Those are not mutually exclusive , going down easy is still diving <| sep |> Is there still ~ 100 more of these to come ? <| sep |> It isn ' t going anywhere . <| sep |> That ' s because the DNC is fucked . The party is hopeless . There ' s no point trying to fix it . Either there ' s a third party or the country will be eating the same shit sandwich for another decade . Bernie should ' ve run third party . <| sep |> So long , good night , and good luck <| sep |> Not much use complaining , aye ? <| sep |> There ' s a Robin Williams bit somewhere where he describes those scenes as an Organic Industrial factory . Picture a piston on a factory line pumping away , just with flesh . <| sep |> The algebra bit is a misunderstanding . The Heptapods can ' t understand our algebra , at least not in the the way it was presented . That doesn ' t mean the aliens don ' t understand algebra . In fact , the entire problem of learning a language or building a ship is algebraic in nature . Algebra isn ' t necessarily linear at all . Note , by linear , we mean sequential , not an equation that mashed a straight line which anyhow is merely a topic within algebra .