Pelicanen

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[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

When did they claim that Israel wasn't to blame? Two things can be true at the same time.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

There's a saying that humans only understand three probabilities: 0%, 50%, and 100%. So if 90% of people who are rich were born into wealth and 90% of all people are not wealthy, what does that mean?

Usually the knee-jerk response is to say that it's equally easy for rich and poor to end up wealthy, or sarcastically claim that it's supposedly impossible to become wealthy if you were poor.

Statistically, it'd mean that while 10% of rich people were self-made, they'd only represent 1% of the overall population, meaning it'd be roughly 100 times more likely for someone who wasn't born wealthy to remain poor.

These are gross oversimplifications with numbers that are not based on fact, but it's just a simple example to show that something can be possible in a system where certain people are disadvantaged and it doesn't detract from the fact that systemic issues exist.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

And how do you propose to create this organization and get countries to agree on its legitimacy?

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am offended by this.

It's obviously z = boobs.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Highly recommend it, Tina Fey is an icon. Just beware that you'll be quoting her character more often than you'll notice yourself.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I did indeed, thanks for pointing it out.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Elon Musk is very likely a supporter of eugenics and since he's also a narcissist who thinks he's better than everyone else, it makes sense that he's obsessed with spreading his genes.

Just remember to conveniently ignore actually raising those kids, and those who happen to not fit his mold of what a person should be like (e.g. if they happen to be trans or see through a modicum of his bullshit)

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

And not even by otherwise closely related geographical regions. The Nordics, one of the world's most internally cooperative group of countries, have Sweden and Denmark using the ~~English~~ British system, and Finland and Norway using the ~~British~~ American system.

Edit: I'm a dumbass

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Solely? Solely?

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ahh, waking up at 3 AM in a puddle of your own sweat and being unable to fall back asleep cause you get to choose between the heat that made you sweat to begin with or the freezing cold wet.

[–] Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

DC actually has a higher "let go" threshold than AC does so you'd likely be more okay from a slightly higher voltage DC shock than a lower voltage AC shock.

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