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peto, to lemmyshitpost in You go to this link and give me one good reason why civilization isn't long past its peak.

I’m sure I saw someone do this before…

MrJameGumb, to lemmyshitpost in You go to this link and give me one good reason why civilization isn't long past its peak.
@MrJameGumb@lemmy.world avatar

The fact that you posted it here means they’ve accomplished their goal. Literally the only reason this exists is for people to buy it ironically as a joke. Smart alecks across social media as we speak are buying this with a smug sense of superiority so they can talk about how stupid it is. A Doritos executive somewhere is laughing all the way to the bank.

ObviouslyNotBanana, to lemmyshitpost in You go to this link and give me one good reason why civilization isn't long past its peak.
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

What? It seems like that is the peak.

FlyingSquid,
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ObviouslyNotBanana,
@ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

I guess we’ve had a plateau since then til now!

themeatbridge,

Albert Einstein, an Australian living in the Tasmanian outback, splits the atom with a chisel in an attempt to carbonate beer. He also invents the electric guitar, rock and roll music, and his beer carbonation device is converted into a bomb by Marie Curie’s boyfriend. Albert Einstein takes a steam boat to France and then diffuses the bomb with the literal power of rock and roll, saving Paris and falling in love with Curie.

This was the opening paragraph of an essay I wrote for my European History class. I did not get a very good grade.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Did your teacher not watch the movie?!

themeatbridge,

He read the novelization which I understand took some liberties with the source material.

Imgonnatrythis,

Whoever graded that probably wasn’t old enough to remember back before beer was carbonated. Respect to Einstein and his famous chisel.

themeatbridge,

Well, like I told my mom, the Alphabet goes all the way to “z” so really it could have been much worse.

tryitout, to upliftingnews in A blind mole that swims through sand has been rediscovered after nearly 100 years

The golden mole project was in partnership with conservation group Re:wild, as part of its Search for Lost Species program, which aims to locate species whose status is unclear. De Winton’s golden mole is the 11th of its “most-wanted lost species” rediscovered since the program launched in 2017.

I hadn’t heard of this project before but it sounds like they’ve been incredibly successful. Once they’ve identified where the lost species lives, they can focus protection efforts in that area. Very cool!

AGD4, (edited ) to upliftingnews in A blind mole that swims through sand has been rediscovered after nearly 100 years

Their coming was foretold.

Praise Shai-hulud.

Here4CatPics,

Walk without rhythm, and you won’t attract the worm

maniel, to news in Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result

Not world news

tsonfeir, to news in Unions are the strongest in decades. Nearly a million Americans got double-digit raises as a result
@tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

Considering cost of living went up 20%, that’s not really covering it. I got a “double digit” raise, but I’m not making 20% more than 2019.

Ranvier, (edited )

It is covering it, for workers on average. Your employer is stiffing you compared to the rest of the economy then if you didn’t also get 20% of a raise compared to your salary in 2019.

Real wages in October 2019 (normalized to 1982-1984 dollars) were $10.95/hr on average in October 2019. In October 2023 (again normalized to 1982-1984 dollars) they were $11.05/hr (which is $34/hr in current dollars). So as we stand in October the inflation from 2019 to now has been fully compensated for in wages with a little bit of an increase in real dollars. Wages have been growing faster than inflation since January 2023. Hopefully that will continue as labor remains in high demand and unions continue to make gains. Union gains even help non unionized individuals in their industries whose employers also will have to give pay raises to remain competitive with union jobs.

Not saying even more couldn’t be done to combat things like income inequality and poverty and many other issues, things weren’t exactly perfect in 2019 either. Just frustrated by the current media narratives casting hyperbolic doom and gloom in the economy and the potential of that narrative to send trump back into the white house.

Sources: 2019 BLS report

2023 BLS report

Wage growth vs inflation 2020-2023

tsonfeir,
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I can’t find my job in my area for the amount of money it should be. So… those graphs aren’t reality here. 🤷‍♂️

iHUNTcriminals, to news in Iceland is bracing for a potential volcanic eruption. What is likely to happen and what are the risks?

I don’t know about you but I want to get on my bmx and launch over that crack!

CadeJohnson,
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Nighed, to news in Iceland is bracing for a potential volcanic eruption. What is likely to happen and what are the risks?
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This Icelandic guy has a YouTube channel with great 4K drone footage of the area (and the rest of Iceland).

He is (obviously) doing a lot of coverage in this area currently and has some snippets of info from Icelandic Volcanologists that may not be available elsewhere.

redcalcium, to upliftingnews in Hedgehog’s spine, anteater’s snout: Long-lost mammal rediscovered in Indonesia

Kempton’s team survived an earthquake, malaria and even a leech attached to an eyeball during their trip.

Yep, just your average Papua forest exploration experience.

floofloof, to news in ‘Children were carrying other injured children.’ Witness describes aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp | CNN
Unaware7013, to news in ‘Children were carrying other injured children.’ Witness describes aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp | CNN

An Israeli strike targeting a Hamas commander in the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza has left catastrophic damage and killed a large number of people, according to eyewitnesses and medics in the enclave.

Israel is a terrorist state, and they're so blood thirsty for Hamas commanders that they're bombing fucking refuge camps.

And they wonder what drives support for Hamas? Jk, no they don't. Israel knowsthey support Hamas because of Israel's actions, and Israel leans into it to give them excuses to marginalize and remove Palestinians from their land one way or another.

I don't support Hamas, but supporting Israel is unconcionable, and has been for years. But with so many things these days, the authorizations are going full mask off...

ihavenopeopleskills,
@ihavenopeopleskills@kbin.social avatar

Despite the fact that Hamas hides amongst innocent civilians?

Unaware7013,

Absolutely. Punishing the civilians they're hiding amongst us a literal war crime (collective punishment), and I refuse to support a state that's trying to ethnicly cleanse a neighboring state so they can steal land.

Also, a commander being there is a fucking weak excuse to bomb a fucking refugee camp. No matter what you think of the war, it should be unconscionable to target a camp of people who's lives you've already destroyed, but considering the end goal of Israel, I'm not surprised they'd stoop that low.

Aux, to upliftingnews in Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature

Convert all golf courses to MTB trails!

Sharkwellington, to upliftingnews in Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature

Golf courses, despite occupying large green spaces, are not necessarily good for the environment.

Bit of an understatement.

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

Golf, the sport of rich wastes of sperm, turns out to be not that great a thing to do to the planet.

Who’da thunk it, eh lads?

Steve, to upliftingnews in Abandoned golf courses are being reclaimed by nature

Uplifting? Literally just what happens when you stop mowing the grass

emuspawn,
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Well, these were golf courses… The uplifting part IS that they stopped mowing it to let it be used for better purposes

Coreidan,

Ya I guess some people don’t understand how plants grow

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