crapwittyname

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[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Good point. The stupids aligned with the evils on this one.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Haha! To prove that it wasn't me, I just downvoted you. You are now on -1.

Sorry dude, you assumed too much there. I'm in Europe, and don't go around down voting people in the middle of the night.

Anyway, your point. It's irrelevant, since we were talking about NASA vs. the space rangers or whatever they're called. Not This Guy vs. me.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

No, it's space administration. And they are the ones who actually know a thing about how spaceflight works, unlike this guy, evidently.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

Does he?

Does he what?

He clearly supported Brexit no matter what the semantics of it are

What do you mean by the word "semantics" in this sentence? I don't think it means what you think it means.
Here are some examples of John Oliver opposing Brexit:

guardian, 2019

Last Week Tonight, Jun 2016

Last Week Tonight, Brexit ii

Last Week Tonight, Brexit iii

John Oliver publicly, repeatedly opposed Brexit, using his considerable platform to do so. With respect, you are talking out of your anus.

You seem to want to paint John Oliver as a stereotype, and then claim that this is all he is. I find that reductive, ignorant and distasteful. Here is someone who addresses issues varying from presidential accountability to gambling laws, national, international and global issues, with compassion, logic, humanity and humour. And you try to boil him down to a stereotype. You're not even able to define the stereotype you're trying to invoke. It would be funny if it weren't shameful.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, this was an actual secret conspiracy for over 20 years, though. This is an example of a real collusion between global governments and corporations to track members of the public.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Funny you should say that last part. The shark's estimated age is 392 years (500+ is an upper estimate) which would mean it was born in 1632, the same year that Galileo disproved the earth orbiting the sun.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

There's the border, then there's The Border. One is a line drawn on a map for administrative purposes, sometimes comes with its own road sign. The other is a checkpoint where your documents are handed over and you're at the mercy of the border authority. Usually doesn't happen between towns, but those are pretty popular in places like Soviet Germany, apartheid South Africa and the West Bank for example.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

You're absolutely right there. We're hard wired to think this way and it's a constant battle.

[–] crapwittyname@lemm.ee 13 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Knowing these helps with self-talk. You trip over a curb and start scolding yourself. Then you can say to yourself "this is just spotlight bias", and move on with your day, avoiding the impact of negative emotions. Or, you might be more open to a change in restaurant plans because you know of the false consensus effect. There's subtle but real power in just naming things!

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