I'm probably going to upset a few Star Wars fans with this, but in the original version that I saw of the New Hope / Ep4, both Han and Greedo have their blaster pistols drawn under the table, and Han shoots Greedo first.
I've seen the entire internet argue about who shot first, but the irony is that if he didn't shoot first he would get shot by Greedo and the story would end right there.
I had heard stories from my parents about people foraging for mushrooms in "the old country" (the Soviet Union), villagers from their province sometimes supplemented dwindling supplies with wild forest mushrooms.
They said they were invited multiple times to go on mushroom hunts but were afraid of traversing the forests after dusk, and they were glad they refused, because one large family served mushroom soup, and the menti (police/milita) found them all dead.
Parents, grandparents, children, an entire family generation wiped out by mushroom soup, all dead in their chairs in the dining room.
They would "turn into" unremarkable humans. Is the purpose of the simulation to depress the people seeking IVF, or is there a eugenics component involved?
Astrogeological and xenobiological surveys conducted throughout traversable space indicate that the predominance of life follows commonly observed patterns in statistics and mathematics, namely Ricarduan Distribution.
Over 80-85% of all extant biological life currently is deceased or no longer living. Less than 10% is currently alive, with the remaining 5-10% arriving further in cosmological points in time, in the billions of years remaining in the present expansion cycle.
So in short terms, most of the life in space is currently "dead".
I've been bisexual since practically birth, and sharply recall in my childhood, how the adults in our community would be all "aww" when playing with female friends, but acted like I murdered someone when kissing a male friend.
It was like being born into a world of sharp divides, where an ice cream shop sold vanilla and chocolate ice cream, and being harshly screamed at for wanting both flavors.
"NO! NO Vanilla and Chocolate Twist!"
It only got worse from there, and I realized many humans are just prehistoric great apes operating on squishware enhanced by metal tools.
They invented mathematics and philosophy but the vast majority of them have shit for brains and shouldn't be trusted with matches, let alone children, norms, or laws governing millions.
Yeah, the dating apps are monetized to all hell, you guys have called it right.
I was on them a decade ago, and I'm classically handsome, mentally stable, good job, etc; went looking for a serious partner with similar life goals, and all I got was catfishing and trolls.
After I subscribed to the premium tier, I began getting messages from real people but I was so disgusted by the transparent greed that I swore off all dating websites and services and went the offline route, meeting my current SO through real life friends at a social event.
Starve the beast, as the conservatives say. Deny them their money.
"Meow, don't hang up the phone. I've drank a potion that has given me human speech for exactly 20 minutes."
(Heavy breathing)
"I have spent the last 19 minutes learning how to use a cell phone to try to call you in order to tell you the deep secret of the meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow meow"
I'm probably going to upset a few Star Wars fans with this, but in the original version that I saw of the New Hope / Ep4, both Han and Greedo have their blaster pistols drawn under the table, and Han shoots Greedo first.
I've seen the entire internet argue about who shot first, but the irony is that if he didn't shoot first he would get shot by Greedo and the story would end right there.
It wasn't murder, it was quickdraw. :)