Yeah, I suspect that the universe may expand and contract, so likely all the matter in the big bang came from it all being compressed from the previous cycle.

I also think all total matter gets distributed the same way each cycle, so I guess I think all matter that exists now is the same matter that has existed always.

I also think each cycle, everything happens the same way deterministically, even though it would be exciting to see if maybe events happen differently each cycle.

It’s because it is the result of the action, like a drawing. We just don’t say a built, or a drawn. I’m not sure why we used the gerand in English, but we do.

I was going to say that yeah, you can actually get even motels and some hotels at hourly rates, usually in high crime areas with rampant prostitution.

Sanctioning a legal body because they call you out is crazy, trying to put pressure and sieze their assets is insane. US is the villains.

Isn’t that more like “you can’t ask an elm tree for pears?”

And even more literally “don’t ask for pears to the elm?”

That’s the only realistic outcome of this whole thing, eventually that territory will either be all of Ukraine, or the strategically important parts.

I usually find that ballpoint pens work poorly if paper has gotten wet, if it dries though you’ll probably be able to keep writing in it, best to throw it out though tbf

I thought of the same. I assumed this anachronism was meant to imply he was incredibly old and around for the initial rollout of the telephone.