LovableSidekick
@LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
- Comment on Framed by Leaves 55 minutes ago:
Backstory: Lenora was without remorse, and excelled at building pit traps.
- Comment on TSA says officers must stand, chairs banned at airport checkpoints nationwide 4 hours ago:
“Ain’t nobody ever caught a perp sittin’ down.”
- Comment on They say "Change is slow" for anything that benefits the working class, but change is always instant for the Billionaire Class. 4 hours ago:
I srsly doubt that… attendance was pathetic for the ominously promised “actions” in state capitals on Biden’s inauguration day - mostly in the teens or lower. Even though in half the states the average driving distance to the capital is under 100 miles. I think what happened was all the fed-up fist-shaking magatards who’d “had enough” saw the Jan 6 loonies being arrested and facing consequences for their actions, so they hunkered down at home and yelled at their TVs. That’s about the most you can expect from the angry right wing at large. Now, contrast that with the BLM movement - marches went on week after week in city after city, all that summer, in spite of arrests, beatdowns, and even some deaths. The difference between the two is commitment.
- Comment on They say "Change is slow" for anything that benefits the working class, but change is always instant for the Billionaire Class. 18 hours ago:
Good luck getting America to “rise up” - most Americans couldn’t revolt their way out of a Walmart.
- Comment on Physics ;-; 20 hours ago:
Just for arguments sake, suppose there were no hypothetical situations?
- Comment on Realistically, what do people plan to do on the Moon and Mars that requires a permanent, or long term human presence there? 2 days ago:
That’s my top reason, but it’s not an original thought - I arrived at by learning about the subject. Or maybe because expansion is a universal trait of living things, as I said, and I don’t have a reason not to want it. The world has enough resources to solve Earthly problems and also reach outward.
- Comment on Realistically, what do people plan to do on the Moon and Mars that requires a permanent, or long term human presence there? 3 days ago:
This is a much-discussed topic and you can easily find tons of information on it. For one thing, not trying to expand into new places goes against our nature - not just as humans but as living things. Every species we know of collectively tries to find and adapt to new habitats. A long-term practical reason is that inhabiting more than one planet ensures that our species will survive planetary disasters, like the asteroid collisions we know have repeatedly caused massive extinctions on Earth. Or the volcanic upheavals 250 million years ago that wiped out most life on Earth. We know these things happen again and again, and if this is humanity’s only home when the next one hits, game over.
- Comment on Realistically, what do people plan to do on the Moon and Mars that requires a permanent, or long term human presence there? 3 days ago:
It’s not an either/or thing, we can do both at the same time. Conditions on Earth won’t be improved by not putting humans on other planets.
- Comment on Realistically, what do people plan to do on the Moon and Mars that requires a permanent, or long term human presence there? 4 days ago:
Having a permanent human presence on other worlds is the whole idea. If you don’t think that’s a good reason, I can’t help you.
- Comment on Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force 6 days ago:
possible systems that aren’t imbalanced
…such as in the many countries where capitalism operates but doesn’t dominate politics like it does in the US.
- Comment on Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force 6 days ago:
True, but that’s how every legal system protects everything.
- Comment on Microsoft patent describes in-game advertising triggered by boss fights, loading screens, and cutscenes 1 week ago:
“Looks like you’re about to kill the dragon. How about killing a six of Miller Light?”
- Comment on Costly Disappointment 💸 1 week ago:
Depends on what trade, where you are, where you look, etc. Schools you pay for are eagerly accepting new students (/customers), and being hard to get into doesn’t mean impossible.
- Comment on Costly Disappointment 💸 1 week ago:
I’m not really a job guy though, mind if I have a buddy of mine take a look?
- Comment on Costly Disappointment 💸 1 week ago:
Apparently it’s working right now tho.
- Comment on Costly Disappointment 💸 1 week ago:
I made the same discovery in 1976 lol.
- Comment on And forgot it when waking up 3 weeks ago:
Yeah I’ve had similar experiences, not with the meaning of life but thinking I solved some technical thing, but no memory of the solution. But I remember feeling great about having figured it out, which is what I think we actually dream about.
- Comment on This had to be a terrifying way to go 3 weeks ago:
Nature really is pretty cruel. The vast majority of animals die by being eaten alive.
- Comment on And forgot it when waking up 3 weeks ago:
My friend said he had a dream where he suddenly understood the meaning or purpose of life, and it was simple and clear, but when he woke up he couldn’t remember it.
- Comment on How hard/fast would a baseball have to go to completely pass through a pitcher? Like leave a hole through flesh? 4 weeks ago:
IMO if it was a baseball when you launched it, you used a baseball.
- Comment on How hard/fast would a baseball have to go to completely pass through a pitcher? Like leave a hole through flesh? 4 weeks ago:
That’s okay, an overestimate provides a bracket: human pitcher not enough, cannon too much. Then it’s a matter of reducing the parameters until they’re barely enough to put the ball through the pitcher.
- Comment on How hard/fast would a baseball have to go to completely pass through a pitcher? Like leave a hole through flesh? 4 weeks ago:
That’s an excellent analysis - nice find!
- Comment on How hard/fast would a baseball have to go to completely pass through a pitcher? Like leave a hole through flesh? 4 weeks ago:
That might be okay though. The ball doesn’t necessarily have to be intact when it hits the pitcher - if it becomes a stream of smaller particles they still might be energetic enough to do the job.
- Comment on How hard/fast would a baseball have to go to completely pass through a pitcher? Like leave a hole through flesh? 4 weeks ago:
asking for a friend
- Comment on A reminder 4 weeks ago:
Very relatable perspective!
- Comment on A reminder 4 weeks ago:
Congrats to that teacher, but random events with astronomically low odds don’t refute everyday reality.
- Comment on It's never been about helping people 4 weeks ago:
idea: convince the food and necessities industries who would receive the $16k to lobby for this, against the prison companies who lobby for more prison time to increase their profits.
- Comment on An American city has been without power for 2 weeks, unacceptable. 5 weeks ago:
That’s how I feel about moderation. I’ve followed reddit posts that had hundreds of comments and suddenly got removed because technically they didn’t belong where they were. Always annoying.
- Comment on An American city has been without power for 2 weeks, unacceptable. 5 weeks ago:
Technically I think it is off-topic since it has nothing directly to do with work reform. Note, I said directly, so no need to point ouf correlations between work reform and racism or bad government in general.
- Comment on An American city has been without power for 2 weeks, unacceptable. 5 weeks ago:
Gary, Indiana - let me say it once again.