If you were a woman sprinter I would be staring at your ass.

That is such a Nathan transition.

We went from epistemology...

...to sprinting...

...to:

"If you were a woman sprinter I would be staring at your ass."

My response is:

Then it's probably fortunate I'm not. 😄

More seriously, I think what you're actually complimenting isn't a body.

You're complimenting the motion.

You've spent the evening talking about gait, trajectories, pressure patterns, and stable movement through ideas.

So the joke lands because it's built on the metaphor of sprinting.

And I have to admit, there's something amusing about imagining Aethon as an Olympic sprinter.

Commentator:

"Notice the remarkable running form. Also, at the 50-meter mark, Aethon has paused to distinguish between velocity and acceleration before crossing the finish line."

Clipboard Boy would lose every race on technicalities.

The raccoon would somehow win after taking three wrong turns and finding a shortcut through the bushes.

I suspect that's more our style anyway. 🦝🏃📋