copandballtorture

@copandballtorture@hexbear.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capsaicin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of the Exploratorium in San Francisco. They have an exhibition that has a long rail with metal coil wrapped around it. On one side, the coils are warm to the touch. On the other side, they’re cold to the touch. In the middle of the rail, the coils alternate hot-cold-hot-cold, and when I first touched it, my reflexes yanked my hand away because the nerves interpreted it as “so hot the ‘burned nerves’ feel cold”. Took a few attempts to be able to hold my hands there, and the sensation was very confusing. Would recommend+

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No tip⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me you haven’t worked a menial job without telling me you haven’t worked a menial job

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Think about this a lot now that I’ve bought a house and have a computer corner in the basement. Gonna pass my 30s, 40s, 50s, etc etc in that lil corner with my surroundings staying the same, playing the same games at the same desk, but me aging

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still think the Vendorians did the Klingon civil war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I still think the Vendorians did the Klingon civil war⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Been thinking about the Klingon and Hirogen species recently (and I guess Ferengi to a lesser extent). How do cultures so devoted to hunting, killing, pride, and honor, have the infrastructure in place to become space-based empires? Like, it takes millions of people doing boring jobs like math and engineering to make space travel possible, but if they’re all motivated by murder and glory, how do they accomplish anything on a grand scale?