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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

With the collapse of the US empire and hegemony in progress wonder if they actually did something with this or if it is all another thought experiment.

E: wow that users posts history is something. Drops that article 3 years ago. Silence till some weird comment (directly addressing yud claiming they had some big breakthrough, about the mind state of the zizians of course. And it is all speculation and way too verbose).

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

hey "way too verbose" is a free space

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago

Yes you are right and it wasnt even that bad, the footnote was only half the length of a 'who build this old roman wall?' footnote.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah a food related charity that is important wonder what they did with the millions, ah release papers. That is ...

[–] maol@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Planning for securing food in a nuclear winter? What a great wheeze. If your advice isn't any good, nobody can tell until there's a nuclear winter, and if there is a nuclear winter they won't exactly be able to ask for their money back because they'll be too busy dying of radiation sickness.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Remember the apocalypse slop buckets the rightwing grifto sphere kept trying to sell?

[–] maol@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I do indeed. A bucket always seemed like pretty poor.protection from the end of the world, even if it was full of purified water and high protein MREs and whatever else. I suppose you could put it on your head and make like Ned Kelly