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Troy@lemmy.ca
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My third year thermodynamics course opened with a similar quip by the lecturer. Entropy is actually depressing. You can’t fight it. You can’t not fight it. It just wins.

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WbrJr@lemmy.ml
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So… that’s why I never tidy up my room. I’m just too smart!

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gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Man, you humans are going to be really upset when you find the universal wall…

I mean uh…

Hey, how was the game last night amirite?

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Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Did you see that ludicrous display last night?

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FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?

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in4aPenny@lemmy.world
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Yeah he played his most popular hit “Move” and people went nuts as usual.

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Hupf@feddit.de
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All we have to decide is what to do with the entropy that is given us.

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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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To quote The Star Child, “What, you haven’t planned that far ahead?”

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oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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Life is a temporary win over it, just enjoy it while you can.

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Etterra@lemmy.world
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Well I mean yeah. It wasn’t my first existential crisis - you get used to them eventually. Or you do what those guys did I guess.

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Dogs_cant_look_up@lemmy.world
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One opening line that’s always stuck with me is:

“The doctor said I was a paranoid schizophrenic. Well, he didn’t actually say it, but we knew he was thinking it.”

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gibmiser@lemmy.world
71 points

So… is Goldstein still around or did he…?

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Maven (famous)@lemmy.worldOP
62 points

Don’t worry, he’s alive: His wiki page

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SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
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Apparently still alive at 85: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Goodstein

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Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
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There’s still time

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LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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We are all gas with a slightly denser particle distribution.

🔫

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h6a@lemmy.world
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We all are vast collections of harmonic oscillators.

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usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
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Ah yes, joke #3

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toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl
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Thank you for this, it was new to me

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