A theoretical device referenced when someone performs an act of generosity of kindness that is only possible because a horrible system has been normalized. Usually seen in "feel good" stories in the news where a child sells a collection so they can afford cancer treatment or a military veteran receives a prosthesis because of a GoFundMe.
Local man saves 500 orphans from the orphan crushing machine!
That's great news! Wait... why is there a machine that crushes orphans?
That's great news! Wait... why is there a machine that crushes orphans?
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A hypothetical machine uses ultra-low-friction components, cosmic background radiation harvesting, and delayed thermal equilibration to keep moving for millions of years. It never produces excess energy and slowly loses motion over astronomical timescales. Unlike a perpetual motion machine, it obeys thermodynamics but exploits environmental and probabilistic factors to extend operation far beyond conventional machines.
A hypothetical machine uses ultra-low-friction components, cosmic background radiation harvesting, and delayed thermal equilibration to keep moving for millions of years. It never produces excess energy and slowly loses motion over astronomical timescales. Unlike a perpetual motion machine, it obeys thermodynamics but exploits environmental and probabilistic factors to extend operation far beyond conventional machines.
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Woman: I like your beer belly, let's go get a beer some time?
Man: lol, beer makes you gain weight; it's not a beer belly, it's my gas tank for a sex machine
Woman: lol, I didn't know such machines, or their gas tanks, existed.
Man: lol, beer makes you gain weight; it's not a beer belly, it's my gas tank for a sex machine
Woman: lol, I didn't know such machines, or their gas tanks, existed.
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Lloyd: "it's been a long time coming good to see you my old friend"
Felix, Command in Chief of the Liberal War Machine: "Dude....::implicit Hypocrisy of the Liberal War Machine::"
Felix, Command in Chief of the Liberal War Machine: "Dude....::implicit Hypocrisy of the Liberal War Machine::"
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Is a saying used to describe Someone who changes peer group or location and because of this now believes they are better than the company they used to keep
Is a saying used to describe Someone who changes peer group or location and because of this now believes they are better than the company they used to keep
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As old clothes in a new machine remain, old clothes by the way mate !!
As old clothes in a new machine remain, old clothes by the way mate !!
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