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- Comment on I don't know who The Rizzler is and Im not interested. 1 day ago:
Why would that be a sign of wikipedia’s decline?
Should they not document a famous figure? It doesn’t matter whether it’s ridiculous or not, value judgement is not an encyclopedia’s place to do
- Comment on https://lemmy.zip/post/37479548 5 days ago:
What do you mean ruined?
- Comment on Possession 1 week ago:
I haven’t read the books (yet), so I don’t know how closely it resembles the condition in reality, but crucially, it’s a real thing, it’s not a magical fantasy possesion
- Comment on God is a dick. 2 weeks ago:
In other words, literal time travel
- Comment on Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is? 3 weeks ago:
Only older people from what I’ve seen. At least, whenever I hear a ping out in public, it’s always someone older
So, to answer your question, no, not really
- Comment on kawaiiiiiii 3 weeks ago:
Oh 😭 lmaooo
- Comment on kawaiiiiiii 3 weeks ago:
I think vision would fall girly within the realms of physics. I don’t know if you can justifiably call it visual anymore when it incorporates magic
It’s like, if there’s magic bow that launches arrows at a far greater rate than it normally would, would you say that the energy comes from the buildup and release of tension in the wood? There’s another element there, which enhances the thing
- Comment on kawaiiiiiii 3 weeks ago:
That would fall under “nonvisual perception”
- Comment on logs are for quitters 3 weeks ago:
Radioactivity I side your body is very bad bad
- Comment on logs are for quitters 3 weeks ago:
It’s good it didn’t, otherwise it’s possible that all the hydrogen in the ocean would be fused into helium by now
- Comment on What kind of CAPTCHA is this? 4 weeks ago:
Lmao yeah, I thought “haha funny joke” but people were genuinely asking
For future reference, never run any script or code or command unless you know what it is and does
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 5 weeks ago:
I don’t know about you, but I am very reluctant to insult others, even in private conversations, even if they might deserve it
I always try to approach things constructively, because in the end, those patterns and thoughts bleed out into the world and your behaviour
And do keep in mind, even from the person’s who was part of the asshole gang side of the story, it sounds pretty darn bad, and people have a tendency to downplay their side’s wrongdoings and elevate the other side’s. Chances are, it was probably quite bad
If there’s people in my life that go around talking badly about other like that, even in private… yeah, I’d want to stay the hell away from them too. It’s just a massive warming sign, and you’re going to be the target sooner or later. And you don’t want a coordinated group acting in bad faith against you
- Comment on Mother 5 weeks ago:
Okay, but I don’t think this was intentional suffocation of the kids. This seems much more as an attempt to get everyone to survive
- Comment on He's just eccentric 5 weeks ago:
And yet, despite people saying what you say, I still struggle far more than neurotypical people and they can’t understand why
I am diagnosed with both, and do relate to social media posts regarding the combination of both
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Maybe part of it is the whole “greatest country on earth” stuff as well. In other words, a lack of humility
In the European countries I’ve lived in, pride like that wasn’t really encouraged. And if you’re too boastful or what not to the point of arrogance, you tend to get the stink eye
And this applies to patriotism as well. Here in Norway for example, despite us having a stronger claim for stuff like “greatest country”, very few people, if any, really feel like being “proud” of one’s own country is something that one should be doing, or it being honorable at all. The best I see is that people enjoy living here and, if they see another Norwegian out there or Norway mentioned, they just get happy to see a fellow Norwegian, just because we are relatively small
Honestly, most Norwegians I’ve met complain about Norway’s problems more often than not lmao, despite, all things considered, you can hardly find better countries to live in, except some other European ones depending on your own preferences
There really is just, no culture of like, arrogance. Something that I feel like is very different to the US with its super heavy emphasis on individual capitalistic success
Maybe that’s a large part of it as well. A consequence of American culture being so extremely individualistic
- Comment on Neko_irl 1 month ago:
There is only one possible solution left
Cats are gas
- Comment on How would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals? 1 month ago:
We’ve gotten very uncomfortably close to a nuclear exchange multiple times in history
The only reason it didn’t happen is pure luck
- Comment on How would world politics be like if the top 100 countries (in terms of military strength) all had their own nuclear arsenals? 1 month ago:
Until one of them fires the nukes, that is. But sure, it might not happen
It’s like paying your rent by playing Russian roulette
- Comment on The specter of a GTA 6 delay haunts the games industry: 'Some companies are going to tank' if they guess wrong, says analyst 1 month ago:
But also don’t forget that the amount of gamers is larger today than in 2013. Gaming is much more mainstream, and so even 97% of the install base is still disappointing considering steam grew by, what, 3x or something in terms of average monthly users?
Another source I found is that the amount of total gamers grew by roughly 50% from 2013 to 2025. But yeah, I just did a quick skin numbers are not precise
But still, 97% is disappointing considering the general demographic was supposed to grow. And then, in reality, it’s just 67% too
- Comment on I've done it again... 1 month ago:
Do people not use kitchen weights? It’s a very common thing where I live (in Europe)
- Comment on Happens every time 1 month ago:
half life times log2(amount of atoms), right?
- Comment on Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural 1 month ago:
The cost of living crisis is global. Exploitation of labour is global. Everything for profit’s sake is global. Climate action being hampered due to corporate interests is global. Wealth inequality rising is global.
What’s the alternative? Continuing as we have so far? Doesn’t seem to have worked out so great.
- Comment on Dunning-Kruger 1 month ago:
…why shouldn’t they?
- Comment on Welp. 1 month ago:
For 1., also don’t forget that major labour movements spring up during and after WW2, it’s hard to say how much of a repeat that will be this time around, but the potential is there
And 2., I agree, I am concerned myself, especially with nukes these days
But on the other hand, economy, and reliance on globalized production chains, is so much more central to the core of a nation these days. It’s not possible to just produce everything locally anymore, not like it was during WW2, anyway. everything is too hyper specialized for that now
So there is the potential that, if the US really does something very stupid and gets a complete embargo from the rest of the west, they’re just going to get completely fucked (and so will the rest of the west, but you know). So the amount of damage they end up being able to do might end up being limited
Of course, China would benefit massively from this, as they do actually go heavy on self-sufficiency, and then there’s the risk of Russia exploiting this as well, but the silver lining is that the US simply might collapse before it manages to do some real damage
In the end, I think the future of how the world will look like will be up to China. I really really hope that they end up having a massive democratic movement for the sake of the world, but we’ll see. At least China so far still seems like a rational actor on the world stage, although still ruthless and self-serving, of course
- Comment on Welp. 1 month ago:
If there’s any consolation, I personally support asylum for Americans escaping political persecution for my country, I just hope that our government will act quickly enough for it, and the right not getting in the way
I except a lot of, especially queer, people trying to escape, and I really hope we get something in place before it’s too late
- Comment on He's totally not a Nazi tho 1 month ago:
It’s an authoritarian take
- Comment on Welp. 1 month ago:
I still have the hope that people see the trainwreck the US is now and go “oh shit”, and try to avoid it
- Comment on Welp. 1 month ago:
Sometimes you gotta move out and leave your roommate alone in the mess, for them to hopefully realize that they are the problem
- Comment on 🪨 Rock on 🪨 2 months ago:
No, but people were much less alienated from their labour, so it likely didn’t feel nearly as soul-crushing as it does today
- Comment on The yin and the yang 2 months ago:
It did confuse me at least a few times