I just got one of those door-to-door evangelists, and I’ve gotta admit I kind of feel sorry for them – their pitch is, like, hilariously ineffective because they just don’t seem to realise that most folks have no point of reference on what they’re selling. It’s like watching someone try to convince people that they should play Pokémon, except they’re operating under the unexamined assumption that everyone everywhere is already familiar with the basics and just can’t decide which generation is best, so they’re standing there banging on about the finer points of the type matchup grid to an audience whose knowledge of and interest in the franchise begins and ends with “the monster goes in the ball”.
listen, i know the sun is not going to expand and implode in my lifetime but i am still terrified of the concept
Listen… About 10,000 light-years away from here Eta Carinae may have already exploded into a hypernova and if it did and the light reaches Earth in our lifetime it will light up the southern hemisphere like a second moon day and night for a while.
Procrastination Station 