40,000 years ago, early humans painted hands on the wall of a cave. This morning, my baby cousin began finger painting. All of recorded history happened between these two paintings of human hands. The Nazca Lines and the Mona Lisa. The first TransAtlantic flight and the first voyage to the Moon. Humanity invented the wheel, the telescope, and the nuclear bomb. We eradicated wild poliovirus types 2 and 3. We discovered radio waves, dinosaurs, and the laws of thermodynamics. Freedom Riders crossed the South. Hippies burned their draft cards. Countless genocides, scientific advancements, migrations, and rebellions. More than a hundred billion humans lived and died between these two paintings—one on a sheet of paper, and one on the inside of a cave. At the dawn of time, ancient humans stretched out their hands. And this morning, a child reached back.
Silly Game Time: WRONG ANSWERS ONLY! What does F.B.I. stand for?
Uh okay. That one was actually pretty difficult for me.
Especially as someone who is not fluent in English 😬.
I got: For Billionaires Inconvenience
Silly Game Time: What are 3 things that can reliably make you smile?
(CHALLENGE EDITION: Use a random letter generator for all 3, and find something that begins with those letters which makes you smile reliably.)
I met one at a friend’s birthday. She was wearing a good omens shirt. I liked her straight away.
i met a good omens fan in the wild!! they had the coolest tattoos
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Silly Game Time: Would you rather spend one year in a zero gravity environment (like a space station) or one month in a completely underground bunker?
Adequate food, water, entertainment, and company from other people are supplied in both. Physical safety from the environment are guaranteed in both (though I guess you could be really clumsy or start a fight if you wanted? point is, there will be no meteorites or earthquakes).
I would prefer the space station and, in the hope that it doesn't cause any problems, go absolutely crazy in zero gravity. In the style of old cartoons. A bit like Tom and Jerry.