Yep, you understood what I meant very well.

A complete tool, yes. But this tool had the rare opportunity to begin to realize how he was being used, shortly before being killed as a direct consequence of his toolishness. That’s good writing.

Truly brilliant character development in Syril.

Now, we will never know what kind of being he truly is.

Strawberry seeds are designed by a malevolent god to stick perfectly in human front teeth.

Exactly, tradespeople have to deal with the expectations of specific persona to get along in their fields, too.

That’s a pretty good source to understand the zeitgeist of the whole railroad boom. It’s fictionalized but pretty truthy.

I’m fine with their platform and I do go to their events now and then, so any shade I throw is dappled with some sunshine.

My main beef is they call themselves a ‘party’ and that means getting candidates elected. If that isn’t your goal, you aren’t a political party.

My feeling has been that they waste the energy of a lot of early adopters and teach them means of political engagement that render them ineffective.

PSL is not even a real political party. They do not get anyone elected and they have rarely ever even had candidates. They are much too concerned about some strange sort of ideological purity.

It is a weird club for people who enjoy having protests to go to on the regular. Poorly attended protests usually, but they do get to talk amongst themselves about how much better things will be after a revolution they take no effective steps toward fomenting.

I suspect the imagine they are in the vanguard of something, but it has been over 80 years since they were founded.

Poseurs, Simps and Losers.

Of course! I have set up several research, commercial and home plant tissue culture labs in my day. You are welcome to DM me when you have questions about particular steps. I can talk all day about plants!

The film was better than the old MTV series it was based on. They built a compelling world in the animated version, but the film delivered on that vision.

People won’t stop laughing when you refer to the shuttle-cock.

So now we say “Slap that pickle, Chet!” And no one giggles.

I am certain the plink-plunks are also drunk, so yes.

That part is assured.

Just know that when we start snapping our fingers rhythmically, there is a musical number and/or dance off a brewin’

I happen to have a reasonable amount of professional experience in plant propagation.

Here’s the thing, there are many general principles that work, but every plant is different in ways that make it confusing for a beginner.

So if you want to start out gently pick a specific plant that you want to propagate. Learn how to divide it and make that particular species grow. There are general principles you can learn that will allow you to expand to other types of plants.

The field of plant tissue culture is accessible to a dedicated home hobbyist as well. There is a learning curve and you need to be comfortable with laboratory type work.

Or you can break off a bit and stick it in moist dirt. Plant propagation runs the gamut from dead simple to difficult. So begin by focusing on one single kind of plant that you want more of.

My two cents.

if the lab side of it interests you, these folks have good videos

Awesomism sounds great, but my calender is already full with Funinism events. Maybe a joint event between the groups at the park, a little after 4pm?

And one of them is blue.

In cybersecurity, this is called red-hat or red-team work. Maybe the search terms will help you find what you need.

A small knife? A hand-held stabby thingy.

The best theory I have ever heard, in terms of it being the most realistic scenario, is that the real reason was to keep a disciplined army busy between conflicts.

Under this idea, the occasional alignment to specific stars or celestial events is real, but not the real utility. The real utility is keeping a standing army ready during a period of empire building.

I always tend to favor historical hypotheses that use realpolitik.

Weekend warriors on a men’s retreat. Anything to avoid going to therapy.