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[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 46 points 6 months ago
[-] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago

It was a great movie - sadly, because it was so accurate. Provided that you can call a sci-fi movie accurate. But after the pandemic and shit, "don't look up" looks like a playbook for a meteor extinction level event

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago

What's funny is that movie released during the pandemic, so it seemed like that was the thing it was commenting on, but actually it was filmed before the pandemic and was originally meant as a commentary on climate change. What it shows is that humanity's modern tribalism is remarkably predictable. No matter what the problem, we will turn it into an us versus them situation where getting anything meaningful done becomes an uphill battle.

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Actually they say that Comet Dibiasky is twice the size of the dinosaur killer, but they also say it's 6-1 9 kilometres wide. 10 kilometres is the size of Chicxulub. Scientifically it was very inaccurate. But politically it's flawless.

[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

That's the last three words of the article. The author didn't miss the connection either.

I always wonder when people repeat something from the article or ask a question that's answered in the article: did you not read it or did you just want to start a discussion about this connection and are somehow constrained in the number of words you can write per day?

[-] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I didn't read it. The Register has a drier tone than I felt like reading today. I mean seriously, putting the word tabletop in quotes? I am NOT the target audience for that writing style.

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