[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 200 points 5 months ago

You missed "Climate change is real and caused by humans but it's the responsibility of individuals to fix it."

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 190 points 8 months ago

Doctor: I have consulted decades of scientific literature to diagnose your ailment and provide a treatment plan based on humanity's continually improving understanding of the biochemical workings of our bodies.

Chiropractor: I have consulted a book written by D. D. Palmer in 1895 who was a magnetic healer, anti-vaccine, and anti-medicine. He says you have ghosts in your bones and it's messing with your natural healing powers. I'm gonna crack your back now. Yes I'm a doctor. Well not a doctor doctor, but you know.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 218 points 9 months ago

See your problem is you're editing the code until it passes the tests. It's way easier if you edit the tests until it passes the code.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 206 points 9 months ago

All plants require different levels nutrients to grow. If the same plant is grown repeatedly in the same soil then the soil will run out of the nutrients that plant needs and growing that plant becomes difficult. By rotating through plants with different nutrient requirements, the soil can maintain a sustainable balance of nutrients.

We now use the scientific method to argue ideas, but in the past ideas could just be laughed at if people thought they sounded dumb. People laughed at ideas like the sun being the center of the solar system and doctors needing to wash their hands before surgery. Refusal to accept these ideas held humanity back from technological advancement.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 178 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This was tried in court. The response from the judge was "If the man is dead, then he cannot petition the court. If the man is not dead, then his life sentence has not been served." An excellent exchange of sophistry!

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 218 points 10 months ago

I like how these are always new hip trends.

Gen Z is super into living with lots of roommates!
Gen Z absolutely loves not having children!
Gen Z new craze is having sleep for dinner!

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 179 points 11 months ago

Québec has language laws that prevent businesses from using English in their advertising among other things, and some controversial rulings have come from it. One such ruling was the use of "le week-end". Québec was punishing businesses who used this term instead of "la fin de semaine". There was an interview done with an official from the language police where the interviewer had a dictionary from France which showed "le week-end" is proper French. The Québec official said "France doesn't decide what words are French. We do."

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 201 points 1 year ago

It being 90% parking lot is the cherry on top

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 191 points 1 year ago

FACT: 90% of divers give up just before finding something really neat in an underwater cave

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 200 points 1 year ago

A literal sexual demon, a monstrum incarnate, a narcotic parody of sex

Found my new Tinder bio

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 226 points 1 year ago

In their defence, it is a difficult concept to grasp. My dad started his career shovelling gravel for a few dollars an hour. Now he's a vice president making very good money. In his mind, anyone can replicate what he did by working hard instead of being lazy and asking for handouts.

I eventually got through to him one day when he was talking about hiring for a senior management position. He was interviewing all these people with fancy degrees and credentials. I asked why not promote one of his hard workers? He laughed and said the person needs to be more than a hard worker to manage multi-million dollar projects. But where would he be now if his old boss had thought the same thing? My dad has none of the credentials of the people he was interviewing. He'd still be shovelling gravel 60 hours a week for minimum wage if nobody gave him the opportunity to advance. How could he think hard work will be rewarded when he doesn't even reward it himself? That's when he admitted the world works differently now.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 178 points 2 years ago

Musk has burnt through $44 Billion. I'm sure even the government could have spent it better than he has

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