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BabaYaga

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  1. I definitely think there could be, but there are two axis on this equation: distance and time. Billions of miles away in every direction. And billions of calendar years - so are they ahead of us, or behind us? I think the second part of the equation is the anthropomorphism effect - we assume other life has our mindset, characteristics, curiosity, etc. "We" like to study the unknown, etc. What's the probability that life evolves as schools of life akin to what we see in the sea? Where are we on the timeline of cosmic evolution?
  2. I think much of it is the "hawthorne" effect. Everyone in Ireland see leprechauns. Everyone in Pacific NW sees bigfoot. Everyone in Mexico sees Chupacabra's. After WWII the rise in sightings is what caused the hockey stick to rise from sightings. I am NOT saying this is THE explanation, but I discount most of these as sights of what people expect to see now that the zeitgeist is established. Radio controlled drone technology goes back to the 30's. I do think most of these sighting are military in nature, but that alone isn't to say the vastness of the universe is to be discounted, but if you can travel billions of miles, your "ship/probes" are blinking lights and saucers easily detected with the naked eye? My tongue in cheek earlier post about laser pointers was about creating the perception of a thing using illusion and deception - two of the oldest tenets of warfare. You "think" you saw something, and you act upon it. Now you see it, now you don't.... None of this helps Russia in Ukraine, as it's a conventional war of attrition. Doesn't help China either as they will invade Taiwan from within. It's a fortress with no accessible beachheads and a Chinese navy without landing craft across 100 miles of rough ocean.
  3. That Iridium is clean. Hell of a knife for the price point. Obviously the thin tip could be problematic in rougher situations (what she said...), but it's not a bushcraft knife either. I have a similar box cutter from Home Depot to yours that I use ALL THE TIME.
  4. And filmed, for posterity.....
  5. OU sucks Flags not being thrown. Yeah, no shit.
  6. Flags not being thrown. Yeah, no shit.
  7. Why is milli vanilli playing qb for OU?
  8. Mine ……
  9. MOAR!!!!!
  10. Pow!!!!!!
  11. The legend of Gunnar is cemented!!!!!!!
  12. For you…..
  13. Stutsman is a bitch.
  14. Fuck them dawgs
  15. Portal. They know.
  16. Craving fried chicken.
  17. Take. Zeee pointz
  18. First great pass of the game. Out of bounds.
  19. Shit. Majors.
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