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@SeanSafyre

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Game Designer, Dad, and .NET Application Developer. Gaming tweets at @thraysh (also my discord handle)

Vancouver, WA
Joined September 2017
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 months
Found an iPhone on the side of the road... Still in airplane mode with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for #AlaskaAirlines ASA1282 Survived a 16,000 foot drop perfectly in tact! When I called it in, Zoe at @NTSB said it was the SECOND phone to be found. No door yet😅
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Just because so many are reaching out: I'm going to do one interview with KPTV tomorrow morning to show them where I found the phone. Other than that, I'm not going to make a whole media tour over finding a lost cell phone 😉
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4 months
In case you didn't see it, there was a broken-off charger plug still inside it! Thing got *yanked* out the door (Sorry I didn't get a better pic before handing it over haha)
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@Wistfuldragon @NTSB I naturally have to assume that Airplane mode helped it survive the fall 😅
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4 months
@scarlson99 @NTSB Just walking down Barnes Road
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@fox12oregon @NTSB I don't mind at all. I can show exactly where I found it if you want.
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4 months
@MarloFranson @NTSB The odds are wild especially that we found these phones before even finding the big ol' door panel 😅
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4 months
Quick video I just posted to TikTok summarizing how I found that passenger's phone
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4 months
@realgreatwang @NTSB Hahahahaha that's hilarious
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4 months
@TheXpOG @NTSB Haha you were the first of many thousands to ask me that question 😅 I honestly didn't think to check the brand before turning it in
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@_notnotjake @NTSB Lock your phones! We all have private information that could get leaked. We would have found the owner regardless thanks to the sim or IMEI
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4 months
@RobHinged @NTSB I tried to make a point of this when I talked to the reporter today. The odds of finding *something* in the area are pretty high. The odds of landing in something soft are high. The incredible luck was that it wasn't further into the woods. Statistical swiss cheese 😅
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 months
@realBuchiEze @NTSB "Senator Bates, how did your political career begin?" "Oh, I found a phone lying on the ground" 😂
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 years
I got carried away reading through Shatter City and couldn't help thinking that it would be really handy to shift my mental state with the push of a button. I mean, I have meds that can handle a few of these, but a button would be so much better 🤔 @ScottWesterfeld
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
2 months
I just got my copy of Lemon Demon's One Weird Tip from @needlejuicerec and it says "CONGRATULSTIONS YOU GOT THE 1000TH RECORD. STAY THE FUCK OUT" ...okay okay I promise I'll never go down to funkytown 😔 @neilcic
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4 months
A friend sent me this conversation from Reddit 😅
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4 months
@iyemono @scarlson99 @NTSB If the sidewalk had been paved the phone would have been SOL 😅
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@jeremyscottpdx Yes you have my permission to use the photos I posted here in this post. Non exclusive at your discretion.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@nite_wolfus I turned in a phone that appears to have belonged to Cuong Tran. NTSB has it right now
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
@thegoodgodabove This is normal for Idaho. You should have seen them when they were debating whether or not to make child marriage illegal. (Spoiler alert: they shot it down, and it's still very legal)
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 years
Talley Way? More Like TALLY-WA! (My 9 year old says that's not how Tally's name is spelled, but my Dad-joke maker doesn't care!) @ScottWesterfeld
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
Update!! Cuong Tran got his phone back!! Cuong just did an interview with @KTLA . He was seated right behind the Door Plug and his shoe got ripped off his foot (OUCH) Thanks @AlaskaAir for helping me get his phone back to him 🥰
@KTLA
KTLA
4 months
Man seated behind gaping fuselage hole on SoCal-bound Alaska Air flight speaks out
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
@JimmySnowTSS 3 x 20 is 60 3 x 2021 is 6063 6063 without the 3 is 606 60 + 606 is 666. If qanon is smart, they won't attack on this day lest Jesus smite them all with his lightning bolts.
