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Update 2 addendum 1: The word “the” autocorrects to “SO MUCH BLASPHEMY” on my phone
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Update 2: The people at SO MUCH BLASPHEMY vet’s office have released Pepper from their care, and have had us take her to a regular non-emergency vet for a bit of further monitoring.
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Anyone else ever get too bored to sleep?
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She had some bleeding in her lungs, and she’ll probably be sore for a while, but otherwise she’ll be in good condition.
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Update: she’ll be okay! She doesn’t have any broken bones, all of her organs are where they’re supposed to be, and she’ll be back tomorrow morning!
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If I ever needed proof that the American school system is crap I just found it. I stayed home from school because headaches do not pair well with large groups of high school students. So I'm sitting at home with relatively loud music and no other humans. It is currently 9:30 and I am completely done with my schoolwork for the day except for about an hour of math. So I'll be done but 11:00 at the latest I think.
Why is school this way? It's ridiculous
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A lot has happened today.
First, happy birthday to Nacho! He’s now one year old!
He was so little when we got him and now he’s a big fluff muffin
The second thing that happened was that after my PE class (which is right before lunch) I had a vertigo episode so I got picked up early and now I have a bunch of homework from all my missed classes.
The third thing that happened was that I got a bunch of matching jewelry from Amazon (including a tiara, of course) that I can wear to my school’s Sadie Hawkins dance with the theme ‘dipped in gold’. I also went shopping with my mom and I got a new ballet leotard and some fleece fabric to make super fluffy pajama pants.
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This is a Renarin appreciation SU
Love that guy
May Stormlight Five/Ketek of Wind bring him only good things
Spoilerhehe we already know one good thing it's gonna bring him
SpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerSpoilerCANON RLAINARIN LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO every time i remember it my day brightens considerably
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i think that it's the first in world Singer/Human relationship.
Sorry, but the Herdazians and Horneaters (and, by extension, the Veden) are all the results of Singer/human interbreeding.
QuoteBrandon Sanderson
Horneaters are capable [of drinking the Horneater White]. They actually are human-singer hybrids, like the Herdazians, but in a different line. And they have a different physiology. And they actually are not 100% human and are capable of eating and ingesting things that would kill a person.
Isaac Stewart
Can singers?
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, singers can drink the Horneater White.
YouTube Livestream 14 (July 30, 2020)
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I'm convinced that quantum physics is actually easy to understand, but they make it sound complicated so that they seem smart.
Me: So what's spin?
Everything I found trying to explain quantum mechanics: spin is a fundamental part of a particle
Me: yeah, but what does it do?
Them: it's like angular momentum
Me: yeah but how does a particle with a spin of 1 behave differently from a particle with a spin of 0 or 1/2?
Them: spin is a fundamental part of a particle.
Me:
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So you know those times where you want to talk about a thing you did but you’re not sure if it’ll be received as bragging?
Warning, the following is kind of bragging:
SpoilerMy end-of-semester grades are 105%, 100%, 107%, 101%, 100%, and 99%
I honestly have no idea how that happened. I fully anticipated to have A- or even B+ grades, and yet… I guess not much changes between middle school and high school. Once a perfectionist and an over-achiever, always a perfectionist and an over-achiever.
So, yep. Now that the semester is over, I have a weekend that is entirely homework-free!
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Anyone else randomly check out peoples' old status updates for fun sometimes?
It's so cool seeing what the Shard used to be like
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@Channelknight Fadran I think we might have found our culprit
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[12:22 AM; Jan 22, 2023]
Ladies, gents, and genderbents; we call this court into session to discuss the reinclusion of Pluto into the Solar System Family. All rise for the honorable judge.
[Judge enters]
"At ease. Defendant may state their case."
