What People Don't Appreciate, When They Picture Terminator-style Automatons Striding Triumphantly Across A Mountain Of Human Skulls, Is How Hard It Is To Keep Your Footing On Something As Unstable As A Mountain Of Human Skulls. Most Humans Probably Couldn't Manage It, And They've Had A Lifetime Of Practice At Walking Without Falling Over.

-Randall Munroe

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What People Don't Appreciate, When They Picture

Randall Munroe

What People Don't Appreciate, When They Picture Terminator-style Automatons Striding Triumphantly Across A Mountain Of Human Skulls, Is How Hard It Is To Keep Your Footing On Something As Unstable As A Mountain Of Human Skulls. Most Humans Probably Couldn't Manage It, And They've Had A Lifetime Of Practice At Walking Without Falling Over.

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Fall

Practice

Skulls

Once I Got Married, I Started Working From An Office. I Found That Having Somewhere To Go That Isn't My House Is Mentally Helpful: 'this Is The Place Where I Answer Email And Write Blog Posts,' And 'over There Is The Place Where I Do The Dishes.

Writing

Office

House