For the lazy it basically means as embryos our anus forms before our mouths do. So we have to talk out our asses before we even leave the womb!

Forget cones of shame, what we need are cones of silence.

90's me was poring over TigerDirect[0] catalogs like they were porn.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerDirect

Is it just me or does that sound like Garfield?

Which sects of Buddhism? Just curious to read further about them.

Mind boggling. Wish they included images of the scale compared to our sun, solar system, galaxy etc to help me wrap my head around this beast.

Unfortunately a picture would not clarify anything with that sort of object. A video will: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FH9cgRhQ-k

Thanks, that helped.

I vaguely remember reading somewhere about people seeing warriors on horseback for the first time calling them four legged demons or some such thing. I wonder what it would take to elicit that type of panicked response today?

Even if the ruling class was high off their tits on whatever substance probably had little to do with anything. Most likely the drug that had the most influence was, and still is, the lust for power.

Extremely fanatic soccer "fans", aka hooligans. Basically just an excuse to be antisocial.

I think it's more apathy than an actual desire for more mass surveillance. People don't care until they are directly, negatively affected. Same as it ever was.