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Merlin  ·  2038 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sci-Fi club no. 36: The Last Question discussion

One of my favorite parts about this story is how each section in time is defined by Man's curiosity. In the beginning, constructing a massive, super-impressive machine in order to ask it questions and work on things we can't. Continuing to make the machine better and better so we can ask harder and harder questions and do ever increasingly complicated tasks. All so that we can satisfy our irreparable desire to know what is unknowable.

I think this trait of humanity is what keeps science fiction in our hearts generation after generation. The fact that even though a portrayal of the future from something created over fifty years ago looks so different from a portrayal of the future created in the present time; it retains this same sense of curiosity about what is to come, what kind of tasks will need to be accomplished. One could probably argue that for a lot of stories/genres, I suppose. To me though, the curiosity of science fiction will always be my favorite aspect of it.

Merlin  ·  2046 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Beer-boiled hotdogs

So local breweries around my town do these things called "crowlers". It's a 32oz. can they fill and seal right there on the spot with your beer of choice. I believe this is pretty common in breweries. My favorite one here will let me bring in hunter sticks/brats and put them in the can before they fill it up with beer. So the final result is a sealed 32oz. can of beer marinated brats.

1: bring camping

2: Open can set by the fire

3: Wait until bubbling over and hot

4: Profit