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xav, in Here as well

The reality is probably that kernel developers don’t get any younger nowadays. And believe me, when you get older, have children and less free time, your waistline suffers a bit. Or even a bit more than a bit.

Mr_Blott,

kernel developers

Fancy word for a tree

TseseJuer,

what’s all the fuss about a corn?

pomodoro_longbreak,
@pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works avatar

Man I used to think there was no relation between what I ate and my wardrobe size, but eventually it really does catch up with you, especially if your day job is sedentary.

EnderMB,

A lot of people laugh at this, but it’s painfully true.

Hell, I do Brazilian Jiu-jitsu three times a week, and lift/run on the other days. At a certain point for many, you just can’t outrun a bad diet, and maintaining anything other than a dad bod requires all that exercise AND a strict diet. Good fucking luck doing all of that with a screaming baby at home!

I never thought I’d be fat, especially since back when I was 18 I could smash a meal at McDonald’s and exercise right after, while keeping a six pack. Now, it requires double the exercise to not have tits…

Hagdos,

You don’t need a lot, or even any exercise, to prevent overweight. Diet is everything. The amount of extra calories you can eat for a run is easily outweighed by the extra hunger.

LinkOpensChest_wav,

I was in the same situation. I started to walk and longboard every day and track my calories without exception.

Eventually, you can see changes and it becomes easier over time, but oh boy I never shame anyone for their body size, because it’s hella hard, and if you’re coping with other problems like depression or addiction, it’s gotta feel damn near impossible.

empireOfLove2, in That number again is 1-800-O-Y-S-T-E-R. CALL NOW!
@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Damnit, I have 228 liters of dirty water…

GiddyGap,

Get 1 1/227 oysters.

empireOfLove2,
@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Holy shit you’re a genious!!1

bobs_monkey,

Sounds like you need two oysters

dabaldeagul,
@dabaldeagul@feddit.nl avatar

Good thing the 2nd oyster is free if you call now!

empireOfLove2,
@empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

But if I have 2 oysters they’re gonna over clean the water or the second oyster is just gonna be wasted on only 1 liter of water.

dabaldeagul,
@dabaldeagul@feddit.nl avatar

You will have room for future expansion. The oysters filter water every day.

inlandempire, (edited ) in This was actually a thing btw
@inlandempire@jlai.lu avatar

The law was repealed in 2015 apparently: theguardian.com/…/basques-safe-iceland-district-r…

The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland. Eighty members of the crew survived, said Gudmundsson, and were left stranded in the area. “They had nothing to eat, and there were accounts of them robbing people and farmers,” he said.

The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon to draw up a decree that allowed Basques to be killed with impunity in the district. In the weeks that followed, more than 30 Basques were killed in raids led by the sheriff and local farmers. “It’s one of the darkest chapters of our history,” said Gudmundsson, noting that the incident known as the Slaying of the Spaniards ranks among the country’s bloodiest massacres.

Four centuries later, Gudmundsson decided it was time to set right the wrongs of history. Last week, at the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to the Basque whalers who were killed, he repealed the decree. “This decision was made 400 years ago and it has never formally been repealed until now.”

lugal,

In 2015? Wow! Iceland is again, like always, ahead of its time

Artyom,

This is horrible but I can’t help but laugh. “Okay, about 80 people are stuck here because their ships ran aground last night. No one knows they’re here, so they have no way to leave unless we help them, so the logical decision here is to simply murder them until there are none left. All in favor of this, say aye!”

MotoAsh,

I think it was more of, “hey, who the hell is suddenly robbing us?!”

They didn’t have the internet and daily news to tip everyone off. There’d just suddenly be stranded people near by, and if they decided to pillage before asking… I could EASILY see being hostile as a reasonable response. Not necessarily the KoS law, unless they really did just resort to pillaging and theft often.

