(February 18, 2026 at 1:12 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Obituaries for prominent figures are written years in advance and in Robert Duvall’s case, it was written by a writer who himself died 12 years ago. AP gave him credit in the obit.

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Not remotely a celebrity, but my obit has been written for years. It'll probably have to be published in one of 'those' newspapers. You know, the kind where facts are optional and all the editors are Art History majors.

Boru

'Loath' and 'loathe' don't mean the same thing. Loath is an adjective specifying reluctance. Loathe is a verb specifying hatred.

(February 18, 2026 at 4:25 pm)Angrboda Wrote: 'Loath' and 'loathe' don't mean the same thing.  Loath is an adjective specifying reluctance.  Loathe is a verb specifying hatred.

So, ‘I am loath to loathe [so and so]’ is grammatically correct. That make me weirdly happy.

Boru

Pre-internet, you could ring up Nintendo to have one of their counselors coach you through difficult games.

Boru

Apparently, this is the first synth-pop song ever:





Yes, that’s an actual synthesizer called the Novachord, and here’s someone more modern using the same instrument on the same song.

Per Clara Mattei Escape from Capitalism: The problem of global hunger has actually worsened in recent years and in 2024 accounted for 45 percent of child deaths worldwide. If anyone thinks that man is moral creature then I invite said someone to contemplate this.

(Today at 5:29 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: Per Clara Mattei Escape from Capitalism: The problem of global hunger has actually worsened in recent years and in 2024 accounted for 45 percent of child deaths worldwide. If anyone thinks that man is moral creature then I invite said someone to contemplate this.

Ms Mattei make a small but significant error - Man is a moral creature. The trouble is that some morals are absolutely execrable.

‘If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’ - E. Scrooge, Esq.

Boru

(Today at 11:09 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(Today at 5:29 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: Per Clara Mattei Escape from Capitalism: The problem of global hunger has actually worsened in recent years and in 2024 accounted for 45 percent of child deaths worldwide. If anyone thinks that man is moral creature then I invite said someone to contemplate this.

Ms Mattei make a small but significant error - Man is a moral creature. The trouble is that some morals are absolutely execrable.

‘If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’ - E. Scrooge, Esq.

Boru

It is I who write about morals not Mattei - she is merely giving data.

(Today at 11:40 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote:

(Today at 11:09 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Ms Mattei make a small but significant error - Man is a moral creature. The trouble is that some morals are absolutely execrable.

‘If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’ - E. Scrooge, Esq.

Boru

It is I who write about morals not Mattei - she is merely giving data.

Apos. The two statements weren’t separated.

Boru

(Today at 11:42 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(Today at 11:40 am)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: It is I who write about morals not Mattei - she is merely giving data.

Apos. The two statements weren’t separated.

Boru

I should have put hers in parenthesis I guess.