HobbitFoot

@HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to I prove to someone that the U.S. moon landing wasn't staged?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Why aren’t the old Apollo designs being reused for a moon landing? (by either the Americans or the Chinese)

  If you want to address this question, show him some videos about Boeing and Airbus and how they can’t bring back airplane models they stopped production on because of massive supply chain issues. See if your friend is willing to accept that they can’t bring back the 747, for instance.

  If this is a problem for aircraft, it is likely also a problem for spacecraft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek has more to offer or it has to end and stop producing more content?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The closest that I get to watching pure Star Trek content is some videos of Lore Reloaded.

  Even then, his content isn’t so much about the current Star Trek but more going into politics and military theory of the Federation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of specifically Americans identifying with other cultures if people born there will just make fun of them for it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Regarding those from “The Old World” this phenomenon isn’t unique to the USA. Most other countries in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa exhibit tying ancestry to not being of the land since time immemorial. It just happens to be that Americans tend to produce the most cultural discussion about it in volume, especially in the English language.

  The big thing is recognizing that the culture of the land doesn’t match the culture of your “people”. It can be tough to reconcile that, especially if someone is from a mix of different origins.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FIFA-accredited vehicles will be allowed to use Vancouver bus lanes during World Cup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is typical for international sporting events.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They tried teaching Spanish in my elementary school with videos that no one paid attention to. A lot of schools don’t even go that far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But if you’re looking at an American choosing a language based on potential job opportunities, Spanish is likely going to offer far more upside than French unless that American has certain ties which would make French more relevant to them. For large parts of the USA, knowing Spanish will be more locally relevant than knowing French.

  It isn’t saying that French is a bad language for Americans to learn, but that most of the country would likely see Spanish as more economically useful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But we’re talking about economic utility. Quebec isn’t Canada; it is much smaller.

  In contrast, Mexico has a GDP near Canada as a whole and there isn’t a bilingual legal framework to support business deals. Furthermore, there are more Spanish speaking countries to make deals with in the Western Hemisphere; the closest that French has is Haiti.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Quebec isn’t Canada.

  Having to get documents translated is a cost of doing business in Canada. You don’t have to speak both languages to conduct business in Canada.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They could, if they were economically relevant on the continent. Spanish and Portuguese are far more relevant when interfacing with international trade in the Western Hemisphere.

  I pointed out cultural reasons for maintaining a language as well. The USA, as a country, has no current cultural reason to have portions of the country maintain a different language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come in American classrooms they make another language an elective. Why not teach our kids as many languages possible that way if we go somewhere we will kind of have uper hand?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It hasn’t really been an economic necessity or cultural priority like other countries.

  Most countries who have a population who speak more than one language usually either have a variety of languages spoken within/near the country or rely on ESL speakers to participate in the international workforce.

  With English being the current lingua franca, Americans already know the current dominant language. There is really only one major language which is relevant to neighbors, but Americans are usually in the more dominant economic position and there is a cultural aversion to adopting Spanish more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any easy ways and methods for actually studying socialist theory and such?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I also feel like the problem with starting with Marx and getting into socialism as a government type is that Marx was an economist writing about economic forces while a lot of his work has been coopted into political theory.

  Which makes discussions on government structure hard with a lot of leftists because once you remove discussing the economics of a society, having a discussion on political freedoms only becomes very problematic.

  For instance, I saw some English speaking communists discussing a Chinese analysis of their government, which the analysis states that the Chinese government isn’t a democracy. It is true, China would describe itself as a technocracy, with trained political leaders in charge who are shielded from disruptive democratic whims. However, you could see the issue of them accepting that political power should be held only by elites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If America and Mexico did an all our "WAR" against the cartels look like?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Messy urban warfare.

  Assuming cooperation with the Mexican government, the USA would likely launch several raids against cartel strongholds similar to the Maduro raid. Whether the cartel leaders are brought to justice or just immediately assassinated is up for grabs, but I expect several extrajudicial killings.

  The situation will devolve as the power vacuum causes additional killings including some punishing of the Mexican federal government. This destabilization is likely going to require an occupation; I expect that the USA would want Mexico to fill those posts first but may get pulled in as the Mexican military runs out of logistical capacity and the US military has to start filling in more and more gaps.

  At a point, the war against the cartels becomes viewed as an American occupation instead of an internal Mexican action and it causes the population to turn against both federal governments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For Americans, what do you really think of Latin Americans?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it has to do more with experience in the USA.

  For a large part of the USA, Mexicans are the dominant immigrant group. Americans also have the most experience with portions of Mexican cuisine that they don’t have with other regions. So, people hear Latin American and auto complete to Mexican because that is what they know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My mother believes we dont need an external help and that i can do it by myself as if its my problem

  If you throw something out, what happens? Does your mom complain? Does she fill the space with something else?

