
pilsnerpusher
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re: Why are M&Ms different colors? They all taste the same
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 4/1/25 at 8:26 pm
Yeah when I was a kid I’d sort them by color before eating them as well. Tan was always smallest percentage of the package so that naturally made them special. Then the bastards went and did away with them altogether. I was disappointed.
re: The Average Weight for American Women
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 3/30/25 at 6:24 am
144 at 5-3 is still overweight
re: New movie trivia game: Name the movie from one line
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 3/25/25 at 1:21 pm
“Four Fried chickens and a coke”
-Blues Brothers
“Neal and Bob. Are those your names or what you do?”
-Blues Brothers
“Neal and Bob. Are those your names or what you do?”
re: Need help naming new racehorse
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 3/24/25 at 5:06 pm
Hueng Soro
re: What were your favorite books to read when you were a child?
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 3/21/25 at 3:39 pm
Chronicles of Prydain then Tolkien
re: What good reason is there to believe in God?
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 3/17/25 at 4:04 pm
Yep, God is Love.
The laws of nature are consistent with regard to what is valued and what is not. A lion will fight to protect his young. It’s nature’s way. The moment a new lion takes over a pride it will kill the cubs to eliminate future competition and induce fertility among the lioness’s. A lion is indifferent to a beetle. It plays no part in the lion’s natural need to survive and have its young survive. This is natural law.
But there’s a different, higher law that humans are tuned in to. If we behaved as the lion does to competitors it’s seen as immoral, evil.
Instead we find it virtuous to forgive enemies, to help the stranger. We feel freed and whole when we fulfill this desire. When Japanese women were hurling themselves to their deaths while clutching their children during WW2 US Marines pleaded with them not to do it and were deeply saddened and troubled by the deaths. Why? Where did these feelings come from? Certainly not nature… they run counter to natural law. It’s illogical. But our hearts sing when we give in to this illogical love. This illogical love wouldn’t seem to be a product of evolution as it would run counter to survival. So where does this love come from if not from nature?
The exoplanets mentioned earlier remind of the first technique used to detect them: by observing the wobble of a star caused by the mass of a planet revolving around it. I would argue that this illogical love that resides within us as truest truth is the wobble of God.
The laws of nature are consistent with regard to what is valued and what is not. A lion will fight to protect his young. It’s nature’s way. The moment a new lion takes over a pride it will kill the cubs to eliminate future competition and induce fertility among the lioness’s. A lion is indifferent to a beetle. It plays no part in the lion’s natural need to survive and have its young survive. This is natural law.
But there’s a different, higher law that humans are tuned in to. If we behaved as the lion does to competitors it’s seen as immoral, evil.
Instead we find it virtuous to forgive enemies, to help the stranger. We feel freed and whole when we fulfill this desire. When Japanese women were hurling themselves to their deaths while clutching their children during WW2 US Marines pleaded with them not to do it and were deeply saddened and troubled by the deaths. Why? Where did these feelings come from? Certainly not nature… they run counter to natural law. It’s illogical. But our hearts sing when we give in to this illogical love. This illogical love wouldn’t seem to be a product of evolution as it would run counter to survival. So where does this love come from if not from nature?
The exoplanets mentioned earlier remind of the first technique used to detect them: by observing the wobble of a star caused by the mass of a planet revolving around it. I would argue that this illogical love that resides within us as truest truth is the wobble of God.
re: Best Pair of Khaki Shorts
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 2/17/25 at 10:27 am
Amazon essentials. $15-$18. I’ve got five or six pair. They’re pretty much what I wear everyday from April-September
re: Tell me an interesting random fact about an animal species...
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 1/19/25 at 6:23 am
The best guess on the evolution of the pronghorn’s speed is that it came about to avoid the American Cheetah. The American Cheetah died out around 13,000 years ago and was larger (around 150 lbs) and not quite as fast as the African cheetah. Think of it as mix between a cougar and African cheetah. I believe read somewhere that it’s estimated top speed would have been around 55-60 mph.
re: Tell me an interesting random fact about an animal species...
