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Cake day: August 14th, 2023

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  • I’m not trying to disprove you or anything, I know it’s not your paradox. Apologies that it came off that way.

    But like a tiny flake of space dust is enough to eclipse a sun for us a near infinite distance away. Matter is not going to let light through it. Even if some space dust thermalizes and radiates. The chances something like an asteroid, planet, moon, etc. Is high. Space seems mostly void, but an infinite amount of mostly void is still a lot of stuff.

    I’ll check then out!


  • Can’t we see stars that do not show up in the night sky? Like that spot looks dark to the naked eye, with a hobby telescope it looks dark, but with a space probe telescope you can see a distant star is there?

    You discounted space dust. But there has to be a near infinite amount of asteroids out there. If I wanted to see 1m lightyears into a specific spot, like the odds of not hitting an astroid would be pretty hard.

    Like if you had a Lite Brite globe with each Lite Brite peg representing a sun. In the middle of the globe it would be completely lit up. However, if you started throwing around astroids around inside the globe, you’d start blocking pegs. Suns, pegs, are still behind the astroid. It’s just blocking the light. A tiny astroid could cast a huge shadow. Even tiny space dust.




  • I’ll go check out your comment!

    I just find it funny that some Nirvana fans would listen to Plateau by the Meat Puppets and think it was Kurt Cobain singing. Like “He recorded a studio version??”

    I wouldn’t even know how you could change Africa to something else and be liked. It’s a tall order for sure. I enjoy Bob Dylan a ton but understand not everyone likes his voice or even harmonica. “All Along The Watch Tower” could easily be changed and enjoyed because it’s the music and lyrics that are loved mostly. Africa is an entire package. I enjoy Dave Matthews Band performing “All Along The Watch Tower”. He puts it in his own style some, but that style isn’t as different as Jimi.



  • Have you heard the original meat puppet versions? Nirvana basically covered them exactly.

    Not saying that’s bad. But when you look at songs like “All along the washer tower” by Jimi, or “Whiskey in the Jar” by Metallica. Those covers are completely changed to fit their style. In my mind, that’s what makes a cover great.

    A lot of Nirvana’s style is the Meat Puppets

    Good covers, but they lack original twists. Meat Puppets even played the music in the unplugged performance. So really it’s wasn’t Nirvana covering them as much as Kurt Cobain singing.

    It’s what I have against Weezer’s cover of Toto’s Africa. Good cover, but it doesn’t scream Weezer at all.


  • ~50% of men probably wear a size 9-11 shoe

    That’s a “Large” sock

    Man with a size 8 shoe could probably still wear a “Large” sock and be fine.

    ~75% of women wear a size 7-9

    Women with 6 or 6.5 should still be able to wear a 7-9 sized sock.

    Families have genetically similar feet

    I know from my experience, my father, my brother, and I all wear the same size. We all had different preferences and our own socks, but I could have easily worn their socks.


  • I think a lot of the problem is that they cheap out to maximize profit.

    They could spend 1 million dollars and make a decent game for $70.

    Or

    They could spend 2 million and make an amazing game for $140.

    But the price of the video game has been locked around 60-70 for years.

    Even if you made star wars outlaws just a little better it’s not going to sell that much more.

    Looks like it’s already at least 50% off

    You can’t spend 2 million, sell for $70, then expect your game to go on sale anytime soon.

    Spending 1 million, and selling a ton at $70 or even $35. Turns a profit.

    TL;DR: We’d get better games if we were willing to spend more


  • “games are ridiculously expensive at full price”

    A board game with paper and plastic pieces can range from 12-45 dollars

    People will go spend $20 at the movies for 1 night

    Hell I’ll pay 100 if it’s a good game

    I have 1200 hours in Overwatch. $60 (free now). I have paid 5 cents per hour to play it. I am completely happy with my purchase even though it’s free now.

    If the game isn’t worth it, don’t get it. But to complain about it is ridiculous.

    Some N64 games were $50-$60 dollars back in the 90’s

    I feel like we are fortunate