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   On Mar 1, 2026 at 7:32:23 AM PST, "anim8rfsk"  wrote:   
      
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>  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   
   electricity-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.   
   >   
   > IIRC that was specific to females. No female can pull a trigger, even when   
   > in fear for their life.   
      
   Ah, yes. I remember how she was completely enraged when I told I have a sister   
   who is alive today because she defended herself with a gun when she was   
   attacked. And that she didn't freeze in fear for even a moment.   
      
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