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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Duh. Why else go to space?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Imagine a hydra with an infinite number of heads. Some of the heads are arguing, some have got their necks knotted, and some are french-kissing. One of them is wearing a pirate hat.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Either way, you’ve changed how I feel about eating gingerbread men.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, most asteroids are agglomerations - loose rock and dust held together by gravity. Unless the aliens are supporting every part of it, on the inside as well, it’s going to rain gravel on New York. If it’s solid enough and low enough, maybe it would be worth mining?

  Gravity would be slightly weaker under it, because of its own gravity, but I think the difference would be small enough that you’d need measuring equipment to see it. No moon hopping.

  Weather would be different. I think there’d be more rain on the windward side, because some water-laden air would have to drop its load in order to rise over it. You’d get wind vortices on the other side of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I keep a 9 year old from constantly licking erasers and putting them in his mouth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Make him write in pen?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s suppose some fun-loving aliens lower that rock slow enough that touchdown isn’t some cataclysmic event. We now have an asteroid 60 Km across at its widest point sitting on the Earth’s surface. That surface will immediately start to experience the pressure you’d find 60 Km deep in the Earth. There are places on Earth where the solid crust extends lower than that, there are others where that’s inside the mantle.

  The weight might crush the crustal plate into the mantle, in which case the effect will be very much like a supervolcano going off. Smoke, toxic gas, exploding rocks tossed hundreds of kilometres. It’ll last decades or possibly centuries. Chances are, you’ve enjoyed your last hot fudge sundae.

  But maybe the crust is strong enough to support the weight - until a few hours pass and it starts to melt from pressure and heat. As it melts it compresses, sending stress through neighbouring seismic fault lines and causing earthquakes, regular-size volcanic eruptions and tsunamis across a vast area. It may not be enough to destroy the environment, but it’ll be serious enough make everyone forget about global warming as an issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do you use non violent communication at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No. We do hasty, vague and passive-aggressive communication.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did this happen in any of the Addams Family Live action movies?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember a scene like that where they were waiting for baby Pubert to wake up, but not Fester.

  “He has my father’s eyes.”

  “Gomez, take those out of his mouth.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a good argument against the intelligent design theory, isn’t it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those symptoms you’ve described? It’s your immune system doing that to you. On purpose, not a mistake. Nose is stuffed because you’re producing extra mucous to flush infection out of your airways. Dry throat because the tissues are inflamed to directly kill viruses using the body’s transport system. Yeah, it’s bad for you - but it’s worse for the little invaders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How popular/important do you have to be for your death by homicide to be labeled as an "assassination"? What if the homicide is for a private matter that's separate from their importance?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a disturbing thing to read.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I really can’t see any benefits to the kid in saddling him with a name like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I feel bad that my abuser is suffering?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t have to feel bad for people who’ve wronged you. I’d say your only obligation is to uphold your values so you won’t regret your behaviour later on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does anyone actually believe that suffering gives life meaning? I’m sceptical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone say "What ho!" anymore?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only when I’m out on the moors with the gents, hunting our servants for sport. Gad, there’s one now!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who's the most ridiculed POTUS of history?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The president I’m thinking of gets applause when he signs his name to something because people are so relieved he remembers how.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ll absolutely be judged.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The user experience. The Windows user experience just gets worse and worse while Linux gets better and better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who discovered/"invented" fire?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone flammable, I bet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How many people go days without drinking tap water?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Israel and USA's bombing, wouldn't any supposed nuclear bombs go off if there were any?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you could set off a nuke by jarring it, parts of America wouldn’t be there today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It used to be that when most countries were or in trouble or needed help they would go to the US for help. My question is who does the US go to for help if or when needed?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  the next administration to reside in office

  Unless the US’ current trajectory changes sharply, I don’t think there are going to be any more elections.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It used to be that when most countries were or in trouble or needed help they would go to the US for help. My question is who does the US go to for help if or when needed?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And what exactly would we do to help? Invade? Arrest your leaders? Station peacekeepers inside your borders?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If youre bi do you have to prove it?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you going to do to prove it? Take a blood test?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also:

  The easiest way to remove hairs from bathroom surfaces is with a slightly damp paper towel or microfibre cloth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When cleaning surfaces:

  1. Wipe down once with a damp sponge/cloth. This removes loose dirt and softens the hardened stuff.

  2. Spray with a surfactant.

  3. Wait five minutes to give it time to work.

  4. Wipe again to remove remaining dirt.

  If there’s something you can’t get off, use a harsher cleaner like Barkeeper’s Friend. Wear gloves when using that. I can’t unlock my phone with my thumbprint anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Friends don’t make friends read fanfiction!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are you here and not on Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because Reddit is run by a psycho who looks forward to owning slaves after the downfall of civilisation.

  Because Reddit locked out third party apps and when asked for an explanation, their first instinct was to lie.

  Because Reddit disguises its adverts as user posts.

  Because Reddit is overrun with fake user accounts trying to control discourse on the internet.

  Because Reddit’s real users will post Among Us jokes in threads about school shootings to farm karma.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't people like Melon Tusk get tired of the shit they gave you pull through literally every day ? I mean doesn't the guilt of bad decisions pull them down enough like the rest of us ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Elon’s a big believer in Ethical Altruism - the idea that any action you take is ethical as long as it improves life for someone. In his case ‘someone’ is future generations, ie. people who can’t tell him his actions on their behalf are wrong, because they don’t exist yet. It works as long as you don’t think about it too hard, which he doesn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure I recognise that cadence. Is that iambic pentameter? (Being the only one I can name.)