mothersprotege

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[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Provided, of course, that the leaves are variegated.

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Was probably on a mission from god.

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Iirc, it was an energy/environment focus, so it was all about analyzing and comparing different energy sources wrt their usefulness, feasability, environmental impact, etc. This was in Houston, so the oil industry plays a huge role in the local economy, and funds the university endowments.

But yeah, the whole thing was pretty farcical.

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not that I recall. I didn't know anyone else in the class, and I don't remember anything coming up in the class group chat. I did get quite heated with him at a couple of points, but I'm pretty sure he still gave me an A.

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I took an environmental science class in college, and the professor was a former president of Shell. As part of the curriculum, we had to read his book, Why we Hate the Oil Companies. Predictably, it's a corporate non-apologia, which—hilariously—completely avoids engaging with why we actually hate the oil companies.

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Tbf, none of the Predator movies are horror, either. This whole post is built on a lie!

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For the record, they're supposed to say, "There's no 'f' in way!" In my experience, they usually say something more like, "What?"

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The way I heard this joke as a kid was,

"How do you fit an elephant in a Safeway* bag?"

"I dunno, how?"

"You take the 'S' out of Safe, and the 'f' out of way!"

Then you would hope they actually arrived at the punchline, but you'd often have to prompt them a bit.

*Safeway is a regional American supermarket chain

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Common Disco L.

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for posting this, it's right up my alley!

[–] mothersprotege@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Sad little king of a sad little hill.

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