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Igel

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8. Evolution and the "arc of history" gave us Trump.

Reply to SamKnause (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 06:31 PM

Jun 18

And worse, Hitler.

And "worser," Stalin.

But the real clincher ... Fire ants.

I rest my case.

We're a brain in a jar that's waiting to be thermalized.

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Hope this doesn't get me □ed.

(The symbol □ means "Q.E.D.," quod erat demonstrandum--which was to be proven--as opposed to QED. The name for the symbol is "tombstone." There, I've done y'all a / in symbology and typological nomenclature. Ahem.)

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