SkyeStarfall

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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it really that difficult to have enough supplies just for 72 hours? You don't even need any food for that short of a time, and you only really would need, what, 2 liters per person? Personally I drink a lot more than 1 liter of water per day, but in a crisis situation you're gonna ration it

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It could also be built-up stress or a variety of other disorders, or a culmination of things

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The ranking goes as follows

  1. El Salvador
  2. Cuba
  3. Rwanda
  4. Turkmenistan
  5. USA

Notably, all the 4 countries above the US have less than 1/10 the total amount of prisoners that the US does

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Probably utility and price?

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You gotta emphasize how normal and approachable you are. A true one of the people

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Ooh, those are such cool topics though!

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 9 months ago

Burnt ou-!

Oh, that too!

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 months ago (10 children)

You say that but I've heard concerningly many people say that there is no point in teaching everyone stuff like basic math because chances are they won't use it

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 9 months ago

Frankly, in my experience the social media has been unreasonably optimistic

Most of the struggles and worries come from real-life expriences

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago

However there definitively have been times that were better before they got much worse, and I'd argue that today is one of those times

On big difference today has compared to, say, 10 years ago, is that 10 years ago there was much more hope for.. well.. hope. Today? Well, things are going to get much worse before they get better, if they ever do.

There is nothing that says the future must always get better just because historically it for the most part have. Sometimes the most rational thing to do is to indeed prepare for the possibility that things will get much worse. Otherwise you end up with a situation like how people today wonder why more Jews didn't move out from pre-war germany

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Because knowledge is a preventative measure to being manipulated

People also say that knowing that historical events happened don't benefit them, would you agree with that too? These things are a lot more nuanced than just what direct benefit they give you. Knowing the basics of how our world works, including how nature works, is useful.

You have no idea how many times I had to explain evolution to people because it was relevant to the conversation and where they were tricked by some weird bullshit. Gaps in knowledge are exploitable, but not only that, the more you know, the higher your capability of connecting concepts together in a sound manner is

Knowing how evolution works has been generally useful in my life, and I am very happy I know how it roughly works, and the field I'm in is nowhere near biology or chemistry or nature

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Then again, discord is not outright fascist. Yes it's a shitty company, but shitty companies are the standard

Twitter though? I feel as if a lot more people could go "if you want to ever talk with me again, go here" and people would follow. It's a bit harder to argue for staying on twitter when all of this shit is going on

Then again, a lot of my friends are still on twitter despite me telling how fucking dangerous that site is now, so eh. I don't really get it, though. Then again, I have little sympathy for people who complain that something is too complex just because it doesn't do literally everything for you. A lot of people are just addicted to convenience, despite it harming them in the long run

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