  Also, what kind of stuff is it? Specifically, how close to garbage is it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the US we have signs that say No Shirt No Shoes No service. When did this become a norm? Also if I am wearing a shirt and shoes but no pants can I still enter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. If you’re Donald Ducking it, you’re likely going to have problems getting to the store.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Those differences that are rooted deep in our DNA⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But what’s sexy for a woman? I feel like most sexy male lingerie is still designed for the male gaze.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What television series in your opinion had very good writing and character depth?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They spent all their money on overdubbing lines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quidk! I need a chili recipe. What would you add to a pound of hamburger, diced jalapenos, chili powder and bloody mary mix?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Was it the pineapple chunks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Quidk! I need a chili recipe. What would you add to a pound of hamburger, diced jalapenos, chili powder and bloody mary mix?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wayne Gretzky suggests red wine, Worcestershire sauce, and pineapple chunks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What television series in your opinion had very good writing and character depth?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Including his lies?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one country prepare to fight the other? With out spies? Like Iran is fortifying against a US strike. But how do they know what we will strike with and vice versa all thru history?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First, you always spy.

  Second, you monitor public information to determine enemy tactics and develop wargames around those strategies.

  For instance, anti-aircraft strategies against the USA changed radically as the USA launched preliminary drones to set off Iraqi radar stations then launched cruise missiles against all known pings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thoughts on Kanar⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are some drinks that humans like which are more viscous than others. This includes items like port wine and hot chocolate. You also have stews and gravies which use various thickening agents like okra or a roux.

  I kind of think that Kanar is like an intoxicating gravy. You know, that might help out with American Thanksgiving.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you like Star Trek: Nemesis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the movie definitely deserves it’s accolades as one of the best Star Trek movies. It is just that you can tell, with this movie, there really wasn’t anywhere good for the original cat to go from there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you like Star Trek: Nemesis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  while continuing to grow as individuals

  Only one person really grew, and that is Captain Sulu.

  It kind of doesn’t make sense for Kirk to still captain the Enterprise, especially given the disdain that the admiralty seem to have with him. I also feel like he doesn’t really have a mission any more like he did during the show. Given that Starfleet wasn’t desperate for officers at the time, I would expect that Captain Kirk should be captaining a desk and only getting pulled in because Spock wants Kirk.

  Spock shouldn’t be a captain in this movie. He is doing high level admiralty/government work here. It was already accepted that Spock would retire from Starfleet and become an ambassador. Now is the perfect time to do it. It also gives a way for Spock to outrank Kirk in making decisions while not being an admiral, something which is kind of banked into the premise of the show.

  Chekov was a first officer in Star Trek II, he should be a captain by now.

  Scotty is slumming it as chief engineer of the Enterprise at this point in his life, especially as the Enterprise isn’t the most up to date ship.

  McCoy displays what appears to be incompetence in letting the Klingon Chancellor die. A doctor on the front lines of the Klingon Cold War should know enough about Klingons to be able to treat Klingons.

  Uhura should know how to speak Klingon, also because she was on the front lines of the Klingon Cold War.

  The only one who progressed in his career is Sulu as he is has a prestigious Captain’s chair, but it makes sense given his age and experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you like Star Trek: Nemesis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t like it.

  The premise was interesting and kind of seemed to be TNG’s Undiscovered Country, so that by itself wasn’t bad.

  Tom Hardy as a Picard clone was dumb. I don’t know what the obsession is with having Picard become a father when his character was written to have his lineage end with him. It would have worked better if Hardy was a Romulan who was manipulating the Remans for his benefit.

  Outside of Worf, the crew felt oddly in status. Giving Riker the Titan in this movie could have justified shaking up the crew. Bring in Crusher and La Forge as technical experts instead of crew because going to Romulus it’s going to be a big deal and the two have credible experience with Romulan biology and technology.

  Ditch the whole daddy/son thing and focus on the Enterprise and a small fleet trying to establish better diplomatic relations as invited guests and get attacked given how the sneaky Romulan politics is.

  The final ship battle was cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you like Star Trek: Nemesis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly have a problem with how the Undiscovered Country treats the original characters. Great story, but it did the characters dirty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What was your social media path?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  AOL

  Yahoo

  Sensible Erection

  Reddit

  Lemmy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can people irl be as mean as some people online?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m talking about at work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's stopping youtube from just going full authoritarian and mandate DRM for all their videos in attempt to prevent people from downloading it or block ads?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kind of hard to buy something that doesn’t exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's stopping youtube from just going full authoritarian and mandate DRM for all their videos in attempt to prevent people from downloading it or block ads?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is worse in that Vimeo makes money by charging creators to host their content instead of YouTube’s model of it being free or a way to make money.