artifactsofchina

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't stop till brimstone⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember hearing that the Sahara desert was created by Romans salting the earth.

  That can’t possibly be true?

  Also I wonder how it is connected to Jesus saying ‘you are the salt of the earth’. That seems like am entirely different thing, but then again maybe not?

  I feel like the most modern equivalent is Vietnam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone in tech confirm?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Andre Staltz, who developed manyverse, posted recently showing himself working in construction bsky.app/profile/staltz.com/post/3m6qwv56xyc2v

  I think he is still coding too, but it is cool to see how people balance it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grim Statistics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Umm, wow!

  Feel like this comment deserves more attention.

  Would you share any of those photos?

  Incredible.

• Do boycotts work?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meh, I'm more of an Aragorn fan...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does anyone else feel like ‘my brain-washing has been completed’ when they find themselves upvoting obscure loss menes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OK what is your Roman name?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Marmaladius

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks 😄

  I’m stoked by the engagement; I initially found the question following some article posted on bluesky. Replying there resulted in crickets. I thought to ask here on a hunch, and it’s been wonderful to read all the responses.

  Back in the day people would claim that what was good about reddit was that it was a community. Well it’s not that anymore.

  This is pretty good though!

• If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gelatine⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always thought it was a very modern horror story how sweets for children are made from gelatin, from animal death, basically.

  I still eat them though.

  Relevant video: vimeo.com/180163754

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Feel like his handle ‘the functional melancholic’ is almost too apt.

  It is a cynical view he reports, though with a relatively uplifting message. It’s funny, despite the misanthropic presentation, the strongest emotion that came across for me was earnestness.

  Is it worth watching? That depends. If you are in a place where you feel miserable about the state of the world, particularly America, which you have every right to be! Then yeah it is worth your time (sped up, he talks slow) because it is a message of encouragement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Riven