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Squidkids posted...

i like to know how someone can come up with " we need more land" while being explained global warming means less land =/

"Ice melts, so that means more land, right?"

Yes sir, that's literally all there is to it! Nevermind where all that meltwater goes. It either flows into the sea or evaporates into the sky and just magically disappears.

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Yeah, pretty lucky. It's not perfect, but I'm glad to have been born in a relatively safe part of the world and have the means to take care of myself, have a roof over my head and do something fun every now and then.

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Not that surprising, as a common discussion tactic for populists is to zero in on one very specific thing in the discussion while ignoring literally everything else, even if their answer was already overwhelmingly debunked before they gave it.

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Kloe_Rinz posted...

If you were already going to have 0 kids, that means you have to take a kid out of the world in order to reach -1

Not sure if serious, but in case you are, that is not how it works.

Remember that people die all the time (whether by natural causes or otherwise, everyone dies eventually). However the birthrate globally outpaces the deathrate, to the point where the amount of people become unsustainable for the environment (at least, with the current way of of how people consume products and use energy).

For example, if 3 babies are born every second, and 2 people die every second, then the net birthrate is 1.
If significantly more people were to have no children at all, that pace could be slowed down, perhaps someday even stabilized.
It would take either an unrealistic amount of people or a global sterilization virus to actually bring the global net birthrate down to -1.

However, it is currently within reach of several countries to have a net birthrate of -1 on a national scale, with the help of education, birth control and empowerment through emancipation (like helping people realize that it's perfectly fine to choose to not have kids).

The resources and social environment to realize this requires a country to be wealthy (so they can for example provide education and healthcare for everyone and that people don't necessarily require children to take care of them at old age).
The same applies to other factors that affect the environment, like fossil fuels (like wealthy countries can afford to develop and invest in environment-friendly energy sources more than others).

This is one of the primary reasons why it's up to first-world and/or developed countries to make the first move, and in turn help other countries do the same.

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DocDelicious posted...

Where do "stop destroying the Amazon" and "stop burning fossil fuels" fit on this list?

The list seems to focus on things an individual can do. Individuals (at least, many of them together) could probably help preserve the Amazon and other endangered nature by only buying local products (as opposed to imported stuff).
Also, if enough people do this, it also requires less airplanes and ships to transport products from far away.

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Fuck Lulu hard (also because she kinda looks like Morrigan from Dragon Age, who I have the hots for)
Marry Rikku
Kill Yuna

Switch Rikku and Yuna if Rikku has her FFX2 look (but everyone still remains of legal age regardless).

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Cloud Atlas is already good. Quit whining.

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I don't pay attention to her at all. Given the opportunity, I'd bang, but if she makes the cross-eyed face, I'm out. Right then and there.

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I actually haven't deeded since October 30th. Initially because I had this tiny cut-like wound on my foreskin (probably from deeding too much, ironically). So it was probably better to abstain for a few days.

But fuck it, might as well try and see if I can last the whole month. Especially since I had a horny dream three nights ago, but haven't felt horny at all since.

I've successfully completed NNN twice in the past, so I know for a fact that it's doable. For those having trouble suppressing the urges and not sure if they can keep it up: it gets much easier after like two weeks.

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gunplagirl posted...

Oh my God I didn't realize people were foolish enough to take him at his word. That's beautiful.

Sure kid, enjoy your black hole of perpetual pessimism. Not like companies like Tesla and SpaceX have influenced their respective playing fields at all, right? Oh wait.

asdf8562 posted...

Musk is most definitely for the profit.

No doubt. Just as long as it's a little more than just that. Still adds more than Bezos though.

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Musk. His companies at least are specifically aimed at increasing humanity's longterm survival odds (as well as profit, but that goes without saying).

I get the feeling Bezos is in it just for the profit, especially since zero progress is made with his space launches aside from a few rich and/or lucky tourists going through LEO for a bit just for the lulz.

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This is just something that doesn't happen in Murrica, simply because it's objectively a pure left-wing action. In Murrica you can have either regular right-wing or batshit insane right-wing.

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aquablack posted...

She actually looks nicer this way. I wish women caking their face wasn't the norm.

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*drives all the way through a whole one-way street in reverse*

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Is this one those parties where everyone says prayer, then we stand up, deed onto the table and take turns sliding across it?

"Weeeeeeeh!" :D

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Man, some of you guys really get off on calling other people pedo huh

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ThePrinceFish posted...

Monika did nothing worse than what you do every time you play Call of Duty or any other violent video game.

And she is best girl.

Good point. Somehow this kind of reminds me of the 'bad ending' in Zone of the Enders:
If you mess up the rescue missions too much by letting all the citizens die or killing them yourself, the game ends prematurely, directly addressing the fact that you did that and that the colony was destroyed because of it.
Really makes you feel guilty and responsible for what you've done.

spikethedevil posted...

