Drank whisky, FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE!

Pretty much pulverized through sheer kinetic force. Throw in the fireball afterwards and there likely aren't any remains to be retrieved. If there are, the pieces are extremely small.

If it is any mercy at all, the process was so fast that their minds never had a chance to process the pain of the impact. Just an extreme closeup of the ground and then... nothing.

Oh Captain, my Captain!

Because now I know the difference and... I don't want to go.

Someone actually did firebomb the local Walmart last night...

Begin getting the species out of the solar system.

Yes, I know many of you think we should all die in a fire, but personally, I'm a fan of "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov.

Anyway, wherever you happen to be on this flaming cannonball of a planet we call home, I hope you're having an excellent day.

I'd try that. Any food should be given at least one attempt to be awesome.

That only just scratches the surface, mon ami. ANY celebration, except Passover, (which they refer to as the Memorial) is evil and to be rejected. On top of that, the JWs underwent a major shift around 1975. Internal discipline was ramped way up and overall the religion went to a "Armageddon is coming any day" footing. Children as young as 3 were told that the End was coming soon, and it could happen next month, next week, tomorrow, or an hour from now, and if they weren't obeying the teachings of the faith that they would die in a fiery apocalypse

This message was repeated to them multiple times a day, with parents being told that they would be held responsible for their children as well. If child was found unworthy of survival at Armageddon, so would they.

Every single waking moment was viewed as a moment to demonstrate faithfulness to the teachings of the Governing Body, every single opportunity to attempt to bring in new worshippers had to be taken. If not, you risked death.

And this is without mentioning that all JWs were expected to have as few contacts with non-believers as possible, except when preaching to them. No friends outside the faith. No relationships on any level with anyone who wasn't a believer. From the oldest down to the babies, you were supposed to have only absolutely necessary contact with those who weren't JWs.

MJ was heavily abused physically and mentally in his youth. Being raised as a Jehovah's Witness fucks you up in a lot of ways so those of us from that era and background were never surprised at how he became a fucked up adult.

And to be clear, none of that excuses the things he did, but it does help explain how they came to be.

If it helps, Dusk Shine is the gender-swapped Twilight.

Might be Gleaming Shield instead...

Costco Canada employee here...

Idk if it's the same in the US, but up here the highest markup on anything is 14% above cost.