According the the worlds shortest Russian the breakup of the USSR was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century

Vacuum decay, or vacuum metastability event is the possibility in simple terms that the universe itself is not in in its ground state. If that's true, it might spontaneously change to its real ground state. Doing so will change fundamental things like the strength of electromagnetism, the weight of particles and so on. It would literally destroy everything in the universe, and we couldn't exist in what's coming after.

Good news, we're confident, that's probably not going to happen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_vacuum

He looked over to his guest, sitting opposite him on an old wooden chair. A traveler from a far away land, lost in these dark forests in this dark and stormy night, glad to have been given shelter. The man - he could not be older than thirty - had bowed profusely after his rescue from the elements.

"I could never repay you completely for you help, but may I offer you a small token of thanks for your kindness? It's a game from my home, quite simple to play, it would be an honor to teach you. I have not seen its likeness in these lands, so it might offer you a sliver of fresh entertainment."

I'm telling you, there will be a streaming service that will deepfake ads into finished movies. Darth Vader will turn at the at the camera and say "No, I am your father... and you should buy the Elon Musk biography on audible dot com for free"

No, you just had a 3 hour learning experience.

The whole "purebred" thing always seems weird to me, "purebred" royal families aren't pretty but full of genetic defects, why should it be an better with cats or dogs.

Fear not, there are also extreme political discussions.

Du musst uns unbedingt mal besuchen kommen! (Wir werden nie wieder in diesem Leben ein Wort wechseln)

Bit let me first say that these are difficult times, and we're proud of this team.

The only thing I would object to it the visibility of the fire hydrant.

Lemmy needs "sort by controversial" for entertainment purposes.

What do you mean, old reddit has been the only usable reddit for years now.