[alt text] A poorly-drawn comic depicting a man kneeling before a black Sphinx, he says "Sphinx of Black Quartz, judge my vow". Suddenly, an interloper enters the room, declaring "Sphinx of black quartz? Mighty weird, Jeeves". Jeeves turns to the Interloper, incensed, rebutting "Jackdaws love my big Sphinx of Quartz!"
Sphinx shamelessly stolen from https://clipart-library.com/clipart/sphinx-clipart-5.htm Made entirely in GIMP on a trackpad.
Driving is always a dangerous situation - and treating it like it's not just makes it more dangerous. Even the safest driver in the world is not immune to somebody else being an idiot. This is especially important in today's world of mega-SUVs and giant RAM trucks. Wear your dang seatbelt.
The WHO army showing up to fix your ailments whether you like it or not
Obligatory The Viscious Cycle
We briefly did missiles guided by pigeons, so it can't be that hard, right?
LeVar Burton: The New Spock
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm I dunno about that
This comment is actually really interesting to me, because I was quite excited about all the 24hr time I saw over there, and remember 12hr being used pretty much only in text clearly intended for (english-speaking) foreigners. Not that I doubt your own experience at all, of course, but it did make me wonder where the difference comes from, and also if I'm just going crazy bc you seem to have more experience than I do. Couldn't find anything on regional differences from a cursory search, but FWIW, Wikipedia says that both are used pretty interchangeably, but does have a section on the specific phenomenon I'm talking about
Times past midnight can also be counted past the 24 hour mark, usually when the associated activity spans across midnight. For example, bars or clubs may advertise as being open until "30時" (i.e. 6 am) (See ja:30時間制)
Via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_Japan
Something that's been growing on me, but that I'm still unsure of, is 24-hour time that goes beyond 24 to reference the next day. I was in Japan recently, and there were many restaurants that would write their opening hours as, for example, 18:00 - 25:30, to represent that they are open until 01:30 the next day. Was confusing at first, but makes maths easier and means that intervals of time never count backwards! From memory, OpenStreetMap use this system, too.
Prolly for those Marcille Dona-toes
Fuck it, beats the one we've got
Bro what do you mean the moon mission has faster internet than me? 😭
This is not the only place I could make an RvB reference with DS9 - I reckon there's a "you ever wonder why we're here" with Starfleet's presence on DS9 🤔
