Dinosaurs existed on the other side of the galaxy!

As in, it was so long ago that Earth has done half of a great cycle since then.

Bude. Don’t go to Bude. There is nothing to see there.

This is why I read genre fiction rather than literary fiction. Sure, you and your book club can look down on me but until you’re reading a book that isn’t a variation on a theme of “unsuccessful professional moves back to coastal small town to look after their mother who has dementia”, yous can all get to fuck.

You could drop out the word Go, that makes it a little easier.

A captain planet meme? Wow that takes me back.

That’s why they’re so angry

Two separate pizzas for breakfast and lunch, got it.

Love Tom Cardy. His lord of the rings song is a constant rewatch favourite.

Only mildly relevant to the topic but I saw him in this and he was awesome, a really amazing actor. The rest of the cast were good but he was a cut above.

I like the way there’s a police car there, in case people were thinking they might just go for it anyway

Scrabbles around looking for shocked face Pikachu

I used to shave, you can do it often and avoid regrowth hell. Recently I started getting waxed, shaft, balls, butt. Really worth it, smooth for weeks, I love it, women love it.

Yes it’s painful at the time but not so much that you are tender walking to your car afterwards, it’s a stinging pain and then it’s done.

Plus you get the fun of trying to have a normal conversation about upcoming holidays with a woman who is pouring hot wax on your junk, an experience I would recommend to anyone who hates small talk.

One of the very few Sci fi films on which I have given up after about 30 minutes

Have you ever read Interface by Neal Stephenson?

I think it was done with the very best of intentions, what it taught me is that you should either just go ahead and give up your seat or hang on to it, it’s the asking that makes things worse.

London transport introduced the little “baby on board” badges shortly after this, which simplified matters hugely.

I was on a packed commuter train once and in the silence this conversation happened

Seated guy (loudly): Are you pregnant?

Standing woman: Sorry?

Sg: I said are you pregnant?

Sw: No

Sg: Oh okay

The second hand cringey embarrassment of that interaction has stayed with me for about 25 years

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctesiphon

Socialised private transport? Call it a car club and it’s private enterprise and therefore okay, like Zipcar here in the UK!

At this point why even have your own car? A pool of cars that can come and pick you up when you need it would be more efficient and allow the cost to be shared widely across a group

Is this the plot of Snow Crash?