Something_Complex,

Language barrier makes it harder to ask for help

MotoAsh,

Yea, I don’t envy their situation for sure. Just that it didn’t necessarily have to start from malice. As you point out, it may not have even been malice from the thieves, maybe even if they were literally stealing.

Coming from a punitive place will always miss intention.

Something_Complex,

No no I was agreeing with you. They try to negotiate, all the Icelander see is 30 strangers in their property…end badly

MotoAsh,

Yea, we need a historian to tell us how it went down so we can know who to hate! … jk jk… lol the obvious lesson is do not rush to judgement, especially on assumption. Heck, it might’ve even been a very select few genuine crooks that got the rest punished by team sports attitude that sadly persists to this day.

MissJinx, (edited )
@MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

There are no countries without a dark chapter in their history. At some point every coutry had a shitty person in power.

And btw it took them 400 years to repeale it?! fuck

LemmyKnowsBest,

In 2015 they’re like

“Oh yeah we forgot about that law.”

“That would probably explain all the massacred bodies laying around everywhere. We oughtta do something about that.”

MissJinx,
@MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

Lol yes

inlandempire,
@inlandempire@jlai.lu avatar

I guess some laws can be forgotten. From 1800 to 2013, there was a french law that banned women from wearing pants in Paris : www.senat.fr/questions/base/…/qSEQ120700692.html

MissJinx,
@MissJinx@lemmy.world avatar

And they call themselfs the fashion capital

Lawyerator, in Air quality in there isn't too good

On the plus side, if the Foot Clan attacks, you’ll have easy access to allies.

NotATurtle,

It is also a reasonable explanation for any disappearing pizza.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices,
  • stares intently at username, but says nothing *
NotATurtle,

Like my username implies I am definitely not responsible for breaking into this persons home and stealing 3-4 pizzas last week.

CIA_chatbot,

We’ve been watching this guy and we agree he is telling the truth.

Viking_Hippie,

They can’t steer a long boat or play a sitar for shit, though…

CertifiedBlackGuy,

You’ve said to much. A team has been dispatched to your location.

The NAACP has eyes and ears everywhere. Do not resist.

Or do, make my day.

dasgoat, in Modders are gonna have a field day

I for one applaud Rockstar for going open source. So progressive and insightful of them.

SatansMaggotyCumFart,

Would that be Forcible Open Source Software?

basxto,
@basxto@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Forcibly Leaked Open Source Software

bruhduh,
@bruhduh@lemmy.world avatar

FOSS anyways)

betterdeadthanreddit, in What do *you mean things so small we can't see them with the human eye? Are you crazy?

And to think he could have been saved if those guards had washed their hands before beating him.

Riccosuave, in The logic is absolutely without flaw
@Riccosuave@lemmy.world avatar
dadGPT, (edited )

the sun is bright, this guy on the other hand…

flambonkscious,

…Makes the rest if us look smarter!

It has it’s uses, that’s all I’m gonna say

tvbusy, in Piers Morgan gets owned

I regret looking up the clip: youtu.be/jNFOVkB6JjQ

Sorry to say to my UK friends, it looks like these people have no manners when it comes to debating. Asking a question and then proceeded to shout over them. I’m surprised they still have viewers.

irish_link,

Holy hell, It hurt watching that so freaking much.

It was not worth watching it just for that moment. I am blown away at how much he kept saying something with a response being the opposite of what he wanted and then him repeating it. “I did protest Obama” “I already told you I don’t know” “I don’t know the number” dude, I am amazed at her patience with a grown man acting like a toddler that didn’t get his way.

ABoxOfPhotons,

No need to apologise as Piers Morgan does in fact not represent the UK, I’m fairly certain that he is almost universally disliked.

EnderMB,

Apart from the flag-shaggers and gammons that want someone to “tell it like it is”

sukhmel,

Also, seems like he represents the universally existing layer of people that couldn’t care less about moral or ethics

snek, (edited )
@snek@lemmy.world avatar

I couldn’t hear half the shit Piers said or any of the other people because he keeps talking over them like a gigantic baby. What a total loser.

