JonEFive

@JonEFive@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The theory that we live in a simulation involves simulants running their own simulations; wouldn't that require impossibly more resources for the main sim?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are in a coma. We’re trying a new technique to communicate with you. We aren’t sure where or when this message will appear to you. You’ve been in a coma for 20 years. Please wake up. We miss you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The theory that we live in a simulation involves simulants running their own simulations; wouldn't that require impossibly more resources for the main sim?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The fun thing about this is that we have evidence that this is how our reality works. The double slit experiment showed that particles change their behavior when observed. (Gross oversimplification and only under very specific circumstances but still extremely fascinating.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The theory that we live in a simulation involves simulants running their own simulations; wouldn't that require impossibly more resources for the main sim?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but not even close to as much as the alternative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never had to differentiate before like I have in this conversation. I think I would say “US Americans” since it seems to adopt other languages calling us something like United Statesans without creating an odd word like Statesans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Puedo harcerte una pregunta? si eres de mexico, te llamarias americano? Querrias hacerlo? Soy de los Estados Unidos y no me importa si te llamas americano, pero no se por que querrias. Yo diria que “soy norteamericano” o “soy latinoamericano”.

  (Lo siento si mi espanol es malo, estoy aprendiendo).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you just summoned a demon

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, fun - I just used Brazilians as an example in another comment. Would you ever say “I’m American” when you’re talking about your continent?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  While technically correct, I’ve never heard a Brazilian refer to themselves as “American” when they intended to mean South American. Linguistically, when you say “American” you’re talking about a citizen of the United States, not just any person from the western hemisphere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you exit a dream?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It didn’t say anything because your brain didn’t know what to put in that text, it just knew there should be text there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you exit a dream?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re reading this, we want you to know that you are stuck in a dream. We’ve been trying to wake you. Please wake up. We miss you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This was going to be my guess too. I’ve heard the “soy contains estrogen and can screw up your body if you eat too much.” nonsense.

  I hate when people say stuff like that as they drink their 4th can of Coca-Cola of the day.