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@bb@cybre.space woah, dang :D

I've had this explained to me verbally a couple of times and I've always been ??? but the instant I saw the picture it made perfect sense.

Hi I just learned how a three-way switch works.

I"m gonna be wiring up a bunch of them tomorrow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiway_switching#Traveler_system

I guess this is a lesson learned for next year.

Bleh, there's trick or treaters around here and I didn't think to even at least set candy out in a bowl out front (was planning on being away from home most of the evening) and now I feel like an asshole.

@shoofle May I boost this?

Y'know, of all the things about me now that would have surprised 18-year-old me, the fact that I earnestly develop polytheistic theology might be the biggest.

Close runner up: electric bass guitar.

Sexiest musical instrument: Cello.

Oh wow, there's a Song Exploder episode about The Commander Thinks Aloud, a truly beautiful song about the space shuttle columbia re-entry failure.

http://songexploder.net/the-long-winters

A fox buried headfirst in snow might well be a very happy, successful fox.

This is important for understanding foxes.

Literally the second thought in my head this morning after waking up was "I'm a fox!!!"

:D

@rey i accept booping from most major providers!

@CoronaCoreanici I really dig that smoke texture. Also, cute! :D

Oh my *gosh*, owls!

@Vulpes_Absurda wanna boop snoots with.

@KawaSeadrake Huh, I didn't know that was the origin. I find the phrase "Buy the ticket, ride the ride" really valuable, so that makes me even more interested to read it :)

This especially bugs me when people use this argument to call out tarot, when I get the sense that almost every tarot practitioner I've met knows the general outline of the history and thinks it's a useful tool regardless.

Every once in a while I see people say stuff along the lines of "hey uh, x practice/belief of modern paganism actually only dates back to the 19th or 20th century, it's not ancient received knowledge..."

And I'm like, so what? Cultural contexts change. I'm not a Reconstructionist, and I think Reconstructionism is hella dubious. Use the tools hand, or build new ones to the task. You got this.