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 1/18/25 at 9:45 pm
Yep, UGA did a study a few years back where they tracked a bunch of domesticated cats and they found the following statistics regarding cat’s hunting practices:
30% is eaten
21% is brought home for presents
49% is killed for the hell of it and left to rot
30% is eaten
21% is brought home for presents
49% is killed for the hell of it and left to rot
re: Vader’s Model Desk: PzKpfw 38(T) Ausf. E
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 12/30/24 at 7:56 pm
I’ll say it again. When will you do an SD.kfz 231 6 rad?
Just kidding. I’m a huge fan of your work. But I also think the styling of that recon vehicle was sleek!
Just kidding. I’m a huge fan of your work. But I also think the styling of that recon vehicle was sleek!
re: Zac Taylor needs to give his salary back to Cincinnati
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 12/28/24 at 5:35 pm
This should be a 16-10 game with the Bengals driving down to make it a 2 score game. Absolutely terrible decisions not to take the points on both those 4th downs.
re: Christopher Nolan - Interstellar
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 12/11/24 at 5:43 am
Yeah, that aspect is definitely tough.
My daughters (12 and 16) and I watched it together this summer. They loved it. So much so that my 16 year old came across the interstellar/‘39 mashup and now I randomly hear them say “Alexa, play ‘39 by Queen”
My daughters (12 and 16) and I watched it together this summer. They loved it. So much so that my 16 year old came across the interstellar/‘39 mashup and now I randomly hear them say “Alexa, play ‘39 by Queen”
re: Mississippi College cutting football program.
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 11/20/24 at 4:46 pm
My son goes there and is on the speed scholarship. We stacked that with academic money. Free college is hard to beat. Based on enrollment I’d say a lot of people felt the same as us. Next year I think they’re adding an academic requirement for speed.
re: Mississippi College cutting football program.
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 11/20/24 at 6:41 am
They’re not struggling at all. They’re growing. Enrollment has gone way up the last 2-3 years. They’re currently sitting at a total enrollment of around 6300 (up from around 4600). They also changed their name to Mississippi Christian University. I suspect the bottleneck for continued growth is space for more buildings.
re: The Top 10 Coaches in FBS history?
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 11/15/24 at 6:16 am
I know everyone on your list won a NC but what Bill Snyder did at lowly K-State was incredible and deserves an honorable mention at the least.
re: 70's Ford pickups, remember these?
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 11/7/24 at 9:28 pm
Yeah, 25 years and 3 kids later that footswitch glitch made a good call.
re: 70's Ford pickups, remember these?
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 11/7/24 at 6:59 pm
I had a footswitch on my ‘66 Mustang back in the day. Half the time when I switched it to brights the lights would go out all together. I found that if I banged the shite out of the dash with my fist the lights would come back on. It was quite a conversation starter on first dates. The lights go out on a curvy road and the girl would scream as I bang on the dash.
I married the one that laughed when it happened.
I married the one that laughed when it happened.
re: Best clean one liners from Christmas Vacation
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 10/26/24 at 8:24 am
Last season he was the pixie dust spreader at the Tilt-O-Whirl
re: Napoleon Dynamite - 20 Years ago
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 10/21/24 at 9:01 pm
This thread is making me hungry for pocket tots
re: I married a country girl so I have
Posted by pilsnerpusher on 9/26/24 at 11:11 pm
Your mom’s method is the only way me and my family have ever made hobo packs. Massive amounts of ground beef with potatoes, carrots, onions with Tony’s and Worcestershire sauce double wrapped in aluminum foil on a camp fire. 40 minutes on coals then flip for 25 more minutes.
My boy is coming home from college this weekend and fall weather is here. May suggest hobo packs and smores for Saturday night.
My boy is coming home from college this weekend and fall weather is here. May suggest hobo packs and smores for Saturday night.
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