Rodeo @ Rodeo @lemmy.ca

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"more modern" = people are saying it on reddit

The revenant.

How did the system come about? You say this as if the system were intentionally designed. But it is not: the natural order which creates evolutionary pressure is itself the culmination of many coincidences.

I think he's pointing out the fundamental misunderstanding a lot of people have about natural selection: nothing chooses to evolve; there is no active participation. Whether the plant could see hummingbirds or not is irrelevant because it can't change it's genetics and mutate on a whim anyways.

Natural selection is when genetic mutations happen by chance, and sometimes those mutations just happen to benefit the survival and reproduction of that individual, so the genetics mutation gets passed on. It's just a fluke though. It's a fluke that the mutation occurred and and even bigger fluke that it lead to reproductive benefit.

So the evolution of any kind of survival mechanism is, at its core, a coincidence.

With all due respect it was not so apt as usury is specifically charging interest, not fees.

How can they know it's your data without first collecting your data to compare it?

"Give us your personal information so we can ask others to delete your personal information" just doesn't sound like a trustworthy offer.

His point about the headline stands. They directly contradict themselves in the very first two sentences.

There is such a thing as parents rights, but those rights have limitations, just like every right we hold.

They make most of their money on luxury items and processed foods, not essentials.

99% of the products in a grocery store are not essential.

Essential foods are things like flour and oil and potatoes.

What, you think big investment firms can't wrangle all the loopholes?

She was looking for the planet from whence came the chess playing supercomputer that beat Garry Kasparov.

He's just giving OP a taste of his own medicine.

Is this a copy pasta lol

Good grief lmao, he really hit a soft spot there eh

I don't have AC and I manage the temperature in my house just fine with windows alone. My point stands.

That's a backstory I never knew I wanted.

It's never warm enough when it's raining to warrant having the window open though. Maybe if you're in Arizona or the south of Spain.

Both the bread and the circuses used to be free.

Now people pay out the nose for all of it, and think it's a great time.

Alzheimer's and dementia aren't really mental illnesses. They're neurological diseases but not really a mental illness.

Are they including those in their definition of mental illness?

Damn nice find! Full cast iron body, you don't see stuff like that anymore.