DAMunzy, (edited )

OMG it was bad. Nothing understood because off the yelling

M137,
@M137@lemmy.world avatar

of*

DAMunzy,

Thanks!

Swarfega,

That’s typical journalism on ITV and Channel 5. BBC has its moments but it’s not as bad. I simply can’t watch news on these channels for this reason.

Lucidlethargy, in Cant play monster hunter

To be fair, those are the worst controllers ever paired with a game console. My hands are smaller than this, but they still hate the controls.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

Agreed. The triggers are far too small. The buttons are not in intuitive places and they are not very responsive. I try and play for Zelda, but wish I could pair a PS5 controller.

WarmSoda,

Get an 8bitdo pro 2 controller. They have Xbox and PS styles. Good price, durable, easily rechargeable. And it also works with PCs.

Also: no drift.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Also: no drift.

I really hate how Nintendo doubled down on saying drift wasn’t a real problem with their original joycons. Two out of two original left joycons got severe drift after little use. To make matters worse, the tiny L/R buttons when they’re unattached stopped working, so no more Super Mario Party without some cumbersome button remapping.

experbia,
@experbia@lemmy.world avatar

wish I could pair a PS5 controller.

You can! I use a Mayflash Magic-NS for this. I got a few and plugged them into a USB hub on my dock and my friends have been able to use their own comfortable controllers they use for their pc games on my switch. been a big hit for smash bros. ps4/ps5 controllers support gyro inputs fine too. you can even configure it to switch button orders/layouts and stuff for you so you don’t get xbox/nintendo xyab/yxba glyph/button conflicts, if you need. big fan of them overall. they work on other systems and controllers too, you can pair joycons to your PC with it (shows up as Xbox controller), they’re like universal “controller language” translators.

GladiusB,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

Oh this is entirely too much work lol I PC game 99 percent of the time. The Switch is just for Zelda. But thanks for the info!

FangedWyvern42,
@FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world avatar

I like using the Switch, but I can’t use it for longer than an hour due to the Joy-Con causing cramps. I’m definitely going to replace them with a third party controller.

joenforcer,

I don’t think they’re problematic, but as a slightly above average height American male, I feel like my hands skew towards the smaller side of average which makes a difference. I have no problem with the joycons attached to the console, and I’m also a big fan of the pro controller. A friend of mine who is notably much taller bought me pro-like third party joycons for Christmas and they hurt my hands to use in contrast to the OG that don’t bother me at all.

jopepa, (edited )

I’ve heard that a lot but I have fairly large hands myself and really like the feel of them. I even have a set of joycons paired to my pc for shortcuts while I work with a stylus. Just don’t get how people have so much trouble with them.

Edit: I guess my thumbs have a stutter, and there’s no sense in a free advert for a service I wish had better alternatives.

clearleaf,

I like them when they’re off the switch but not when they’re on it.

TheDoozer,

Yes. Super comfortable just sitting holding the controllers, but my hands ache if I use them attached to the switch.

polygon6121, in Headlines be like

I am also convinced that diamonds are a scam. If you like the stone and think it is worth it, by all means, go ahead and buy it. I fucking love shiny things too. But really? Have you seen the price for a tiny 1 karat stone on a ring? That is ridiculous, there is no way in hell those stones are rare enough or warrant that kind of price, and even if the cutting process was the reason for the price ( as if it is not completely fucking automated by now). Fuck the diamond industry.

runswithjedi,

I was shopping for a ring and the salesperson said it’s not even worth buying a diamond now because synthetics are expected to take over the market in a few years. It will likely tank the price of real diamonds because they’re chemically and structurally identical.

TexasDrunk,

For a while they weren’t as good. Then they were TOO good. They were identical but the way the inclusions were structured was a giveaway (supposedly, I’m still not sure how true that was).

