[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 2 days ago

If you smell shit everywhere you go, check your shoes.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 points 5 days ago

Cite the deep magic to me witch. I 'member.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 5 points 6 days ago

Sorry, hard to tell sometimes. I was afraid that I was too intentionally vague at first.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 19 points 6 days ago

That's literally the answer though. They used electricity to process aluminum in a new way and much much much more cheaply than was possible before.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 62 points 10 months ago

Do I really even want to know what LinkedIn games are?

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 61 points 1 year ago

More like working class traitor.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 143 points 2 years ago

Give em The Harkness Test The Harkness Test

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 55 points 2 years ago

I don't ask people about their politics. I just act like true things are true, e.g.: human instigated climate change, COVID, the efficiency of a single payer healthcare system, a oblate spheroid earth, and the moon landing. I'm politely understanding of the flaws in their world view, but I NEVER pretend that any of it is even up for debate. You can balance not being rude with not backing down from the objective reality you live in by showing an genuine fascination with their weird cult beliefs.

Conspiracy theories, religion, myths, and magic are all very comfortable fantasies that wither in the face of the existential dread from understanding that the universe is horrific and absolutely indifferent to your personal suffering. Being excellent to each other and maintaining faith in the potential of humanity (tempered by knowledge of our depravity) is our only hope of survival both physical, philosophical, political, and spiritual.

Ok, sorry that turned into a rant. This shit matters though, so not that sorry.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 55 points 2 years ago

"Sensors" sounds like a magical solution that hasn't been thought through, but the marketing guys already sold it and won't listen to the engineers explaining how difficult it is to actually build such a thing.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 55 points 2 years ago

I'm no nationalistic fanatic of the flag, but is it really so difficult to understand that the flag is a symbol?

Obviously each flag, be they for nations or other groups, represents more than just a piece of cloth to many people. Taking offence at someone else's identifying with what a flag symbolizes is not okay. But, I tend to look skeptically at worship of any kind of idol, be it flag, cross, or text. That still doesn't mean it's okay to hate or persecute people for their beliefs, even if they appear silly to you and as long as they don't hurt others.

One group can demonstrate their respect for the nation by physically following some rules around the flag and others can demonstrate their loyalty to their ideals of the nation being violated by flying the flag upside down or burning a flag.

A flag or banner is not just a piece of cloth, never has been.

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