TriplePlaid

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[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Although I do not personally feel that apartments are inherently depressing, perhaps someone who was more worried about exactly what decisions they are allowed to make about their living space might. They may be considering the lack of agency one experiences in some regards as a renter, which could make them feel as though every apartment type situation was inherently depressing.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Try a deodorant that aims to control the population of bacteria on your armpits. Bacteria are what actually produce the chemicals that smell bad. Since switching to a scentless bacteria controlling deodorant, I still sweat but my stink is gone. Same for my partner. And it's much healthier for you in my opinion.

Here is one such product (the one that I use):

https://superdeodorant.com/

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would not make a chain reaction because the nuclei of typical atoms are unlikely to split when irradiated (that is to say, hit by the pieces of the original atom that split) and will more likely ionize (have an electron knocked off) or transmute (turn into a different element by changing the number of protons).

In nuclear weapons or reactors the uranium must be "enriched" because regular uranium atoms are too stable to sustain a fission reaction. We must have a high amount of rare uranium-235 (the easily splittable isotope) compared to U-238 (the more common stabler isotope) which is why uranium needs to be enriched. Most of the atoms in your salad are stable isotopes, so there will likely not be any cascading fission reactions even if your teeth were somehow able to trigger one (or even 1000) every single time you took a bite.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Here is a review paper listing many peer reviewed sources relating to the circadian rhythm:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8800593/

The circadian rhythm in mammals has a large body of scientific evidence.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Yes I do in fact apply this same exact logic to soldiers in WWII - just as it applies to many of the people who made up fighting forces in the past. There is a long, loooong history of using dogma, duty, brainwashing, even intoxication, to manipulate people into fighting to the death.

If you read firsthand accounts from German soldiers (or really ANY nationality) during WWII, you will quickly realize that they were heavily propagandized in a way we can only begin to understand today. Young German men during WWII had grown up under Nazi rule and had it drilled into their heads at every possible moment. And the choice was to conform or to be shunned (or more likely killed). This does not excuse any of the atrocities they committed, but gives context to their actions and shows how blaming only the soldiers misses a big part of the picture. The same goes for atrocities perpetrated upon the German people by the red army, or for atrocities carried out by IDF in Palestine, etc...

Also, I think you should reflect on the language you use in your comments. I am attempting to be polite, but your comments are outwardly rude.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (5 children)

Well I am talking about how I think most people who join the military are brainwashed.

More explicitly: yes they know that the military is about violent force, but I think most of them have a warped worldview pressed on them from a young age (often from an upbringing in a military family) that describes the situation very differently from how you or I would see it. They are indoctrinated to understand their participation in the military as a duty - both to their family and to an inner voice. I think most of them would say (when first joining) that the military kills "bad guys," which obviously isn't true but they have been conditioned to see it that way and much of history (especially concerning military atrocities) is omitted from their upbringing. So in my opinion your take that they are joining with the intention of murdering innocent people isn't really accurate for most of them.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

If you think discussion and communication are so worthless... Why keep commenting on Lemmy? We are all here to exchange ideas and I think that we can agree that ideas and how they spread can change the world in a big way.

Silence/lack of discussion is part of what has allowed this issue to become so serious.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago (7 children)

In my opinion this is a reductive take on the issue. Realize that human beings can make mistakes and that not everyone understands the world the same way or even has the same knowledge.

I won't excuse murdering innocent people, but I don't think most people joining the US military go into it thinking "yippie time to murder innocents."

I think most people who join have been indoctrinated (usually from a very early age) to think that the military is something it is not. While this does not excuse their behavior, it helps us to understand that the issue is not about an individuals misguided decision to join the military but rather the large scale manipulation/brainwashing of poor people. Blaming the soldier makes sense if they do something horrible or if they are truly aware of how bad the military's actions are and continue to serve, but blaming ALL soldiers just for the act of joining is pointless because most of them don't fully understand what is going on.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

In my opinion there may be a better option for you (unless you have a clinically bad case of extra sweat, which obviously is another thing). Try a deodorant that aims to control the population of bacteria on your armpits. Bacteria are what actually produce the chemicals that smell bad. Since switching to a scentless bacteria controlling deodorant, I still sweat but my stink is gone. Same for my partner. And it's much healthier for you in my opinion.

https://superdeodorant.com/

This was for real life changing for us.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm confused - are you trying to argue that we should not try to stop the spread of hateful propaganda? Or just that it doesn't matter to have it in schools? Maybe you are trying to argue that exposing children to hateful rhetoric will not have an impact on their developing brains?

What you are saying does not make sense to me.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

From my perspective it is worth pointing out because it shows how Kirk's murder was NOT a good thing, and is NOT something that should be looked back upon with glee. Rather than being the end of Charlie Kirk's vision for Turning Point, his death invigorated it and has now potentially set up an entire generation to be propagandized.

It would have been better for the world for Kirk to have kept living and continue embarrassing himself (which he did on a daily basis) and come to a more typical end for these far right influencers - jailed/disgraced. Not to mention that noone deserves to be executed, especially without a trial.

[–] TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

The U.S. doesn't really make anything

Actually the U.S. makes a lot of stuff. Amongst other things the U.S. accounts for somewhere around 40% of the global food & beverage market.

https://www.nist.gov/el/applied-economics-office/manufacturing/manufacturing-economy/total-us-manufacturing

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/food-beverages-market-size-reach-133000592.html?

 

Adding root tabs to my newly set up 20 gallon long :D

 

They seem to prefer "soilent green" to the "community plus," but these guys will eat just about anything.

 

I have been working on a design for a stand for my 20 gallon aquarium to sit on. Each side of a square is 2 inches long in my diagrams. Pocket hole joints are indicated by double arrows, while the lil box thingies are L brackets. I plan to attach the top to the legs using figure 8 brackets.

Are there obvious ways I could improve my design? This will be my first serious woodworking project.

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