Forwards:
SpaceX stacked Starship onto Super Heavy:
Ship 20 and Booster B4 have been stacked!! 🤩🚀🔥@NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/Vm8Uqa1N1C
— Mary (@BocaChicaGal) August 6, 2021
Backwards: anything Boeing.
Forward: smaller private space enterprises:
Sometimes they really are right there at the right time:
This occurred in January 2020 in Washington D.C. Feel free to insert your own jokes about D.C. and collapsing infrastructure, or the collapse of American culture, whatever. the field is wide open and endless.
One more reason I’m not too sad that I don’t fly much anymore:
Two people debating: forget what they are arguing about, what their views are. Which one would you actually listen to? The calm, rational one, or the one losing his damn mind? If you are going into a debate, watch this video and DON’T BE THAT GUY.
Once again, lack of any actual artistic skill or talent seems to lead to a monumental payday. Of course, there might be other reasons why someone would blow half a million on one of Hunter Biden’s “art.”
I suppose some people might like Biden’s paintings. An artist hardly needs to be “good” to produce art that someone might like (witness Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol). But any random person who made this stuff would probably expect to sell said art for… what? A couple hundred bucks, maybe?
UPDATE: Unrelated…
https://theycantalk.com/post/652649940103856128/artist
So today I was in a hospital room listening to the beeps and examining the decor when I saw the “pain chart.” It’s a fairly standard bit of simple art that’s supposed to help the patient tell the doctor just how bad they feel. But as should be *blisteringly* obvious, it’s really… lame.
Only the last one looks like pain, and it doesn’t reflect just how painful pain can be. Fortunately, eleven years ago, a FAR more accurate version was released to the world by Allie Brosch:
You’ve probably seen some version of that chart before. You may also have noticed how inadequate it is at helping you. Based on the faces, this is my interpretation of the chart:
0: Haha! I’m not wearing any pants!
2: Awesome! Someone just offered me a free hot dog!
4: Huh. I never knew that about giraffes.
6: I’m sorry about your cat, but can we talk about something else now? I’m bored.
8: The ice cream I bought barely has any cookie dough chunks in it. This is not what I expected and I am disappointed.
10:You hurt my feelings and now I’m crying!
None of that is medically useful and it doesn’t even have all the numbers, so I made a better one with all the numbers:
0: Hi. I am not experiencing any pain at all. I don’t know why I’m even here.
1: I am completely unsure whether I am experiencing pain or itching or maybe I just have a bad taste in my mouth.
2: I probably just need a Band Aid.
3: This is distressing. I don’t want this to be happening to me at all.
4: My pain is not ᚠᚪᛣᚳᛁᚾᚷ around.
5: Why is this happening to me??
6: Ow. Okay, my pain is super legit now.
7: I see Jesus coming for me and I’m scared.
8: I am experiencing a disturbing amount of pain. I might actually be dying. Please help.
9: I am almost definitely dying.
10: I am actively being mauled by a bear.
11: Blood is going to explode out of my face at any moment.
Too Serious For Numbers: You probably have ebola. It appears that you may also be suffering from Stigmata and/or pinkeye.
I have no idea who this guy is. But the story plays out almost exactly as you’d expect. Sometimes you *can* judge a book by it’s cover.
The comments section has some Wisdom For The Ages.
🚨WANTED for ROBBERY: On 7/24/21 at approx 9:05 AM, in the vicinity of Pitkin Ave and Barbey St in Brooklyn, the suspect approached a 68-year-old male, assaulted him, causing a broken wrist & nose, then removed his property. Any info? DM @NYPDTips, or call them at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/SLpC72eRhS
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) July 25, 2021
Nope.
Not to be outdone, rains in India apparently precipitated a rockfall in the mountains. The rocks clobbered and destroyed a pretty sizable pedestrian bridge. Nine were reportedly killed in the rockfall, though it doesn’t immediately look like anyone was on the bridge at the time. The area affected by the rock fall was pretty vast, though.
I’ve watched a number of videos produced by a Russian couple who have a pet cat. Sure, we all like cat videos… but their cat, “Messi,” is a slightly subscale puma that lives like a house cat. Every video I’ve seen of this critter makes me want my own pet puma. And then I put a few seconds thought into it, look at the scratches I get regularly from my normally-scaled house cats who aren’t even trying, and I think better of the idea. Sure, Messi seems astonishingly well behaved. But pumas are not domesticated. One day I think Messi might remember what he is, and then the next video won’t feature the Russian couple… it’s just be the remaining one.
This video from a week ago, for instance. They give Messi some pills. This is a process I’ve had to do myself, and I always come out of it bleeding.
Nope.
NOPE.