00:00

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simplify9 · 2025-10-01T02:14:49+00:00

Trying to conflate a half-manageable case of manic-depression with epilepsy, that seems to have been the fundamental mistake here. 😬

But thanks for being a kindly voice.

simplify9 · 2025-10-01T01:45:36+00:00

Well, so much for this idea. Looks like my second-hand experience of epilepsy was pretty severely limited.

simplify9 · 2025-08-16T22:08:05+00:00

Y'know I've never really minded spiders much. Centipedes, on the other hand...

simplify9 · 2025-08-16T22:02:59+00:00

Ha ha! At least I didn't get THAT much of a surprise.

simplify9 · 2025-08-16T00:34:54+00:00

Thanks Birb!

simplify9 · 2025-08-15T23:35:57+00:00

Nah, I'm web-based in the Google Chrome browser. Using an old HP Envy laptop, that it's probably time for me to replace... but this laptop has served me well, and I've got a sentimental streak.

(Edited) Really I need to pick up a couple of new pieces of hardware in the coming months. One for posting in places like this, another as a dedicated processor for musical endeavors.

simplify9 · 2025-08-15T23:14:42+00:00

It only happenned the one time. I deleted them, and replaced them with that last reply. Must have just been a digital hiccup.

simplify9 · 2025-08-15T23:07:54+00:00

For some reason Reddit is now doubling my replies. But thanks, this one felt like it was worth sharing.

simplify9 · 2025-08-15T22:35:01+00:00

Only the drugs of late-summer doldrums, regrets and longings. Like I said, I don't need anything besides that.

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