gbzm

@gbzm@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Physics!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is the mercury arc rectifier getting a “what the fuck”? I don’t know much about them, are they more magic than glowing rocks, runes, levitation and demon cores?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cynical and pessimistic people. 🫤⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not very big on life myself, but to me that’s only superficially what this is about. To me it seems the negative reaction you get is because “life is boring” is an expression of personal suffering first, and a judgment about an objective, intrinsic quality of the very concept of existence second. So you have to be careful when you want to argue that boredom is not an intrinsic quality of existence because you end up invalidating an expression of personal suffering, which is generally considered gauche.

  Second, your arguments in favour of life not being boring generalizes conditions that may not be everyone’s. The ability to change jobs, move, find new friends, etc. is not necessarily universal. People who struggle with depression, in particular, may feel that your argument boils down to “pull yourself by your bootstraps”. People who are in situations of economic or social servitude will feel it comes from a situation of personal privilege.

  I wouldn’t want to convince you that life is boring, it’s a good thing that you enjoy your existence, and the very fact that you enjoy it is a proof by example. That said, I think your approach to trying to make people find good in their own lives by convincing them sight unseen that their bad experience with it is their own fault is misguided.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dawg...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s ok: you only get this value every two years. That way, even though it’s a decrease from the previous year you have actually no idea whether the figure is higher than two years before

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oui oui⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The tweet is a lie, the photo is from a novelty shop (thx falcunculus@jlai.lu)

  https://www.reuters.com/article/world/fact-check-knife-concealed-in-baguette-is-from-french-novelty-shop-not-weapon-c-idUSKBN2781KE/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oui oui⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Merci pour Le fact-check

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oui oui⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Une graine dans le bocal piment” ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say what you will about Kirk, but he made some great points in his debating⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't know about this Milhouse business, but he did have some very salient point: that time he gushed blood uncontrollably from bis neck and died has raised serious doubt in my previously staunch anti-gun disposition. Now I have to manually remind myself that most gun violence victims are unfortunately not Charlie Kirk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Practical Magic⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe one of them performed their spell over the dark web, with bitcoin as sacrifice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aged like milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tolerance is not an absolute principle, it's just a social contract. People who breach it aren't protected by it; end of paradox.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aged like milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That and making, in what should be seen as the sole crowning jewel upon a veritable turdwagon of a life as a professional waste of carbon, the best argument in favor of gun violence since Brian Thompson strolled past St Luigi

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aged like milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  At least he died doing what he loved