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You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy is created in the universe and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, ever vibration, every BTU of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world. You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid the energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got.

And at one point, you'd hope that the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off you like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that those photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever.

And the physicist will remind the congregation of how much of all our energy is given off as heat. There may be a few fanning themselves with their programs as he says it. And he will tell them that the warmth that flowed through you in life is still here, still part of all that we are, even as we who mourn continue in the heat of our own lives.

And you'll want the physicist to explain to those who loved you that they need not have faith; indeed, they should not have faith. Let them know that they can measure, that scientists have measured precisely the conservation of energy and found it accurate, verifiable and consistent across space and time. You can hope your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they'll be comforted to know your energy is still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone. You're just less orderly. Amen.

Leroy Dennui posted:

Oh hey, I'm at the absolute bottom of the chart. I'm just glad it says "consider" instead of "commit" so I have a choice.

twistedmentat posted:

Did someone find a copy of Wild Animus?

goose fleet posted:

Every character in every video game should just be a giant, beautifully sculpted rear end walking around on a pair of legs

poptart_fairy posted:

Most terrorists are pretty dumb.

Brawnfire posted:

I can always rely on this thread for a morning pick-me-up

Scratch Monkey posted:

Johnny Clay Cupp Jr is just happy to have something to seethe with anger about again. It's the only thing that lets him feel alive and whole

trapped mouse posted:

Just looked for this on their twitter feed, doesn't seem to exist. Was it deleted or is it a photoshop?

budgieinspector posted:

Fathis Munk posted:

Yeah it has to be a bot. Right?

Fathis Munk posted:

Now that's a conundrum.

Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:

You remember the year?

Absurd Alhazred posted:

https://twitter.com/lilsarg/status/1056732258764234752

Gab will be sorely missed.

BrigadierSensible posted:

Is David Icke anti-semitic?

I thought he was the "The Royals are 7 foot lizard people from space" guy. Does he also hate the jews?

EvilGenius posted:

I agree.

I suppose what I'm a disagreeing with is that someone could have that much cash on them with no immediate, plausible explanation, and it not be linked to crime.

MarcusSA posted:

Lol what? I have so many questions.

felch me daddy jr. posted:

https://twitter.com/queer_queenie/status/1118258297725837314

PurpleXVI posted:

How the gently caress would you still marry someone who did that to you and still associate with anyone else in on the "gag"? That's a prime loving moment right there.

DJ Fuckboy Supreme posted:

Here I was thinking it was the opposite, that she was rumored to have been too racist for wherever but the truth was ketamine. Iunno, either way she's horrible and it's a shame she feels empowered to tell a Muslim woman that British nationalism is back because her party won the majority.

Ambitious Spider posted:

Can't tell if that's supposed to be Jesus or a throuple

Proteus Jones posted:

How the gently caress is going out for a drive putting people at risk? Even if you have to top up the car, you never have to interact with a single human being (except maybe WA and NJ)