since the start of the war between the countries

What a complicit way to phrase that.

Found it. It’s been doing the rounds for years.

Last time I saw this post I said it reminded me of this picture of a snake that was electrocuted after biting a wire, and then another snake that was electrocuted after biting the first snake.

This one resonates with me more because the first snake was probably an idiot who saw the wire and thought, “I’m gonna bite that other snake.” Then he died from it.

Second snake comes along, sees the first snake, has the exact same thought, then dies in the exact same way.

Except the second snake was right. But the first snake’s stupidity still killed him.

Don’t buy your wife a wide vase. Just get her a normal sized one. Otherwise you’ll have to buy twice as many flowers for the rest of your marriage.

I’ve gone on this rant before. The Circle of Life is an environmentalist death cult that rules the Pride Lands. The whole thing is further explored in the follow-up tv series.

It’s a planned economy enforced by a despotic dynasty. I mean, eating the antelopes is one thing, but forcing them to bow is a little much. But I guess that’s why it’s not called The Lion President.

and its not like every day was a horror for them anymore than it is for ours

This is just not accurate.

Infant mortality rate before the industrial revolution was like 30%. Something like 50% of children didn’t survive to their fifth birthday. But you think life was about as good then as it is today? I mean people still have to work for a living, so I guess it’s all a wash?

I’m not suggesting that we can’t still improve. I’m just pointing out that you don’t seem to have the proper context for this stance you’ve taken.

That’s such a pessimistic way of looking at it. All the efforts of humanity up until this point have gone towards sparing us from the horrors of what used to be the human condition. Generations and generations of toil and sacrifice so we could be bored at work instead of dying from the plague.

I struggle with ADHD because I am one of the luckiest human beings born so far.

It’s the other way around. ADHD gives people an evolutionary advantage in crisis situations. Surviving through war, famine, and all the worst situations that humanity has survived through.

ADHD isn’t incompatible with modern life because it got too hard. It’s incompatible with modern life because it got too easy.

If we’re only looking at the bad things a country has done, committing actual genocide is worse than destabilizing governments and overthrowing dictators.

But you’re also ignoring the good things. The US has historically provided around one third of all humanitarian aid in the world. And while it may not be the perfect example of democracy, it has used its power to keep much worse regimes in check.

Saying that America is “objectively THE main world villain” is just silly. Like, you think North Korea is morally superior? Seriously? Or Russia?

• Complains there’s no nuance anymore.

• Provides the second least nuanced take ever.

Plastic straw pollution doesn’t have a measurable impact on the environment.

The entire thing about banning plastic straws comes from some high schooler using back-of-a-napkin math to guess how many straws are in the ocean in what was clearly a successful attempt at starting a science fair project the night before it was due. Some news station picked it up, and then a bunch of science-illiterates ran away with it.

You can’t determine the impact of pollution by count. Straws are tiny and weigh almost nothing. If you skip buying one pair of sneakers in your life, then you’ve successfully reduced your plastic use by almost a lifetime of plastic straws.

Removing plastic straws is probably the single least impactful way to reduce plastic pollution. It’s pure virtue signaling: it’s about presenting an image of being environmentally conscious while doing effectively nothing to help the environment.

On the other hand, appealing to the center hasn’t been working for Democrats lately. If Crockett energized the base, the numbers could be there.

Plus a lot of us aren’t comfortable perpetuating the racism/sexism by caving to it.

I’ll vote for either candidate, but this idea that it’s obvious Crockett could never win doesn’t sit right with me.

My wife and I just had our third kid. We don’t make nearly that much, but we’re quite comfortable.

Keanu was famous, but the way I remember it he wasn’t a huge box office draw yet.

Like a restaurant?

Um… how many levels are we doing?

Week? Yesterday my daughter and I rode bikes to her school in 30° and rode home in 73°. Choosing her outfits is very difficult this week.

Yeah, but what if I become famous for writing children’s books one day? Then I’ll feel like a dummy.

The first place team also had an old woman named Barb who had been on Jeopardy.

The other top team was one man.

But we kept coming back. We kept the same five core members but tried a bunch of people for our sixth. Eventually we got a woman who was legitimately a genius. She got a law degree as a teenager, but she also knew more about 90s gangsta rap than the rest of us. She once complimented me by calling me a polymath, which I immediately undermined by asking what a polymath was.

We also studied. I was always good at music, but my wife practiced and got good. My sister didn’t start with a specialty, so she took a little time every week to keep up on current events and pop culture. I studied Shakespeare. We didn’t always get first, but we were always contenders.

We became friends with the quiz master. My wife and I hired him to host trivia at our first baby shower.

It’s mostly visual for me. Like when a woman lifts her arms, it makes other things more appealing, so there’s an association there.

On the lucky occasion I’m with a woman who doesn’t shave, I just want to pet it, like if I could pet a squirrel. Like, what even is this? It’s so rare and adorable.

Anyway it’s times like this I think I should have an alt account on Lemmy.