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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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That threads not about science or space
This one is
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11647089
yes it's a bbc news link, yes I'm ok with that.

So there was a guy who has offered to do a one way trip to Mars, he want's to go out there study it report back etc and then die on mars.
Would you do it?
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:10, 189 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
No

(I helped save b3ta! Peej, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:11, Reply)
Yes, in a heartbeat.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:12, Reply)
Good girl
+10 psychochomp points.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:13, Reply)
*looks worried*
Bear in mind that although I like my own company, I am shit at science.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)
most the science will be done off world
You're just there to move equipment around.
Plus anyone can learn science.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:17, Reply)
Cool!

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:19, Reply)
Congratulations.
The award for the most wrong statement in the history of the internet goes to ..... Chompy!

*watches party poppers go off and streamers and balloons and shit*

Most fields of science are categorically things that NOT anyone can learn. At least not well.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:35, Reply)
the person would be a technician though
anyone can do that
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:37, Reply)
Nah, I still disagree
maybe anyone can be a shit technician, but for this you'd need a good one, and that requires understanding of fields outside the capabilities of a lot of people. And since there is no second opinion, you'd need to be an expert in pretty much anything.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:39, Reply)
I could take a textbook

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:43, Reply)
Or pretty much every piece of reference material you'll ever need on the vehicles computer.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:47, Reply)
precisely
I reckon I'd be a good candidate. Cross-disciplinary innit
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:48, Reply)
There's not likely to be any textbooks
on stuff that hasn't been seen yet. Or reference material, Chompy.

If you are going to just compare to what already exists, why send a person at all? a probe will do that equally well.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:51, Reply)
Geological references would be needed
and most of the science would be geology and chemistry, and possibly a bunch of meterology.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:52, Reply)
haha how does it feel to be on the receiving end of a patronising put down for once Chompy?

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:43, Reply)
Fine, I disagree but I respect badger.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:44, Reply)
doesn't stop him from going on your list though does it?

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:47, Reply)
There are probably some fields you can just "learn"
certain aspects of biology like botany and zoology, for instance.

But physics, chemistry, biochemistry, etc - there's an understanding "step" to get over to get to any decent level, and a lot of people's minds just don't work in the right way.

It's why you don't always need a biology A-level to get on to a medicine course but you do need chemistry. You can't just learn it, you need to understand how it works.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:49, Reply)
An awful lot of maths and science is (in my opinion) not based on innate ability
it's about practice.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:51, Reply)
Low level stuff, maybe
not anything at higher level. It's about how your mind is able to function. Unless you can disconnect the human mind's innate tendency to visualise problems, you're fucked in maths and physics for a start. And most people can't do that.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:53, Reply)
Nah, I think you're totally underestimating the minds ability to adapt.
Someone who is mentally normal, should be able to do everything they're asked for on a mission like this if they have enough training and practice.
They're not going to be able to unify various theories but they're there to observe experiment record and transmit the information.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:59, Reply)
I'm not underestimating at all
I get your point, but I feel that anyone not of a serious scientific bent is going to be little more than a glorified probe. Admittedly, you'd also want someone able to rapidly adapt, repair things, make snap decisions, etc, which a probe would be shit at. And actually, most good scientists would be shit at too ;)
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:15, Reply)
so they might as well give the job
to someone who was scientifically trained but not necessarily to the top standard, pyschologically adapted to being alone for the rest of their life, and had excellent decision making and adaption skills. And had something else to offer on top of that.

I'm really not fitting the bill here
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:18, Reply)
Are you being polite
and saying their minds don't work the right way, or saying they're stupid?
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:51, Reply)
No, it's totally about the way minds work.
There's nothing stupid about not having a science mind. In fact, almost the opposite - I'd argue skills in other areas, languages etc are harder to achieve. If you can "do" high level maths and science it's rarely necessary to put much effort in, for a start.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:55, Reply)
except aren't languages
and maths in the same area of the brain and use some of the same skills?

Since I stopped all science past GCSE and only did AS maths I'm no expert. I understand that's nowhere near the level being talked about, but it really wasn't very hard
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:57, Reply)
Don't think so
no. languages rely on memory and rules. being really, properly good at maths is the ultimate, real "thinking outside the box". All bets are off, all rules are off, it's only about how your mind works on problems.

I should point out I'm not, by those standards, good at maths at all. But I collaborate with people that are, and they are scary.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:04, Reply)
I get what he means
I'm not particularly stupid (shut up Chompy) but the more in depth science gets the less I understand it. I just can't comprehend it. I know how it should work and I get what it means when I read about it, but I can't comprehend it.
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:57, Reply)
dimensions are the classic.
maths operates in an infinite number of dimensions and we can only visualise three. So unless you can switch off from visualising in three dimensions you're basically fucked.

