Well that’s in bad taste… (I’ll see myself out)

At first I thought this was a Brazil reference lol

Such a cool demo! Hope it’s not too long before we can play the real thing :)

Clearly its the tines of 2 and the handle of 5. Anything else is madness.

My reasoning is quite simple. The tines on the No.2 fork are longer than the others. Long things are often associated with quality, status and refinement (Long fingers, long lashes, long legs etc.). The extra length suggest dexterity and precision.

Conversely the comparatively stubby tines of the No.1 fork would likely suit a toddler or an adult who isn’t allowed near pointy things without supervision. Similarly the tines of the No.5 fork suggest that this utensil was born wanting to be a spoon but then was made into a fork at the last minute. This hypothesis is further supported by the rounded end of it’s handle which would suit a spoon rather well.

Numbers 3 and 4 forks are usually, in my experience found in establishments where you help yourself to cutlery from big pots with grubby labels marked “SPOONS”, “KNIVES” and “FORKS”.

Now to the handles. Although the tines of the No.2 fork are pleasing, it then lets itself down with a handle that widens to the point of absurdity. Perhaps the thought was that it would help the extremely aged keep a firm grip while spooning tapioca past loose dentures.

So a cleaned up fork made from an amalgam of the refined tines of No. 2 fork and the pleasantly rounded handle of No. 5 are the only option for any adult with reasonable dexterity.

It took me a while to fully realise the implications of marriage. At first I thought it was about commitment and love etc. but legally you are literally taking two people and turning them into one. One, glued together, single being that can own things jointly (like a house for example).

In the eyes of the law you become one being that can do things like have a joint bank account. It’s both really handy, but also a massive risk if things go south. It has some huge implications that not everyone realises too. For example, here in the UK (might be the same elsewhere but I’m not sure) you can own a house jointly BUT if one of you becomes legally incapacitated (like having a serious stroke or something) and needs state care the state will drain YOUR assets to pay for your care costs until you only have about £15k left! (last I checked. It might be more now).

That includes FORCING you to sell your house to pay for care costs! To avoid that you literally have to change your ownership status to something called “Tenants in Common” because then you both own 50% of the house and the state can’t sell half a house so that protects you. They’re aggressive about it too so if you switch to Tenants in Common straight after the incapacitating event, they can claim “deliberate deprivation” and revert you back to joint owners.

That’s just one example of the minefield you need to be aware of. The good stuff is definitely financial though. Everything is suddenly half price for example because people tend to share 50/50 in all the costs. That’s really helpful! :)

Feels like we’re closing in on a time when remaking something like Toy Story, or any animation, would be as simple as writing a prompt. “Remake Toy Story but it turns out Slinky Dog is an evil mastermind who engineered Woody’s fall from grace”.

Wow… I had a look too and you’re absolutely right, it’s just lots of workplace drama isn’t it. You’ve reminded me it’s often good to check someone’s posting history before responding to posts like these.

It’s not the stupidest timeline because in that one everyone’s happy because everyone’s stupid. The problem is that you’re smart and too many people with power aren’t. After so many decades of living alongside news media empires, who make money if we’re all terrified, I take everything with a pinch of salt now.

I automatically ignore any headline, for example, that asks a question in the subject line and doesn’t answer it unless you read the article. Also, any article that uses hyperbolic phrases like “This is the end of…” or “<insert name> slams/eviscerates/destroys <insert name> with tweet/article/report”.

Also, any headline with ridiculous numbers in it like “Eighty million people will be homeless by winter” or “The average human is filled with 5 kilos of micro plastics!”. I even ignore headlines that promise good news, if they use the same tricks, like “New, cheap, easily mass produced chemical discovered that can fix climate change!”.

It’s kind of a new brain muscle for me but now my first impulse when I read any headline is to assume it’s not true and then see if anything else comes along to suggest otherwise. Take all that BS, for example, about the 2000 foot deep chambers apparently discovered under the pyramids that just appeared in everyone’s newsfeed. Didn’t take long for that to get debunked.

Basically, I just assume all this is fiction until it’s corroborated by several dependable sources. The reality of the state of the world is almost certainly not what is being put in front of us. It might be worse or it might be better but it’s almost certainly not what they say it is.

Yes.

Nah go for it! Loopholes welcome :)

Thank you. Just posted there as well :)

Stop showering. Really stink yourself up. Make it so bad they have to mention it. When they do just tell them they smell just as bad and that you should both do something about it.