A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors

How would that work? The lower part of a mermaid dictates she would spawn and then the unicorn should…release his magic (?!) as well, right?

You know, just like Fry learned in Futurama

Unicorn and mermaid reproductive systems are a bit outside of my area of expertise, I am ashamed to admit.

You never hear the phrase “hung like a unicorn”.

Only because every one is so busy staring at the horn on his head to notice what else might be interesting about a unicorn.

Yep, pretty sure that’s it.

You presume quite a bit!!!

(But no, I haven’t heard that. I might start using it though.)

I thought the infamous Son of Sam was a canine.

It’s not a mystery what happens. Sam pulls some MAGA-generated talking point that he eagerly lapped up a few days ago out of his ass and when called on it, does a quick Google search and then points to the first few hits that he assumes support his claim (of course not reading anything beyond the headline, if that much).

Is Sam also a canine?

Nobody can tell on the internet.

That’s insulting to canines. Canines react honestly, good - bad - indifferent, unless trained (by humans presumably) or bred for characteristics that are harmful.

Sam is willfully, arrogantly, and unapologetically dishonest and harmful. Dogs have value, Sam DOES NOT.

ETA - I should say, dogs have whatever value you place on dogs (as family, companions, or irritants depending on your personal views) while Sam provides little or negative net value to the board, he may provide value to his personal friends, even if I disagree.

Just meant the licking his own butt part. Otherwise he’s impressively flexible.

I really do believe that there has to be room for grace when or if a person who has done wrong asks for it. But along with the ask, there has to a genuine apology and no more of the wrongdoing.

I value this place. It’s very important to me and so I understand how Sam would value it too. But because I value this place, I don’t lie to people. When I make mistakes, I try to acknowledge them and learn from them. It would never occur to me to treat someone I value with the disrespect that constantly lying to them is.

Anyway. Sam, just be better. Or be best, if you prefer.

Way back when Nixon was, too, a crook, Republicans would say “As Christians we need to forgive him.”

I heard a number of pastors in response say “There is no forgiveness without repentance.”

Maybe she’s part-guppy. Or shark.

Actually, mermaids are confused - horizontal flukes like a mammal but scales like a fish.

I was thinking she might be part dolphin, and give birth to live, air-breathing young.

Wait, do mermaids have gills? Where?

Mososaurs had a vertical fluke but I’ve seen some speculation that plesiosaurs had horizontal flukes. Of course, plesiosaurs also had fully developed hind fins.

Maybe they’re internal?

They don’t have visible gills, but I’ve never seen them portrayed as needing to come to the surface to breath.

I hope so. I was starting to worry that I drastically misunderstood the seashell bra.

According to the foremost mermaid-themed movie in cinematic history (Kevin Costner’s Waterworld) the gills are on the neck.