It doesn't help when people go "oh, but time is the fourth dimension" ...it is and it isn't. Not it any way that we normally associate with time.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:01, Reply)
I think people can grasp bits
but not all of it. I was pretty interested in the whole concept of dimensions a while back and it never really blew my mind in the way some scientific concepts did
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:07, Reply)
physics and maths interpretations of dimensions are different, too.
only the same, as well. It's quite fucked up.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:11, Reply)
yeah but the point you overlook is this:
most people wouldn't WANT to!
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:46, Reply)
No, true.
But if those of us that do study it didn't bother, the rest of you would be completely and utterly fucked.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:50, Reply)
I think she was pointing out
in the context of mars landing
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:51, Reply)
from the post she's replying to
I assumed she meant "doing science" to be fair.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:56, Reply)
i am now picturing you
as professor frink.

my brother - also a science geek - looks exactly like him too.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:54, Reply)
Steady
I don't look like a geek in any way.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:07, Reply)
are these points exchangeable?

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:18, Reply)
i'd pay for you to do it

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:12, Reply)
Hahaha!

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:12, Reply)
Even if you sold your shoe collection
you couldn't afford the hundreds of millions of pounds it would cost.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:13, Reply)
I like the link on your link to the helloween stuff.
I'd love to be an excentric billionare who does up one of his houses as a giant Haunted House.
(I helped save b3ta! G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:12, Reply)
In space?

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)
Send me with a space-hooker and I'm in!
Three tits and tentacles on her fanny - phwoar.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)
bgb's offered.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:15, Reply)
My favorite role playing game actually is space hooker and astronaut.

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:17, Reply)
soon it won't be roleplay

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:17, Reply)
Sweet!
I've been having some difficulty with my helmet.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:18, Reply)
Let space docking commence!

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:22, Reply)
*shudders*

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:24, Reply)
Next stop - Uranus

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:40, Reply)
no.
that's stupid.
shut up.
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)
this, this and this
you tell him.
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)
this is shit and dull
I hate you.

I would not do it because I like earth and I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life by myself with no one to appreciate how hilarious I am.
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)
You could do daily youtube videos.
and don't you think that the benifits to humanity are worth your life?
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:16, Reply)
fuck no
are you kidding?
that's not a life
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:17, Reply)
yeah but they'd just be "day 927, still dusty and red out there"
and then I'd break into a rendition of "ronery, I am so ronery"
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:17, Reply)
Yeah you wouldn't last that long.
Plus every rock/cliff/boulder/crater you see every mountain you climb you will know for a fact you are seeing something no one has ever seen before.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:18, Reply)
So what?
I reckon you'd tire of 'ooh look, some rocky terrain' rather quickly. I certainly would.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:20, Reply)
You'd be mapping it, studying the geology taking samples talking to mission control.
I would have thought you'd be up for the whole victorian lone explorer thing.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
haha he's not a bailiff Chompy

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:22, Reply)
yeah yeah shut up.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:22, Reply)
haha
fat slow ninja effort
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:24, Reply)
I wouldn't
I think it would be one of the most fantastic things ever
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
yeah but even that probably loses its 'woah' factor after the 30th mountain.
Unless there were aliens.
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
There may be and you'll be the one to find them.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:23, Reply)
and be eaten by them!
/xenophobic
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
What are these benefits you speak of?

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:19, Reply)
Exploration > exploitation > colonisation
Second planet in the soon to be Intergallactic Empire of Man.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:22, Reply)
I would do it if they would rename Mars to be Kittytopia

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
Probably not but maybe the first city could be called that?

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:30, Reply)
The first city would be called Kittyton
in the county of Kittyshire
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:32, Reply)
and the residents?
kitkats?
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:38, Reply)
kittons

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:43, Reply)
Kittyminster

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:38, Reply)
hahaha

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:43, Reply)
I have a long list of people I would like to send instead.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:14, Reply)
Yes I would
without a doubt
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:15, Reply)
This isn't a very good question.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:16, Reply)
Agreed. How are you with explosives? I may need some help with a DHL depot.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:18, Reply)
My father is excellent with explosives.
I am pretty good with couriers - what's the problem.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
Too boring to post. I just need help with making DHL go up in smoke.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:22, Reply)
maybe that's what they thought about your package
and that's why you don't have it
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:28, Reply)
There's nothing wrong with my package thank you.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
Tell that to your new mates down 'Transformations'.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:34, Reply)
It's too big for them to cope with.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:36, Reply)
I can pick locks
I've always wanted to strangle someone too :D
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
You're hired.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:23, Reply)
Good-o
If they're anywhere near as incompetent as HDNL, who managed to a lose a box from our office on the way to their van, then I'd love to lend a hand.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:25, Reply)
This lot have shut their depot due to a suspicious package. You'd think they'd know how to deal with a package eh?
And they have closed their call centre ffs.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
Makes you think though doesn't it
makes you think of the lyrics to Space oddity
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:20, Reply)
*snigger*

