Michael Stahlke

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31 Ekim 2026 10:59

[Calvin’s dad voice] There are two types of millennials. 9/11ials and Obamials. Emo/Screamo and St Louis Hip Hop? 9/11ial. Stomp clap hey?, Obamial. Homestar Runner, 9/11ial. Le epic baconz, Obamial. Despite coming out before The Wire, West Wing is Obamial and The Wire is 9/11ial

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30 Ekim 2026 22:57

do we know for sure there can be no giant gassy beings in the layers of Jupiter somewhere

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30 Ekim 2026 22:57

how many thriving societies of humanoids are living on heavy planets of mostly water (but a little land), looking up and going "welp" because the numbers for rockets just do not, not, not work in that gravity, and never can

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30 Ekim 2026 22:57

sometimes wonder what the odds were against us evolving on a super-Earth where space exploration of any kind would have been a total, absolute impossibility

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30 Ekim 2026 22:57

somewhere the conditions were just barely right for ~archaea on an almost-bald rock orbiting a black hole, just enough weird organic molecules and consistent heat