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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 49m

*a dumpster fire*

babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 2h

I knew it was going to be fire when the very 1st lines of dialog in the movie came from a talking head.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 7h

Agreed. I've always said that 9/11 made us scared, but we didn't have to let it make us stupid as well. From that has come all the evils of the century so far.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 16h

Don't feel bad. They taught penmanship when I was in school & still nobody can read my cursive.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 17h

that it's better to avoid giving offense than to do so on purpose & try to make it up later -- well, I shudder for the people in your life. Pro tip: don't try that with your boss.

Busy now. Bye.

babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 17h

No, what's amusing is your density. No, the president cannot do whatever he wants -- not without major consequences that lead to endless unforseen consequences. And if you've gotten to adulthood without learning >>>

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 17h

Ah, if only international diplomacy was as simple as country music. But there are a heck of a lot more factors involved & a lot less basic good will. I wish it were otherwise, but your scenario is quite naive.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 17h

Shortlist, sure. But not ranked like in a beauty pageant.

And the scenario you describe for refusing the price would have come across not as classy, but as massively condescending. It would have ticked off our friends & given our enemies a field day. Better to shut up & accept it gracefully

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 17h

Not how it works. There are no runner-ups for the Nobel. And refusing it would have been massively rude to a major ally for no wrongdoing on their part.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 18h

Not so, because Obama never sought to be awarded it, let alone campaigned for it nonstop for years.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 18h

He sometimes did to those who had it coming.

Quite telling that "dummy" bothers you more than "hateful" even though both are accurate.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 19h

Here in the US, both my grandfathers tried to enlist for WWII. One was a steelworker, the other a dairy farmer. The Army told them both to stay right where they were.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 20h

I'm still jonesing for more of the "ultimate grilled cheese" SW I had 2 mo ago in the Seattle airport (yes, really!): brie on brioche with caramelized onion jam, swarming with tiny bits of bacon.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 21h

As "X-Files" fans learned in the episode that introduced a Pekinese named Queequeg/

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 22h

So apparently the beloved comics convention of wearing your underwear on the outside to show that you are an alien being with mighty powers dates to... *1901.*

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 23h

Done.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 23h

I pray for anyone in need of it. Especially hateful dummies like you.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, they're frequently outnumbered & outgunned.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 1d

Working on it. It was either start Dewey decimaling or invent my own system. And since I have 2 library science degrees...

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 1d

Why do you assume we don't do that too?

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 2d

The vaguely Western vibe might work well for Firefly, but to me, doesn't jive with ST. Sorry.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 2d

These clowns often claim that Toby avoiding rape is "not realistic." Odd thing to worry about for a character who is Fae royalty & married to the King of Cats. Somehow, I doubt realism is their real issue.

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 2d

(Sorry, thought I deleted that last line.)

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 2d

Writer Seanam McGuire has vowed that no matter what else happens to her heroine Toby Daye, she will never be raped. This generates boatloads of pushback from losers deeply invested in persuading Seanan to change her mind.

claiming that this

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babylon4.bsky.social @babylon4.bsky.social · 2d

Ewwwwwww...

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