ProstheticBrain

One swing, ahead of the sword

Someone in 20 years: Say what you will about the sequels, at least they're not the threquels.

Somebody's not getting their catch of the day I guess?

I'd imagine it starts with the rider's feet being planted firmly on the ground and ends with them exiting through the back of their pelvis.

That's my take on it too. It could just be natural selection - noisy, young Civs get eaten by the big bad space predator, while inherently quieter Civs survive.

So the universe could be full of life but it's the sort of life that doesn't attract attention.

There doesn't even have to be a "big bad" in this situation either, it could simply be that the sort of life that creates noisy Civs, is also the kind of life that ends up annihilating itself before it gets advanced enough to be able to make contact with others. That sort of crosses over into the Great Filter though.

What on earth is a cang?

Because firing bullets out of the gun is so wasteful, much better to fire them straight back into the magazine. That way you never run out!

This is from The Never Ending Story, Op's pic is from the Dark Crystal isn't it?

Or are you just adding this to the trauma pile?

This post just keeps on giving.

"bread is the staff of life" is a real phrase though.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/staff_of_life

The only way to get the full 900mbs is via a wired connection directly to the router. Anything that isn't a direct wired connection is going to reduce your max speed (WiFi/power line/repeaters etc).