https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation

Alright, so avacados are the globs of meat dangling from some trees that they use to reproduce.

Is that sounding more natural to you?

I remember the first Division game, it didn’t even come close to predicting the pandemic. Some nebulous enemy group decided to spread a super plague bioweapon through cash on/before christmas. It also “wasn’t political” if you believe Ubisoft.

When I pressed further on the game’s themes, whether it was the inherent anti-capitalist message in centering the game around a virus spread through money, or the draconian justice of armed peacekeepers indiscriminately shooting down looters and escaped Riker’s Island inmates (another class of enemy in the game), he told me, “At the end of the day, it’s a videogame, it’s an entertainment product… There’s no particularly political message with it.”

Don’t know much about the sequel, though.

Episode 8 had one scene that was really cool to look at

But it comes with opening a lot of plot holes and asking questions we were better off ignoring.

Episode 9 is just garbage writing start to finish though. And garbage marketing when you remember they announced

through fortnite.

It’s just like Rush Limbaugh said: if there is consent on [all sides], it’s perfectly fine, whatever it is.

There’s no real need for me to bring up the dead conservative talking head here, but I still laugh to myself sometimes when I remember how mockingly he got it exactly right, and maybe someone else could use a laugh too.

“The possible possibility” -> “The possibility” As someone else said, it’s just redundant here.

The first meaning of possibility relates to chance/probability whereas the second relates to ability/capability/feasibility

This is simply untrue, possibility doesn’t relate to probability except in a very binary yes/no, something is possible.

“It’s not necessarily necessary for you to wear a tie to the meeting, they might not care.” -> It’s not always necessary…

“The maybe necessity” -> The necessity of blank is still being debated

“It’s maybe not necessary” -> it may not be necessary

The second one would depend on the context, you could change things around or describe the uncertainty in other ways. The third one I think you’re just getting too stuck on a particular order for these words you want to use.

That’s the worst part: they do talk about Palestine. Just in the context of whoever they’re covering. It’s a little comforting to know you don’t really bother engaging with anything people actually say to you, though.

Starting around 38:30 in the podcast

Dan Friesen: So the argument is that the CIA was trying to recruit these hijackers and make them into informants. And that is a theory. It is not established. It is not proven. But they start to just treat it as if they have proven it.

Mark Rossini: You have the CIA then following one man and then two men all over the planet and then eventually even to America, right? Landing in Los Angeles, California, and you don’t tell the FBI.

Tucker Carlson: But why would the CIA want to hide the highly relevant and potentially dangerous fact that two known al-Qaeda terrorists had just landed in California? According to a recently released court filing, former White House counterterrorism star Richard Clark told government investigators that the quote: “CIA was running a false flag operation to recruit the hijackers.”

Richard Clark: When Cofer Black became the head of the counterterrorism center at CIA, he was aghast that they had no sources in Al-Qaeda. So he told me, I’m going to try to get sources in Al-Qaeda. I can understand them possibly saying we need to develop sources inside Al-Qaeda. When we do that, we can’t tell anybody about it.

Dan Friesen: So it’s important to pay attention to the way that information is used by people like Tucker and notice the little tweaks that they make in order to push their narratives. In this case, Tucker is setting up his clip of Richard Clark, and he says that Clark revealed that the CIA was engaged in a false flag to recruit these hijackers.

Then he plays the clip of Clark that does not say that. But instead is Clark saying that he could understand the intelligence folks trying to secretly turn the future hijackers into informants. He wasn’t saying that the CIA was doing this, but he understood how it was possible.

Yeah, one of the conspiracy theorists’ main tricks is equating proving that something is possible with proving that it’s true. Richard Clark saying that it’s possible that the CIA was trying to recruit the hijackers as informants is not the same thing as him saying that is what happened. But Tucker knows that to his audience, it is the same.

I don’t know man, maybe you need to work on your media literacy a little more. Or maybe just as a rule, you shouldn’t be taking anything Tucker Carlson says seriously.

Alright, cool. So what did Tucker Carlson say that you thought was so interesting?

And I guess follow up question: was it all just government propaganda? Because I doubt he ever debunked any propaganda about Palestine.

What are you talking about? Why would something be government propaganda just because you can’t find mentions of Gaza or Palestine? It’s a podcast mostly about Alex Jones, not a news agency. Are you always like this?

1092: Tucker, The Man And His 9/11 Documentary

The guys at Knowledge Fight went over the first part of the documentary, and my takeaway was there’s nothing new, the primary person being interviewed is a well known liar, and there’s a lot dishonest claims being made and not a lot of evidence being given.

So what exactly do you think is so interesting about Tucker Carlson’s series? What new things did you learn about 9/11?

How does it work with someone like Taylor Swift, who According to Forbes, Swift is the first musician to reach 10-figure status solely based on songwriting and performances rather than brand deals, makeup lines, or business ventures?

You can argue they should be more charitable, but that really can’t be required. You could also say taxes should be higher past a certain point, but they currently aren’t and that’s not any individual’s fault.

Also, I’m using Taylor swift as an example, but I mean more generally a person that captures worldwide attention for their art.

I’m pretty sure the message behind All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall isn’t that every individual brick is incredibly special and important to the entire structure and that even one missing brick would jeopardize the whole thing.

Is one brick not only as strong as the one next to it?

Obviously not, you can break one brick in a wall without taking the whole wall down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAvuTHIyUTo&t=1050

This special release includes the base game and the six official add-ons: Automatron, Far Harbor, Nuka-World, and the Workshop expansions. Whether you’re building settlements, battling robots, or exploring the mysteries of the Commonwealth, every adventure is here.

But that’s not all! The Anniversary Edition also bundles over 150 pieces of Creation Club content, including fan favorites and previously unreleased items designed to enhance your journey. From new weapons and different Dogmeat breeds like a husky or a Dalmatian, to gameplay tweaks and quest expansions, there’s something for every Vault Dweller.

Some creation club stuff, I guess.

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Now Only: $99/ea

https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/store/season-add-ons

Honestly, it does seem like a relatively cheap source of food if you live nearby and actually like what they serve.

https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/things-to-do/restaurants

And you do have at least some variety, too.

Which one? Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Modern Warfare 3 (2011), Modern Warfare (2019), Modern Warfare II (2022), or Modern Warfare III (2023)?

Mandatory parking minimums will just incentivize driving and make biking even worse, even if you also install some bike parking near the streets. It’ll make all buildings more expensive because they’ll need double the land so they can have the off-street parking you want, everything will be spaced further apart because half the land is dedicated to parking, and inevitably the streets will become more car friendly because everyone is driving anyway, might as well try to get the drivers where they want quickly and efficiently.

Cool, good to know there are states where you’re at least partly right.

even on þe freeway where you’re not crossing into oncoming lanes

Doesn’t really work with

Subd. 2a.Increased speed limit when passing.

Notwithstanding subdivision 2, the speed limit is increased by ten miles per hour over the posted speed limit when the driver:

(1) is on a two-lane highway having one lane for each direction of travel;

(2) is on a highway with a posted speed limit that is equal to or higher than 55 miles per hour;

(3) is overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction of travel; and

(4) meets the requirements in section 169.18.

where you’re allowed to speed only when crossing into oncoming traffic.