2022 LC Thread—New Year, New Thread

Just a recent callback

Why does there need to be a causal relationship with us (or our Universe/light cone/whatever) for something to exist? As I understand it (actually, as I understand Carroll) many-worlds is a straight mathematical consequence of the Schrodinger equation. His argument is that every other explanation requires adding something to the equation; many-worlds is the most parsimonious. I can see why we would say nothing with no causal relationship to us matters, but not why nothing with no causal relationship exists.

(Credentials: Subscribe to Mindscape podcast, and slept at a Holiday Inn last night.)

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I saw a license plate today that I couldn’t believe was allowed: STFUOMG

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I’m not even surprised any more.

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I legit don’t understand it. That boy is not attractive in any sense of the word.

Fuck yes I know they’re just after his money/fame but at this point they have to know it’s not happening right?

Hmmm

Is this kink shaming? Is Davidson thaaat rich? Serious questions here (but not really)

casino shuffling machines are probably not random

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A mathemagician!

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phantom tollbooth was a great book

Barely related: I got a digital license plate (reviver.com, only available in CA, AZ, and MI). Same info as my regular plate but digital lol. The only practical advantage is it automatically updates when you renew your registration, so no dealing with stickers. Anyway, you can put a little customizable message at the bottom, which requires approval. If I ever get pulled over I’m going to attempt to switch it to “Blue Lives Matter” on the fly. Will probably get me shot for fiddling with my phone during the stop.

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I thought women were supposed to be into guys who are funny and down-to-Earth.

I’m sure Kim K. is worth more than Pete

I use one of these because I couldnt get the car without it, in my opinion $8/month is a complete scam, the device costs $750 and my understanding is that after a few years when the battery dies it’s multiple hundreds to replace.

my registration process was nice though. I paid reviver the money and the only hiccup was I was looking for something from the dmv in the mail but reviver sent me the tags.

In california it’s very strict what you can put underneath the plate - mine says “LOL” currently but I submitted a few hashtags for approval.

I paid a little over $200 for a 4 year subscription, so less than $8/mo. Still silly.

My current custom message is an AA thing, super boring. It was approved in like 24 hours.

maybe women just want someone who isn’t always posting on twitter or a rando political forum on their phone all the time? attractiveness as a bonus but not a deal breaker

This post reminded me that my tabs are about 10 months overdue. Wonder if I could just wait until my normal renewal and skip a year of fees :vince2:

Suppose it probably doesn’t work that way.

I’m worried I’ll get pulled over because I put the tags in the locations the instructions said to put them in, which is different from where I put them before and where everyone else with this style of plate puts them and where the plates themselves indicate to put them. I’m the idiot who actually read the directions.

It can. I did it a long time ago in Texas but probably depends on state law now.

My wife once got a ticket while the had the fraternal order of police sticker in her window. Ever since, she tells them to fuck right off when they call asking for donations.

And I wouldn’t be surprised if Emily Ratajkowski is richer, too.

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