58008

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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

It makes me think of hoarders. It just happens to be the case that money is universally sought-after, and so we think "it make money, is good!" But it's not much different from someone with stacks of ancient newspapers filling 98% of their living space. It's not like Jeff could actually spend all of that money even if he wanted to. He has more than he could ever need to live the most lavish and privileged of lifestyles, including giving the same to several generations of his offspring. He could still go to space and do all that crazy shit with 10% of what he has in his bank account. It can't be normal.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Making the raindrops... chubby??

 

Bonus points if the person saying the offensive thing thought they were being complimentary.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

This collage looks like a serial killer's vision board.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

We have hot shites to show you.

 
 

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[–] 58008@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Boots should really come with an exhaust so that with every step you're pushing air/moisture out the back end. Nothing like a big pipe or anything, just a wee hole and a sort of bladder that fills with air when you lift your foot and pushes it out again when you step on it. Sure, you'll sound like you're stepping on farting mices everywhere you go, but if you just cough with each step you should be fine.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

SOMA still lives in my brain 10 years later.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's a very dark part of conspiracism in general. The same tactics, both conscious and unconscious, are used to evangelise these ideas - and defend them despite being indefensible - as are used in all conspiracy theories and "alternative" views of established fact.

So, it has less to do with the available evidence, and more to do with personality flaws. It's not even about reasoning skills or intelligence - the more intelligent you are, the less likely you'll be to change your views because you're so good at generating narratives that support your position. It's a deep flaw in human psychology that can't be reasoned away, and trying to combat these ideas with facts just reinforces them and gives them credibility (which is why no one with any sense debates Holocaust deniers anymore). It's like when a schizophrenic person hallucinates; you don't want to do or say anything that makes the hallucination seem real, you don't want to say "where is the creature? Here? I'm stamping on it, is it gone? I don't see it!" you simply accept that they're hallucinating and don't engage with it beyond that. Extreme example, but the logic is the same.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I see Big Gym is at it again.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (5 children)

they do if u kiss me

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Most of my teeth are destroyed, decades of neglect due to mental illness. I've been hearing about lab-grown teeth for the last 25 years and always hope it happens soon, but the progress sees to be genuine this time. I just hope it doesn't cost insane amounts of money to get teefs grown.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Paranormal Activity and The Conjuring serieseses. I find them extraordinarily tedious and so formulaic that they seem better suited for people who have never seen a horror film in their entire lives.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not so much "scary" as "disturbing", but Spoorloos (1988), aka The Vanishing, is billed as being suitable for 12-year-olds. Definitely worth watching (and definitely worth going in without any information). In fact, it was that film that made me de-discount anything aimed at 15-years-old or younger. I was thinking "if they can't even swear then how serious and atmospheric can it really get?" but I was dead wrong.

 

For a second, I thought "maybe they indicate which bits of the braille are relevant" and then I took a long walk and thought about my life choices.

 

AKG K271MKII

The audio cuts out on one side, and when I lightly touch the headband it comes back again. I think it's the self-muting thing, and whatever triggers it has worn out and become a bit unpredictable.

I've never needed or wanted this function, so even if my issue isn't that, I'd still be curious if there's a way to disable it.

Cheers!

 

And does this negate the "mirror test" idea? That is, an animal failing to recognise that the creature in the mirror is themselves, but can recognise themselves in water, shows that their problem isn't with the concept of reflectivity or "self", but something about the mirror's version of themselves that they can't quite grasp?

A follow-up question: Does an animal recognise its own shadow, and does this count as a kind of "self-awareness" when their shadow is moving around in the world but they don't lose their mind over it?

Thank you!

 
 
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As I understand it - which is not at all - the pyramid complex in Giza was always next to a bustling inhabited city, but the complex itself seemingly went ignored/untouched for centuries. Same goes for famous Roman sites. Why were these objects and sites not reused or maintained or destroyed until relatively recently? Where did everyone go, and why weren't they living in and around these structures this whole time? And if they were, why didn't they do anything with the sites?

I understand that empires and civilisations come to an end, but they aren't the result of wholesale genocide, and even if they were, the genociders would surely move into that area next and continue living in the pre-built cities and towns. But that doesn't seem to be what happened.

Why is humanity out of the picture in these monumental and impressive sites for unbroken periods of deep time?

Cheers!

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