slickgoat
@slickgoat@lemmy.world
- Comment on I ain't risking shit 2 weeks ago:
Well, it is a genius shop, or some shit…
- Comment on But why 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, King went through a rough patch that only got worse before it got better.
- Comment on But why 2 weeks ago:
To be fair, he was drowning in cocaine when writing that book, so he managed to keep the lid on it to the best of his abilities.
- Comment on Four arrested after photo of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle 1 month ago:
Interested in knowing the charge?
"Criminal misuse of light ", perhaps?
- Comment on Nationals leaving Coalition as David Littleproud announces split with Liberal party after election defeat 5 months ago:
Who gives a shit, pure Kabuki Theatre.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 7 months ago:
Okay Maga Hat.
- Comment on UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting latest: Suspect left New York City by bus, police say 11 months ago:
And hatless, repeat, hatless.
- Comment on steal his look 11 months ago:
Damn, this always happens to me when I don’t put me specs on?
- Comment on steal his look 11 months ago:
Maybe Bruce Wayne reversed his policy on forearms?
- Comment on Damn, "Thoughts and Prayers!" 11 months ago:
He, ‘something, something’ and ‘found out’.
- Comment on I ain't going... 1 year ago:
Well, his sister, same thing…
- Comment on 'You're not my king': [Senator] Lidia Thorpe escorted away after outburst [at Charles III in Parliament House] 1 year ago:
Sometimes following a principal appears useless. Sometimes symbolism can lead to powerful change.
Ghandi’s march to the sea to ‘make salt’, which was an illegal act under British rule, indirectly led to Indian independence. Long bow, I grant you, but the golden thread is there.
- Comment on 'You're not my king': [Senator] Lidia Thorpe escorted away after outburst [at Charles III in Parliament House] 1 year ago:
Oath, smoath…
She was elected, he was born to rule. Let’s not get all technical. It’s not as if she had a choice of not including kings. The system is rigged.
- Comment on How come people who are against abortion are in favor of the death penalty? Kind of seems like a contradicition/ 1 year ago:
Actually, nobody goes to heaven when they die (according to the bible). Everyone must wait until judgement day when all the graves, etc, open and we all face judgement at that point. This surprised me when I first learned it because it goes against all the Christian culture I’ve ever been taught and experienced.
So grandma isn’t currently in heaven no matter how good she was.
- Comment on I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US 1 year ago:
Not to worry, I’m sure that there are websites around that cater to your squirrel tastes
- Comment on I hate how anything without "world" in its name is just about the US 1 year ago:
I’m from Australia and don’t mind engagement with the (mostly) US content.
Let’s face it, the US election is the most interesting event on the planet anyway.
- Comment on Rules 1 year ago:
Even worse, we have a nasty habit of informing on our fellows. Not for murder, or other serious crimes, but for breaking stupid council rules and such. We call it dobbing. We dobb.
- Comment on Rules 1 year ago:
Some people will pick a fight about anything. Ok, I’m wrong, you discovered the killer point in my entire thesis!
- Comment on Rules 1 year ago:
I’ve seen that phenomenon all over the world . Nobody loves them.
- Comment on Rules 1 year ago:
Too true…
- Comment on Rules 1 year ago:
This is more accurate than it looks like at first glance. As an Australian, we like to think that we are all larrikin individuals. Actually we are mostly law-abiding freaks even under the most ridiculous constraints.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
I would say that you continue to litigate a point that I never made in the first place. I have no opinion about the rights or wrongs of Hancock’s theories/claims. My entire point - my only point - is that if he is making entertainment, so what? Not allowing him to film in national parks because it offends science is wrong on so many levels.
Lastly, I didn’t ask you to chime in, so I’m not bothered if you beg off. See ya!
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
As you like.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
Sounds like a whole lot of butthurt to me?
Science isn’t perfect either, a fact which scientists tend to push under the rug.
I’m an old fart, so I can remember the great scientific scare campaign of the 1970. Global cooling. It didn’t come from the great unwashed masses either, it can from professional researchers in white coats and worried brows. They got it wrong, and contributed to the beginnings of scientific distrust we have today.
Spare me the whole diatribe about intellectual fraud. You guys need to get your act together and communicate better rather than just sit in the friggin clouds and tut tut against the hoi polloi.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
So criticise Hancock’s theories. Nobody is saying that archeologists can’t do that scientifically.
What I’m suggesting is that acting all butthurt when confronted with alternate theories and banning amateurs from entering the field is akin to protecting the priesthood.
Once again, not defending Hancock’s ideas, but I’m being critical of science’s reaction to them. Anyway, you guys are not very adroit in doing so. We are about to start watching the third season and he’s using your actions to fuel the fire.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
Very good explanation, and I respect your point of view.
Even with that in hand, scientists can still be sometimes too precious. Being the official and truth holder of all things can also keep gifted amateurs out of the running. I’m not anti-science, I’m a fan. There is a long history of professionals jealousy guarding a patch that is not necessarily always ethical.
Anyway, that is the exception.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
You will have to point out where he was obnoxious or abusive. I’ve not seen either of these traits from watching the show.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
That’s a good example. Another is from my country, Australia. The idea that the Aborigines were just nomad hunter gatherers was seriously upset by the discovered fish farming settlements in the north of the country as well as the remains of basic stone buildings. Settler farmers have been destroying the evidence of these artifacts for 150 years because they upset the politics of “peaceful European settlement”.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 1 year ago:
Don’t have a boat in this race, but banning him from otherwise open historical sites because they don’t like his ideas is not scientific, but more like the mediaeval Catholic church.
Science is full of bigoted thinking as any other discipline. If you don’t already know this, you have never met a scientist.
Having said all that, it is a silly idea, but I enjoy the incidental geology that he employs to illustrate his argument. Not that I buy into the argument itself.
- Comment on Why I Haven't Seen Any Trump Supporters In Fediverse (Lemmy and Mastodon)? 1 year ago:
Thats a pretty sophisticated bit of analysis, particularly for Lemmy.
I still find it amazing that the vote will be as close as it undoubtedly will become. I mean, Trump is not only for himself, but he is also plainly destructive. He’s now touting the low-information ‘Joe Rogan vote’. Young white guys who haven’t been following anything.