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 months
Does someone have a map of all the reported debris so far? I know the location(ish) of the door and 2 phones. Definitely looking forward to going on another walk in those neighborhoods once the weather settles down 🥰 (there are still plenty of items to recover)
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4 months
@SeanradOfPasta @NTSB Sure, why not 😅
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
My favorite hat, and my favorite phone service! 🥰 @Mintmobile
@VancityReynolds
Ryan Reynolds
4 months
@SeanSafyre @NTSB Is that a Mint Mobile hat?! Our customers are the best.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@StoryfulNews Totally fine; you may publish any of the pictures I've shared publicly regarding the phone I found from Alaska 1282, and you can credit me as Sean Bates
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
@JimmySnowTSS Most people I've known who left the church did so because their worldview became too incompatible with the morality and values being taught inside the church... or at least one of the critical contributing factors. I haven't run into *too* many who remained hard conservatives.
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4 months
@JenniferHomendy Just sent my contact info in a DM. Happy to help with the recovery effort
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
I imagine the ringtone was just the Goofy Yell sound effect 😅
@Magnusson32
Magnusson32 🇺🇸 🇸🇪🥊
4 months
@AirlineFlyer @AlfredSpellman Unfortunately, the call dropped.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
I was back on the scene with KPTV and @KGWNews was camped out in the rain waiting for me 😅 well played
@KGWNews
KGW News
4 months
Watch live: The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a press conference on the Alaska Airlines incident where a Boeing 737 MAX 9's door plug blew out midflight, causing an emergency landing in Portland.
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
@JimmySnowTSS Interesting! My kiddo is on the autism spectrum as well. I have ADHD so we share *some* of the same struggles and clash on others. We make it work though!
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
8 months
Caught one of @trimet 's new Type6 MAX trains doing some burn-in 😁 Having a driver cab at both ends means these guys can safely run solo, but it also means we don't get to have my favorite gallery seats. The blue/orange paint scheme is growing on me though!
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@AndNothingButT2 @_notnotjake @NTSB "we", as in, people who are interested in returning the device to the owner. I already had friends at T-Mobile asking for the sim or IMEI so they could help
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
The fact that most of us didn't even know this was a thing that *could* fall off a plane is a testament to how unlikely this event was. Add this item to your routine maintenance checklist and then get them back up in the air. I'm not going to be afraid of flying 737s.
@AlaskaAir
Alaska Airlines
4 months
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@DavisMTL @NTSB Good question! I'm sure if the owner was the type to take the time to set up their lock screen and faceid, they'd probably also enter emergency contact info. Otherwise I'm sure a Find my Phone feature could have found this device as well eventually.
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4 months
@gidwell_eth @NTSB Actually Boeing got all the other phones back to the ground safely too 😉
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
@BrianWincherauk @thegoodgodabove Its a critical part of the anti-abortion movement. They would prefer pregnant girls have the option to marry their baby daddies.
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
@JimmySnowTSS Granted, I purposefully kept myself away from the more toxic exmo communities lol so maybe I'm sheltering myself too much.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@Ritesh19123 @NTSB "Every inch" is a bit of a stretch, especially given the dense wooded areas in the space below the flight path. Their priority would be finding the pieces of the aircraft that failed and caused the accident (the door, in this case). They prefer to catalog everything found.
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 years
@DearMrAtheist Lol I always have to stifle a laugh any time someone starts dropping terms like "beta"; or worse, self-identifies as an "Alpha"
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@daboigbae Regex is an absolute gamechanger. Once you learn to use it in your daily life, then you get to giggle any time you hear someone making repetitive keystrokes over and over as they pour through 100 lones of text to make the same edits over and over 😁
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Seanathan Bates
4 years
@KarlSmallwood I thought they kinda indirectly addressed this awkardness in Spiderverse. His father is a straight-edge cop, his uncle is actual criminal, but he has a closer relationship to his uncle. Maaaaan I want a sequel to that movie.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@SpigenWorld @AlaskaAir I had so many case brands in my DM hoping it was theirs, but none seemed 100% positive from the front alone 😅 Next time I find a phone that falls out of the sky, I'll make sure to take a pic of the back of the case for y'all 😉
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 months
@jessiejensen The last time missionaries tried to talk me into coming back to church, I mentioned that my kid was trans and they just said "Oh... what are their pronouns?" After a couple more minutes they sadly gave up and left because they know there's nothing they can do about it.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@FreoPope @Sarah_E_57 @scarlson99 @NTSB However the door also was large enough to show up on radar so they had a pretty solid idea of where it would have landed
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@KTLA Thank you for finding him!! I didn't get to hear any updates after NTSB passed the phone off to Alaska to be returned to Cuong. Finally some closure 😌 Happy to help!
