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  • HoraceH Horace

    Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

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    @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

    Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

    I keep hearing that as "cinder block magic woman" in my head

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      @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

      Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

      I keep hearing that as "cinder block magic woman" in my head

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      @xenon said in Mildly interesting:

      @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

      Now children everywhere will grow up not believing in cinder block magic. Great job George.

      I keep hearing that as "cinder block magic woman" in my head

      Side story: I knew a girl in Taiwan who worked in a pub. She was a mountain person (native tribe to Taiwan) who had darker skin, who really liked that song (Black Magic Woman).

      Anyway, I saw today that the guy who wrote that song just died. And his group (Fleetwood Mac) did not make it famous. It was famous by somebody else.

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        Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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          The stupid moa bird went extinct for two clear reasons:

          1. It was flightless.
          2. It did not believe in cinder block magic. @Horace amirite
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            Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

            Education is extremely important.

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              No kidding. The other day some kid made a comment doubting cinder block magic, and I was like "Bro, you're about to go the way of the moa!"

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                Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

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                @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

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                  @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                  Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                  Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

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                  @Loki said in Mildly interesting:

                  @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                  Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                  Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

                  It was actually the inspiration for Dickens' Oliver Twist. "Please sir, may I have some Moa?"

                  "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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                    Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                      @Loki said in Mildly interesting:

                      @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                      Yep. People call me alarmist when I warn of the existential risk of not believing in cinder block magic. But the sad tale of the Moa species should be a reminder to us all.

                      Close but no cigar. The Moa bird went extinct because Christopher Columbus’s brother sailed a different route and made it much further. Thanksgiving looked very different in New Zealand.

                      It was actually the inspiration for Dickens' Oliver Twist. "Please sir, may I have some Moa?"

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                      @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                      It was actually the inspiration for Dickens' Oliver Twist. "Please sir, may I have some Moa?"

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                        Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                          Lol baby elephants are so dumb.

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                            Seriously. Just makes me want to punch them in the face they're so dumb.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              Dumb?

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                                Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                                  In a pinch.

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                                  Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                                    Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

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                                      Difficult to say how particularly special that is.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        https://gizmodo.com/the-mathematical-explanation-for-why-you-cant-catch-a-f-1776551693

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          https://gizmodo.com/the-mathematical-explanation-for-why-you-cant-catch-a-f-1776551693

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                                          @George-K

                                          OK, everyone check out George's link, and see if you can catch a dollar bill.
                                          I could. Every time.
                                          And I think anyone that plays piano reasonably well, can do the same.
                                          That's my hypothesis. Eye/hand coordination is developed to be much faster for pianists.

                                          I used to piss off our cat because I could smack his paw faster than he could try to dig his claws into me. It always started out as a game, but he would get mad after losing over and over. He'd finally hiss, and run away, with me giggling like a little kid. Everyone now needs to go find their cat. If you don't have a cat, just walk down the street calling "kitty-kitty." Cats may be slower so that everyone can play that game and win. Not sure.

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