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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Good old times.

I could've created the parody OSS license "Programmers of Ni License", nowadays some people would like to expand that word to the hard-R N-word, with an 80+% chance that those people's account are littered with actual nazi shit, not just "liking edgy jokes".

[-] slingstone@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Ah, trying to bring back old nerdus obnoxious, eh?

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

You’ll also want to become a hippie parent for accuracy

[-] ianhclark510 112 points 1 week ago

Hey, not extinct! There are dozens of us

Also don’t forget MST3K and Lord of the Rings!

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

Cosmos (the original)

Connections with James Burke

Secret Life of Machines

All of David MacAulay’s books

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[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lotr is overrated, there i said it

Even if you dislike the story, its impact on the fantasy genre is hard to argue against. I personally dislike the series too, but I refuse to call it overrated because it influences basically every aspect of modern fantasy writing.

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[-] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Youre very welcome to hold your incorrect opinion but please do not try to ruin other peoples fun. You could also tell us why you have your still very wrong opinion

[-] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago

Perhaps they also fell asleep during the movies. I certainly know I did.

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[-] MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social 9 points 1 week ago

Have to say I agree.

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[-] ashenone@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 week ago

Don't forget futurama and star trek

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Star Trek is a difficult one. The oldest stuff is very dated, even TNG has some things that are very weird for a modern audience. But, some of the modern stuff is basically unwatchable.

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[-] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 week ago

Life of Brian is arguably better for a ensmuggening Python based education.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah but fewer people get the references

[-] Zagam@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

If they don't get the references, they're just casuals.

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[-] camelbeard@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago

My son wants to "game" like most other kids at his class. So I got an old laptop, installed linux mint on it with dosbox. He loves lemmings, the incredible machine 2 and rollercoaster tycoon

[-] FireIced@lemmy.super.ynh.fr 18 points 1 week ago

I fear that he won’t get many friends this way

Mainstream might be boring but it’s an easy way to connect with people

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

That's the trouble with gamers these days, they're only in it for the friendship. Fucking posers.

[-] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

This was the argument I used in high school when I wanted an Xbox 360. My parents were super reluctant given the cost, and then I told them I have nothing to talk about with friends in the hallways and I'm left out of conversations (I was). They reconsidered and eventually folded, and I was very appreciative

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[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Omg the Incredible Machine!!!! Where can I play it, its been so long!

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[-] pyre@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

you don't need to try so hard, just don't let him have weird ideas about gender and hope he befriends at least one girl. that'll be enough. all these idiots need is a female friend going "don't be an idiot that's not how things work".

[-] eestileib 17 points 1 week ago

Or a sister, or any woman who has the standing to tell you "your teeth are blotchy and your breath is bad, that's why people won't kiss you, go to the dentist"

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I always wonder where are the mothers of these shitty young men?

Like.

If I even thought of going into a misogynistic phase during my younger years, my mother would have put me in my place, yanno?

Are anglo mothers less sprited than latin american mothers?

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

They're at home, suffering their husbands abuse while their son learns to be just like Dad.

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[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 week ago

And the music of Weird Al

[-] Swordinferno@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Thia feels like the Powerpuff Girls intro, but replace Chemical X with Young Sheldon.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

I would add Kids in the Hall.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

EEEEEERADICATOR!

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[-] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 week ago

I rewatched Mythbusters recently. It's pretty disturbing, especially in the early seasons, how often they use actual human remains for what is essentially light entertainment. Like, they'll destroy an actual human skull for shits and giggles. They had disproved the myth on setting off an airbag with a slim jim and firing it into the head of a would be car jacker, but still had to replicate the results, so just shot a slim jim into an actual human skull, cheering and laughing as it's decimated. That was an actual person's skull. How they sourced it, and where the source acquired it, who knows. I'm fairly certain there is a family somewhere though that would be mortified.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

Maybe, in the far future, I elected to have my skull sent back in time for that purpose.

Because I totally would.

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Oh yeah, totally! When I die, if the mythbusters need my corpse to test a myth, they're welcome to it! If I could, I'd choose the "cleaning the decaying corpse smell out of a car" myth; remembered forever as an unforgettable stench. Or one of the giant explosions, so I could rest in pieces.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would be psyched as hell for my remains to be used on one of the most influential educational science shows of the era (plus like, that is a metal AF use for my skull). IDK, I know I'm not one of those people that venerates remains but even if I was, this seems like a grander memorial and contribution to science than having your remains parted out to then sit for years in a box in a closet, waiting for the physical anthro undergrads to do the "reassemble the original hands from this mixed up pile of phalanges" exercise for the umpteenth time.

[-] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

The key distinction here is your will. The will of these people is unkown. Their consent is unkown. If you're looking at the skulls for sale on the bone room for example, they don't even know the specific age of most of the skulls and are forced to guess within a range. If they don't even know how old they are how can they know with any certainty the circumstances of their death? Where in the world can you just find an unclaimed skull to sell? What are the chances that these skulls aren't the skulls of poor people, or otherwise disenfranchised people? It doesn't take much imagination to draw the conclusion that the ethics surrounding the buying and selling of human skulls, and then destroying them for no other reason than the momentary entertainment of of the global 1% is at the very best a grey area.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think you have an incredibly romantic view of human death, and I don't particularly want to disabuse you of that. So in that spirit, I will spare you the full gory details of what happens to donated human remains / medical cadavers.

