Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)W

WoodScientist

@ WoodScientist @sh.itjust.works

Posts
5
Comments
1585
Joined
11 mo. ago

  • Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship. Is it possible?

    Jump

  • It's more just that while they're calling Mamdani a communist, at the same time they're doing the thing that is literally the single most Communist thing a government can do: have the state gain direct ownership or control of the means of production. Communism is many things depending on where, when, and who you ask. But the bare minimum, the common denominator under all forms? State owns of the means of production. And here's Trump literally seizing the means of production. Not just giving out grants or loans, but literally taking a permanent equity stake in a major international company. That is the literal, most basic definition of a Communist action. If literally seizing the means of production isn't Communist, what the hell is?

  • Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship. Is it possible?

    Jump

  • Meanwhile, Trump is over here practicing literal state socialism. The government now owns 10% of Intel.

  • Why Gen Z protesters worldwide are flying an anime pirate flag

    Jump

  • Future generations of students will study the political philosophy of Locke, Marx, and Oda.

  • Bernie Sanders calls war in Gaza a "genocide"

    Jump

  • So your defense of Israel is that "well aktually the laws of war don't technically apply to them!"

    Fuck off with this genocide apologia. If you need to split hairs on the technical definition of the laws of war, you're obviously doing something indefensible. Only Nazi trash feels the need to equivocate on something as unforgivable as genocide and war crimes.

    Seriously, you need a therapist or a priest. Your soul is clearly broken.

  • Bernie Sanders calls war in Gaza a "genocide"

    Jump

  • It's not a war because Israel doesn't acknowledge it as a war. If it were a war, they would be treating Hamas as an actual military and be following the Geneva convention. Israel does not treat the thousands of Gazan hostages it's abducted, who it nominally labels as "Hamas," anything like what is required by the Geneva convention.

    It's not a war because Israel has chosen not to treat it like a war.

  • Bernie Sanders calls war in Gaza a "genocide"

    Jump

  • Coordinated for all the centrists except Biden to drop out at the same time, while Warren and Sanders split the vote of the progressive wing. When it looked like Sanders had a decent shot at actually getting the nomination, all the centrists except Biden dropped out simultaneously and endorsed him. Biden won the nomination due to a giant DNC-coordinated rat-fucking.

  • The power of Star Trek

    Jump

  • It's important not to think about the transporter too much. The transporter should be able to make everyone immortal and cure any disease. But they don't tend to use it for that for some reason.

  • The power of Star Trek

    Jump

  • Yeah, except that new Tuvix won't want to die either!

  • The power of Star Trek

    Jump

  • I want to see the chaos Janeway solution.

    Dilemma: Tuvix doesn't want to die. He can do both Neelix's and Tuvok's jobs, but he simply doesn't have time for both, and Janeway is in a survival situation. She needs them both.

    Solution? Just Tom Riker Tuvix! We'll just have two Tuvixes!

    Though honestly, this comic is genuinely beautiful, a real love letter to TNG/DS9/VGR era Trek.

  • anons brother has some strong opinions

    Jump

  • Current building codes allow the construction of wood frame buildings up to 18 stories tall. You need to expand your knowledge of wood construction beyond what you learned reading The Three Little Pigs.

  • Who agrees?

    Jump

  • No. Back up and read the original problem. How does using dissolvable containers help this problem? How does this let people bring in their own containers? You just saw a discussion involving plastic and decided to shoehorn in a reference to a completely irrelevant plastic product.

  • anons brother has some strong opinions

    Jump

  • I agree. Wood is clearly the superior material.

  • Who agrees?

    Jump

  • What are you talking about?

  • Who agrees?

    Jump

  • So instead of selling the food in thin containers that eventually become planters or paint buckets, why not let people bring their own Tupperware or plates from home?

    Food safety reasons. The restaurant then has to clean any random container people bring in, because it represents a contamination risk to the kitchen.

  • Decline and fall

    Jump

  • The key difference between all previous civilizational collapses and the one we potentially face is that most people in the past were farmers. Even in the grandest empires like Rome, less than 10% of the population actually lived in cities. Most people lived in the countryside working the land. The city of Rome lost something like 95% of its population. But those people didn't just crawl in a hole and die. They abandoned the city and joined the vast majority of the population that was living in the countryside. Many in the countryside actually saw their quality of life improve substantially. Many who had been slaves found the old legal system enforcing their slavery no longer existed. Rome collapsing just meant the end of the grand cities; political and economic systems could fragment, and people would just live more locally.

    But today? Less than 5% of the population actually works on a farm. The vast majority of the population lives in cities. If the political and economic system collapses, the countryside can't just absorb all those extra people. Hell, the farms can't even operate without the equipment, fuels, and chemicals produced by the larger economic system.

    Historically, when civilizations collapsed, the common folk just left the cities, abandoned the corrupt elites to their madness, and returned to small villages and rural life. But now there is simply nowhere for people to retreat to.

  • How would one exit a black hole?

    Jump

  • It's not even about needing to exceed the speed of light. Once you cross the event horizon, spacetime around you is so warped that "out" doesn't exist anymore. Point your ship in any direction and fire up your FTL engine; it doesn't matter. No matter which way you try and fly your ship, you'll be getting closer to the center. Once you cross the event horizon, there is literally no way out.

  • Thinheritance

    Jump

  • You might find some inspiration in this desk I built.

  • Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage point

    Jump

  • That's what it comes down to. It's not that I'm particularly pro-death penalty. Generally I'm not. But if you're going to have the death penalty for anything, flagrantly violating someone's civil rights should be right up there with murder in the list of eligible offenses.

  • On Exceptions

    Jump

  • Ah, lemmy.ml.

    "Speak the Devil's name and he shall appear." :D

  • politics @lemmy.world
    WoodScientist @sh.itjust.works

    Mamdani’s Support for Palestinian Rights Was Instrumental to His Win, Poll Finds

    truthout.org /articles/mamdanis-support-for-palestinian-rights-was-instrumental-to-his-win-poll-finds/
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    WoodScientist @sh.itjust.works

    Could one legally get a hold of those bank bill dye security dye packs, dye your own legally obtained cash with it, and spend it places? Just to make people suspect you're secretly a bank robber.

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    WoodScientist @sh.itjust.works

    Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history.

  • Today I Learned @lemmy.world
    WoodScientist @sh.itjust.works

    At the time of its founding, the United States was a timocracy.

    en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timocracy
  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    WoodScientist @sh.itjust.works

    The Guinness World Record for the largest private collection of fossilized dinosaur shit.