So let’s not invent a shield that can stop any fast incoming forces using arcane physical effects… Heard that turns out badly

Zero-cost abstractions!

To expand on this: mutations between generations happen exactly there, between generations. So the parents of the “first” chicken (if you draw the line somewhere on the evolutionary scale) were not chicken; the egg however was a chicken egg, as it contained a chicken.

But social media is an essential industry in how opinions are formed.

Why did I have to scroll down so far for le hidden gem?

This looks like an early internet “hey look at my cool blog” page