Full Disclosure: In my personal collection I own a number of human bones (most but decidedly not all) given to me by the friend who's bones they were. I use the fingers as a fidget toy sometimes. Also, the persecution of cannibalism is one of the great crimes of the western world. I include these to ~~amuse~~ characterize myself and, hopefully by extension, my explanations below.

To answer your questions:

If they don’t even know how old they are

The reason stores like The Bone Room do not have personal or demographic information on the remains they sell is because medical cadavers are anonymized. The Bone Room respects that, even in cases where they have purchased bones with a known provenance, and the topic is extremely complex. In short however, this means that the morality of the remains being sold is almost entirely dependent on the reputability of the person selling the remains, and retailers are comprehensively vetted and monitored because of this (there are obviously exceptions, but they are immensely rare).

[...] how can they know with any certainty the circumstances of their death?

It is extremely rare for educational remains to be initially sold as parts (though there are of course examples where it did happen). In the wild and vast majority of cases, an individual bone is the result of donated remains being reduced over time through repeated dissections to the point that only the bones are left. Because of this, it is safe to say that medical cadavers are the most exhaustively inspected remains on the planet, and signs of foul play would undoubtedly be noticed (there are quite a few examples of this).

Where in the world can you just find an unclaimed skull to sell?

China and India were the sources of most modern medical remains, though both countries have stopped the export of human remains. While yes, I cannot deny that there were instances where questionable methods were used to obtain the remains (the term is 'anatomy murder'), I only know of two specific examples off the top of my head. The first is the Burke/Hare murders, which were committed during the early 1800s, and the second is the very famous Body Worlds exhibit (and hoo boy is that horrifying). Both of these were the impetus for sweeping global legislation to prevent similar situations, and Body Worlds is the primary reason China stopped exporting medical cadavers (because, and I am being uncharitable, it is hard to credibly deny your crimes against political prisoners when you ship the bodies of said prisoners to western countries with bullet holes in their skulls).

What are the chances that these skulls aren’t the skulls of poor people [...] ?

Aside from cadavers sourced from india and china (which again are no longer allowing the export of educational corpses), the remaining remains on the market come from legitimate pre-mortis consent given by the former owner of the parts in question. There are many, many examples of this - leaving your body to medicine/science is quite common in the US, and is an absolutely vital part of our medical infrastructure, and is generally considered a very noble choice to make. It is important to explain here that medical cadavers in the US are shown a degree of respect that can quite accurately be described as veneration, and disrespect of donated remains is emphatically not tolerated. And while US-sourced medical remains are rare to see sold outside of a medical context (US law is extremely strict on this matter), it does happen. I urge you to consider why you think this would not happen in other cultures, or why they would not have similar attitudes towards body donation and donated bodies.

A specific example of a non-western attitude towards funeral practices (and oh boy is that a complex topic) would be memorial Japmala beads - a Nepalese tradition whereby Japmala (kinda like a rosary but for asian-originating religions) are made from bones donated to the temple by a (usually devout) person and are thence sold to raise funds. While done with consent, remains sourced from this practice are not infrequently sold for medical use on the condition that when the bodies are reduced to bones, they be returned to the temple. If some are removed, or missing (say, because they are a good example of some condition), or they were destroyed as part of their work, this isn't objectionable - so long as the remains are treated with respect, it's seen as benefiting the community as a whole.

This does not specifically translate in this case, but I've included it as an example of ethical sourcing of remains that really does not gel with traditional western views on the subject.

And two brief points:

It doesn’t take much imagination to draw the conclusion that the ethics surrounding the buying and selling of human skulls [...] ?

I can imagine a great many awful things, but that does not mean they are happening. This specific argument has really irritated me, in a way that I strongly suspect is unfair.

[...] than the momentary entertainment of of the global 1% [...]

Mythbusters began almost a quarter century ago, and has had an outsized impact on science literacy and education. I think it's unfair to characterize this as mere passing entertainment for the global 1% (and additionally it totally ignores the US' cultural hegemony). Although certainly not a traditional use of human remains, the fact that we are still having a discussion about the topic twenty years later as a result of the episode could easily be argued to be a sign of the great impact the show has had on culture in general and thus tautologically justifies its own existence.


Alright, hopefully that was less tiring to read than it was to write.

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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

Jamie personally sourced it. That's all you need to know.

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[-] parker_notpeter616@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Throwing Discworld into the mix

[-] lohky@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago
[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 week ago

Extinct??!?

We're not dead yet, just old!

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago

This is the ritual to create a Tom Scott.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago

It’s funny. I’m definitely a nerd and neuro-something-or-other, and I have really good friends who are into all this stuff, Linux, Terry Pratchett etc - all of it - but I absolutely bounced off this smug nerd culture and grind my teeth if a group all start yelling “Ni!” or make me listen to the “hilarious” Portal song. Possibly I’m just trying too hard to be an arch, diffident outsider, this is my tribe, and I’m just the tribe jerk.

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[-] Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

I dunno. I grew up on He-Man, Transformers and G.I. Joe, and I think I turned out OK. I suppose I also grew up on Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, and The Neverending Story, which may have been just as formative in my nerdiness and are leagues ahead of those first three in terms of quality.

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