Growing up I only remember ever heard it as “swab the deck”. Calling out the poop deck specifically is likely a modern or regional inclusion because, well, “poop”.

Or maybe it’s one of those Mandela Effect things and I’ve left my original universe.

We created civilization for ourselves. It was a selfish construct that many could argue has had a damaging impact on the world and other life on this planet. The only way I see that as evidence for human superiority over all other life is if you already believe that human life is superior, which gets us to a circular argument.

Not sarcastic. I do not think that human life is more valuable than other life. Will I prioritize my own life over others? Yes, because I am selfish that way. Given the choice, will I choose a human life over the life of an animal? I honestly don’t know.

Do you believe that human life is more valuable just because you are human and therfore believe that you are more valuable, or do you have other reasonings? What I am ultimately asking is, what do you think makes human life so special and superior to other life?

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or if you are arguing that human life is more valuable because you are human and therefore more valuable than all other life.

You are careful to quantify “human life”. Do you believe that human life is more valuable than other life? If so, why?

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The “day” for that product is coming to an end. Tomorrow will bring a new product.

It is not common for me to see deleted comments. Do you tend to see this in certain communities?

Susan Dell. Wife of Michael Dell (founder of Dell computers).

In no particular order :

• Made water my primary beverage. Turned out that chronic dehydration was causing several physical maladies that went away almost overnight once I started drinking more water.
• Stop caring so much about what others think about me. Especially strangers. Once I realized that the stranger in the grocery store does not continue to think about me once I am out of sight and if they do, I’ll never know it so it doesn’t matter. Living life based on what I think of me has been so much better for my mental health than living based on what I think others might think about me.
• Spend time alone with my thoughts. This allowed me to deal with issues and behaviors that I didn’t like about myself and / or identify stressors that may have been manifesting in misdirected ways. I did this way more when I was younger and angrier and it took a couple of years, but I slowly worked through so many aspects of myself that I didn’t like. Some I was able to change and others I learned to come to terms with and work around.
• When people ask “How’s it going” or similar such greetings, I tell them the truth. This is a bit of an extension of the last 2 points, but I found that sharing and verbalizing the good and the bad worked better for me than internalizing everything.

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I’ve been seeing ChatGPT ads recently that, I think, are trying to position their AI as something old lonely people can talk to when they have nobody else in their lives. It’s really quite sad.

Pope Benedict IX is worth looking into for those wanting to learn more about historic papal corruption.

No JFK, Nixon, LBJ, both Bushes, Reagan, Garfield, …

Did you ever wonder why we had to run run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath the clear blue sky?

Movie night. My aging body does much better sitting on sofas and recliners than it does the ground.

I wish my friends and I looked this young.