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I'm not a believer in there being a hyper-advanced society that's learned to bypass E=mc2 yet. That's due to the universe still being relatively young. It took several starts and stops for a lifeform like humans to evolve and that's after several mass extinctions. On top of that our solar system is still relatively close to the beginning of the universe and probably on par with the older life-sustaining solar systems. We are probably in a group of civilizations that would fit as the "old ones" you see mentioned in sci-fi instead of a young civilization.

To move on from things:

It's OK, I think with that last post I'm officially fucking lost.

I still don't see where I supposedly said it was "no big deal."

*Looks for where I said that* *Doesn't see it*

So, why haven't we met aliens yet? Maybe it has less to do with scarcity of life in the galaxy as it does how huge the distance is between potential refuges for it. In this video you'll see a scale model of distance between our sun (represented by a pea) to the next sun (also a pea). Spoiler: the person making the model had to drive more than 100 miles and across state lines for this model:

Beating means that he was struck repeatedly. There is no mention of that happening to Sicknick.

Sicknick wasn't beaten to death. He sustained an injury at the scene that killed him later. Prior to his hospitalization he was up and active. For days you were claiming this was Sicknick even after it was repeatedly pointed out to you that wasn't the case: https://heavy.com/news/capitol-police-officer-beaten-attacked-video/

They beat a cop to death. No cops were beat to death. Why do you keep insisting that their was?

Quit typing "Civil War II" into Google search and you'll feel much better.

Don't feel bad about a bad date, just consider it practice. Most people who are starting out need a lot of practice. Also, don't talk about Star Trek unless he/she brings it up (don't know your preference). Even then, try to move on as fast as possible. Familiarize yourself with reality TV. Women in their 30s and 40s seem to be really into that. Don't talk about politics because when you talk about it, it sounds like you're about to move into a bunker.

I don't know if you'll find an industry as full of craziness and crazy people as the music industry, except for pro-wrestling ... politics maybe.

Looking more likely that Russia had its fingers in coordinating the attack on the Capitol. I would say that Riley June Williams is a prime candidate for a vacation in Guantanamo Bay. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/17/pelosi-laptop-office-capitol-460147 Also, she was one of the ones directing the group that broke into the capitol:

It's not one of those qualities that is appealing when Trump and others of his political/psychological bent do it. In general, the celebratory dancing in the entrails of a fallen foe tends to backfire, even if that foe was a terrible person (unless you're in an ethnic/religious conflict). It's probably best to keep those expressions behind doors or on insulated web forums and just shrug and say "let's move on" in public. If anything, I think the majority are burned out on anything Trump and will be happy he's no longer an omnipresence in their lives. Of course, there's certain wings of the media who are going to keep dragging Trump along until all that's left is his scalp and the dead fox attached to it. Fox will magnify anything no matter how insignificant as a major attack on those who voted for Trump and CNN will breathlessly go on and on about potential Trump resurgences. They, along with many cable current events shows (Daily Show, Samantha Bee for example) have built themselves up around Trump that it's hard to see how they will progress without him.

He's a couple months younger than me ... so he's past 40. The snotty rich kid thing must make him seem much younger.

I always found them annoying when the gyms were open because they grunted, groaned and when they did these really crappy lifts they'd celebrate afterwards like they had the biggest dick in the prison shower.

I find I work better from home anyway. We had a change of management over the summer from someone in their 40s who said "work from home as much as you can" when all this started to and older guy who said "I want everyone in the office" to someone that didn't say much one way or the other, but we were still told by our supervisors to come in. I'm the communications specialist for a POA, but I already have a setup at home to handle everything which I emphasized over and over to little avail until we had the pandemic send most of the employees home.

Why am I not surprised he's one of these: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ego lifter

He tested negative so he gets to move to second step NICU. My supervisor at my place of work, where I caught it, had the gall to tell me "I hope you appreciate what we're doing for you in order to keep your job" in regards to me working from home for a few months ... something I should've been doing all along. It's like, if my co-workers had been careful and I was chewed out for keeping my office door closed during the pandemic, I may not have been in this situation. Needless to say, I don't see myself staying there for the rest of my life.

Trump Jr. looks like a skinny pussy. If he came in my backyard, I'd send my daughter to beat him up in order to practice for the mean girls she'll meet in pre-school.

Masks are not a guarantee, particularly when you're in close quarters for a long period of time. They're meant to prevent the spread when you're going out and making sure to maintain distance. If you're doing one and not the other, then the chances of spread go up further. I caught COVID last month. I was wearing a mask and making sure to social distance, but I still caught it due to others around me not doing the same. It's a weird thing to be sick with, I thought I had allergies until I lost my sense of smell and cases started breaking out at work. My wife wound up catching it and we wound up having a baby two months early. He should be getting out of isolation in the NICU if he tests negative today.

Shapiro is either ignorant or disingenuous (probably this). Not all zip ties are the same. The ones that suspects were carrying around in the capitol are made specifically for binding people: https://www.amazon.com/Tool-Gadget-Disposable-Handcuffs-Restraints/dp/B074MQ2TFG There may need to legislation passed to bind the sales of these types of zip ties considering they've been used in crimes before.

Also, fines for not wearing masks. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534165-pelosi-announces-lawmakers-will-be-fined-if-they-bypass-metal-detectors-to I don't like to say things without evidence, but I'm really wondering if some members of the GOP planned to intentionally spread COVID-19. Greene and a few others were giving tours to rioters and the fact that the shelter's quarters are cramped really makes me think that there should be an investigation as to whether infection of Democratic lawmakers was part of the plan. Like the intelligence agencies said, this wasn't a spontaneous thing. There is probably a smaller inner circle coordinating things. Whether that group is rooted online, in the White House or in Congress remains to be seen.

This is not the suspect in the death of Sicknick. The cop in the video being beat on the steps was not killed. This is why you can't rely on amateurs to find suspects, particularly anonymous ones online. The guy that wacky posted was the suspect they're seeking: https://www.fox13now.com/news/national-news/photo-released-of-suspect-possibly-linked-to-death-of-capitol-officer