Except in universe she killed real people and not polygons.

In-universe she knows they're all not 'real' and just polygons but it doesn't matter, since she is self-aware and they aren't.

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Uh, heh heh, Monika of course...!
(Please don't kill anyone or hack my system, Mon)

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uwnim posted...

Mid. Pretty big deal, but I dont see it as an extinction level threat for our species. Definitely raises the possibility of other things that are extinction level though.

That's the case with lots of extinction-level events. It's one thing or a few things that sets other things in motion. Like a large meteorite or supervolcano eruption itself won't kill all/most of humanity. The consequences of such an event, like climate change, tidal waves and nuclear winter are some that can kill off many more, even more than the event itself, depending on the magnitude of the catalyst event.

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Trumble posted...

[Insert fatalistic rant]

Sometimes I sincerely wonder what so many people who think like this go through in daily life. Like, if you really think humanity is doomed in the near future, what are you even living for in the long run? Getting by in daily life is nice and all, but sometimes it's nice to know that one's efforts contribute something to a greater good.

But maybe that's just me. Maybe to some people playing video games, jerking off (maybe even getting laid every once in a while) and getting wasted really is enough for them to get happiness and satisfaction in life.

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Definitely top tier.

I hope something constructive comes out of COP26 in Glasgow, though it's disappointing that (once again), the pledges countries make aren't binding. Judging from the years that have passed since COP21 in Paris in 2015, I expect governments will make some efforts, but nowhere near enough (except perhaps the ones that have a relatively stable left-wing/progressive government).

Meanwhile I do what I realistically can by not driving, not flying, not having kids, limiting meat and other animal products I consume, investing solely in environment-friendly stocks and bonds and using power at home sparingly (which incidentally saves quite a bit of money as well).

A lot of people who argue that large companies are the ones who should fix it should realize that:

1. Compared to say 10 years ago there are many more companies that knowingly take action to transitiom to working in an environmentally responsible manner. Some because their leadership knowingly sticks to that principle, many because they're forced to do so by social and political pressure.

2. Companies make products that are in demand among consumers. If lots of consumers spend mostly their money on stuff that isn't environment-friendly, companies will keep producing that kind of stuff and keep investing in fossil fuels. This is where consumers can make the difference.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Your insurance only covers you being shot into Mexico.

"Fly, si?"

Anyway, when I kick the bucket, people can just dispose of my body in the cheapest and preferably environment-friendliest way possible. I estimate that by that time, a few more ways of disposing of human corpses will have been approved than are currently legally available.

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Watchmen spoilers
Ozymandias completely earned his victory. Firstly by knowingly activating his weapon before the good guys had a chance to stop him (unlike 99.9% of all antagonists). Secondly because he actually did achieve his 'noble' goal of bringing about world peace by uniting humanity against a 'common foe'.

Although the method was extreme, I think sadly humanity really does need a common foe or at least some sort tangible face of adversity, something we can name, blame and unite against.
It really has to be someone or something specific and uncomplicated to explain, like with Nazi Germany, something that can threaten all or most of humanity if left unchecked.
However something like climate change and environmental disasters are apparently not good enough for humanity to stand against as a united front.

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Guide posted...

is that a game?

Yup, released in 1997 and it has a lot in common with Subnautica, in the sense that it's about underwater exploration and resource gathering, and that the atmosphere is both soothing and terrifying.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub_Culture

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Populist

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Pretty much, as I've mostly been replaying old games over and over again.

These last few months however I'm completely hooked on Subnautica, in a way I haven't been on any game for many years.
Whenever I'm home, I want to play it. Whenever I'm not home or otherwise unable to play it, I'm often thinking about playing it, and coming up with strategies on how and why to play a certain way.

Recently a friend of mine got it as well, in part because I recommended it to him (he's a nostalgic gamer who loved Sub Culture as a kid). I really have to contain myself from spoiling things to him, and try to stick to vague hints when he's stuck, but I'm already very glad to have someone irl with whom I can talk about it (especially since the Subnautica boards on here are pretty dead).

I just can't get enough of it and I hope Unknown Worlds makes more of it.

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DD Divine posted...

Ill elaborate a little more, I think its a state of mind of what makes us happy. Maybe dinner with family members or maybe sitting on the beach. Maybe its like a simulation or maybe its like what dreams may come. Biblical heaven sounds awful as does hell but I cant fathom either one being real for an eternity theres 3,000 religions each with a different concept too.

But obviously the one I believe in is real, because I'm just special like that :)

But yeah, probably nothing, which I'd be fine with. Not sure though. I won't know until it happens. Or not of course, in case of nothingness, because then I wouldn't be aware to perceive it.

