[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 38 points 4 weeks ago

I thought casting students as inanimate objects or plants only happened in TV shows.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

The kind whose parents watch media that demonizes the Democrats.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago

Didn't the US use to invade countries for much, much less of a reason than that? Sheesh.

These days I'm finding myself agreeing with the Iranian government more and more often because of Israel's crap. I don't like agreeing with the Iranian government.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago

What year is it? Locked devices have been illegal in Quebec for, like, ever.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 month ago

I regularly say "from the 20th century" when I want to emphasize the age, the irrelevance, of my lack of knowledge of something.

I don't know crap about cars, so sometimes, someone would ask me about an old one or something and I'd say "not sure, mid-20th century I think".

It's a funny way to talk about it and it almost masks the fact I just tried to get away with a 25-year window.

Although in a more rude manner I'll also say I don't care about some 20th century movie or something.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 month ago

That post's gotta chill with the personal attacks, geez.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah I had a few.

  • That the moon you see during daytime is actually Mars (I then repeated that to my big sister and she believed it for an embarrassingly long amount of time)
  • That the "up" arrows on traffic lights were for planes
[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago

Often Google tries to have me cycle on a trail that has zero snow removal in the winter. So there's that.

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago

I disagree. Joules are really hard to understand to laypeople. Watt-hours directly relate to the power of a device without conversion, and can even be really translated in terms of power bill.

3.6 megajoules? Eh, I guess that's maybe a lot? Or not?

1000 watt-hours? Oh, like running a microwave for a whole hour? Dang that's a LOT!

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 months ago

I mean no one said "flee the sun". They said "use sunscreen".

[-] Eiri@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 months ago

Will that ruin my phone's battery?

Also what if I'm someone poor using an extremely basic smartphone to connect to the internet?

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