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
2 years
Hey @Mintmobile I love my underground gear!
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Seanathan Bates
5 years
*picks up bucket* Okay, a little rusty with this thing, but let's go for it! *sloshes @kweiyu * *splatbombs @Jessica7games * *corner-splats @MidKnightDi * *gets breathed on by @Majin_64 * *sigh* silly old bucket. [ gg everyone! ]
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Seanathan Bates
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@A321200 @avgeekjake @NTSB Hahahaha I really should have snapped a pic of the back of the phone before I turned it in
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@kwando88 @SMoneyStuff @Toronto_TODAY5 @NTSB I would believe it if you said this happened with the old 2G phones... You couldn't take a call or get a text message without hearing your car stereo have a stroke lol
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
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@VicedRhino "Let me save you from what I'm going to do to you if you don't let me save you"
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Seanathan Bates
4 years
@SpaceX Not gonna lie, I immediately thought of @donttrythis launching a waterheater rocket.... but this is waaaay cooler!
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@Vox_my_ass *sigh* why do I get so many Flat Earth debate posts in my feed... This isn't even a debate that *matters*. No one is basing legislation off whether or not the earth is flat, so these debates are 100% an inconsequential waste of breath.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@nixcraft Chromium = Chrome - Google MsEdge = Chromium + Microsoft Use your Microsoft account instead of your Google account. Personally I trust Microsoft much more. And the browsing experience is great
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
If your truck is hauling a big huge trailer then no one cares if you rev the engine loudly while trying to get up to speed. Your engine is fighting against resistance. But if you're revving just to blow smoke, you're just a douchebag. #PrideMonth2021
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
PSA: You are under No Obligation to be who you were yesterday.
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Seanathan Bates
5 years
@LegalEagleDJ @leonardjfrench The DMCA clearly ensures that those subject to the copyright claims have the right to redress their grievances by counterclaim. This is Google trying to avoid lawsuits from several big parties while risking lawsuits from many small parties.
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Seanathan Bates
4 years
Hey wait... what's a green line train doing on the Blue line? Ohhhh there was a power outage on one stretch! Glad things got back up and moving quickly, but it was fun to watch the train go through the old terminus 😁 @trimet
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Seanathan Bates
4 years
@pinkheretic Reading the scriptures without having an approved study guide on my desk made it really easy to read the text for what it was... and I quickly had way too many questions about why God was such an asshole
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
My brother's new PS5 is soooo pretttyyy.... 😍 It's almost the same size as my PC! @cameleonbates
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
Lol someone please tell me where this came from
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
I appreciate that @KromanDavid included my opinions on the 737 history. I'm not an authority, I'm not a primary source for technical information, but the fact that my comments made it into the article assures me that @seattletimes isn't trying to focus on the scare factor.
@seattletimes
The Seattle Times
4 months
Sean Bates has long followed post-crash investigations, watching videos about their progress. Now, an investigation was unfolding in his backyard.
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Seanathan Bates
2 years
@shayshayshamera Question is why would you want it? A normal shirt would be 1.9x boost (1x + 3*(0.3x)) where this shirt would max out at 1.8x (2*(3*(0.3x)))
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
@krisis86 Lol meanwhile the school's official response to the lighting of the Y
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Seanathan Bates
5 months
@LambHoot I played your trailer for my kid and she immediately went "WAIT IS THAT MY CONSOLE" 😅
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
1 year
@Q_Review @TeamYouTube They're leaving it unread in their inbox so it doesn't count 😅
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Seanathan Bates
2 years
@ldsfootnotes I was always taught that empathy was not of God.. that it was Satan's counterfeit morality.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@xbb32 @NTSB It may as well have said "John Smith" 😅 no one on social media has positively identified the right guy, so I think he's safe from harassment. If he wants to claim that it is his phone I have evidence I can show to back him up.
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Seanathan Bates
1 year
@pinkheretic So... It's like a participation trophy? "You didn't know the answer, but you said *an* answer, so we'll give you credit.
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Seanathan Bates
4 years
@DavidPriess Why would he read the PDB when he can just watch Fox News?
