The best apocalypse is the one you already have. There’s no need to go out get a new apocalypse when your old one is dooming people just fine, that’s how you start a climate apocalypse.
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ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•As an asexual girl who still wants a male partner, would “scheduled sex” be a dealbreaker for men?English
121·13 days agoIt’s just like Rush Limbaugh said: if there is consent on [all sides], it’s perfectly fine, whatever it is.
There’s no real need for me to bring up the dead conservative talking head here, but I still laugh to myself sometimes when I remember how mockingly he got it exactly right, and maybe someone else could use a laugh too.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's a better way to say "possibly possible" or "necessarily necessary"?English
41·14 days ago“The possible possibility” -> “The possibility” As someone else said, it’s just redundant here.
The first meaning of possibility relates to chance/probability whereas the second relates to ability/capability/feasibility
This is simply untrue, possibility doesn’t relate to probability except in a very binary yes/no, something is possible.
“It’s not necessarily necessary for you to wear a tie to the meeting, they might not care.” -> It’s not always necessary…
“The maybe necessity” -> The necessity of blank is still being debated
“It’s maybe not necessary” -> it may not be necessary
The second one would depend on the context, you could change things around or describe the uncertainty in other ways. The third one I think you’re just getting too stuck on a particular order for these words you want to use.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why aren't more people re-examining past conspiracies as trust in mainstream media declines over Gaza coverage?English
31·15 days agoThat’s the worst part: they do talk about Palestine. Just in the context of whoever they’re covering. It’s a little comforting to know you don’t really bother engaging with anything people actually say to you, though.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why aren't more people re-examining past conspiracies as trust in mainstream media declines over Gaza coverage?English
21·15 days agoStarting around 38:30 in the podcast
Dan Friesen: So the argument is that the CIA was trying to recruit these hijackers and make them into informants. And that is a theory. It is not established. It is not proven. But they start to just treat it as if they have proven it.
Mark Rossini: You have the CIA then following one man and then two men all over the planet and then eventually even to America, right? Landing in Los Angeles, California, and you don’t tell the FBI.
Tucker Carlson: But why would the CIA want to hide the highly relevant and potentially dangerous fact that two known al-Qaeda terrorists had just landed in California? According to a recently released court filing, former White House counterterrorism star Richard Clark told government investigators that the quote: “CIA was running a false flag operation to recruit the hijackers.”
Richard Clark: When Cofer Black became the head of the counterterrorism center at CIA, he was aghast that they had no sources in Al-Qaeda. So he told me, I’m going to try to get sources in Al-Qaeda. I can understand them possibly saying we need to develop sources inside Al-Qaeda. When we do that, we can’t tell anybody about it.
Dan Friesen: So it’s important to pay attention to the way that information is used by people like Tucker and notice the little tweaks that they make in order to push their narratives. In this case, Tucker is setting up his clip of Richard Clark, and he says that Clark revealed that the CIA was engaged in a false flag to recruit these hijackers.
Then he plays the clip of Clark that does not say that. But instead is Clark saying that he could understand the intelligence folks trying to secretly turn the future hijackers into informants. He wasn’t saying that the CIA was doing this, but he understood how it was possible.
Yeah, one of the conspiracy theorists’ main tricks is equating proving that something is possible with proving that it’s true. Richard Clark saying that it’s possible that the CIA was trying to recruit the hijackers as informants is not the same thing as him saying that is what happened. But Tucker knows that to his audience, it is the same.
I don’t know man, maybe you need to work on your media literacy a little more. Or maybe just as a rule, you shouldn’t be taking anything Tucker Carlson says seriously.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why aren't more people re-examining past conspiracies as trust in mainstream media declines over Gaza coverage?English
2·15 days agoAlright, cool. So what did Tucker Carlson say that you thought was so interesting?
