Medium-Range Spaceflight

The serious business of leaving Earth orbit and going somewhere—the moon, Lagrange points, maybe Mars if we ever get our act together. Medium-range spaceflight requires weeks or months, real planning, and the willingness to be very far from help if something goes wrong. It's for people who are committed to space, not just sampling it, and who have accepted that they will miss several seasons of their favorite shows, possibly forever, depending on how the landing goes.

Example: "She trained for years for medium-range spaceflight—a six-month mission to a lunar station. She'd miss birthdays, holidays, and the entire run of whatever Netflix series dropped while she was gone. But she'd see Earth rise over the lunar horizon, which seemed like a fair trade, assuming the rocket didn't explode. Her mother was not convinced."

by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Medium-Duration Motion Machines

The vehicles, tools, and systems that shape our experience of movement over hours and days—cars, trains, airplanes, and the humble elevator, which transforms a three-minute stair climb into thirty seconds of awkward silence with a stranger. These machines have redefined human experience, turning journeys that once took weeks into commutes that take hours, giving us more time to be somewhere else and less time to appreciate where we are. The ultimate medium-duration motion machine is the treadmill, which lets you move for an hour and go absolutely nowhere.

Medium-Duration Motion Machines *Example: "His car was a medium-duration motion machine that carried him through two hours of traffic daily. He listened to podcasts about productivity while being completely unproductive, trapped in a metal box, moving at 3 miles per hour, surrounded by other metal boxes also moving slowly. He called it 'commuting,' which is Latin for 'this is fine.'"*

by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Medium Chopped

Not too good looking but not too bad looking

You’re not chopped, your medium chopped

by ComeThruZo June 9, 2025

Medium rare

Something in between two ends of a spectrum, so-so, not complete

“How drunk are you getting tonight?”
“Medium rare”

by Sahaharrr September 29, 2025

Medium weight white PP spoon

An act where two Caucasians males who collectively weigh less than 300 lb, lay together while one positions his penis through the legs of the other who tucks his penis between his legs.

It was really cold the other night when we went camping so my buddy and I performed a medium weight white pp spoon

by HonestTruthTalker October 29, 2025

healthy medium

Kayla and shea

Kayla and shea are healthy medium

by huntfish January 13, 2016

midwest medium

Full-bodied. Voluptuous. Zaftig.

She said she was medium build, but that’s a “Midwest medium” not an L.A. medium.

by Scissorgrrrl May 12, 2018