[-] Signtist@lemm.ee -3 points 5 months ago

You want a DNA test because your kid doesn't share the same interests in video games that you do? Sure, there's likely a set of genes somewhat contributing to preferences and interests in humans, but even if we knew them, we've already got plenty of evidence that biological children frequently have different hobbies than their parents, so we know things like that are most heavily determined by all of the other things people are influenced by in life, outside of genetics.

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee -2 points 8 months ago

Eh, I bought a house in 2020 just before the pandemic hit, and by the time I sold it late last year it had appreciated in value enough to completely offset the money I'd put into the mortgage. Essentially I'd lived there for 3.5 years for free.

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's hardly good news that we're back to the level of deforestation we had in 2018; it was way too high in 2018, too. We're acting like slowing down our destruction of the world is equivalent to actually helping. If I'm on a runaway train heading straight for a broken bridge, I'm not going to celebrate that it only picked up a little speed in the past few seconds.

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