HandwovenConsensus

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New "Calexit" bid for California secession approved for signature gathering in effort to put measure on ballot in c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Nevada isn't just Vegas. There's a big values dissonance between Vegas and the rural North, and if the country starts fracturing I don't see them staying together.

I could actually see Vegas seceding from Nevada to either join with California or become an independent city-state.

Fallout: New Vegas would become real, in other words.

... would YOU download a plant? in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

What I mean is once you've made the decision to do this instead of buying, it doesn't matter which shop you don't buy from.

... would YOU download a plant? in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why? It's not like you're costing the shop money by taking trash off the floor. If anything you're more likely to spend money at the shop you do it at for supplies and such.

Both "200" and "160" are 2 minutes in microwave math in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

1:60 = one minute and 60 seconds, or two minutes.

120 would be parsed as one minute and 20 seconds, or 80 seconds.

Took me a bit to get too.

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I fixed it lol

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

I still don't get why it's called that.

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

That is such a funny mental image.

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

"Drink" is such a weird word in how it has both a general and specific meaning, but no other word for the general meaning is commonly used.

"Drink your milk! No drinking until you're 21!"

What's the funniest belief you had when you were a child ? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 49 points 2 months ago (4 children)

My parents didn't specifically tell me if Santa Clause was real or make-believe. They wanted me to come to my own conclusion, I guess. My dad is a rationalist person, and my mom's from a culture that doesn't traditionally celebrate Christmas.

So what I believed was that the appearance of presents on Christmas was an unsolved mystery, and Santa Clause was just a hypothesis to explain it.

I suspected the real explanation probably involved the tree working as an antenna for some kind of cosmic energy that triggered the appearance of presents. Perhaps in ancient and more superstitious times they discovered this phenomenon by accident and continued to put up the tree ever since.

Biden's clemency for Kids-for-Cash judge undeserved, some say in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From what I understand, it was a blanket pardon for anyone who met certain criteria, and this judge just happened to meet them.

Should Democrats also gerrymander blue states to counterbalance any advantage that republicans have due to the gerrymandering in red states? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

What they should do is push for voting reform. There are tons of proposals for voting systems that solve the two party stalemate and the issue of gerrymandering.

If they really wanted to stop the insanity of the Republican party, that's what they would do. Until they do, they are complicit in it.

"Have a duty to shareholders to maximize profits" musk is scurd. in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately, that's not true. Dodge vs Ford Motor Co established the precedent of shareholder primacy when Henry Ford was successfully sued for attempting to reduce dividends in favor of reinvesting profits.

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Is there a house advantage in a "double-or-nothing" coin flip game? (lemm.ee)
 

The idea is that if the coin flip goes in the player's favor, they win double their bet. After winning, they can either collect their winnings, or risk them all on another coin flip to have a chance at doubling them. The initial bet is fixed at, let's say $1.

Mathematically, this seems like a fair game. The expected value of each individual round is zero for both house and player.

Intuitively, though, I can't shake the notion that the player will tend to keep flipping until they lose. In theory, it isn't the wrong decision to keep flipping since the expected value of the flip doesn't change, but it feels like it is.

Any insight?

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Is it actually very common for people to have violent sadistic fantasies, possibly involving actual people in their lives? (lemm.ee)
 

I just kind of wonder with how casually people express these thoughts. It's a little disturbing how normalized it is to entertain such notions, given how other types of fantasies are very stigmatized.

Like when discussing char.ai, acting out sexual or romantic fantasies is something a lot of people do, but it's considered embarrassing. While people freely discuss violent roleplays without any shame.

And then there's the cliche of fantasizing about killing one's boss or coworkers.

Are these really common thoughts for mentally sound people to have?

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How am I supposed to decide who to vote for in local elections? (lemm.ee)
 

I've never heard of these candidates, they have no party affiliation, and there's almost no information about them online that I can find.

Are those positions just for people who work closely with those departments to vote on?

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When people talk about returning the cart after shopping, does that include putting it in a corral, or do you have to take it all the way to the front of the store to be a good person? (lemm.ee)
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What's a piece of classical music that everyone knows but most people don't know they know? (lemm.ee)
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Why do people say that "return to office" is about raising commercial real estate prices? (lemm.ee)
 

A lot of times, when people discuss the phenomenon of employers ending work-from-home and try to make their employees come back to the office, people say that the motivation is to raise real estate prices.

I don't follow the logic at all. How would doing this benefit an employer in any way?

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Small children are well known to be afraid of voids (closets, under the bed) in their sleeping area. Knowing this, why don't we design children's rooms to eliminate them? (lemm.ee)
 

I'm not a parent, but going by pop culture, it seems like literally every child has the same fears.

In pre-modern times, I imagine that they'd be sleeping in the same room as the parents, but if modern notions of privacy don't permit that, seems we could at least design an enclosed capsule or something.

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How would you fill in the blanks for your country? (www.smbc-comics.com)
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What is something your country doesn't get enough credit for? (lemm.ee)
 

Reminder: Please specify the country you're answering for.

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What could be considered the "traditional costume" of your country, and do people still wear it? (lemm.ee)
 

Reminder: Please state what country you're answering for.

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People whose original language isn't English, which dialect did you try to imitate while learning? (lemm.ee)
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What was something you were surprised to learn is or isn't unique to your country? (lemm.ee)
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