Whats_your_reasoning @ Whats_your_reasoning @lemmy.world

In case you can't tell, I'm passionate about rationality and critical think

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Don't forget covid, and long covid effects.

After having covid three times (and losing my sense of smell from it twice), I'm not sure if my sense of smell ever got back to normal.

So, eat the rich before they eat us. Got it.

It’s ideal for when you want to have hot, steamy conversations about all your deepest, darkest desires. Like popping CEOs, overthrowing the oligarchy, and making enough money to afford all your basic human needs.

Oven full of carbohydrates = good

Oven full of hydrocarbons = bad

Some months back, there was a thread here on Lemmy where people were discussing western names written using Chinese characters. Phonetically, the names will sound alike. But meaning-wise, the characters will result in a Correct Horse Battery Staple-esque string of words.

Which is why I have since decided to make passwords by typing random names into a Chinese name generator and using the English translated result.

Sounds like a lot of work, but the way I see it, trying to think of new passwords is always work so I might as well have fun with it.

cute it anywhere

Resist the urge to put kitty stickers on fiber optic cables. Got it.

You would even have the guillotine frunk. You know, in case you need to chop a billionaire carrot on the go.

Wow. This means that now, someone can say that medical bills literally cost them an arm & a leg.

It's the same capsaicin you know and love, but with the additional burn of hydrochloric acid!

That's an old misconception. Autistic people don't lack empathy any more than neurotypical people. Autistic people may not react the way a neurotypical person expects somebody with empathy to react, but that doesn't mean there's no feeling of empathy. Sometimes we can easily understand someone's feelings, but still not know what we're expected to do in response to that information.

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Fair enough. But do most people really think it's healthy to shout at their partners when they disagree over something? I'm kind of shocked at how many people are voting as if that's a normal expectation in a relationship.

A relationship that never fights is unrealistic and a problem

I'm not sure how you define "fight." For me (and probably many others), it conjures an image of violence hostility.

A lot of people in relationships resolve disagreements through discussion. If a partner were unable to discuss an issue without shouting (or worse), they wouldn't remain my partner. Point is, being able to resolve issues in a mature way is a basic requirement for many relationships.

I know that isn't everyone's experience though. I can only imagine how much crap you've been through for "relationship fights" to feel so normal. I'm sorry, that has to really suck. :(

Edit: Changed some words. Also, I'm truly surprised that this many people seem to think that shouting at a partner is normal/healthy.

Your meme game is glorious and envious. I can only imagine you stock up on them the way doomsday preppers stock up on canned goods, so you're ready for any situation.

How would that be packaged? I'm imagining a square of lasagna rolled into a tube.

I imagine that phenomenon is similar to how super sheltered kids become the wildest teenagers/young adults (whichever age they are when they first get a taste of freedom.) Like how people with newfound freedom often party hard with it, people who've never been in a position of power before can easily take their new authority too far.

Totally not excusing it. It's not some inevitable "human nature" thing. There are good parents, teachers, and others in positions of authority that take their responsibility to others seriously. They're the ones that allow some modicum of function in society.

But those who seek power for its own sake are going to be ruthless about it. Then once someone has power, it's extremely difficult for them to let it go.

Spoken rhymes rely on repeating a similar sound. I imagine a “rhyme” in sign language would probably involve repeating a similar gesture. The fun of rhymes is in the similarity and repetition, after all. If two (or more) signs involve making a similar pattern, it’s probably amusing to pair them together in the same way it’s amusing to pair two rhyming spoken words.

And yet when we pointed out that Project 2025 talked about banning porn, a lot of people didn't think it was serious. This is just one way that such an idea can play out.

I don't think porn could ever be fully banned - prohibition doesn't work. (Besides, I already made a promise to create erotic art specifically in order to spite any such enacted law.) But considering how modern porn and its variety has enabled many people to acquire niche preferences, this is still going to trigger a challenging time for a lot of people.

What might be interesting is (assuming it is indeed real infighting) if the focus on rich vs poor is brought more into the forefront due to this. That certainly isn’t something the MAGA leadership wants.

Which is why in the end, regardless of the motivations behind these stories, we must continue to use these opportunities to point out the underlying class war that unites us. No matter the superficial drama that creates the attention, keep redirecting the focus back to that fact. Major media outlets will do what they can to avoid conveying this message, so it's on us to make it a normal conversation that can't be ignored.

Don't forget name-recognition (even outside the social media spheres.) When's the last time so many cabinet picks were names the average American already knew? It's not like we're the most informed group of people. Yet out of all the millions of people in the United States, what are the chances that the best people for these jobs are ones the public has already heard of?

Trump has gotten as far as he has by treating his own name like a brand. It's not surprising that he prefers to associate with others who've done the same.