jhoward

@jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do Olympic medalists bite their medals?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Olympic athletes are on strict diets. They no longer have such dietary requirements once they’ve won.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a name for apartments that have flat sides, but are protruding like a clover?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lucky living?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the name of this type of image⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The east / west division in the cost of light bulbs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I believe science but I don't understand science. Does that make me religious?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I think this is a meaningless question. For me it’s all about utility. I’ve found science to provide utility to me in helping understand and, more importantly, predict the world. I’ve not found the same in religion. I choose paths that provide utility.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How common is it for atheists to be against homosexuality/abortion?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve not known any. But it also seems like those things have a correlative and not causative relationship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why actors are smoking in movies and tv shows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s certainly a history of big tobacco getting actors to smoke on screen, so that’s certainly part of it. But another reason an actor might want to smoke is it gives them a way to utilize body language in a way that’s plausible within the scene. Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, pens, eye glasses… these sorts of props are often almost invisible (as the audience just sort of takes them for granted), but can be used by an actor with intent to convey some unsaid context.