To better understand how nature doesn’t always make smooth circles out of circular patterns, this Minute Physics video does a banger job using the Earth’s moon as an example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBcxuM-qXec

For Saturn, you’re talking about storm patterns that aggregate near the poles, but the concept is somewhat similar, which is that forces acting on objects (storms) can arrange circles into wave-like shapes.

All that said, I believe that Saturn’s hexagon is still not fully understood, and still may be signs of a deeper alien death-star hiding in the clouds and we should probably like… I dunno, stock up on canned beans and toilet paper.

Here’s a better visualization from Minute Physics how these “wave” patterns can make geometric shapes, using the fact that Earth’s moon doesn’t make a smooth circle around the sun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBcxuM-qXec

Star Trek was confined by budget, and used a goofy ass, obscure storyline that the galaxy was “seeded” by something in ancient times which is why everyone looks like humanoids with different kinds of bumpy foreheads. (despite it being a very specific set of environmental circumstances over millions or billions of years that led to primates on Earth becoming the dominant species, one of those “don’t think about it” plot devices.)

Does this suggest that there are non-humanoid empires outside of the galaxy? If Warhammer 40k taught us anything, it’s that beyond the Milky Way it’s only tyranids, which are probably going to be a much more difficult romantic option.

Someday artists are going to struggle to replicate this “look” in order to make memes and jokes.

On the sides of our cave walls.

I’m surprised in the year of our Lord, 2025, we’ve still only had a couple of serious interspecies relationship pieces in popular media. You would think with the tech we have no there would be so many science fiction stories and romantic comedies about people and odd sapient creatures or monsters in wacky romances.

And I mean fucking daring stuff. Even Shape of Water was almost tame, dude just looked like a jacked fishy man. But going in the right direction.

I genuinely think it would be good for society to mentally play with the far edges of our social constructs.

I blame the constant stream of bullshit, clickbait “science” headlines that media and internet has subjected an entire generation to, leading to the same effect as it’s had on politics, which is the average person tunes out completely and nobody knows what’s “standard” and normal anymore, and doesn’t really care either.

Am I “stealing” fat from the food I eat?

Yes you are and you need to be stopped.

You can live in a symbiotic relationship with your company’s break-room policy, but you can’t become a host for workers of your own. It’s really unfair.

You can be a thought balloon if you really try.

And also why, “little puppy kisses” is not in fact, a wrestling move.

arms out wide then down to stomp

Shaka, when the walls fell!

Its really only an issue in the context of capitalism.

I mean, yes but also a massive portion of our entire society is propped up on the back of capitalism whether we like it or not, we can’t pull the rug out from the hospitals, the services, people’s food and so on. There are a lot of people who think that a population crash will be good for us but if system crashes too fast, it won’t be an issue of not having new iphones and labubu’s, it will be an issue of not having antibiotics and rubber products like the washers in syringes and the company that makes the single bearing you need to keep your heater on in winter closed their doors years ago and the grocery store is almost empty and you haven’t heard any noise from your elderly neighbor’s house in three days, and is that gunfire again? It’s not an apocalyptic event but a withering of life and progress.

The damage that a collapse can cause can outweigh any long-term benefits and even last too long and hard for any better systems to even have a chance of taking root. Our logistics network is simultaneously the most impressive thing we’ve ever built and the most fragile, and it’s also what we rely on to a degree that should have scared everyone when a single cargo ship blocking a canal almost brought the world to a stop.

I am just trying to say that it’s a real issue that every nation is going to have to start bracing for with the same gravity as climate change because the consequences can lead to a lot of unnecessary suffering. I wish more people other than the very worst people were taking it seriously and preparing for the strain.

Don’t forget to attach metal spikes to your black lacrosse gear and matching trencoat.

Haven’t seen any listings for “entry level white dude” but I’ll an eye peeled.

I hope you understand anonymity is an illusion and that intelligence agencies and law enforcement can use these kinds of comments as a justification to get ALL up in your shit. This kind of performative “we got a badass over here” act is not really impressing anyone here, and it could get you in massive trouble.

This isn’t the internet’s backwater. There are bots crawling through these comments right now looking for and flagging users.

Since we’re roleplaying you should also say “skulls for the skull throne.”

I would literally move if I could afford it and if it was even a little easier.

Stockholm syndrome suggests we enjoy it or want to be here.

There are people who move to China to become “professional white guys” where you hang out with socialites and drink and make them look good by being their “white associate” which is a big deal in some social circles. Literally that’s all you do.

The catch: you need to be really familiar with China, fluent in the language, and fluent in the culture and have some connects. You should probably also be somewhat attractive or at least know style and be fit.

There are a lot of “state options” for the poor, but these are often terrible and only cover the most basic services. You may not even qualify for this in some states depending on requirements. Like, a lot of places now won’t provide any assistance without an address, monthly interviews or check-ins AND proof of income.

I have been to the bottom at least once when I lost a lot of family members in a short time, lost my business and had a massive mountain of health expenses and debts. I basically lost everything due to circumstances and it was damn nearly impossible to climb out again. The US makes it very, very expensive to be poor. The hoops you have to jump through to get even the most basic help make it almost prohibitive.

If I could suggest anything to anyone out there who has even basic needs met… go donate to a local food-bank/public pantry. It doesn’t have to be much, especially with the holidays. Cash will go a long way, but anything will help from vegetables from your garden to a few pairs of new, cheap socks. Those places saved me and I am paying it back.

Draw you like an infographic meme and paste text above you?