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they were imprisoned for challenging the status quo

where’s those ghosts from the christmas carol to scare rich assholes into being better people :/

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I cannot answer on the account of it's a strictly need-to-know and I don't want you having access to the innermost recesses of my mental being

people are hanging out on the train tracks that u usually hang out on. Do you ask to join the large group which seems more fun, join the singular person for a more intimate connection, or does your social anxiety force you to just go home

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angel: youre so angry all the time i think you should get a hobby god: how about boating. Hows that for a hobby angel: sure. boating sounds fine god: aight *looks down towards earth* hey Noah i have an idea noah: is it a good idea god: it’s an idea

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someone shared a screencap of the first, I went looking for it and came across this.

and [here] is the original!

The Prisoner’s Trolley Problemma Redux

I present:

The Prisoner’s Trolley Problemma Redux:

You (green) and another person (blue) are located in an odd railyard, with a set of parallel tracks, with connectors that let trolleys change which set of tracks they are on, as well as a third set of tracks at an angle to the two parallel tracks. The connectors between the tracks are all currently in the inactive and “straight” position, and by pulling the lever you can activate the tracks (the arrows on the diagram show the direction the trolleys on those intersections would take if they were active). You and the other person cannot communicate (the trolleys are too loud) and because any communication would take too long to make any decision.

Here’s what happens:

1. If nobody pull their lever, the trolleys continue straight on their original paths, each trolley killing only 2 people, for a total of 4 people dying.

2. If only one person pull their level, that person’s trolley will simply go along the diagonal tracks, missing both the people tied to the tracks and the other trolley. The other trolley, unfortunately, hits both the two people it was going to hit as well as a third person tied to the curved section. After hitting the third person, it then follows the path the first trolley took. 3 people die in this case, although the person who pulled the lever was in control of the trolley which killed nobody.

3. However, if both people pull their levers both trolleys are directed onto the diagonal track, missing all of the people tied to the tracks. Now, they two trolleys collide killing all people on both trolleys (4 each) for a total of eight people dying.

Here is the decision matrix which explains who kills how many people based on what happens:

So, what do you choose? Fewer people die if someone pulls the lever, but if both people pull the lever, twice as many people die than if nobody had done anything. Both people want to be in control of the lever that means nobody dies, since then they probably won’t the one found responsible for the other three deaths, but if they both try to have nobody killed by them, they each kill four people.

Remember, if you choose to not make a decision, you still have made a choice.

Note: This is the PTPL redux because there was another before with some problems that made it not really a combination of the two ideas. This version fixes them (I think).

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Let's hear it for these two:

Two women intended by a couple of creepy producers to be nothing more than a target for the male gaze, and who instead managed to work through all the skimpy outfits and situations meant to get them naked to give nuanced and engaging performances that made their characters a lasting part of Star Trek. I do hope that as Jeri Ryan's Seven has had her renaissance, Jolene Blalock's T'Pol might get a similar return.

Even if not, thank you Jeri and Jolene for bringing your acting talents to bear against Berman sexism.

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Do you think there is a "cut-off" age where you should stop using tumblr?

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you knew Edward Scissorhands, now meet Derrick Cutleryhands

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Harry Potter musing

hey, I just thought of something while watching HP clips:

in The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Hermione cites from the DADA textbook that "the werewolf only responds to the call of its own kind" when in wolf form. later, when Lupin is transformed and threatening the kids, time-travelling Hermione does a (funnily off) "wolf call" and that draws him away.

before that in The Chamber Of Secrets, when the boys find a crumpled paper in Hermione's petrified grip, it says "the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it."

I was wondering, could they have similarly warded off (or even killed) the basilisk with an imitation of a rooster's crowing?

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this but werewolf boyfriend instead

happy ending search and rescue dog roleplay with your werewolf girlfriend

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(OoC:Took a small break to do two pictures harkening back to my high school weeaboo days.  This is one of them.)

More Son Derpy.  One more and then back to answers.

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GAH! I'M A COMMIE PSYOP FROM THE THIRD WORLD! I'M GONNA GETCHA! I'M GONNA GETCHA!

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こども用ソファで猫じゃらししてたら、とんでもない瞬間が撮れてしまった。ポーズもすごいがアニメみたいな顔になってる…。

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I honestly think so many bosses have some form of executive dysfunction which is pretty ironic for an executive worker and proves many people don't get a job they're most qualified to perform

Autistic work experience

Receive vague instructions from boss

Misinterpret vague instructions and do task incorrectly

Boss gets mad you did the thing wrong (obviously this is disobedience, stupidity, or disrespect, or all three)

Receive vague instructions from boss again

Ask clarifying questions to avoid miscommunication

Boss gets mad (thinks you are attempting to send an evil secret message that you hate them and/or don't want to do your job)

🧍🏻‍♂️

Repeat until they find a reason to fire you that doesn't sound like it could result in a lawsuit

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