Does anybody srsly not take it for granted that when Bonespurs says anything it just means he thought of saying it right then?

I agree. But in general ranking TV series or episodes or characters or arguing that one of them was the best or worst never seems worthwhile to me.

As somebody who isn’t much on social media, I often have to look up slang terms I don’t use. It’s actually kind of relatable when an explanation doesn’t convey the nuances people feel when these terms are just part of normal speech. Also tbh the general idea of mocking people for not knowing things doesn’t really seem that cool.

This always makes me think of the Firefly scene where the gunman is trying to hold Kaylee hostage. Malcolm walks up the boarding ramp, makes a headshot in mid-stride, and he and Jayne toss the guy’s body out as the ship lifts off. No problem.

Slaves have owners, prison convicts don’t.

Slaves are kidnapped from their homes, having done nothing wrong, shipped somewhere and sold like cattle in markets to whoever wants to buy them. Convicts aren’t.

Prison sentences have limits - an individual convict could happen have a life sentence, but that’s not a characteristic of prison. Most convicts have a future parole date when their sentence will end. Slaves don’t - their fate is up to the whim of their owner. If there is a fixed end date then they aren’t slaves, they’re indentured servants.

Indentured servitude would be a more appropriate term for prison labor - so why not use that? Because it doesn’t sound as serious? “Slavery” has more impact? Sure, it sounds like a stronger point is being made, but “sounds better” isn’t a good reason. People who insist on attaching the slavery label to prison labor are the ones who should be justifying themselves.

I think it’s for people who are angry that the world isn’t getting better by itself while they scroll through memes.

Yes, having an owner is what the word itself hinges on. The imagery and emotion that go with it aren’t a handy colorful Post-It to stick on something else.

Haven’t seen it, I’m just reading about it here, I’m not even sure who Thanos is LOL.

We need high-efficiency thermoelectric generators.

Anywhere… Anytime. Zeus was highly pragmatic.

Only if you wanted to make them look new. The way the originals currently look is unpainted.

Yeah but we gots fraydum!

Name-calling - a time-honored way to win any argument. Respect!

Slaves have owners, but call it flapjacks or pudding or whatever makes you feel like a keyboard justice warrior.

I won’t ask why you have a bunch of burner numbers.

Correct, prison labor is a form of involuntary servitude the 13th Amendment explicitly doesn’t apply to. Bear in mind, all this time I haven’t even argued in favor of prison labor. I’m saying calling it slavery is inappropriate, no matter how passionate you are about it.

Yeah this hits home. Last night I kicked a guy out of my D&D group because he’s a Jesus Trumper, and I decided I’m just done offering my hospitality and friendship to that part of our society. I’m done. So maybe I’m not being tolerant enough - whatever. Anyway he said, “That’s about the coldest thing I’ve ever heard.” I basically just said okay well anyway bye, because I was making dinner and was done with the conversation. But what I immediately thought of afterwards was the woman who died of sepsis in the Texas ER while miscarriaging, and the doctors couldn’t help her because that would be abortion and they would have to risk going to prison - to me that’s a fuckload more “cold” than getting kicked out of a D&D game. Any thoughts?

Yep, same graffiti means people haven’t changed at all. It’s so obvious!

Yeah my interpretation is that half your cells would die - didn’t even consider that if half your brain cells died it would probably kill you instantly.

Depends on whether “50% of all life” means half of the contiguous lumps of cells we call “creatures” or simply half of all living matter.