It was hard to explain why, but it definitely had a “comic from over a decade ago” feel that I noticed before seeing the 2011 post date.

This conversation quickly switched from from etymology to entomology.

Completely hooked on: Baldur’s Gate 3.

Completely hooked on in the past tense and stopped playing: Overwatch.

Here I was thinking about how Madagascar must be smaller than I thought if it’s the same size as Ukraine. It looks so big on a map, like a quarter Australia.

I also thought Switzerland being the same size as Bhutan to be rather interesting, as they both have famous mountain ranges and tend to be a neutral while sandwiched between bigger powers.

Toxic perchlorates from Martian regolith add a certain Je ne sais quois to the smell of Asphalt, Tire particulates, and ozone.

Don’t social media prevent 13 year olds and under from signing up anyway? They ask for your age but it doesn’t seem to keep kids from lying about their age and going on facebook, instagram, twitter, TikTok, etc, regardless. That’s disregarding the idea that a child could just use their parent’s account. What’s the enforcement besides the honor system and a vague threat of being sued? I am failing to see a difference between the state of things now and what that bill wants to introduce.

Never ask a Hobbit what they got in their pocketses. Bad time will be had by all.

I’ve been catching myself calling it the activation rune instead of the power button.

Speaking of hooves, it’s funny to think how a whale is more related to a cow than a cow is a to a horse.