joel

joined 2 years ago
[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

True but last time the banks stopped caring about them we had the global financial crisis

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Has anybody else not seen an ad yet? I'm wondering if it's because I'm using Enhancer for youtube which also has an adblocking function 🤔

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If Linux was fine, then I wouldn't have gone to the trouble of looking for an alternative and taken the time to teach myself Linux. I don't know anybody else who uses it so it's not like somebody twisted my arm

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I'm doomscrolling right now

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Personally I found being unemployed was way, way worse

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Phones.

Banking apps, podcasts, gps navigation, chatting to friends, listening to music are all awesome.

But then getting stuck doomscrolling and constantly checking my phone trying to eke out a little more stimulation when literally anything else would be a more productive way to spend my day - that part sucks ass.

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Not to mention how much more cleaning they need compared to, say, the legs and arms.

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you assuming there's the one species who live all over the globe, like humans do? I was coming from the viewpoint that there may be related but divergent species who evolved to different gravity "climates". I think that might affect the how things turn out to some extent.

Travel around the low gravity areas would be easier, but they would also only be limited to those areas due to piggyback weakness, whereas the people who evolved/grew up in high gravity would be able to travel the earth, so they would be the explorers, merchants and conquerors. Of course as technology advances this will all mean less and less

I can see the low gravity areas becoming prime real estate though, like you said. Talking geologically for a second, my first guess is that these would be higher elevation as the crust isn't pulled down so much by gravity, and erode slower. Also precious metal deposits might(?) be closer to the surface too. If this is the case then this will give the low G folks to also advance in tech faster with greater access to useful metals. So if they're quick enough maybe they can defeat the 'heavy's with ingenuity.

I didn't really come to a conclusion there did I? I just got more confused the more I thought about geopolitics..

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think the people who evolved in the highest gravity regions would become like supermen and end up ruling the whole world due to their superior strength. If not, it would at least give them a significant advantage while technology is still primitive. How would they defend themselves from attack?

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe because incels are the kind of people who would call a woman a whore, instead of respecting her as a person.

[–] joel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't understand why the top image has 4 holes, when like you said pants only have 3 openings

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