I remember reading a book as a kid, I can’t remember if it was this or maybe inspired by this, but adapted for kids (iirc the art style was more cartoony and comedic) where archeologists unearth a motel called the Toot and C’mon.
Edit: after a bit of searching I think it was this book. Unlocked some memories I didn’t realize I had.
Every day it gets a little easier… But you gotta do it every day — that’s the hard part. But it does get easier.
He uses it Flintstones style
He can once he pawns off a pocket full of gold rings he “found on the ground…”
Kafka good ending?
People get built different. We don’t have to figure it out, we just have to respect it.
One of my favorite Adventure Time lines
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“We built you a new one.”
Good on your mom. Lots of people say they’d pass on the money in that situation, but it takes a lot of chutzpah to go through with it.
Americans will use anything other than metric
The Baghdad battery was a clay pot containing vinegar and two different metals, which could produce a voltage of 0.5 volts. Therefore, we can reasonably conclude aliens used these to power their spaceships. *Cuts to poorly rendered CGI shot of lightning bolts shooting out of the pyramids up to flying saucers.*
See, I don’t understand acts of god as it pertains to insurance. Acts of god are unforeseen, unavoidable accidents. What is insurance for if not literally that exact situation?
It all depends on if their name on the ballot has an R or a D next to it
I mean sure, there are always concessions to be made, but what I had in mind was more the “include this entire 6 GB library so I can use this particular function once” kind of bloat.
I’m not sure it’s exclusive to Western developers, as I don’t know much about software in other parts of the world, but there does seem to be an unfortunate trend of companies forgoing software optimization because modern computers are usually beefy enough to handle it, and it’s cheaper to ship out inefficient slapdash software than it is to take the time and resources to fix it.
Oh no, Ace has been Kakyoined!