An old storm damaged fence.

I’d call it a cultural artifact. We used to get married very young. In some cultures the kids are introduced to sex by the grandparents. And of course in our own culture the ideal of sexy beauty is a supermodel who looks like a 13 year old boy. It’s a whirlwind wrapped in a psychosis for sure.

Oh that is a good one. Thanks.

Oh good one!

I heard that a similar breeding program happened in some African cultures back in the day. Like you could only breed if you were an alpha hunter or somesuch.

So that’s how you get a race of 7’ tall dudes

Close enough. Ban him.

Seems rather light-handed. But maybe that’s the best way.

I have my doubts that would work. We have another propaganda stream, installed since birth, shouting that more babies is great. And this irrational mandate will be rationalized.

Yeah, but the cause could be drawn either way.

I just assumed it was spelled Lor. Seems obviously cooler. The rest is homonymious.

I’d argue that it’s all true but I just brushed my teeth and am feeling very calm for some reason and can’t be bothered

Data is coded in straight Java. Lore is a stable diffusion thing instructed by popular media.

As Charles Fort said, systems of thought are invariably mutually antagonistic.

Everybody thinks that their system of thinking is the one and only true system, and all other systems are wrong and bad. (Which simplifies thinking I suppose.) Except luminaries like Charles, of course.

The writers clearly think that Data represents the good system and Lore one of those other systems.

Data. Lor.

Lore.

Data and Lore are 2 different kinds of information.

That just occurred to me.

I actually did the science and I can say with complete certainty that flouride is good for you and has no bad side effects.

Jk, I believe what I’m told.

Splice chain link fence. Learned from YouTube. 5 days ago.

Can this guy Josh Grey be trusted?

He’s wearing a mask for a photo.

I figure the main arc of the plot is “a mystery is revealed and its depths explored”. That’s basically Egan and Hughes right there.

Except we’d do it without the science/technology tropes.

So like, chronic stress?

I know it makes me crazy when I work too much. A few years of that would definitely send me over the edge.

I was thinking maybe testosterone and estrogen.