Why else would I sneeze?

We wanted them to be peaceful, so we set their aggression level to 1 out of 10.

Magnificent.

Are we not men?

I’d accept Eddie the Eagle as our representative.

Everyone who drives, or who rides while someone else drives, or who walks or bikes near a road, absorbs the risk of impaired drivers.

a pre-heimlich esophagus.

The data the article used to support the thesis is a decrease in the use of specific words that only really apply to space opera style subgenres of sci-fi. Why would cyberpunk include “spaceship” or “planet”?

This article says more about its author’s narrow view of SF than it does about the state of SF.

The higher the rank of the sailor on the bottle, the worse the rum.

No, she’s just a regular human mom.

That’s an aileron roll.

Computers were people who did arithmetic when it was needed. It does not follow that your laptop is a little foldy person.

The Truce at Bakura?

Kinda looks like a wireframe projection of a 5-cube or “penteract” into the plane.

The court overruled the person’s right to refuse the transfusion. There’s a bit of legal burden on a party that wants to do things to your body that you told them not to do.

“The legal status of You has not been confirmed.”

Not just the lager, but the pilsner and the bongo fizz too!

Industrial lathe?

There have been multiple real world examples of deflation so we don’t really have to guess.

There was a somewhat famous example starting in 1929 and extending through the 30s.

It’s less about whether you wait to buy food and more whether you decide to stretch your junker car out as long as possible, or put off home improvements because you’ll save thousands, or decide to put off capital investments and sit on your cash till it’s worth more.

Static lower prices might, but deflation does not. If prices will be lower tomorrow or next week, it’s wiser to hold on to your money and buy later.