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"Say buddy, do you happen to have that 20 I lent you a while ago?"
"Sorry bro, don't have anything on me right now."
*can visibly barely contain burst of chuckling*

FOREVER A LOAN

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Exact semantic definitions can change over time. I don't understand why this seems to be so hard to grasp for some people, especially in the case of Pluto. It's still there, regardless of how humanity classifies it. How we classify it is irrelevant to Pluto itself, so it's not like we're hurting its feelings or anything.

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Exercising helps. I usually do a few sets of push-ups and sit-ups to help me fall asleep faster.

Deeding before sleeping actually makes me feel more tired in the morning than if I don't.

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It used to be considered romantic because it's a personal gift that takes time and effort to make, but nowadays it takes so much effort compared to other methods of doing the same that it wouldn't really make sense anymore, especially since it's unlikely both parties have a cassette player.

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Flauros posted...

To be fair he called it a Double Bread With Meat, so maybe the cheeseburger trademark was around before to reference Steamed Hams.

Meanwhile in the far north:

People: "Good Lord, what is happening up there?!"
God: "Aurora borealis."
People: "...Aurora borealis, in this time of the year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?"
God: "Yes!"
People: "...May we see it?"
God: "...No."

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Yes, and I live in Europe, though I never travelled the (west-to-east coast) length of the U.S., so it's not hard to imagine that many Americans never left their home country.

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darkmaian23 posted...

@Giblet_Enjoyer

Then who should get it, and why?

In an ideal and equitable situation, no single individual should have that much money (at least not that much that you can buy overpriced watches and yachts like they're nothing). The fact that there is almost infinitely more speculative wealth than can be backed up by material wealth is not helping.

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Hexenherz posted...

I've tried it a few times but honestly it's more satisfying when someone's like "you never sent me this omg" and I'm like "check your inbox, Tuesday the 14th, 09:41" and they're like "uh... fuck".

I had a supervisor like that who did shit like this all the time, though when I told/showed her that I did in fact send something, she simply didn't mention or acknowledge it at all, as if her mistake/accusation would just evaporate on the spot.

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Machete posted...

Make a joke about how "johnson" is a term for a penis

https://youtu.be/xrTFi8nV6hY

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rexcrk posted...

If I send an important email, Id like to know that it actually got there.

You know that it got there from the fact that you didnt receive an automated delivery failure message.

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ModLogic posted...

maybe if you did you job efficiently, people wouldn't need a read receipt from you

I do. The fact that other people working with the e-mail sender apparently don't (making the sender want a read receipt in the first place) is not my problem.

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To test us, of course. What, do you doubt God, of all people? He works in mysterious ways, damnit!

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Astrologers would know lmao

Crayon_Lover posted...

There are apps you can use

Literally no one, damnit!

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Betrayal in Antara.
A RPG made by Sierra in 1997, after Betrayal at Krondor turned out to be a success, but they had sold that franchise by then, so instead of making a sequel they made this.

It's the graphics that scared everyone away, but literally everything else about the game is perfect: gameplay, story, world-building, music, and tons of additional areas and side-quests to explore.

A few years ago it was finally re-released on Steam and GOG, in part thanks to the fame of Betrayal at Krondor.

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Unfortunately literally no one without expert knowledge of star charts knows exactly which of those thousands of light dots is supposed to be Uranus.

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Aressar posted...

Good chance it'll happen in the next three and a half years or so.

Edit: Kamala Harris obviously, not AOC. At least not as long as the Proud Boys, 6/1 insurgents and other diehard Trump supporters haven't been officially branded as terrorists yet, and the ensuing rebellion quenched.

Damnit, I mean 1/6. Why can't Murricans just name dates in a sensical order? Maybe switch to the metric system as well while they're at it, like a grown-up country.

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Good chance it'll happen in the next three and a half years or so.

Edit: Kamala Harris obviously, not AOC. At least not as long as the Proud Boys, 6/1 insurgents and other diehard Trump supporters haven't been officially branded as terrorists yet, and the ensuing rebellion quenched.

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Let me buy my own damn house for the price that it's worth!!

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At age 34 I have no desire to have children and had a vasectomy over two years ago, and my older sister doesn't intend on having children either so a genetic legacy is highly unlikely at this point.

I'm pretty driven about the environment and sustainability, so most of my efforts in my spare time go into that. I'm not particularly activistic, but I invest solely into stocks etc that fall into that category, and I consider what I do with this mindset to be my legacy.

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12-13 y/o. If there's one thing I could do over in life, I'd hit back harder.

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One time, CE triggered me so hard with their objectively wrong opinions that I accidentally punched myself in the balls.

Feels good man. Sure glad I'm not UGLY AS FUCK like some other people out there.

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