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theKalash, in Would reverting back to tribes or city-states not be sufficient to save us from ourselves?

You know how many random cities wold have nuclear weapons in that case?

This would just be a speed run to self destruction.

shinigamiookamiryuu,

How many cities would even be capable of having any?

theKalash,

Probably none, so even if they wouldn’t fuck around with them, the accidents due to lack of maintainance would be terrible already.

PonyOfWar, in Would reverting back to tribes or city-states not be sufficient to save us from ourselves?

I have a hard time picturing how a “return to nomadic tribes” would even work. How would you turn a densely populated country like, say, the Netherlands, into nomadic tribes? The planet could never sustain 8 billion people living as nomads. Not to mention, it wouldn’t stop war or conquest in any way. See the Mongols, Scythians etc.

Areas with lots of city states have historically been hotbeds of war and chaos. Ancient Greece or the HRE constantly had tiny states squabbling. It would also make large infrastructure projects much harder. Building a highspeed railway line through Europe is hard enough right now, imagine the same thing but instead of 5 countries, it goes through 50. It would also be a mess to get any unified environmental policies through.

So no, I don’t think either option is realistic or desirable.

SirBucksworth, in What brand/model of pants can you recommend?
@SirBucksworth@lemmy.world avatar

If you’re looking for some fair trade and organic stuff: I’m wearing torland for a few years now. I used to buy new jeans every year because they didn’t last so long (even branded ones). But the ones from torland didn’t disappoint me yet. Still got my first pair from 3-4 years

Pietson, in What is your favorite time travel movie or show?

It's far from my favourite but since most others have been mentioned I'll give Kung Fury a shout. It's hilarious.

OrangeJoe,

Tank you

theherk,

This movie is such a gem.

lorez, in What is your favorite time travel movie or show?

Back to the Future is the only correct answer.

clark,
@clark@midwest.social avatar

I can’t count on my fingers how many times I’ve seen that fucking movie reprise on television. Way too overplayed that it ruined the film series for me.

Patariki, in What is your favorite time travel movie or show?

Just because It hasn’t been mentioned yet: Terra Nova. It’s a shame it had to be cancelled because of Spielberg’s ego.

uhmbah,

Spielberg’s ego?

Patariki,

The series creators wanted to film the series in Hawaii. But another little dino project was also filmed on that location: Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Spielberg also happened to be a producer of Terra Nova. He didn’t want Terra Nova to be filmed on Hawaii out of fear it would be too similar to Jurassic Park and he practically vetoed it away. This forced the creators to look elsewhere and i believe they settled on New Zealand. The problem however was that it was massively more expensive to film a series there. The costs eventually canned the series.

uhmbah,

Thanks for the explanation

masquenox, in What is your favorite time travel movie or show?

12 Monkeys.

No other “time travel” movie needs apply.

absGeekNZ,
@absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz avatar

Primer, 12 Monkeys it’s good but Primer is better.

andy_wijaya_med,
@andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world avatar

It’s so good, I got excited when a tv series was announced. Unfortunately the show was bollocks. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)

masquenox,

I never bother with spin-off shit - it’s always just money-grabbing and little else.

I_Fart_Glitter, in What is your favorite time travel movie or show?

Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, but that’s a book.

It’s not my favorite ever, but I’m currently watching a weird Canadian, 30 year old-woman-finding-herself comedy drama that is based around a magical therapist who uses time travel in his sessions. It’s called Being Erica and it’s on Hulu. I can’t stop watching it.

Gomiyboy, in What country are you using lemmy from?

UK

OldManBOMBIN, in Would a perfectly flat, tight sail on a boat be more efficient than a sail like we all know?

Isn’t it loon?

PizzasDontWearCapes,

Maybe “lune” is how we are supposed to refer to moon people 🤷‍♂️

OldManBOMBIN,

I’d agree with you, but we already have ‘lunatic’ for that, lol

RazorsLedge, in What are some uBlock Origin filters you're using to make the internet nicer to use?

I don’t have anything to contribute, just wanted to say thanks.

otter,

Happy to share the resources :)

herrwoland, in What are some uBlock Origin filters you're using to make the internet nicer to use?
@herrwoland@lemmy.world avatar

Wow the one for the annoying app spam is great! Thanks for that! So many times I looked up something to get annoyed with their stupid “oh no we are a web forum but you have to install our app so we make more moneeee” message

RestrictedAccount,

Classic enshitification

corvid_of_the_night, in What country are you using lemmy from?

Romania.

Pyrozo007, in What are some uBlock Origin filters you're using to make the internet nicer to use?

I didn’t know this was possible, god damn I would love it if there was an add-on specifically for stuff like this, which you could then toggle independently of adblocker.

leraje,
@leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

There is. Install ViolentMonkey (an open source Userscript Manager) then install Userscripts of your choice -here’s a few for for Reddit.

cerevant,

Sinkit for Reddit does the job on iPhones. It isn’t Apollo, but it makes the web interface usable.

scytale, (edited )

Does the old.reddit redirect work? I installed sinkit to try it out but it still loads the mobile interface even with redirect toggled on.

Edit: Nevermind, it worked after restarting. Thanks for the recommendation.

LillyPip, in What is your favorite time travel movie or show?

Time Trap (2017). It’s a bit campy and a fun watch.

Archer,

I hate that the end of the movie is the beginning of a much more interesting movie! I wanna see it!

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