Who enjoys these things that much?

Extinction. Our technology gives us the power of gods, but we still have the brains of hunter-gatherers optimised for living in tribes of less than 150 people. My own death doesn’t worry me, I’m not bothered by knowing I’ll be forgotten, but the possibility that there might not be anyone to carry on is what I think about at 3 AM when I can’t sleep.

Where do your avos come from? The ones I have access to are sad little things that won’t accommodate a whole egg.

Is soja sauce the same as soy sauce? Google seems conflicted about it.

Seems like a pretty reasonable course for a farmer to take. Livestock don’t have clocks, after all.

Well, I’m sold. We should definitely turn everything off and wait for the hypothetical reactor to materialise.

I miss the days when Bob would go on actual adventures.

Catcher In The Rye was assigned reading for me in school at 15. All I saw was a character impulsively making his own life harder and harder.

I bought a bag of lamington-infused coffee out of curiosity. It tastes faintly of strawberry and coconut. A sip would have been enough and I bought a week’s supply… 😒

At least I’m supporting breast cancer research by drinking it.

You forgot to mention how wacky Stargate was. Remote viewing, death by telekinesis, ‘psychic hugs’…

Elon Musk.

If they’re charging for access, they’re now a business. I’d consider if I want to be a customer and if not, no further donations.

Clearly pretty comfortable with you.

So what are you saying, that we should give up on other technologies? Two years before your microreactor is demonstrated?

It looks so dated now, but I loved Prisoner of Ice.

*While carrying 64 1m x 1m x 1m cubic blocks of stone in your hand.

I want to invent, like, the opposite of a water balloon. A cheap container that will hold a vacuum, or at least very low pressure air. I could sell them on eBay as your own personal void to scream into.

Man, I haven’t been to a sci-fi con since before Covid. I know there’s no 2025 committee - I hope someone volunteers to run one in 2026.

(I know all about being the change you want to see in the world, but we’re talking about organising an event space for a hundred people and I failed to organise dinner for two last night.)

There’s a theory that we were able to evolve our big problem-solving brains because we got access to higher-quality protein after teaming up with dogs as hunting partners. So did we breed them to be pets or did they breed us to be caretakers?

We’ve already got goats with spider silk proteins in their milk.