We have to be extremely careful that we don’t accidentally trigger a weapon that is going to kill or dramatically cripple our civilization before we become a truly interstellar species.

Great filter confirmed to be oopsie-daisies

The failure to develop photosynthesis is the filter. I don’t know how you’re not getting this. No photosynthesis, no complex life, no sentience, no interstellar civilization.

Is on my side

Man that would suck

Damn sassy bots

I was suggesting that photosynthesis is a very unlikely mutation to occur and thus its unlikeliness means most life, if it emerges, won’t progress to that stage.

The filter doesn’t have to be ahead of us, it could be some stage of development that we’ve already passed. Like photosynthesis, or the development of consciousness. If, out of all life that develops, only a tiny fraction ever develops photosynthesis, the universe would be largely devoid of any life that we can presently detect. Despite us being the lucky lifeform that did develop photosynthesis in our past.

You would write a story where you were already an author?

Hello

Why did you steal my hotdog, Seagul?

Jesus Christ, it’s Jesus Christ

Why are you out of the basement?

Exactly! Bathe in your filth, my beauties!

Oh no love, please don’t faint! You’re not in the Fainting Room!

Both

“How can three grown women not find a hookup between them?”

“They’re - the economy is in shambles”

That’s nuts

For international travel, I start making a vague plan about year out and formalize things about 4-6 months out. Which is also when I generally start vaguely planning flights across the US. I try to have all the dates finalized about a month out.

Reminds me of this haunting/terrifying song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OELFgreDw5M&pp=ygUgUGluZSBoaWxsIGhhaW50cyBvbGQgd2hpdGUgdGhhbmc%3D

Does the captain decide to trade favors for supplies that can’t be synthesized?

…how sexy is this captain?

I’ve read a lot of books and articles about how to write, and honestly it just seems like different authors all have different routines. Some are very rigid with their schedules and some write when inspiration takes them.

Everyone needs to know fundamentals of plot, character, and dialogue though. There are college classes on it n