What has saved lives?

xoxoxoBruce • Apr 22, 2018 9:14 pm
What has saved lives?
lumberjim • Apr 23, 2018 11:26 am
looks like we took a break from 85-2000. slacker generation.
glatt • Apr 23, 2018 12:36 pm
baby boomers
Happy Monkey • Apr 23, 2018 1:06 pm
Reaganomics kicked in.
Flint • Apr 23, 2018 2:49 pm
...and any subsequent advancements have been via esoteric research that doesn't require any participation of society at large or investment of tax revenue.
monster • Apr 23, 2018 7:41 pm
I bet video games have saved lives by keeping a few complete nutjobs off the streets
Griff • Apr 24, 2018 7:32 am
hmmm... self driving cars and the internet of things? Not yet they haven't and will they count the Skynet bodies?
Gravdigr • Apr 24, 2018 3:12 pm
Alcohol and marijuana have saved more lives than lifeguards.
monster • Apr 27, 2018 7:37 pm
Gravdigr;1007434 wrote:
Alcohol and marijuana have saved more lives than lifeguards.


but... they have probably killed more than lifeguards too. Especially the former
Griff • Apr 28, 2018 8:36 am
Yeah, they've killed a lot of lifeguards. Wait wut?
Gravdigr • Apr 28, 2018 5:13 pm
This is a bright side thread people!

Bright side!!

:lol2:
xoxoxoBruce • Apr 28, 2018 9:18 pm
Yeah, but there's always a few grumpy Gus types looking at facts. ;)
Gravdigr • Apr 29, 2018 11:45 am
Facts have no place in reality.
monster • Apr 29, 2018 11:00 pm
Gravdigr;1007730 wrote:
Facts have no place in realty.


ftfy

from my bijou yet well appointed study nook
Gravdigr • Apr 30, 2018 5:04 pm
Ya know how to know you're old?

It takes forever to see what someone fixed.




Also:

I don't get the word bijou used that way.

Does it mean small, used in that sense?
monster • Apr 30, 2018 8:46 pm
small AND elegant

bi·jou
ˈbēZHo͞o,bēˈZHo͞o/Submit
adjective
adjective: bijou
1.
(especially of a residence or business establishment) small and elegant.
"the greasy spoons have given way to bijou restaurants"
nounarchaic
noun: bijou; plural noun: bijoux
1.
a jewel or trinket.

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totally not a cluttered corner with piles of crap higher than the desk.
xoxoxoBruce • Apr 30, 2018 9:09 pm
Just ignore the trash and empty beer bottles.
monster • Apr 30, 2018 9:24 pm
no trash here. Or empty beer bottles. Cans, mebbe, but only tonight's since Ilast stood up. Fucktons of books and paperwork. and craft things. And small things. And paperwork. And metal things. and books.
Gravdigr • May 1, 2018 4:51 pm
I'm getting kinda tired o' learning shit over here...
xoxoxoBruce • May 1, 2018 7:28 pm
On the up side, you don't have to retain it, just say, no shit, every time you learn it. ;)
BigV • May 3, 2018 12:16 am
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jamescooper • May 30, 2018 4:11 am
Great Info-graphics.