(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
I was discussing this last night with a mate
and even though it would be incredible and your name would be up there with Columbus and Armstrong, we both decided that we wouldn't.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:17, Reply)
I am old and have no kids.
I reckon I'm a good contender.
(I helped save b3ta! girlinthehole, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:20, Reply)
I'm concerned about the enevitable lonely death

(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:23, Reply)
But with the consolation
of being remembered for a long time. It's a very Achilles choice to make
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:23, Reply)
Also, men are from mars and women are from venus
so it'll be a total sausage fest
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:25, Reply)
men are from bars
women have no penis
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
haha did you make that up?

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:30, Reply)
afraid not old chum
no idea where I got it from though
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:33, Reply)
I concur

(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:30, Reply)
bollocks to that shit :)

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
i love this
both the humour AND the sausage fest, clearly
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
I don't need to go to Mars NOT to get laid

(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:32, Reply)
how about london?
oh sorry, "NOT to get laid". as you were.
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:37, Reply)
And all the spunk stains

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
It's a long journey
"This is one small wank for a man, one giant spunk for mankind"
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
You should be.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:30, Reply)
Although as an accountant it really is par for the course

(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:33, Reply)
My link is better than your link.
It's not I Love Horses, honest.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:18, Reply)
Your link is better than his link. A lot better.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
I wish there were a picture.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:23, Reply)
Best story EVAH!
I would love to have been that flatmate.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:21, Reply)
MASSIVE LOL
I wouldn't have been able to do that without snickering the whole way through about how hilarious I was
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:22, Reply)
typical response of someone who isn't funny

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:25, Reply)
bit harsh

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
not as harsh as eating a penguin

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
But they're all chocolately

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:30, Reply)
wrong sort of penguin

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:33, Reply)
Are you some sort of penguin rescuer?
What is your problem with eating a penguin?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:36, Reply)
penguins are brilliant
I have no quarrels with anyone eating any other animals, I'd happily eat them myself.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:38, Reply)

And delicious.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:41, Reply)
So are cows.
I still eat the cunts.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:41, Reply)
cows aren't brilliant

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:41, Reply)
I bet proper penguins
would taste horrible. All fishy
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:45, Reply)
I think you are right. Puffins do.

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:47, Reply)
I wouldn't fancy eating fishy meat
thus I wouldn't eat it. I don't mind letting the little fuckers die though. I put up with so much teasing because of them
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:49, Reply)
because of PUFFINS?
why??
(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:52, Reply)
Penguins
one thing I've always found is I have trouble pronouncing some words right. Mostly because I first saw them written down. So penguin was pronounced by me as peng-weng. I still do it unless I think about it, but I was teased about it quite a lot
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:54, Reply)
You're my friend and you're lovely
so I'm trying really really hard not to laugh
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:59, Reply)
You can laugh :)
it's pretty ridiculous. There's a few others as well.
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:01, Reply)
poor beast!

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:06, Reply)
I don't really remember what it tasted like
because I was about 5
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:48, Reply)
Four Stomachs
and they make yummy milk.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:46, Reply)
They fucking are.
They're made of BEEF for Christ's sake.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:47, Reply)
obviously there is that aspect of them
cows are brilliant because they taste good so it is only right to eat them.

penguins are brilliant for a host of other reasons. so it is not right to eat them.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:01, Reply)

eat fist
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:31, Reply)
oh you're still mad about that?
fair dos.
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:32, Reply)
I'm also not impressed with your dismissal of science
one of the few things that I have in common with Chompy is that I find it very interesting.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:36, Reply)
I find the results interesting
but frequently not the mechanics behind them.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:44, Reply)
yes this!
I like that stuff does stuff, but the intricate details kind of take away from the exciting magic of science.

I know magic science is an oxymoron but I don't care.
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:49, Reply)
I do find science interesting
but Chompy sucks the fun out of it
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:44, Reply)
is that unique to science though?

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:47, Reply)
oh no, it's shit and dull and I hate him applies to all subjects.

