Thanks, without your comment I’d have skipped this

It’s really fucking tiring to see you americans singing along to the tune of the ‘us vs them’ rhethoric.

I don’t know what he has planned, but in my book he’s the most likely candidate to break the 2-party system.

Memo: the publishers Wiley, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins and Hachette sued the Internet Archive for over $600m.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_v._Internet_Archive

Yea, fair

'Just pull yerself up by yer own bootstraps, lad!

While I do agree (or at least hope) that we all have the agency to positively influence our own lives and those around us, the main point there in my opinion is that different people have different resources in life. Someone that’s experienced systemic racism, or someone who’s brain is a wee bit non-standard just has it harder than someone not experiencing these issues.

Yea. Turns out the biggest creature you can freeze and thaw again (in strict lab conditions) is a hamster, anything bigger just dies.

Behave by Robert Sapolsky. It’s an excellent book if you’re trying to understand why the people around you are like… well, that way. But if you didn’t study neuroscience, you’ll likely have to re-read it to get at least the most important points to stick.

I’m curious if this wil have any impact on chocolate slavery

The implication is that they (well… we) can’t do what’s necessary in a low-effort scenario I’d say.

Kind of similar to calling someone a mouthbreather

I agree that there should definitely be safety regulations in place for ship recycling, but this guy is building a strawman argument and it really undermines his point in my view.

Is there a lemmy version of r/OrphanCrushingMachine ?

‘Just’

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The friend that first recommended ‘Project Hail Mary’ to me told me to not read ANYTHING about it and just read it.

Best advice for this particular book you could ask for.

Not malitious - this is a case of chaotic good. If it’s funny and harms noone, roll with it!