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   On Feb 28, 2026 at 2:12:54 AM PST, "anim8rfsk"  wrote:   
      
   > Rhino  wrote:   
   >>  On 2026-02-26 6:38 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>  On Feb 26, 2026 at 3:08:57 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>  On 2026-02-26 4:11 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>  On Aug 13, 2025 at 6:41:31 AM PDT, "Melissa Hollingsworth"   
   >>>>>   wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>  Verily, in article <107guh6$3lpf9$1@dont-email.me>, did   
   >>>>>>  dtravel@sonic.net deliver unto us this message:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>  As I recall "Holodeck energy" was different than all the other energy   
   >>>>>>>  the ship used, so replicators in the holodeck weren't possible.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>  Yes, it really was that stupid.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>  So there's holodeck energy, food replicator energy, warp energy, and   
   >>>>>>  regular energy?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>  Don't forget the artificial and natural electricity!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>  Actually, that's a real distinction if you think about it. Electric eels   
   >>>>  conduct electricity and it's natural; the stuff you get in your wall   
   >>>>  socket is definitely artificial.   
   >>>   
   >>>  But if you examine them at the atomic level, there's no difference.   
   >>>  Electricity is electricity, no matter how it's generated.   
   >>>   
   >>>  This is a long-running gag here on RAT in reference to a past regular   
   here,   
   >>>  the profoundly stupid Cloud Dreamer, aka Clod Reamer, (one of your fellow   
   >>>  Canadidians) who, in response to people wondering why the e   
   ectricity-eating   
   >>>  nanobots on the show REVOLUTION didn't also absorb the electricity that   
   runs   
   >>>  the human nervous system, or the electricity in thunderstorms, declared   
   that   
   >>>  they must only be programmed to consume 'artificial electricity', not   
   >>> 'natural   
   >>>  electricity'.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Clod's insistence on this theory has become a benchmark of stupidity in   
   this   
   >>>  group and a shorthand way of indicating when someone else says something   
   of   
   >>>  equal dumbidity.   
   >>>   
   >>  I remember her but I don't think I ever saw her "novel" thoughts on   
   >>  electricity or the use of that as a sort of meme among the group   
   >>  members. Well, now I know and I apologize for missing what you were   
   >>  getting at and reacting pedantically.   
   >   
   > She also insisted that moving water is always safe to drink.   
      
   And that it's impossible for anyone, even a trained and experienced soldier,   
   to successfully use a gun in self-defense. She claimed everyone just freezes   
   up out of fear. But that doesn't happen if you use a big dog, a knife, or a   
   baseball bat to defend yourself. Only guns make you freeze in fear at the   
   crucial moment.   
      
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