[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 108 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Really? Besides Muhammad, name 1 other well known person who showing a benign picture of him causes a real risk of getting killed by his fans?

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 103 points 3 months ago

Actually, c is the speed of light in a vacuum, but light travels slower through a medium, like air. So lasers shot through air will actually travel slower than c.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago

She frequently demonstrates exactly why she didn't get elected.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 115 points 5 months ago

The catch is that Tesla has a bunch of problems that might cause the company to be in serious trouble soon, and if musk leaves before the company starts tanking then we'll have to hear endless bullshit from people about how musk was so great that he single handedly was what kept the company going.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 94 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This isn't true of anyone I've ever known, and i believe it isn't true for the majority of Americans. I believe it's a loudly vocal minority who get angry at people speaking other languages or barely speaking English

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 119 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If their constitution is anything like the United States Constitution and government, then one of the fundamental principals is that not every right is specifically enumerated in the law, meaning just because a thing isn't specifically listed as being a right doesn't mean it's necessarily not a right. Voting is obviously one of those things.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 92 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And then there's the famous case of the guy who was super early in on bitcoin and threw away the computer that had the password to the wallet, which eventually wound up being worth hundreds of millions of dollars that are now irretrievable

https://www.businessinsider.com/james-howells-threw-away-bitcoin-dump-masterplan-get-back-2022-7

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 114 points 7 months ago

Sommeliers spit out the wine that they tell you to drink. Very suspicious. /s

This is such a dumb trope that keeps getting repeated in memes. Dosage size matters.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 98 points 7 months ago

Their list has always not included some of the truly richest people in the world, like for example some Saudis. It's a pretty meaningless list.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 112 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If you actually look at the details of the story you're taking about you'll find that after Biden ordered them back to work he then ALSO got the train companies to give the workers everything the union had been asking for

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_railroad_labor_dispute

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 142 points 1 year ago

In 2020 I voted against Trump, in 2024 I'm voting for Biden.

[-] Glowstick@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Apparently she wrote in her private diary stuff like "I am evil for doing this" and "I am a horrible person for doing these things". IMO this points more towards a massive mental health disorder rather than someone purposely doing evil acts to achieve their own selfish desires. It sounds like she had very unwanted intrusive impulses and she was unable to stop herself from acting on them.

Don't get me wrong, her being aware that her acts were wrong doesn't give her a get out of jail pass. The awareness of her drives being wrong means the onus was on her to get help to prevent her from acting on those drives. But IMO it does make clear that there was no motive, it was likely caused by a compulsion mental illness. This is all IMO though.

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