muddi

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[–] muddi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Great point! Have you seen the documentary Star Wars btw? They have some interesting counterpoints on the use of violence against one's oppressors in the interest of obtaining freedom from said oppressors.

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same as the other comment: They should refuse to meet with Putin until their meeting with Putin is finished?

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

They should refuse to meet with Putin until their meeting with Putin is finished?

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

Any biography about some liberal political leader, like that Obama one. I think people buy them just because they trend on the top 10 books to read list. But everyone I've met who has it just keeps it on their coffee table to make it seem like they're into reading now. The only one I know who finishes those biographies is my grandpa who is a little senile and bored now.

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Marx didn't consider human nature so he's totally wrong smuglord

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

The series is good, idk about the first few books in themselves though

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I gotta watch it all still. But one thing that caught my ear was something I came across studying physics in higher level education too. Or any higher level subject for that matter

The general population knows only the basics, which were established hundreds of years ago. Enthusiasts learn in some more detail and complexity, but it's still the highly established explainers they have access to eg. for physics: quantum mechanics and relativity which are decades old

But recent physics in academia and research is still being figured out and taught to the most dedicated. So a very small set of people know or care about it, and understand its importance. Stuff of few years or decades past

It's like how people think history is just like Sparta then Alexander then Napoleon then Hitler then Civ 6 because they saw it on YouTube because they love history. That's not exactly historians really do or talk about

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

There is a logic behind this, but you kinda have to be a linguistics nerd to know.

L and W are pretty similarly pronounced in many languages including English. Over time, this plus the fact that some might have difficulty speaking the language (still learning, have a lisp, low literacy, etc) leads to Ls becoming Ws in places.

Long story short, L took the L sometimes in English

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

The new feature being demoed vs the legacy code it depends on

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Nothing wrong with the classics! I play as a human usually too, sometimes an elf

Tropes are only annoying if done badly, or have become outdated. But the question of humanity will always be something we should ask

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's just mythology, third take. So humans are always the main characters of the universe.

Humanity is the middle race between extremes, between some lowly race like demons or dwarves, and some highly race like angels or elves. Tolkien just rephrased it, and so did scifi. Basically all of fiction where there are ~~other humans with weird bodily features~~ other species besides humans is just this trope redone.

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

I like "the people, united, will never be divided" too, it's closer to a rhyme

Also cool rickshaw/tuktuk thing in the corner

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