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  • scops@reddthat.comtoSigh-Fi@quokk.aurating
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    20 days ago

    This is from the show The Mandalorian. IIRC, Mando is transporting this reptilian female alien and her unfertilized eggs back to her husband so he can fertilize them and continue their family line.

    The “weird green dog” refers to Baby Yoda (Grogu), who shows intelligence similar to a human toddler and eats several of the eggs throughout the episode.

    This is played for laughs in the episode despite being pretty fucked up when you think about it.


  • There is an email from Epstein’s brother asking Epstein if Putin has pictures of “Trump blowing Bubba”.

    Bubba is a nickname of Bill Clinton, who many believe was also involved with Epstein. Epstein’s brother denies that Bubba referred to Clinton in that message. His spokesperson also assured reporters that it did not refer to Ghislaine Maxwell’s horse, also named Bubba.





  • When I had my first dog, I drove a Kia Soul and would put the back row of seats down when I took him places. Depending on the circumstances, I might let him in from the rear hatchback or one of the rear side doors. One day I called him out to the car and was standing beside the open rear passenger side door. He came tearing down the path at full speed, rounded the car and leapt-- into the closed back door. He yiped, looked at me like he was offended, then hopped in the open door.

    OP, I feel you pain. My current dog ate a toy, too. Only it wasn’t his toy, and I don’t have any kids…

    $4300 emergency vet visit later, my girlfriend and I are much better about cleaning up after playtime.







  • If you want to approach it from the opposite angle, check out John Green’s Everything is Tuberculosis.

    In the Pre-Industrial Revolution period, TB was extremely commonplace and seen as a romantic disease that killed slowly but made the sufferer more beautiful and artistic. Different theories said that going to more humid (like seasides) or dry environments could help one treat or beat the disease. In reality, this sometimes worked because TB tends to be more common in population centers and the real aid was just getting away from others.





  • FSD (and stock Autopilot, for that matter) are systems you engage while driving, similar to Cruise Control. I feel like the capabilities are different enough that the average driver wouldn’t get too used to FSD over a couple week period.

    For me as someone who drives a decent amount of country backroads, I’m wondering whether the stock Autopilot obeys stop signs. I know it didn’t when I first got the car, and I wasn’t in a hurry to test if they added the functionality. I could see maybe someone renting a Tesla with FSD, getting used to it, then not realizing that the next Tesla they rented without FSD was going to blow through a stop sign.


  • Tesla has also been doing this for years. My 2019 Model 3 has an upgrade option for the acceleration. It’s a one time payment, but Tesla’s no stranger to the subscription model. They offer monthly fees for the upgraded “self-driving” package and occasionally give me a free trial period to try it out. I’ve had enough phantom braking incidents with the stock version that I’ll never use it.

    ETA: Also, any upgrades I get for my car will not transfer if I sell it. I’m guessing that’s a big incentive for Volkswagen and the like to jump on board for this shitty practice.