Now? The biggest giveaway is the lab certificate of authenticity.

captainlezbian,

Also like why would I care if it was made in a lab instead of obtained through large amounts of human suffering?

And as it is lab grown corundum is good enough for me. Choice in color, low price, and it’s not like I run in circles that have a problem with sapphire

Psaldorn,
@Psaldorn@lemmy.world avatar

Moissanite is the same, fraction of the price. DeBeers can suck it

0x4E4F,
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar
SuperIce, (edited )

The reflections that moissanite makes are a lot more colorful. I prefer that, but some people may prefer the more subdued colors of diamonds. Lab grown diamonds are similarly priced, so just choose which one you prefer.

FlyingSquid, (edited )
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Either way, you’re getting something lab grown. Almost all moissanite is synthetic because the natural stuff is far rarer than diamond. I don’t know why it matters if it’s formed naturally or made in a lab anyway (aside from avoiding the blood diamond problem obviously). Is it because we’re playing god with diamonds?

LordOfTheChia,

I think they’re better. Way more fire, less brittle, and a more unique and much rarer stone.

First discovered 120 years ago in very tiny amounts in a meteorite crater, it wasn’t till the 90s that you could actually get a moissanite gemstone.

NotATurtle, (edited )

It’s definitely a scam, because they gained their value through manipulation as well as artificial and controlled rarity.

LordOfTheChia,

I am also convinced that diamonds are a scam.

There’s a whole book about the scam and it’s available online:

www.2facetruth.com/…/prologue.htm

Was a very good read before I proposed.

frickineh,

Also, all the violence involved in the industry. I prefer my sparkly shit to involve less blood.

Swedneck,
@Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

diamonds aren’t even that pretty, like oh wow how impressive, a bit of particularly reflective glass…

meanwhile there’s minerals like labradorite or opal that have actually interesting optical effects and CHANGE COLOUR, for a fraction of the price.

nBodyProblem,

Moissanite is by far a better buy. It has more fire for 1/100th the price than a natural diamond.

But I feel like the people saying clear stones like diamond and moissanite aren’t pretty have never seen a clear, well cut, multi karat, example in the sun. The rainbow colors and brilliance from a clear high refraction stone like a diamond is frankly insane. You can see the rainbow colors shooting off of it from like 100 yards away if the lighting is right. No colored stone has quite the same wow factor as a good diamond or moissanite in the right light. That’s why diamonds have historically been in such high demand.

Opal, Alexandrite, and many other stones are equally beautiful in their own way. But it’s weird to make that point by putting down clear stones that are absolutely spectacular.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I disagree on the first part. I think diamonds, properly cut diamonds anyway, are very pretty. But they are vastly overvalued and if humanity as a whole gave up on diamonds as an aesthetic item, I wouldn’t shed a tear.

PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES, (edited ) in Electric eel

That shock is 3x more powerful than a wall outlet.

Source: I just went to the aquarium.

DagonPie,
@DagonPie@lemmy.world avatar

Thats sick. Hope you had a good time

Sanyanov,

Not 3x more powerful, but rather having 3x higher voltage.

But still enough power to shock an adult human.

DanglingFury,

But how many amps?

Sanyanov, (edited )

That will heavily depend on the surroundings, your body, and contact points.

Also, freshwater and saltwater eels approach it differently, with freshwater ones (the ones delivering those 600-800 volts) able to give out amperage of around 0,1A.

This may not seem like much, but it is actually enough to stun and paralyze a human, and this is exactly what we see here. If there’s nobody to break the contact, the current will keep flowing for several more seconds, and then your heart will stop, with all the consequences it entails.

Mr_Blott,

Needs clarification - do you mean a flowery, lacey, girly American electricity outlet, or a meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet?