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@LetChaosRaine @Phlegmbuoy Picking apart preferential prefixes and pronouns possibly promotes problematic prejudices. Perhaps the appearance of possible prejudice predisposes people to propose appropriate prefixes in proximity to particular people?
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
No one is stopping you from being straight. No one has ever said you're not allowed to be straight. No one has ever kicked you out of your home because you're straight. You've never had to petition for your right to enter into a straight marriage.
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
@laney0g If the church doesn't want to make their opinion known, they sit tight and wait for things to blow over. I wouldn't be too surprised if someone gets disciplined over this.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@etherealspirits The odds of finding *something* are pretty high, but the fact that we found two tiny smartphones before finding a whole f'in door is astounding to me
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@smomwetgobam @OliviaCLTFC @aarroyo @BossyMother @lookner @NTSB They'd sure like to try 😅 If I knew which brand the case was I would absolutely charge them for the rights to the story haha
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
5 years
Can I splat @Jessica7games twice in a row with the same hammer?? ...nope
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Seanathan Bates
5 years
I've been splatting an octo named "Final Boss" all evening in ranked, and somehow I made her very very mad lol Sorry? Maybe? ❤ Thraysh★★☆ On the plus side, moved up a total of 5 ranks today ^_^
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
This aged wonderfully ❤
@charliekirk11
Charlie Kirk
6 years
Hey liberals, do you notice that when conservatives lose races we don’t riot, scream, smash windows, burn cars, assault people, or need days off of work? It’s amazing how mature and civil conservatives are Please remember this and take notes when we get Trump re-elected in 2020
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Seanathan Bates
4 years
@trimet Okay, I was worried I would hate it... But it's growing on me 💙💙🧡
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
@AmIMombling I just call it Eldest Sibling Appreciation Day!
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Seanathan Bates
7 years
@CutForTime I Couldn't help myself... the mashup had to be made! "Make it Spin!" #StarTrekDiscovery #Stargate
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@Warconsolidator @texasbreann @NoNotCaulfield @houseofgucci @NTSB It's good to be skeptical! I could easily see how it could end up like that after falling off a jogger or something. If someone knows how to fake the text of an email through a rain-covered screen, that would be impressive on its own 😅
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Seanathan Bates
5 years
@KarlSmallwood Perfect Prefect for a Friendly Fiend
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
@ScottWesterfeld I've got to fix my Twitter algorithms, cuz even though I was crazy for Shatter City when it came out, I had completely MISSED the announcement of this book!! Rushing to go find a copy tomorrow!
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
If you want to make a progressive Christian feel uncomfortable, refer to the the God of the Old Testament as "Jesus." It raises quite a bit of cognitive dissonance when you give credit to Jesus for the flood, the plagues, the wars, and the laws.
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
@cactusgrlx #1 reason I'm not gay: Men are generally terrible.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@etherealspirits It was so funny.. when I found it it was in airplane mode with broken charger attached, lying in a bush. I was skeptical at first but the email confirmation on the screen sold it 😅
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 years
@openargs Andrew please please please don't tell us there is an evil conspiracy behind today's 6-3 no-brainer SCOTUS ruling! I'm nervous whenever I read a Gorsuch opinion... *crosses fingers*
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
3 years
@MattWalshBlog I spent the first three decades of my life believing it was all just a matter of motivation and laziness. Nope. Turns out my brain is made of all kinds of chemicals and hormones that have to be kept in balance, and mine doesn't do a very good job at regulating my dopamine.
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Seanathan Bates
3 years
@AuthorConfusion @gambit_1 Yeah but when Star Trek does a retcon, you can always just blame time travel. When the Bible does a retcon we have to deal with all the "the old law has been fulfilled" and "God really chilled out after he had a kid" defenses.
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@Shann_Q0 I thought the whole video was hilarious. I don't think we could have gotten a Ham and Aigs out of you any other way 😁
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@SeanSafyre
Seanathan Bates
4 months
@JenMsft My program: "Hello World" World: "I have a boyfriend"
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3 years
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Seanathan Bates
5 years
I'm #NotASniper , but the squiffer in #Splatoon2 is one of my favorites ^_^
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Seanathan Bates
4 months
@Fog_0f_War It held on for dear life! 😅 Apparently there was a lonely charge cable attached to one of the seats near the doorway, so it's possible it had been sitting on the tray table charging
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