Conservatism
lolcatnip
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Since we have a joke for a president I want to know, what cartoon character would you actually vote for to be President of the US?
An alien who sees in the radio part of the light spectrum would probably be blinded by all our wireless communications
An alien who sees in the radio part of the light spectrum would probably be blinded by all our wireless communications
You've described the reasons why aliens that see in the radio spectrum would never evolve in the first place. Aliens from a particularly cool star might have their vision attuned to infrared, but no place that's warm enough to have liquid water would be cold enough to make radio waves more useful than infrared.
Announcements on the train should refer to "port / starboard side" instead of "left / right in the direction of travel", when pointing to the exits.
I suspect most people think port and starboard are just synonyms for left and right. I did for a very long time. And you also have to consider non-native speakers who might not know the nautical terms at all.
The trains where I live say "on my right" and "on my left". It sounds a little weird hearing an automated voice speaking in the first person, but it's concise and gets the message across to people who won't know nautical terms.
They have the same vibe, but Lucille is kind of a buffoon, whereas Mallory gets shit done.