[Defending Attourney]: Your honor, let the record show that there are three qualifying factors to make you a planet:
- Be round (have enough gravity to squish yourself into a ball - known as Hydrostatic Equilibrium)
- Orbit the sun (obviously)
- Achieve influencial domination
That third one is the one that disqualifies Pluto. Influencial domination means that the object in question has assimilated most or all smaller objects on their orbital path - that is to say, that it has conglomerated enough mass to dominate its sphere of influence. Pluto has achieved no such end result.
[Judge]: Very well. May the prosecutor make their case.
[Fadran (Prosecuting)]: Your honor, let the record show that this assumption was derived arbitrarily. While it is an effective claim, it is not based in fact or logic.
[Defending]: Objection!
[Judge]: Defending?
[Defending]: Request for source.
[Judge]: Affirmed.
[Fadran]: The IAU's official term for the third effect is "clearing the neighborhood." There are no official thresholds, values, or proportions to back this claim. It is a simple phrase without any clear meaning. By its definition any amount of debris in any orbit could disqualify any planet, such as a rogue asteroid or even just a speck of dust.
[Judge]: Defending?
[Defending]: Your honor, while this claim is correct, it breaks down upon further investigation. On the other end of its scale, by removing this definition, any significantly-sized, round object orbiting the sun could be defined as a planet.
[Fadran]: Request for source.
[Judge]: Affirmed.
[Defending]: Here is Wikipedia's list of objects in our solar system by size. The majority of these objects exist in an orbit around the sun. There are, approximately, dozens of these objects. Rejecting the definition of "clearing the neighborhood" would qualify most of these as planets.
[Judge]: Prosecuting?
[Fadran]: Your honor, the prosecuting wishes to cross-reference this information with this list of gravitationally-rounded objects.
[Defending]: Your honor, relevancy.
[Judge]: Affirmed.
[Fadran]: Your honor, this list provides clear information as to several very specific bodies to be considered in Hydrostatic Equilibrium. In addition to the eight current planets plus the sun and moons, there are only ten other objects listed to meet this criteria. They are Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris, Orcus, Salacia,Quaoar, Gonggong, Sednar.
[Judge]: Let the record show that each of these objects have adorable names.
[Defending]: Regardless, your honor, to remove the qualifier of clearing the neighborhood would be to speak out against the IAU itself in a decision made based on science that we had nothing to do with. It would violate the trust of our greatest minds and innovators. I call to cede this case to them on behalf of the Planet Earth.
[Judge]: Is this your closing argument, defending?
[Defending]: Yes.
[Judge]: Prosecuting, are you prepared to make a closing statement?
[Fadran]: Yes.
[Judge]: Continue.
[Fadran]: Your honor, the jury, and the world: Ohana means family. Ohana means no one is left behind. Pluto was once our own brother in the Solar System, and to cast him aside due to such arbitrary conditions and lackings of traits is to dishonor our names as children of the Sun and as citizens of the Milky Way Galaxy. We disservice our science, we disservice our culture, and we disservice our brother in spacetime.
Let the record show that it is no more than rank distate that disqualifies him as our sibling. It was our human misconduct that pushed aside this deformed ally, friend, and brother. We cast him away to the other belittled and forgotten dwarf planets because we were too blind to see that a brother no matter the shape or size is a brother indeed.
I call to reinstate Pluto as a planet! I call to bring our brother home! And if it means we must recognize a dozen others, them let them come! Let us open our doors, open our arms, and open our hearts to the family we have forgotten and cast aside! Is there not room enough in this Solar System for the all of us? I call to bring them home!
[Defending]: ...
[Judge]: Have you concluded your finishing statement?
[Fadran]: Yes, sir.
[Judge]: The vote is now taken to the jury.
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You should be telling Fadran that:
Quote[Fadran]: The IAU's official term for the third effect is "clearing the neighborhood." There are no official thresholds, values, or proportions to back this claim. It is a simple phrase without any clear meaning. By its definition any amount of debris in any orbit could disqualify any planet, such as a rogue asteroid or even just a speck of dust.
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Hey, Vsauce! Micheal here.
What is the Waffle House and why has it found its new host?
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