Nurgus
@Nurgus@lemmy.world
- Comment on Burning Up 1 week ago:
The real reason Fahrenheit will never die!
youtu.be/nROK4cjQVXM
(Finnemore’s conversation between Farenheit and Celsius) - Comment on Clueless about Biology 1 week ago:
FIRST escape? Did he do it again??
- Comment on Those poor plants 2 weeks ago:
Ew, Joe Rogan.
- Comment on Dear god... 4 weeks ago:
There’s no year zero, it goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE.
- Comment on Health food 4 weeks ago:
At this rate we’ll be renting individual strawberries to show off at parties.
(This was a real thing with pineapples, once upon a time.)
- Comment on Introducing you to the next Bond 5 weeks ago:
Och aye tha noo.
- Comment on Paid Leave Olympics 1 month ago:
I think we’re all hoping you successfully infected your boss.
- Comment on Hearts 1 month ago:
This is silly. The top left one is clearly from a cow and one of the others is a sheep.
- Comment on Why do we put up with this crap? 1 month ago:
Sorry, I know I’m not always the clearest. :)
- Comment on Why do we put up with this crap? 1 month ago:
Virtually no one could afford air travel prior to the 1960s, that’s a very large part of my point. It got affordable in the 70s and very affordable in the 80s.
- Comment on Why do we put up with this crap? 1 month ago:
They were and still are given a choice. I cam fly to New York on British Airways first class or Easyjet. Consumers consistently choose the cheapest headline price.
- Comment on Why do we put up with this crap? 1 month ago:
Like you’re some Greta Thumberg trying to make a valid point.
- Comment on Why do we put up with this crap? 1 month ago:
Concorde wasn’t far off that sort of speed. But it was too expensive. Such speeds will probably return in some form one day.
- Comment on Why do we put up with this crap? 1 month ago:
Planes are three times faster, five times longer range and 95% cheaper per mile, in real terms, than those early days.
The consumer was given the choice and they chose this. Honestly, air travel is great.
Yes, capitalism sucks. I hate being nickle and dimed for hand luggage, lottery tickets, snacks, hidden booking fees and all that shit. Some gentle regulations would be really nice.
- Comment on That hippie! 1 month ago:
We definitely don’t need vigilantes.