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To be fair, as the century continues...living under a rock may not only becomes appealing, it might actually prove to be essential.

I hardly dare voice my opinion on this show publicly here because I know so little about it, really, but as far as I can see, I agree that for many recent developments, it's not the What that bothers me, it's the How. I feel like (almost) the same outcomes could have been achieved in much more believable and satisfying ways. (And J.P.: Personally, I think Sherlock fared way better than GoT as a series).

I suspect it's intended as a sort of shorthand or analogy, but I see your point as well. Maybe they don't realize that anyone is thinking they might mean it literally. (I tend to think in analogies myself, which may be why I didn't get your point at first.) I agree, GMOs are definitely a need-more-data issue, and here in the US we're not getting that information because nobody is subjecting them to much scrutiny, plus GMOs aren't identified as such, even in the produce section, where the sign just says (for example) papaya. The thing that bugs me most is the claim that GMOs are "just like" regular crops, except for whatever advantage they were created to have. That's not fact, that's assertion. It's not like they go into the cell nucleus with a scalpel; as I understand it, it's more like firing a shotgun at the nucleus and hoping that the payload ends up in the right place. So who knows what unintended effects the process may also have? I'm also irked by the claim that there's no real difference between a GMO and a hybrid. That is utter bilge. Hybrids have been occurring ever since there have been plants (and animals) with male and female parts, and the seeds sold as hybrid use the same natural process except that it's an arranged marriage, so to speak. Whereas GMOs often introduce genes from other species, meaning that that particular organism has never existed before, and *could* never have existed without human intervention. And each new GMO is a whole new ballgame. How do we know what effects it might have on us, perhaps only becoming apparent years from now, or perhaps affecting the children that we conceive after eating it?

Can we think of that as merely hyperbole for the purpose of making a point? I am personally opposed to the way GMOs are currently being handled in the US. They are doing some good, obviously, for example with bacteria that have been "trained" to produce certain medications. But the Department of Agriculture allows GMO food crops to be produced and sold with very little testing (and what little testing there is, is done by the people who developed the crop, so gee whiz, guess how the testing is gonna turn out?). In effect, the major testing is being done by the public, using themselves as the guinea pigs. I'm in favor of mandatory labeling, so the consumers can decide for themselves. At this point, the only way to be pretty sure you're not getting GMOs in your food is to buy organic (which may be one big reason why organic is becoming so popular).

I don't think I'm innately semi-ambidextrous (or even very dexterous, for that matter) but the nature of my work requires that I use both hands a lot, and I find that I can do most things left-handed, if rather clumsily. (Same as using my right hand, actually. 😛) So yeah, I suspect it's just a matter of practice for most people. I'm trying to think of anything I simply cannot do with my left hand, but I'm drawing a blank. I smashed myself in the face with the car door a few weeks back. Nosebleed, black eye, the works. That was fun. But not particularly unusual, for me. So … sorry, VBS, I'm not impressed.

Yes. I am significantly happier after I detach myself from social media, and when I don't read the news.

Agree to all cast, although detective Douche could be a bit too much earlier. I like every scenes with Amenadiel this season. And it always cracks me up on how simple but spot-on Lucifer describes him "the one with very very serious face". :lol5:

I want to raise my hand to acknowledge it, but apparently my rock is qualified as gigantic boulder that it's soul-crushingly difficult. 😛

Hi Pepper! Can I crawl under the table to play with her? When I'm in my second home, I'd have very bad pet withdrawal. There was a morning when I saw a stray dog from far and actually ran to try to get close to it (it's very rare to meet stray animals), not caring that I was in questionable neighborhood I 'chased' it for awhile but couldn't get closer than couple of hundred meters, it was afraid of human (especially crazy looking one who walked before the sun was up). One other morning on the walk, a stray cat approached me and you can't imagine how happy I was. I just sat on the pavement and played with it. Is Pepper as useless as this guy? 😛

Exactly. I have trust issue so if I'd copy first just in case. I do those suggestions you mentioned too. Don't be. Same here. Don't use Monsanto product for weed though! Hear hear! My almost teenager nephew, LOOK what that guy got for my fellow forum member! Go get a couple of part time jobs and make your auntie happy here! Study? Doesn't matter!! Trust us, it doesn't really matter. This is a payback for all the superhero underwear colors you asked me!

And here is a very nice theory about why it feels weird. I hope you can see it. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1125856091261136896.html

I think you're talking about the lovely option where you highlight something in a post and it offers to turn that bit into a quote for you. That isn't currently working for me, so I can't experiment. But in your example, if you realize ahead of time that you want to quote something on page 20, you can start your post in the reply box at the bottom of page 20. Or if you think you might also want to quote something on page 21, it's probably easiest to use multi-quote (the "+" button to the left of Quote) to select the posts as you go along (though then you'll need to erase whatever you don't want included in the quotes). Or if you started typing your post before you realized that you wanted to quote something from another page, you can copy the current contents of your reply box as insurance, then go to the other page, and if the stuff doesn't automatically reappear in that page's reply box, you can just paste it in. (The software seems to be pretty good about saving the contents of the reply box, but I haven't yet figured out when it'll work and when it won't.) Sorry not to have more specific information for you. Maybe somebody else -- somebody whose reply/edit function works more normally -- can help.

The scene in ep5 where Chloe talks to Amenadiel has to be the most adorable one ever.

Oooooh, I almost forgot! I finally found my camera! I can show you a picture of my new cat! Gang, meet Pepper. Pepper, meet the gang. Of course, as soon as she saw the camera, she dove under the bed, because … well, because she's a cat. I finally enticed her part-way out by making scritchy-scratchy mouse noises....

Part of the problem is that spellcheckers don't flag the use of the wrong homophone (i.e., a word that sounds like the one you should have used). Also, I tend to make that sort of mistake more often when I'm typing than when I'm writing (presumably because typing is a more "automatic" process -- I seem to have my own internal autocomplete). So if I don't happen to notice what my fingers have done, there it is, proof that I am illiterate! And yes, I most certainly DO know the difference! So please don't assume that people who post such errors don't know any better. It may simply mean that they didn't proofread before posting.

Talking about EU elections. This is a bit older, but my jaw really hit the floor as I read this: https://www.politico.eu/article/rees-mogg-uk-should-play-hardball-on-eu-budget-if-brexit-delayed/ So the logic is: we've beeped up the Brexit, so let's EU pay for it. Uh-uh… Really, sometimes I think the EU should just close the borders and let them sort this out by themselves.

Ah. Well, heck … congratulations, Mr. C!!! It is indeed about time! (Er…. psssst, Ms. Dabbler, what's a BAFTA? 😛 )