[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 63 points 3 months ago

I think the dude in the pic is trans masc

[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 34 points 4 months ago

Congrats on your son! I'm sure your support is going to help them tremendously as they discover themselves

[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 39 points 4 months ago

Low quality information is easier to produce than high quality information

Even worse, while people prefer high quality information, the preference is weaker than other preferences, such as the desire to see things that are cute or make you angry

[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 35 points 4 months ago

Two things

  1. Politics is for Power provides a pretty good model for thinking about this https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Politics-Is-for-Power/Eitan-Hersh/9781982116798

There's a lot of political hobbyism on social media in general and Lemmy is really bad for it. Take for example the constant Elon Musk rage bait. No one is doing anything productive with that information. They're just getting mad

  1. Social media, in general, isn't a good way to get informed. It makes you feel really in touch but when a lot of the time you're getting biased and polarizing that is often as enraging as it is unproductive

We treat politics like entertainment and it's making our politics worse. Personally I try to limit my exposure to politics that I don't think will be productive. It might feel like the most important thing in the moment but it's often a huge waste of time

[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 46 points 4 months ago

That's a false dichotomy in a lot of the comments here

We do both

Carbon capture isn't so we can continue to use fossil fuels. It's because once we get to 0 emissions we still need to draw down the carbon in the atmosphere

An ounce of prevention is almost always worth a pound of cure but we're still going to want that cure because every extra tenth of a degree we can bring the Earth back to normal is going to be worth it

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[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 119 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Took me a second

They wouldn't call the year 59 bc in 59 bc

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Where you going? (lemmy.world)
[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 39 points 5 months ago

Probably could make a board on another sheet with a formula that points to the opposite side of the board

[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 31 points 5 months ago

Just got clarity this would move the age limit for marriage from 16 to 18

https://www.missourinet.com/2024/05/20/child-marriage-will-remain-legal-in-missouri-for-now/

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[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 31 points 5 months ago

Now that's what I call ally-ship

[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 57 points 5 months ago

What if I told you that you aren't paying for the drinks but you're renting the table/bar stool

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Huge Tracts of Land (lemmy.uninsane.org)
[-] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 31 points 6 months ago

Our previous meeting?

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