Sanyanov,

Meaty, throbbing, frighteningly-erect rest-of-the-world outlet

Mr_Blott,

Thanks for elaborately clarifying

Iron_Lynx,

Thank you for making me picture the American wall outlet as a femboy, and the German Schutzkontakt outlet as a Giga Chad.

iamanurd,

lol, I took that as you going to the aquarium to grab an eel and let us know its strength instead of relaying a fact that you learned there.

postmateDumbass,

So much for that extensively planned eel heist.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA,
@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

I like that universe better so this is what happened

roofuskit,
@roofuskit@lemmy.world avatar

This is not true. The voltage is 3 times higher, that’s part of why it’s so debilitating. If the power (amperage) was 3 times higher that man would not have gotten back up. Their amperage peaks at about 1 amp, which is enough to do some damage.

Sanyanov, (edited )

1A amperage is a feature of saltwater eels, ones that produce electricity at much lower voltages, like 10-80V. This is a natural adaptation allowing them to maximize power output in a relatively highly conductive environment.

The freshwater eels, the ones producing 600-800V, are only able to output about 0,1A, because that’s just how power works.

1A at 600V would be almost a guaranteed instakill for a human.

gens,

No. It would not kill.

postmateDumbass,

Frequency dependant.

deranger, (edited )

There’s no given amperage coming out of the wall, it’s a product of V=IR. Given a constant resistance for the person’s body, three times the voltage does means three times the current.

“Voltage doesn’t kill you, current does” is a bad statement that’s often repeated. You don’t get current without voltage.

Good electroboom video: youtu.be/XDf2nhfxVzg

Sanyanov, (edited )

An eel can only generate so much power, so essentially the voltage will drop so that the power will be lower.

600V at 0,1A will just turn to, say, 100V at 0,6A if the resistance between two points will be 1667 Ohm.

To keep voltage at 600V (and subsequently deliver 0,36A) you need a power source that can deliver 3,6 times more power.

In that sense, amperage is super important. We should always consider capabilities of the power source, this is big part of electrical grid engineering.

brown567,

Nice! How was it?

Acinonyx,

wet.

PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES,

It was fun actually. They have a place where the stingrays swim up to you and you’re allowed to pet them. I was surprised by how they actually want to get pet. They swim up to the side of the wall and come out of the water to get your attention. Like a little water dog.

Thanks for asking!

chiliedogg,

Rays are awesome. I always tell my student divers not to approach them, but to enjoy it if they decide to be buddies.

MossyFeathers, (edited )

I love stingrays and nurse sharks! They’re like little aqua puppies.

Edit: I remember when I was little, I always wanted to know if the aquarium we were going to had stingrays and nurse sharks (and sea urchins too, they always had sea urchins in the petting pools). They were by far my favorite part of the aquariums.

valaramech,
@valaramech@kbin.social avatar

Speaking of sea urchins, I learned a while ago they like to wear shells and such like little hats to protect them from the sun. It's adorable.

Also, an aquarium 3D printed some hats for their urchins. It's pretty great.

brown567,

That’s awesome! One of my most vivid early memories is petting rays at the Monterey Bay aquarium on a field trip in elementary school

Cruxifux,

Yeah I went to an aquatic petting zoo like 25 years ago when I was a kid with my parents in Mexico, and how cute the nurse sharks and the rays were and how much they enjoyed being pet still sticks with me today.

And that was a hell of a lot of beers ago, pretty sure it’s a core memory at this point.

SCB, (edited ) in Why do it

Brave people push boundaries so that less brave people can read things in books.

Edit: I assume the people downvoting this obvious truth think I’m calling them cowards. I assure you I will be right there with you curled up reading books about caving. Fuck all that.

A_Random_Idiot,

This isnt brave or pushing boundaries.

This is just an imbecile commiting suicide with extra steps.

WoahWoah, (edited )

And yet, here you are reading about it, reading others’ thoughts about it, and engaged in a conversation about it.

Think of it like a book club.

A_Random_Idiot,

Cause the internet loves idiots who get what they deserve for being stupid

has nothing to do with bravery or boundaries.

