The Isolated Blurt Thread XXI: Killswitch Edition

[Que]

Talk to him about it! He won't take it.

I'm shy.

 

[smoothg103rd]

I'm shy.

Lol. Your post just reminded me of this.

https://youtu.be/1lQ5VPTvf5g
0:50

 

[Saint Peter]

Dear Baltimore,

Thank you for the kickass meatball sammy.

Love,
Pete



ps Your roads are ass.

 

[DesEsseintes]

I made membrillo and it was too sweet for cheese, which made me angry.
Then I ate a slice with coffee and it was divine.

#lifelessons

 

[girlsmiley]

I made membrillo and it was too sweet for cheese, which made me angry.
Then I ate a slice with coffee and it was divine.

#lifelessons

Coffee, raisins and cheese.

Brah, I figured that shit out when I was 8.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Coffee, raisins and cheese.

Brah, I figured that shit out when I was 8.

You had a head start. I had to be educated and cultured and all that Old World crap first.

 

[Saint Peter]

You had a head start. I had to be educated and cultured and all that Old World crap first.

Tree bark, small rodents, and eye buggers?

 

[DesEsseintes]

Tree bark, small rodents, and eye buggers?

You went to my school?

 

[Saint Peter]

You went to my school?

No.

I just played the piano in the whorehouse.

 

[lovetoread]

cheese does not go with coffee

 

[girlsmiley]

No.

I just played the piano in the whorehouse.

I still do that now.

Anything for a crust.

 

[girlsmiley]

cheese does not go with coffee

You're Sean's missus, so I will forgive you for that.

 

[girlsmiley]

Tiny kitty pats for lovetoread.

*pat pat pat*

 

[lovetoread]

 

[Sean]

I'm pretty sure that if Jimmy Anderson beaned me in the head with a short one, I wouldn't just smile, helmet or not.

 

[Sean]

cheese does not go with coffee

No, it goes on pasta and burgers.

 

[Lyricalli]

I'm shy.

 

[Que]

...and sadly puzzling.

Evidently.

 

[Lyricalli]

...and sadly puzzling.

Evidently.

I prefer to think of it as quizzically distressing.

 

[Que]

I prefer to think of it as quizzically distressing.

Negatively nonplussed?

 

[girlsmiley]

I forgot to eat today.

 

[girlsmiley]

Cereal tomorrow.

 

[trysail]

Now we know why they're lazy and shiftless.



Burke et al
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature15725.html

Growing evidence demonstrates that climatic conditions can have a profound impact on the functioning of modern human societies, but effects on economic activity appear inconsistent. Fundamental productive elements of modern economies, such as workers and crops, exhibit highly non-linear responses to local temperature even in wealthy countries. In contrast, aggregate macroeconomic productivity of entire wealthy countries is reported not to respond to temperature, while poor countries respond only linearly. Resolving this conflict between micro and macro observations is critical to understanding the role of wealth in coupled human–natural systems and to anticipating the global impact of climate change. Here we unify these seemingly contradictory results by accounting for non-linearity at the macro scale. We show that overall economic productivity is non-linear in temperature for all countries, with productivity peaking at an annual average temperature of 13 °C and declining strongly at higher temperatures. The relationship is globally generalizable, unchanged since 1960, and apparent for agricultural and non-agricultural activity in both rich and poor countries. These results provide the first evidence that economic activity in all regions is coupled to the global climate and establish a new empirical foundation for modelling economic loss in response to climate change, with important implications. If future adaptation mimics past adaptation, unmitigated warming is expected to reshape the global economy by reducing average global incomes roughly 23% by 2100 and widening global income inequality, relative to scenarios without climate change. In contrast to prior estimates, expected global losses are approximately linear in global mean temperature, with median losses many times larger than leading models indicate.
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[Fata Morgana]

Hey LTR, Cadbury are doing chocolate spiders for Halloween with green crunchy bits in. Abominations. Get Sean to get you a few for next visit. Think they are only for this month.

 

[DesEsseintes]

Trysail, if you haven't already read it, you might be interested in this. Brilliant book.