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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does each country have a book/library of the laws of the land that a commoner can consult to check if they're about to do something illegal?⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  New Zealand here. Yes, public libraries have the many volumes of the legal code in the reference section.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that Stanford scientists examined what happens when people stop using social media. They found deactivating Facebook and Instagram significantly improved users' emotional well-being and happiness⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never had Instagram, but I noticed an improvement in my mood after dropping Facebook and Reddit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There exist people who will go through the effort of leaving their home, traveling to a movie theatre, paying for a ticket, and sitting for 2-3 hours for a movie they claim "nobody wants to see"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always thought that if you share an opinion on a movie, you should also share your reasons for having it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could gunpowder be chemically addictive to humans ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And in the early days they obtained the potassium nitrate by boiling shit. Might be the opposite of addictive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do you hate AI?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t hate it, but my personal experience has been that it’s not reliable enough to depend on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If WW3 breaks out, what countries are going to be on which side?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m from New Zealand. We’ve traditionally been a US ally but the situation being what it is at the moment, I think there’s a good chance we’d try to stay neutral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The richest people in the world are morally bankrupt⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t need the problem described any more. I need ideas for fixing it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People that have face/butt labeled towels must do a terrible job washing their butts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still not sure I believe in those people. Sounds made up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How will the Military be after this mess with Trump?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They might not want to do it, they might feel there are better things to fight for, they may have heavy regret signing and volunteering for the military knowing who the president is. But they do it anyways.

  Do you maybe mean the opposite of respect? Because that seems more logical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe Thiel’s name is one of the ones found in the Epstein emails.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are they still underpants if you aren't wearing pants?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I suggest establishing a formal hierarchy of *-pants, with individual terms to distinguish shape, purpose and colour in conjunction with effective and/or absolute layer. And you should be the one to do it, because I don’t have time for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Youtube Videos are like going to the garbage and remixing everything so it's shiny and new.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure they plan to make even more money later on when AI is no longer a free service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some of my failed showerthoughts⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not hard to verify at all. Just face the camera and speak the thought aloud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't people harassing marketers?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I’ve noticed is that boomers think that if you disagree with them, it means you must be younger than them and therefore wrong.

  If you’re older than a boomer, your arguments tend to consist of. “Speak up! Why can’t you speak up? No, I don’t need a hearing aid. I need you to speak up!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If God was real (just go with it), then how he's portrayed in the Bible might not even be how he actually is.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Adam, was created male

  then personally chose to identify as male,

  How do you get from A to B?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If animals could speak English in what foreign accent do you think that a certain species would certainly have ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think cats would have outrageously fake french accents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Like they’re unironically wholesale swallowing cultural domination.

  Did you somehow get the idea that northern hemisphere countries own Christmas traditions?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen a mall Santa. He was inside, in the air conditioning, so I think he was okay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How are computer chips designed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  After this exercise I’m left wondering how are new chips designed nowadays considering that there are billions and billions of microscopic transistors in a modern chip?

  You have to use one, to design one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the I’m-pointing-at-you-with-a-pen-but-I-forgot-my-pen gesture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Duh. Why else go to space?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Imagine a hydra with an infinite number of heads. Some of the heads are arguing, some have got their necks knotted, and some are french-kissing. One of them is wearing a pirate hat.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I've recently turned into a blocker.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I block people who are dishonest or abrasive. I’m here for entertainment, not for any higher purpose. I’m not obligating to give those people any attention and I have nothing to gain by it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If someone from a rich family chooses not to date a poor or middle-class people thats not "wrong"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What made you decide to share your lightning bolt of inspiration with us?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cooling stuff does not require any energy!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s often good to have a conversation on the topic as well as the basic info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It would have been really funny if a video game ejected the disk if you lost too many times⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t need that kind of disrespect from software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, why not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because you’re pointing out that the thing which was never intended to be internally consistent… isn’t internally consistent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In order for superman to keep his cover as Clark Kent countless innocents he had the power to save have to die every day.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe you shouldn’t apply real-world logic to superhero stories.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"fridging" is honestly the only good motivation to become a superhero or good person⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  An uncle, a child, a best friend, a parent, a teammate getting killed is not tragic

  That’s a unique take, to say the least.