Captain Picard and his brother were sent off to an old fashioned English boarding school by their luddite father that didn’t allow them to transport home in the evening or weekends, thus their English accents (my head canon).

Picard’s brother became indoctrinated into the same fucked up luddite philosophy and didn’t even allow 24th century fire safety technology in his home, leading to the death of him, his wife and his son due to a fire (actual canon).

My latest account just got its first warning.

There’s a pretty horrific story this week in the UK about a guy with a severe mental disability who threw a child into a crocodile pen at a wildlife park.

Someone said they think anyone who does that should be put in front of a firing squad.

I replied that we shouldn’t be shooting disabled people. I got a warning for implying exactly the opposite of what I was arguing, while the original comment (which I reported after getting my warning), is still up 48 hours later.

People seem to think belief (or lack thereof) is a one dimensional line.

Theism - Agnosticism - Atheism

But it’s more like the political compass with Theism - Atheism on one axis and Gnostism - Agnosticism on the other.

Theism/Atheism is a comment on whether you believe in god(s).

Gnostism/Agnosticism is a comment on how strongly you hold that belief (or lack of belief).

Are you absolutely certain there’s no god? Then you’re a gnostic atheist. Believe in god in sort of a wishy-washy way? Then you’re an agnostic theist.

I’m a die hard atheist, but I also consider myself an agnostic. Because although there’s no evidence of a god it’s also impossible to prove a negative.

To be a gnostic atheist would actually take a leap of faith I’m not willing to risk.

I’ve decided to worship the reconstructed proto-indo-european pantheon.

OG gods for the win!

Fucking Cardie spoonheads. They totally fucked Bajor.

“nationwide”

“England and Wales”

*40,000+ years ago (potentially as long as 100,000+ years).

Cats were about 10,000 ya. We didn’t need cats until we had loads of harvested grains to protect from rodents.

PSA over.

It was a lollipop you bit down on and you could hear music played through your teeth.

When I was about 12 I started a short lived fad in my extended friend group of wearing headphones in your nostrils instead of your ears. If you turned them up high it sorta worked.

This reminds me of twenty years ago when I went to Madagascar.

The cigarettes were 20p a packet. Literally a penny a fag.

I started smoking because I couldn’t afford not to.

I got a 3 day ban for suggesting the Jan 6ers should have been shot for being traitors.

Then got a 7 day ban for joking that a violent insurrection was needed in my own country.

I wouldn’t have minded if I was banned for being a filthy hypocrite.