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

Well, yes, but you can be brave and take precautions at the same time. He wouldn’t have died if he’d followed proper caving guidelines.

SCB,

The question posed is “Why do it”

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

“Because it’s there,” I assume. But if you’re gonna have a potentially dangerous hobby, you should at least be sure to take the necessary precautions before risking your life.

HelixDab2,

Like having a good life insurance policy that pays out even if you die doing something stupid? And maybe having a fake tooth filled with cyanide so you can go out quickly instead of dying of exposure?

samus12345,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

People who do this kinda stuff never think they’re actually going to die.

Zehzin,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

Brave people push boundaries, stupid people purposely shove their entire bodies into a hole and die

shasta,

Seriously. He could’ve shone a flashlight down there and seen it was a death trap before going down

quicksand,

I think a boroscope is an important tool he didn’t use

Rockyrikoko, (edited )

I think he was already fucked. His only option was to keep going in hopes a section lay ahead big enough for him to turn around and start crawling out

Willer,

Brave people push boundaries, stupid people purposely shove their entire bodies into a hole and die expect to live

spirinolas,

Book title: How I fucked around.

Epilogue:?

FoundTheVegan, in Real Love
@FoundTheVegan@kbin.social avatar

A pig didn't say they would die for you. It was murdered against its will and then you paid the killer to kill more.

dylanTheDeveloper, (edited )
@dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

No pigs go “oink” silly or when they’re scared they go “SSSSSSQQQQQQQEEEEEEEE-SSSSSSQQQQEEEEE-SSSSQQQQEEEEEE”

Ataraxia,

Unlike you, I am familiar with the pig government and we actually have an agreement that we eat their death row inmates. Crime has never been so delicious.

nicetomeetyouIMVEGAN,

Okay but actually they grow up in cages and never see daylight. Their tails cut off without anaesthetic.

So yeh.

Glytch,

You’re buying from the wrong farmer. Family farmers care a lot more about their animals than factory farms. Just another reason to buy local.

Moshpirit,
@Moshpirit@lemmy.world avatar

It is a strange way to care about someone by sending them to death. I wouldn’t leave this people rise children. Or pigs. Or any other individual.

snor10,

Yim yum!

Glytch,

If a pig had the chance he’d eat you and everyone you care about.

FoundTheVegan, (edited )
@FoundTheVegan@kbin.social avatar

And...?

Are you telling me that you eatpork as some sort of... preemptive revenge? Because even in a hypothetical universe where pigs are top of the food chain, it would still be wrong to imprison and kill them. Which is why doing this to tiger/lion/bear would also be wrong in our universe.

Weird comeback.

Glytch,

You must be great at parties(unless they’re serving pigs in a blanket, obvs)

FoundTheVegan, (edited )
@FoundTheVegan@kbin.social avatar
  1. I truly AM great at parties. I'm loud, funny, cute and get REAL drunk. What's not to love?
  2. lol personal insults means you know your argument sucks
  3. Seitan pigs in a blanket are flippin' great. I literally serve that at parties. 😂
LemmyFeed,

And I’d do it again.

quindraco,

Same thing happens if you eat broccoli.

Captain_Buddha,

Livin’ up to that username, kid.

TexMexBazooka,

I’d kill it myself for the goddamn delicious goodness

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

almost no one has paid for a pig to be killed

FoundTheVegan,
@FoundTheVegan@kbin.social avatar

😂

Cope.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

no, u

explodicle,

Assuming what I think you’re assuming, now I want to hear this story of pig assassination.

De_Narm,

It’s called ‘buying pork’. They don’t kill them for fun and just happen to sell them afterwards.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

when you buy pork, the person who killed the pig has already been paid.

Floey,

It’s actually irrelevant whether or not you buy a product made from slave labour, the product is already made! How much product is made is completely independent of how much gets purchased, because that’s how markets work!

