Re: Spiderman movies

On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
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>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>> On 02.06.2023 13.19, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>> On 31.05.2023 15.41, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On 24.05.2023 13.06, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On 21.05.2023 14.11, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 17.05.2023 13.05, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 13.05.2023 13.13, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 09.05.2023 14.49, Merlyne wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 07.05.2023 15.46, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [insects everywhere, and then:]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My conclusion: having lots of smoke
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> around keeps the mosquitos at bay. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> True enough. Smoking helps too...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmmm...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Would I rather have a mosquito bite or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emphysema? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, it's up to you of course, but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> emphysema takes years to develop. Cancer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even longer... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll stick with the mosquito bite.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or you can use one of those bug-repelling
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sprays, and hope the chemical industry knows
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what they are doing... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *cough* *cough*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Take no notice of the carcinogens in the spray
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can, as we say in the bizz... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe I'll just wear some of these non-toxic
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> smiley face mosquito repellant stickers I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bought for the grandkids. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> most likely the wiser choice. At least the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mosquitoes are unlikely to penetrate the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stickers... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They're supposed to smell the citronella and go
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> away. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Have the mosquitoes been informed of this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Probably not.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Would you mind drafting a memo?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My language skills sadly don't extend to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mosquitoese. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll add it to your 'to do' list.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You aren't authorised to add to my litses...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This pen says I am.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your pen is lying to you... A pretty serious defect in a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> talking pen. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You need to learn to share.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm an exceellent sharer, normally. Some things are
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sacrosanct. Litses for instance...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nah.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You could forget to add something that someone else
>>>>>>>>>>>>> remembers. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Very unlikely - also if it is so forgettable I doubt it
>>>>>>>>>>>> qualifies to go on any of my litses...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Old people forget stuff all the time.
>>>>>>>>>> That's exactly why I have litses for important things. If it's
>>>>>>>>>> not on the lits it's not so important that it cannot be
>>>>>>>>>> allowed to be forgotten. 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Fine!
>>>>>>>>> I'm going to write on your lits and not tell you.
>>>>>>>> I'll realise the handwriting is different.
>>>>>>> I'll practice until I get it perfect.
>>>>>> If it's perfect it is definitely not my handwriting...
>>>>> It will be a perfect match to your imperfect handwriting.
>>>> The subject matter will likely be such that I will recognise it as a
>>>> fake right away. Something that doesn't belong on a lits.
>>>>
>>> Like 'Rub Merlyne's feet'?
>> Quite. Something like that has no business being on a shopping lits.
> Oh I see...
> 
> I need to write 'Massage oil' then.
That might work - were I to frequent shops that carried such exotic
items. Mostly oil just means olive...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>> [Upsie. My scrollong finger slipped]
>>>>> [You clearly need more practice]
>>>> [I don't read very many manuals any more.]
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> They blew up the world because some guy wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> equations on a cocktail napkin?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> IIRC they blew up the aliens. Not because of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> equations - because they could and finally had
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an excuse. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Makes sense.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Military sense, maybe. Which is not common...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Like military intelligence...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A bunch of oxymorons...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *speechless*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Better than posting classified documents on a discord
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> group... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have no said documents.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, if you ever get some, you probably shouldn't post
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them on a discord group. Just saying...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's also important not to brag about having the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> documents. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's prudent. Not many will believe some dufus bragging on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the internet without proof, though...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> And yet the Flat Earth Society exists.
>>>>>>>>>>>> It does indeed. But they have all the proof they need. You
>>>>>>>>>>>> know 'The Bibble says...'. Also it's a known fact that
>>>>>>>>>>>> Australia doesn't exist and all the "Australians" are paid
>>>>>>>>>>>> actors. As well as all the airline pilots. And every
>>>>>>>>>>>> scientist ever... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> They'll be laughing when we all sail over the edge of the
>>>>>>>>>>> world. 
>>>>>>>>>> Only to be mightily startled (and possibly embarrassed) when
>>>>>>>>>> we suddenly show up _behind_them_.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder how someone's brain gets to the point where they
>>>>>>>>>>> ignore all empirical evidence.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> F*ceb*ok...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Those people existed way before social media. Facebook merely
>>>>>>>>> provides an platform on which they can congregate and reach out
>>>>>>>>> to others. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And thereby multiply their number beyond all reason.
>>>>>>>> Also once they start rejecting science and common sense in one
>>>>>>>> area, due to conflict with their firmly held (and wrong)
>>>>>>>> beliefs, the slippery slope is already well greased to dismiss
>>>>>>>> all science. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We should start our own cult.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's better to start a religion - for tax purposes.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Ok.
>>>>
>>>> I read/heard somewhere that one needs three adherents to register a
>>>> religion in US, for tax purposes. I'm pretty sure it's an
>>>> administative decision by the Ministry of Churches here to get a
>>>> religion recognised. So: can we incorporate in Canada?
>>>>
>>> Why not your country?
>> Because the nitpicking pencilpushers in the Ministry of Churches are
>> very likely to actually check whether it's a genuine religion that a
>> sufficient number of people adhere to.
>>
> Maybe that happens here too.
> I guess we'll have to be a poetry appreciation group until we get enough 
> members.
Fine. But then we will need a plan to transition from limericks to
liturgy once we have enough people. Poetry clubs aren't tax-exempt.

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