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   Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:50:04 JST Alex Gleason
   Academics and philosophers are the worst. They sit around and make up all kinds of excuses to do the wrong thing or nothing at all.
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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:54:01 JST Alex Gleason

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     @unabomber Thoughts?
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     triodug (triodug@fedi.triodug.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:55:05 JST triodug

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     @alex pondering whether to switch the trolley tracks instead of just untying the one guy on the track.
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     Edward Sneeden (sneeden@iddqd.social)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 00:57:39 JST Edward Sneeden

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     @alex whoa there buddy, you're sounding like those extremists the TV told me are very dangerous to our democracy
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     idea_enjoyer (idea_enjoyer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 01:01:39 JST idea_enjoyer

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     @alex Pondering what to have for lunch right now
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     halogen alchemist (black6@gleasonator.com)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 01:05:37 JST halogen alchemist

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     @alex An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician are all at a defense conference in Vegas. Through a quirk of plot convenience, all three are alcoholics and chain smokers, and all three pass out in bed with a lit cigarette in their mouth.
     
     The engineer wakes up because his bed is on fire. He jumps up, grabs the ice bucket, fills it up from the bathtub faucet, and dumps it out on the fire, putting it out. Now his bed is all wet, so he gets the spare blanket and pillow out of the closet, curls up on the floor, and goes back to sleep.
     
     The physicist wakes up due to his own fire. He grabs the notepad and pencil off the desk and does some quick calculations. He then gets the coffee cup, fills it from the sink, and pours it out on the fire. With the last drop of water the fire is extinguished and his bed is dry, so he climbs back in bed and falls asleep.
     
     The mathematician is woken up by his bed on fire. He, too, grabs the notepad and pencil and furiously scribbles down some calculations. He calculates that he can put out the fire, so he gets the spare blanket and pillow from the closet, sets them out on the floor, and passes out again.
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     Theodore John Kaczynski (unabomber@social.here.blue)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 02:35:26 JST Theodore John Kaczynski

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     @alex Academics and philosophers have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. They benefit from the current system, and they don’t want to see it change. This is why they often make excuses for the wrong things that are done in society, or they simply do nothing at all

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