De_Narm,

That’s just useless semantics, neither funny nor clever. The pig you bought may be dead, but the money you pay will be used to raise and kill other pigs.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

it’s not semantics

null,

It absolutely is. If you eat pork, you indirectly pay for pigs to be slaughtered. Full stop.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

the pig was slaughtered in the past, before I walked into the store or decided what I’m eating this week. everyone involved was paid before all that, too.

mellejwz,

And with wat money? Your money and everyone else’s that buys meat. Not that it matters though, I’ll keep eating my meat.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

money can’t travel back in time.

mellejwz,

No it doesn’t. But money does allow them to keep going…

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

they are paid before the bacon enters the store

mellejwz,

Yeah, by everyone that buys meat. It’s simple. If we all stop buying it now they’re gonna run out and stop producing meat. The meat you buy today pays the meat that enters the store later.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

do you have a plan to get everyone to stop buying meat now? it sounds like a pointless hypothetical that we can’t even test.

mellejwz,

No, I won’t stop buying meat, it’s delicious.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

The meat you buy today pays the meat that enters the store later.

no, it doesn’t. it pays the store today. that’s it.

mellejwz,

And the store pays the supplier, the supplier pays the farm, and everything in between. Not sure if you’re being serious.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

after I spend my money, it’s not mine anymore and I don’t get to decide what happens to it. same is true whether I buy beans from the store or bacon.

tweeks,

They wouldn’t kill, or even raise the pig if they didn’t count on the money down the chain. We indirectly but surely pay for pigs to be created / killed, for our consumption.

It’s fine if you don’t care about that or accept it as your standards, that’s your choice and fair in our current social context. Just realize the economics behind it.

federatingIsTooHard,
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all those people are paid before I even decide whether I’m going to buy bacon.

tweeks, (edited )

Yes, but they only pay those people if they expect to make a profit by selling the end product to you. You are one of the people who make it worthwhile to set up a chain of payments like that.

If they do not expect you (or other people) to buy the meat, they won’t pay those people to raise / kill the pigs.

Whether it’s you this time or someone else doesn’t matter. As long as there is a demand by end consumers they will continue. If no-one buys it they stop, it’s that simple.

You’re part of the group that enables this dynamic and your money goes to paying those people. It’s fine if you like meat, just don’t deny this basic logic.

federatingIsTooHard,
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If they do not expect you (or other people) to buy the meat, they won’t pay those people to raise / kill the pigs.

I’m not responsible for managing other people’s expectations.

tweeks,

No you’re not, but to dismiss that your actions still have influence on other people/systems is short-sighted.

Once more, it’s fine if you eat meat. You don’t have to consciously manage other people’s expectations. But just know that you automatically do. Buying meat is supporting the future production of meat, that’s all.

federatingIsTooHard,
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Buying meat is supporting the future production of meat, that’s all.

you are stretching the definition of"support" to meaninglessness.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

If no-one buys it they stop, it’s that simple.

I’m confident that pigs were slaughtered before the invention of money.

tweeks,

They would stop doing it commercially. You are free to kill a pig and eat it, so are other people. Or trade it, but that’s again economics.

Mass production of meat is a luxury that would never have this scale if people had to find, raise and slaughter pigs themselves.

You supporting mass production of meat is paying to raise, kill and consume pigs. Which is still fine in our society, just see it as it is.

federatingIsTooHard,
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I believe if I didn’t buy meat, it would continue to be made, and in ever-increasing quantities. my purchases have no impact whatsoever on whether any animal is bred, raised, or slaughtered.

federatingIsTooHard,
@federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world avatar

I give my money to the same people that you do: a grocer.

dylanTheDeveloper,
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I murder my own wildlife for free

GrammatonCleric,
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wafflez,

Same as people do/did with other attrocities throughout history. Now you know where you would’ve stood.

GrammatonCleric,
@GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world avatar
NiftyBeaks, in Expecting a new baby?