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:48, Reply)
a statement almost scientific in its simplicity and accuracy

(I helped save b3ta! rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:53, Reply)

science men
fun semen
it them every night of the week, in the MK station khazis.
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:02, Reply)
7/10
convoluted, but probably worth it
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:07, Reply)
Brilliant.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:23, Reply)
"I don't think it's the tattoo you were after"
I think I'd say "holy fucker"
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
"Hot damn."

(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:31, Reply)
+make me scream like summer jam

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:35, Reply)
Does jam scream?

(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:40, Reply)
it's a hip hop festival

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:45, Reply)
of course it does, have you not seen the temperatures you have to get fruit up to to make jam?

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:45, Reply)
I was ex pectin a better explanation than that

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:46, Reply)
Pffft!

(Bazongaloid, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:48, Reply)
Are you trying to preserve a straight face?

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:50, Reply)
very good indeed

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:53, Reply)
sly!

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:49, Reply)
Fucking hell.
*kills self*

;)
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:57, Reply)
they can get worse
but I prefer to conserve them
(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:59, Reply)
You're on a roll.


GET IT?
(I helped save b3ta! Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:02, Reply)
let's not spread this joke too thin

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:05, Reply)
jam a sock in it, both of you

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:09, Reply)
calm down honey

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:12, Reply)
it would be mean to lol, but
LOL!
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
I read about this from a different site
That said that the tattooist was working from his own house...
"You get the tattoo you deserve"
(I helped save b3ta! Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:34, Reply)
that's quite a change from the previous view that most stars are more likely to have gas giants rather than planets like ours
as my life is at the moment I wouldn't want to go to Mars on my own. A noble thing though, and I applaud anyone who seriously offers.
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:24, Reply)
Given that it's a conclusion drawn from a tiny bit of data
it's completely meaningless though. It would be like studying 2 square miles of the centre of the Australian outback and concluding that earth was entirely uninhabited.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:30, Reply)
it's certainly devoid of intelligent life

(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:34, Reply)
Haha.
"Dr Andrew Howard, from the University of California at Berkeley, admits that the estimate is currently impossible to back up using existing data"

Scientist facing massive funding cuts makes shit up to justify his giant telescope in Hawaii. See page 2.

Also on page 4, pontiff Catholicism shocker!

It's interesting, but it does piss me off that those who work in astronomy can basically just make shit up and get it published in Science. Bitter, me, no?
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
At least he's admitting it.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:28, Reply)
True, true.

(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:29, Reply)
Probably not, but it'd be tempting
have you seen in the links next to it - troll put in jail!
(I helped save b3ta! Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:27, Reply)
no. it would be lonely beyond belief.
i love medical virology. the other week we had a herpes lecture off a doctor clap, and today we're getting a lecture on scrapie and other prion brain diseases from a professor mutton who looks like a zombie.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:35, Reply)
The Only Way Is Essex is sponsored by a cream for herpes.
Simplex, admittedly, but it's still hilarious.
(I helped save b3ta! Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:36, Reply)
There's that prion disease which is the rarest disease in the world
the only way to catch it is to find one of the 10 people that suffer from it in the peruvian jungle and eat their brain.

/well I think it's interesting.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:43, Reply)
Then how did the 10 people get it?

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:46, Reply)
They used to eat the bodies of the dead as part of the burial ritual.
The more it spread the more people died and the more people ate it etc etc.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:48, Reply)
ew.

(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:50, Reply)
you're making that up

(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:52, Reply)
It's believable

(I helped save b3ta! Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:53, Reply)
He's not, apparently it's called Kuru

(I helped save b3ta! Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:54, Reply)
I don't ALWAYS lie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_
(PsychoChomp, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:54, Reply)
if you don't stop citing Wikipedia
badger's going to lecture you again
(I helped save b3ta! Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:00, Reply)
haha. perhaps I should
no, I did agree with him that it's not a problem for this. I just disagree that it's a valid scientific resource, but I am quite harsh on that.
(I helped save b3ta! the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:10, Reply)
"It is also known as the laughing sickness due to the pathologic bursts of laughter people would display when afflicted with the disease"
like being a canibal isn't creepy enough, they need to have a crazy laugh too?
(I helped save b3ta! Lisette von Falcon, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 16:01, Reply)
I bet, when it was reported, the word zombie cropped up.

(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:49, Reply)
I'd go, but there isn't much atmosphere.
I would need a large supply of foil hats to keep the rays off too.

Before I finally died, I'd make sure I was interestingly presented, so that when the next trip comes along to return my body to Earth, it would be far to embarassing to put my remains on public display.
(I helped save b3ta! Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 29 Oct 2010, 15:47, Reply)

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