71
Can a bullet fired into the storm cloud cause lightning to strike?
(startrek.website)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
71 points (96.1% liked)
Asklemmy
43965 readers
1198 users here now
A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions
If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!
- Open-ended question
- Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
- Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
- Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
- An actual topic of discussion
Looking for support?
Looking for a community?
- Lemmyverse: community search
- sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
- !lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities
~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
This sounds a lot like when we tell kids "if an earthquake starts, get under something strong and hold on. Then yell, "STOP EARTHQUAKE, STOP!" until the shaking finally stops." Of course it doesn't affect the earthquake, but it feels better than crouching helpless and silent. (It might also help an adult know that you're okay so far, and where to look for you afterward.) Sometimes a false sense of agency is better than nothing.
Sure, but yelling isn't going to have any risk of accidental collateral damage. Encouraging a bunch of fucking idiots to shoot wildly at clouds seems asking for tragedy.
Yes, it's true the bullets will fall.
But at least the less-idiotic people will be protected by having sought shelter from the storm.