Zompist Bboard Again

Qwynegold wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 5:28 am

Man in Space wrote: ↑Wed Sep 16, 2026 11:08 pm

Imralu wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 11:39 pmNow it is time for beach to be an occupation.

According to the Barbie movie, it is.

bradrn wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 2:32 pm

alice wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 2:21 pm

malloc wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2026 8:01 pm Do you think that Europe could win a war against Russia? While obviously European countries all have their own armies, it has been eighty years since their last major war. They will have to face millions of battle-hardened fanatics with nothing but basic training and their grandfather's fading memories of fighting the previous world war.

Actually, now you put it that way it suddenly sounds like a very tall order indeed. I don't think I'm going to get much sleep tonight; the prospect of endless waves of invincible mini-Putins crashing over Edinburgh with only bagpipe-playing natives to stop them isn't particularly comforting.

Don’t underestimate the deterrent power of a bagpipe at short range.

Raphael wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2026 1:16 pm Are there any treatments anywhere of the physics and other practical sides of speaking becoming more difficult, and harder to understand if you try it anyway, with food in your mouth? Stuff like, "How much of which types of food in which places will turn which phonemes into which other phonemes"?

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Tue Oct 06, 2026 3:44 pm Well, there is a whole language based on oral potato insertion: Danish.

Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 4:59 am

hwhatting wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 3:36 am

malloc wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2026 6:32 pm Nobody would dispute that the sun exists

Except phlosophers ("does anything exist"), as well as trolls and conspiracy theorists ("it's a fake yellow disc and the warmth is coming from a giant invisible oven").

Well, I'm from Northern Germany, but even here, I guess most people would hesitate to deny that the sun exists.

bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 5:27 am

(Speaking from Scotland, oftentimes I wonder whether the sun exists…)

Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 5:32 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 5:27 am

(Speaking from Scotland, oftentimes I wonder whether the sun exists…)

A while ago, when there was an unusually warm period in Britain for a moment, I saw a post by someone on social media that went something like:

"There's been a wave of UFO sightings in Britain recently. Witnesses report a large yellow object moving slowly across the sky."

bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 6:09 am

Raphael wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 5:32 am

bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 5:27 am

(Speaking from Scotland, oftentimes I wonder whether the sun exists…)

A while ago, when there was an unusually warm period in Britain for a moment, I saw a post by someone on social media that went something like:

"There's been a wave of UFO sightings in Britain recently. Witnesses report a large yellow object moving slowly across the sky."

Yes, that’s the kind of sentiment I express regularly. (Though that’s a particularly funny one.)

bradrn wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2026 5:27 am (Speaking from Scotland, oftentimes I wonder whether the sun exists…)