Alsjemenou
@Alsjemenou@lemy.nl
- Comment on Africa is About to be Ravaged 2 weeks ago:
Why the fuck would a bird flu originate from Africa? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard. That’s just mentioning Africa because it sounds exotic.
0/10 Unrealistic
- Comment on I'm so deep and intelligent 2 weeks ago:
This is the meme people who are wrong sent when they are wrong.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for the memes! Goodluck on your journey.
- Comment on Make sure you lose sleep over it 4 weeks ago:
Memes are life
- Comment on Why do tires have the width and diameter they do? 1 month ago:
More rubber on the road means more grip. As the weight and corner speeds increase, you need more of it.
In adverse conditions, wet, mud, you need profile on your tires to channel the water while keeping rubber on the road and maintaining grip. Wider tires make up for the rubber lost in grooves.
More grip also means more resistance. So there is always a balancing act between the grip you need and the resistance you can put up with.
- Comment on What do you think about the dead internet theory? 1 month ago:
Depending on your definitions, more than half the internet traffic is by bots.
independent.co.uk/…/bots-internet-traffic-ai-chat…
But this does include all automated traffic, including scrapers and stuff. It’s not like 50 percent of people here are bots.
- Comment on Do you think that the MK Ultra program actually shut down? 1 month ago:
Black budget hits 100 billion. I’m certain there are people high up in the government who get warm fuzzy feelings from that type of stuff.
- Comment on Why does it seem when people quit smoking years later they get lung cancer or some sorts of cancer? Like alcoholic's quit drinking and usually die of something they'd die of while drinking? 1 month ago:
Still a (much) lower percentage than smokers.
Yes you can ironically get lung cancer after you’ve quit smoking. But more people stay healthy for longer when they quit.
And yes high alcohol consumption is devastating. Any amount is carcinogenic, there is no safe lower limit. Drinking heavily as an adult is a serious health risk, with lasting impact. Not drinking is always healthier than drinking. Quitting is always beneficial.
The stories of people dying of lung cancer after quitting and liver failure after quitting drinking, are mostly told by people that smoke and drink, as an excuse to not have to quit.
- Comment on Mood 2 months ago:
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I have a terrible rash that’s finally getting better now that i have proper meds for it.
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My sister in law calls my cat mimi, while it’s actually mini, i just never correct her. Because I know that my car couldn’t care less.
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I chew on ice cream
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- Comment on To quote a movie: Why is it when a person in the military dies we feel some sympathy for, but if someone killed a mayor or senator everyone loses their minds? 2 months ago:
When it comes to people we don’t have direct ties with.
It is true that elected officials represent people, they were chosen to do so. Losing your representation is actually kind of a big deal, and it should be a big deal.
A soldiers job is to avoid death while it’s on their heels. It’s heroic, it’s hard, it’s a complicated profession with a lot of moral dilemmas. You’re only on the good side if you win.
We’re constantly bombarded by the propaganda that we’re on the good side. And weeping over its defenders in the military is a great public way of communicating that you also believe this is the good side.
- Comment on poverty is a choice 2 months ago:
Yes.
- Comment on Alpha AF 2 months ago:
The horseshoe theory of heterosexuality.
- Comment on This was a great website and I still miss it 2 months ago:
Before that we watched Faces of Death videotapes. I don’t know what it is about that morbid curiosity in your later teens… Grew out of ot though. I just couldn’t stomach it. Barely ever checked out rotten.com.
- Comment on I'm 600 elo on chess dot com, what should I do to improve now? 2 months ago:
first, Learn the London as white and modern defence with e3 as black. Or take a pick at an opening for both sides. Do not play anything else. Do not try to learn a hundred moves in a hundred openings, stick to one. Just one.
Actually study the opening. (just keep on playing it in the meantime.) Take advantage of common mistakes.
Second, When behind: keep playing the entire game. Do not quit. Do not give up. Do not surrender. Your opponents most likely do not know any endgame tactics.
When ahead: Get rid of everything, exchange everywhere, every opportunity to trade, take it. Get to the endgame asap.
Third: Puzzle. Puzzle. Puzzle.
Fourth: Watch high level commentary on high level games a lot.
Fifth. Analyse yourself. What did you miss? Where was the game turned around?
- Comment on Is it safe to use a non-gaming computer for light gaming? 2 months ago:
If you don’t trust it, put a condom around it. It’ll be safest.
- Comment on The math of infinite quarterly progress towards the nearest wall 2 months ago:
The image description is immaculate.
- Comment on I'd like to change my last name and want suggestions 2 months ago:
Star
Sharp
Shale
Spark
- Comment on Do some rich people date "poor" people? 2 months ago:
You have to work so you can’t be available. They don’t have to work so they can’t be available.
- Comment on lol 2 months ago:
thanks 💀 lol
- Comment on What belongs to who when it comes to wealthy families? 2 months ago:
I’m sorry, but that’s not usual.
And the ultra wealthy don’t have to care about money, they don’t buy things. Others do that for them. They get styled. They have managed collections. Private bankers. Private financial advisors. Private funds. They don’t live like us. They don’t think like us. They don’t exist in the same spaces as us. They are nothing like us. It’s a complete and utter alternate existence.
- Comment on Is chess the most frustrating game to lose in? 2 months ago:
It’s a fact. Losing in chess always makes you feel incredibly stupid because the moves are always incredibly obvious in hindsight.
- Comment on Why is AI dialogue so fucking bad? 2 months ago:
Congratulations for figuring out that the AI hype is dumb bullshit. Welcome.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
people who disagree with universities, the media, corporations and Hollywood and think they are original free thinkers
- Comment on I would like to play a calm game 2 months ago:
I guess it takes a certain type of thinking muscle not everyone enjoys stretching.
- Comment on Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws? 2 months ago:
The internet was set up by people who all deeply, deeply, deeply believed in the idea that in a pool of ideas the best will rise to the top. That pure freedom leads to the best humanity has to offer. It was the time of Richard Dawkins memes and evolutionary thinking. Dawkins, and all the new atheïsts, presented it like this was the way nature actually worked and that we should set up the internet accordingly.
All websites from twitter to reddit to even Lemmy has been set up in this manner… And whenever Lemmy when it gets popular, will suffer the same fate as all other publicly upvoted popularity aggregators. It’s all based on the same principles.
We’ve figured out that freedom of expression can only exist when there are strict rules around it and the enforcement that comes with that.
- Comment on I would like to play a calm game 2 months ago:
Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist
It’s a short game, less than an hour, but fun.
- Comment on I would like to play a calm game 2 months ago:
I just came here to suggest this. It’s a great game.
- Comment on What is poo? 3 months ago:
baby don’t flush me…
- Comment on What a world 3 months ago:
starts crying
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
/r/violet08