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Provided, of course, that the leaves are variegated.

Was probably on a mission from god.

Iirc, it was an energy/environment focus, so it was all about analyzing and comparing different energy sources wrt their usefulness, feasability, environmental impact, etc. This was in Houston, so the oil industry plays a huge role in the local economy, and funds the university endowments.

But yeah, the whole thing was pretty farcical.

Not that I recall. I didn't know anyone else in the class, and I don't remember anything coming up in the class group chat. I did get quite heated with him at a couple of points, but I'm pretty sure he still gave me an A.

I took an environmental science class in college, and the professor was a former president of Shell. As part of the curriculum, we had to read his book, Why we Hate the Oil Companies. Predictably, it's a corporate non-apologia, which—hilariously—completely avoids engaging with why we actually hate the oil companies.

Tbf, none of the Predator movies are horror, either. This whole post is built on a lie!

For the record, they're supposed to say, "There's no 'f' in way!" In my experience, they usually say something more like, "What?"

The way I heard this joke as a kid was,

"How do you fit an elephant in a Safeway* bag?"

"I dunno, how?"

"You take the 'S' out of Safe, and the 'f' out of way!"

Then you would hope they actually arrived at the punchline, but you'd often have to prompt them a bit.

*Safeway is a regional American supermarket chain

Common Disco L.

Thanks for posting this, it's right up my alley!

Sad little king of a sad little hill.

Looks like it's Majid with one "j". Found this page; which seems to show the character OP mentioned, Lieutenant Maryam. Can't find when she was first featured—wikipedia just says she was added later.