whotookkarl
@whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts? 3 hours ago:
For decades James Randi offered a million dollars for any evidence of supernatural shit that can be tested. Many people tried, but none were able to produce evidence to earn the money.
If ghosts were a very rare occurrence and only 0.00001% of all dead people produced ghosts we would still be completely overrun by ghosts everywhere, they were would mundane in how common they are. And that’s not counting ghost animals, ghost dinosaurs, etc.
The impulse to believe in ghosts can be explained as well. For most of human evolutionary history we had predators (cats, bears, wolves, hyenas, etc). If you heard a noise in the bush and didn’t assume it came from an agent you were more likely to be ambushed than if you assumed it was an agent even when it was just the wind. The survival trait biased us towards assuming agency even when it’s not. When you hear a noise in your home at night your first though isn’t settling foundations, it’s intruder.
- Comment on i have a very high libido and my shitposts reflect that, sorry 1 day ago:
I also have a high burrito
Homer Simpson meme gif of him backing into a hedge replaced with pizza
- Comment on Stereotyping is wrong. 2 days ago:
If we’re talking about politics like loudness ordinances and funding for road projects and whether the fire department needs a millage we can share the same values or same values with different priority orders no problem on the different politics.
If we’re talking about whether some people deserve rights or racism or if laws don’t some to some people then it’s more than a politics difference, it’s a values difference.
- Comment on 'We Thought It Would Be Fun': Nintendo Has a Whole FAQ on Why It's Selling Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Separately for $20 Each - IGN 6 days ago:
Monster sanctuary was a lot of fun too
- Comment on Why are we not getting stress relief games where we take our stresses out on normal people? 1 week ago:
I think we all just destress differently & there’s some games where you can make a mess or cause chaos, but some folks like a challenge to overcome like souls games finally beating a boss, climb a leaderboard, get x rank elo, etc. Others build a farm or speedrun shooting demons or just keep replaying the same nostalgic games.
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- Comment on A succulent meal 1 week ago:
Reminds me of a pretty recent game called Pentiment that’s like an old school point and click adventure about a murder in a middle age German Abby where a bunch of conversations happen over meals & who you eat with can have an effect on a bunch if stuff in the game. it was pretty cool to include and I’m guessing they tried to go for some accuracy considering how much detail they use on the foods.
- Comment on meal 2 weeks ago:
An occasional burnout paradise session is still fun too
- Comment on Is ironing clothes significantly less common now? 2 weeks ago:
Probably ironed less than 5 items my whole life, last time was solo at a conference and just killing time
Mix colors and whites in the wash, just split between hot and cold wash
Haven’t worn a suit in over a decade, don’t intend to wear one again either
I do have shoe polish for some leather winter boots, and a sewing kit for mending socks and buttons
- Comment on What's that word? 2 weeks ago:
Thunderbird
- Comment on i mean 2 weeks ago:
It’s a razer wolverine v2 chroma wired. I couldn’t find a wireless like that so I went with one like this v3 pro, it’s easier to reach the back buttons but also easier to accidentally bump one
- Comment on i mean 2 weeks ago:
The difference between that and a modern standard controller for like an Xbox or playstation feels like the difference between a modern standard controller and something like this where you can keep both thumbs on the sticks and have access to all the shoulder and face buttons at the same time
- Comment on Bonobos can "play pretend" 2 weeks ago:
Interesting to see but I’m pretty sure the music in that video died hundreds of years ago and only now walks the earth to torture the living
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 3 weeks ago:
Get some grapes nuts it’ll last for months
- Comment on Follow the rules! 3 weeks ago:
My 2026 update after the industry wide layoffs over the past couple years would be sysadmin replaced with DevOps, qa and designer replaced with developer, and throw some infosec theater on at the end.
- Comment on Sorry buddy, you just ain't it anymore. 3 weeks ago:
Maybe they spot the machines and artifacts left on Mars and the moon and go with robotics or metal poly compounds. If it’s just Earth maybe plastic or concrete.
- Comment on 'Go Back and Play Morrowind and Tell Me That's the Game You Want to Play Again' — Former Bethesda Veteran Delivers His Verdict on Potential The Elder Scrolls Remasters - IGN 3 weeks ago:
Morrowind would be a GOTY release if it came out today and made it so 1. running stamina loss only happened in combat, 2. low combat skills caused lower damage instead of lots of misses, and 3. draw distance was further than 10 feet away then fog.
- Comment on Buttcoin 4 weeks ago:
Infinitely divisible deflationary assets can be used as currency and savings, if enough large markets like grocers, Walmart, Amazon, etc accepted it as payment the price would stabilize against speculative investment like trading in foreign currency. Right now I think it’s overinflated from speculative investment, but the cryptography is secure and public ledger is an improvement I think.
- Comment on Why would anyone do this? 4 weeks ago:
You’re the man now, dog
- Comment on Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document 1 month ago:
I prefer to cut the pinky finger off of infants instead. It hasn’t hurt them at all not having a pinky finger, it’s not the whole hand just the tip. And it’s not just cosmetic because I dislike pinky fingers aesthetically, it’s healthier too, do you know how many people get pinky finger infections every year?
- Comment on The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade and hospitality jobs that don’t even require degrees 1 month ago:
He doesn’t give his kids the same advice
- Comment on You have to be orchidding me! 1 month ago:
There’s multiple species definitions and none of them are very satisfying because it’s trying to impose a clear distinction where one doesn’t really exist.
species categorized by fertile offspring want to describe a situation like this with clear, district boundaries:
abstract picture with rows of distinct colors with clear boundaries
But evolutionary groups tend to be more like gradients & gaps like this:
abstract picture with a few colors overlapping each other and areas with no color
You can try adding specific boundaries to the 2nd, but there’ll always be some weird edges that don’t really fit.
- Comment on You have to be orchidding me! 1 month ago:
No, but the criteria is 1. Interbreeding is possible and 2. Can produce fertile offspring
- Comment on You have to be orchidding me! 1 month ago:
By this categorization llamas and camels are the same species as they can sometimes produce fertile offspring
- Comment on 🐍 🐦 🪹 1 month ago:
Set to away
- Comment on Beer is for GIRLS 1 month ago:
Sightly chilled, bubbly flower water is good, but what about some hot bush water, or hot seed water.
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 1 month ago:
It was toys r us for me too, I was able to get a copy a week later but there’s no point to preordering if they don’t honor the reservation & when you’re a kid that week feels like forever so it sticks pretty brightly in memory
- Comment on Do you preorder games? 1 month ago:
I pre-ordered ff8, they ran out anyways. Lesson learned.
- Comment on I have an idea ☝️ 1 month ago:
Pokemon x Luigi crossover?
- Comment on Beans aswell 2 months ago:
Corn pie‽
