Basically they're going for "cool" but "cool" is not cool enough for them.
So they go for "bad" with some ass on the side. That makes it extra cool.
But it also makes it the opposite of "humble", as I said.
So for example, Bruce Willis in Die Hard is badass. Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction is badass. And Steven Seagal and Michael Dudikoff are trying to be badass in everything, and failing.
Scientists have stumbled upon thousands of wild orchids growing in Siberia. This is mind-blowing, because orchids do not grow in Siberia, it's too cold.
> “What you find in the lungs of people who have stayed with the disease for more than a month before dying is something completely different from normal pneumonia, influenza or the Sars virus,” he said. “You see massive thrombosis. There is a complete disruption of the lung architecture – in some lights you can’t even distinguish that it used to be a lung.
@CowperKettle It's another metaphor of viewing: 'points of view', perspective, opinion, way of thinking. It just implies that it's hard to tell if it is lung tissue 2and maybe if you didn't know ahead of time that it was lung you might not be able to tell.
@CowperKettle what you mean, "turns out"? Every word in it is wrong on more levels than there are levels.
It is obviously written by someone who doesn't know what an orchid is and can't point to Siberia on a map.
Siberia covers 10% of the Earth's landmass. And 1 in 10 plants belongs to the orchid family.
This is where orchids grow.
This is all Siberia.
They might as well have claimed that it's too cold for roses to grow in the United States.
Even in Alaska, summer temperatures go all the way up to 38 °C. That's what summer means. And Siberia isn't even in Alaska to begin with. It goes all the way down to Kansas.
@CowperKettle I suppose that 'in some lights' -could- be very literal, ie that a slightly different backlit fluorescent X-ray box could result in not being able to distinguish, but I think that is unlikely. If you wanted to be literal you'd be more likely to say 'in some lighting conditions'. 'in some lights' is not a common alternative to what I would expect 'in some ways'.
I read this sentence in a book：Baileys flavoured squirty cream licked from a makeshift serving platter of hot, naked flesh.
I was a little confused with hot naked flesh，is it referring to just some kind of meat or the human body? And what does makeshift serving platter mean？
And the context of th...
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