Random 3AM trivia

 Orient vs "Orient Star" what's the difference?
(No, really, what?)

Armalloy was a substitute watch bearing. Was it from necessity or just overall cheapness?

Kresge, Newberry's, Woolworths, all died (didn't they?) So why do "Dollar stores" do so well?
Thanks to inflation will they be $5 stores soon?
(I've never seen a "Five and Dime" or a "Dime store" but they used to exist, I'm told.)
So is "dollar store" going extinct?
So many thoughts, so much to google, who cares (besides Google)

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I'm reading a thread on reddit about the consequences of making a particular choice in a fictional game, a game I remember playing before, but I think I must have abandoned it.

Well, I do remember earth being destroyed by really big monsters and Captain Anderson, but this is different.

A hot crewmember's boyfriend died, should she keep his video-diary?
He wants it destroyed.

She wants to keep it.

WHY am I choosing (In what universe do lovers turn to the captain of a ship to resolve their problems?)? Please don't mention "Love Boat")
So, reddit.

Geez, you'd think I was reading up on an election.

People are intractable, at least on reddit.

Spoilers: The baseball-hat avatar is right, and I think the other person is a quintessential forum-type...

disagree and die.

https://www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/12vw02l/why_is_letting_kasumi_keep_the_greybox_a_paragon/ 

(8AM Later) O yeah, this scientist experimented on his autistic brother to make him into the ultimate AI. 

(I'm not sure what "Geth" are.) Well yeah I've played this before, but I remember tons better graphics.

Cram in some lore, why don'tcha:

Turian

Salarian

Wrex (Urdnots)

The least lovable, Salarians.
Turians come across as battle weary and talkative, like Odo on "Deep Space 9"

Wrex will prolly be featured in a movie one day, and has a WWE (wrestler) personality.
Plus he has a pleasing shape, but his friends are all impossibly hard to live with.

They'd feel right at home on Reddit.