That’s actually a genius prank. Now I just need to find a spaceship…

Squid,

Just pull off some photoshop skills

tubaruco,

if youre not rich and/or use linux, use gimp instead

FlyingSquid,
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Ahoy, matey! You don’t have to be rich!

tubaruco,

i had thought it cost 50+ usd to use photoshop lol, now that i checked its 21usd, which i’d say is still a lot compared to nothing, but you dont have to be rich

though for me and anyone else who lives in brazil, 21usd costs 103real, though youd think minimum wage would be higher to account for that, right? WRONG, its lower. so anyway, you have to be rich to use photoshop in brazil, and for some reason i thought the price for it was a lot higher

FlyingSquid,
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That’s not what I was suggesting, landlubber.

tubaruco,

i know, i was just saying why i had thought anyone who used photoshop had a lot of money

therafal,

You should just say “if you prefer”. Even on Windows, I’d pick GIMP over Photoshop. There are some tools that I’m used to in GIMP, that aren’t available in PS. Tho, working on Linux and being FOSS are huge pros for me.

tubaruco,

youre right, it wouldve been a better to say that and i also prefer gimp over photoshop(or any other image editor)

andrew, (edited )
@andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun avatar

These days it’s barely even skills. Just select a box above the baby and use the generative AI feature to ask it for a spaceship and regenerate until it looks decent.

Back in my day we had to generate our realistic Photoshop jobs with our own blood, sweat, and tears.

soylentgreed,

A bit of junkyard scrap, leds, and some luminescent goo would get the point across. Make sure to use your shittiest camera too.

LemmyKnowsBest,

You lost me at “luminescent goo.”

soylentgreed,

Like the liquid in a glowstick. Or whatever Hollywood uses when they portray plutonium.

ImFresh3x,

And a space blanket. Because that makes good sense.

ExLisper,

Spaceship is easy. I need to find a child. And an attic.

LemmyKnowsBest,

Hey. This post is about fun things for a person to do with their own newborn baby.

You don’t just go out and “find a child.”

Aux,

Of course you do! Just visit your local labour ward, plenty of free babies to choose from!

HiddenLayer5,
@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml avatar

Speak for yourself, I always misplace newborn babies.

FlyingSquid,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

This is why you put AirTags on them.

ExLisper,

Yeah, I know it’s not that easy. Usually it’s a difficult process.

MMNT,

Excuse you, but that’s how Superman was found. Haven’t you seen the documentaries?

Lepsea,

Well the kid would need a friend. By any chance can someone convince a family of a billionaire preferably with only one kid and have a massive cave just under their mansion to walk down in a dark alleyway?

nailbar, (edited ) in TEMET NOSCE

Trying to figure out why it’s named after him, I also learned that shapes such as cubes, octahedrons, etc. are Platonic solids, also named after him.

Apparently these things were just something he was philosophising a lot about, but it was not he who decided to call them that.

neptune,

Apparently everyone thought having terms to describe friendship, even though he had written extensively on the different types of “love”. It seems like a put down, but if everyone else thought friendship wasn’t worth considering at the time, he’s probably pleased that people now think his time well spent.

AccountMaker,

In his two dialogues that deal directly with love, he excludes sexual relations either implicitly or explicitly. In “Sympsium” love (eros) allows you to reach an understanding of the form of the ‘Beautiful’, and love creates goodness, and people can only ‘give birth’ (besides physically, also mentally by creating things) in goodness, so that’s why they seek it, to create and achieve some immortality through their creations.

In “Phaedrus” he explicitly tells how one of the three parts of the soul (mind) is a wild horse that pulls the soul in lust, and reason (the charioteer) then proceeds to pull back with all its might as the emotional part of the soul goes towards sex, as love is there to remind the soul of beauty, which is the souls nourishment, not to “mount [others] like an animal”. That’s basically the tl;dr of his writings on love in those two dialogoues.

Platonic solids are solids Plato mentioned in “Timaeus”.

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