And I guess follow up question: was it all just government propaganda? Because I doubt he ever debunked any propaganda about Palestine.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why aren't more people re-examining past conspiracies as trust in mainstream media declines over Gaza coverage?English
51·15 days agoWhat are you talking about? Why would something be government propaganda just because you can’t find mentions of Gaza or Palestine? It’s a podcast mostly about Alex Jones, not a news agency. Are you always like this?
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why aren't more people re-examining past conspiracies as trust in mainstream media declines over Gaza coverage?English
4·15 days ago1092: Tucker, The Man And His 9/11 Documentary
The guys at Knowledge Fight went over the first part of the documentary, and my takeaway was there’s nothing new, the primary person being interviewed is a well known liar, and there’s a lot dishonest claims being made and not a lot of evidence being given.
So what exactly do you think is so interesting about Tucker Carlson’s series? What new things did you learn about 9/11?
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•When we eat the billionaires, we should spare Gabe Newell? No?English
11·22 days agoHow does it work with someone like Taylor Swift, who According to Forbes, Swift is the first musician to reach 10-figure status solely based on songwriting and performances rather than brand deals, makeup lines, or business ventures?
You can argue they should be more charitable, but that really can’t be required. You could also say taxes should be higher past a certain point, but they currently aren’t and that’s not any individual’s fault.
Also, I’m using Taylor swift as an example, but I mean more generally a person that captures worldwide attention for their art.
Polygon’s Unrivaled series, specifically Bowser’s military hierarchy. It wasn’t originally about kobolds if the title of the video didn’t give it away.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Science Memes@mander.xyz•Bought to you by the central limit theorem societyEnglish
2·1 month agoWhy would you not want someone to stop drunk driving? I get that we hate cops, but we should all really hate drunk driving more.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limitsEnglish
3·2 months agoCool, good to know there are states where you’re at least partly right.
even on þe freeway where you’re not crossing into oncoming lanes
Doesn’t really work with
Subd. 2a.Increased speed limit when passing.
Notwithstanding subdivision 2, the speed limit is increased by ten miles per hour over the posted speed limit when the driver:
(1) is on a two-lane highway having one lane for each direction of travel;
(2) is on a highway with a posted speed limit that is equal to or higher than 55 miles per hour;
(3) is overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction of travel; and
(4) meets the requirements in section 169.18.
where you’re allowed to speed only when crossing into oncoming traffic.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limitsEnglish
4·2 months agoThen name one of them. If you’re too lazy to go and look at the laws for that state, I can do it for you if you want, but you need to give even a single state of where you think you’re allowed to ignore the speed limit while passing someone. Here, I’ll give you an example:
Alabama on page 64: On two-lane roads with traffic moving in both directions, you may pass traffic on the left if the pass can be completed safely without exceeding the speed limit.
Most states won’t explicitly state that you aren’t allowed to speed while passing, but they definitely won’t tell you that speeding is fine.
Then I’d know you aren’t playing Pathfinder.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limitsEnglish
7·2 months agoCan you go into any state or town’s laws and actually find where it says that? Because I’m willing to bet that it isn’t legal to ignore the speed limit while passing someone.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
Technology@lemmy.world•kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel / Destroying the InternetEnglish
3·2 months ago
I’m pretty sure they do say that, almost exactly.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How realistic is it for me to learn Japanese so that I can experience Anime better? How long would it take to learn? Has anyone attempted this?English
3·2 months agocan barely remember that English speakers take pills, and not drink them (you don’t chew them, for fucks sake! Just say drink!)
In my mind drink is exclusively for liquids, which is why drinking a solid sounds weird to me. Because there’s no chewing involved swallowing pills makes more sense than eating them, but I’ll admit I don’t know why “take” is the usual verb.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.mlto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•This is what alignment does to your brain [Dungeons & Dragons/Pathfinder]English
5·2 months agoNow you get edicts and anathemas instead of a general good/evil that you’re obligated to follow. There aren’t alignments in Pathfinder 2E after the remaster.

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Something like this?
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Or this?
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Or this if you want it in metal with numbers?