BigMikeInAustin
@BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
- Comment on Obesity on the agenda - slimming down the European way 2 days ago:
Carruba proposed a uniquely European solution: “In this context, the Mediterranean diet has proven to be the most effective model, combining nutrition, physical activity, mental well-being, and social connection.” Of course, this diet is also controversial.
- Comment on Trump says Israel and Iran 'don't know what the fuck they're doing' 2 days ago:
Every accusation is a confession.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
I don’t know of anyone “transracial,” much less know of people who are against the “transracial.”
- Comment on [deleted] 3 days ago:
Like Steve Martin in “The Jerk?”
- Comment on Pakistan to nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize 6 days ago:
I remember when Black President Obama could raise both arms above should height. Trump just isn’t as manly as Obama.
- Comment on 'Years of work down the drain': Iranian missile tore through Israel's science institute 1 week ago:
Him lab was destroyed.
In Palestine, their work, their grocery stores, their hospitals, their schools, and their homes are all like this now.
- Comment on 'Years of work down the drain': Iranian missile tore through Israel's science institute 1 week ago:
That’s why it’s better for your country to not start a war.
- Comment on Ukraine's defense industry says the fight against Russia has shown it that the West's approach to weapons is all wrong 1 week ago:
Did a single person write this? It feels like the same set of paragraphs was written 4 times. Like a poor-performing student writing lots of filler for hit a word count.
- Comment on Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran 2 weeks ago:
Dude, the sight of the haphazard bones in that communal grave is a bit disturbing to see.
- Comment on Teen girl from 6,200 years ago with cone-shaped skull unearthed in Iran 2 weeks ago:
They estimated her to have been under the age of 20 when she died, and she had also undergone tight head bandaging from a young age—a practice that had left her head cone-shaped. After taking CT scans of the skull, the researchers were able to see changes to the bone making up the skull—much of it was thinner than normal, putting the girl at higher risk of a head injury.
They were also able to see that it was a head injury that had killed the girl—her skull was fractured from near the front all the way to the back, and there were no signs of healing. The researchers suggest the fracture had been caused by someone wielding a broad-edged object. There was no bone penetration, but the reduced bone thickness allowed the force of the strike to make its way to the brain. The rest of her skeleton has not yet been found due to the density of remains in the gravesite.
- Comment on What was life like for the "average" person living in Nazi Germany 2 weeks ago:
Ah, good insight about the Nazi party men with power, not soldiers everywhere. Thanks.
- Comment on What was life like for the "average" person living in Nazi Germany 2 weeks ago:
Thanks for sharing.
I’m guessing it felt a lot like the video games and books describe living in a fascist regime
Soldiers are everywhere, and you do your best to not stand out for any reason.
You are always worried about someone turning you in on false accusations.
You have to hide your joy, and save it for only the deepest parts of your home.
- Comment on What was life like for the "average" person living in Nazi Germany 2 weeks ago:
You make it appear you have knowledge, but you don’t want to share on the social network. Hmm.
How should we address you so you feel like we are worthy of learning from you?
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 2 weeks ago:
Who are you?
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 2 weeks ago:
You’re grilling OP on something they already said they have little experience with. OP is asking questions to learn, and the grilling is detrimental to that.
- Comment on I don't know if I'm getting the most profitable SRI / climate change ETF, can you help? 2 weeks ago:
Getting yourself involved in a local charity will do more good for the world than what a normal person’s amount of money can do in any type of ETF.
- Comment on I don't know if I'm getting the most profitable SRI / climate change ETF, can you help? 2 weeks ago:
I understand the moral desire to choose responsible companies.
I “interviewed” some advisors before I knew of ETFs. They asked if I had brand preferences, like Coke vs Pepsi, or McD vs Taco Bell, so that I could avoid investing in companies that I didn’t like. From that I realized those types of investors just cared about getting me into any stock to turn commissions and not about my personal income growth. I was way too small to affect anything, but I could lose out on income based on my personal flavor preference.
So I would say the same about picking socially responsible ETFs. What is socially responsible is completely up to some person and will likely not align with your preferences.
And after participating in many studies in college, and just life, I’ve learned that at large scales, when it comes to your pocketbook, the large majority of the time, the non-ultra-rich person should assume the system will go to selfish people over good-for-the-group people.
So, unless you are investing billions and trying to create the change yourself single handedly, just choose the ETF that works best for your pocketbook.
The amount of ownership, responsibility, and promotion you get of the evil a large corporation is doing through an ETF is basically non-existent, at the average human scale.
- Comment on US aluminium premiums hit record levels after tariffs take effect 2 weeks ago:
So Trump’s higher prices are encouraging people to leave their “real job” to become a bum collecting used aluminum cans for money?
- Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit? 2 weeks ago:
Ah, so that means you don’t live in Russia or North Korea. The toddler has thrown a lot of tantrums.
- Comment on Wrongly deported Salvadoran migrant arrested on return to US 2 weeks ago:
Wow, Trump’s border wall sure had a lot of holes if this kept happening for 8 years, including 4 years of Trump rule.
- Comment on North Korea's Kim vows 'unconditional support' for Russia's war in Ukraine 3 weeks ago:
I wonder if Russia will start to put back doors in military equipment they give out, so it can’t be used against Russia in the future.
Didn’t Ukraine start out defending themselves with a lot of Soviet military equipment?
- Comment on North Korea's Kim vows 'unconditional support' for Russia's war in Ukraine 3 weeks ago:
Sucks for North Koreans to have their fellow citizens constantly disappear, no matter what the war is.
Did anyone ever find out of they started with the lower ranked soldier? Or the higher rank, more loyal soldiers that North Korea would prefer to keep?
- Comment on US growth likely to slow to 1.6% this year, hobbled by Trump's trade wars, OECD says 3 weeks ago:
I guess we know which organization leader Trump will try to fire tomorrow.
- Comment on Project resource management? Gantt charts, timelines, etc 3 weeks ago:
Because you mentioned taking notes and manual tracking, maybe a note taking or wiki application like Obsidian with its plugins.
- Comment on North Korea lambasts Trump's Golden Dome plan 4 weeks ago:
I can’t wait to see the fallout when Trump reverses and start to insult Kim Jong Un.
- Comment on Indonesian gig drivers protest demanding lower app fees 5 weeks ago:
Hope the drivers win.
- Comment on Can you put a ship inside a Klein bottle? 5 weeks ago:
Well, there’s also this: Can You Fill a Shape That Has No Inside? - The Action Lab www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHd8yWyysE&ab_channel=Th…
- Comment on Denmark announces nearly $600 million in military aid to Ukraine 5 weeks ago:
Yay! Save Ukraine!
- Comment on As LDS Church grows bigger in this country, so do challenges — young members, high poverty, even modern polygamy 5 weeks ago:
Imagine affording LSD and multiple spouses.
- Comment on Walmart says it will raise prices due to tariff costs after posting solid first quarter sales 1 month ago:
China isn’t paying the tariffs. And companies aren’t paying the tariffs. It all depends on the American consumer paying the tariffs.