[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 16 hours ago

So that’s a “yes“. Just as I thought! Although, with a sample size of just one, the result is hardly anecdotal, let alone statistically significant.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago

Is it because you think the idea is BS and you assume the worst or because you’re not convinced and the idea requires more evidence to back it up?

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 21 hours ago

Can’t wait to use phrases like “He was legally stealing a car” or “That guy was legally murdered”.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Depends on the way you define “have to”. If we take the loosest possible definition, as long as literally anything makes you do it, you have to do it. Could be another human, laws of physics or even your own brain doing stuff you don’t want it to do. In that case, I agree with you. However, people usually aren’t that loosey-goosey with their definitions.

Oh, just realized, this definition also encompasses the case where you want to do stuff. It’s all in the same category at this point. People do stuff because they have to.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago

I was just thinking that there is a third option. You certainly can do things you don’t need to or even d want to.

An extreme example would be all the various kinds of mental issues. Even phobias count. You don’t need to be afraid of balloons, nor do you want to. However, someone suffering from such a phobia just can’t help themselves.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago

Say hello to the gigaphone. image

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Ideally, you need to be a girl under the age of 12 to understand this. However, if you are a parent of at least one such child you might gain this superpower through reverse inheritance.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

You could get one of those fancy fake PhD papers printed out for you. It should say you got a degree in flatulometry from the university of Arse, Indonesia. Add more toilet puns just to make sure people stop by and actually read all of it when visiting your office where you have this paper on display.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

That’s incredible. Do you have like a PhD in flatulometry?

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Isn’t it evil enough that you don’t avoid evil actions? Is it necessary to take it a step further by intentionally favoring evil actions or even restricting yourself to exclusively evil behaviors.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Diagonal for the win!

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

While I was in the shower, I thought of a brilliant idea! Let’s trigger several smaller volcanic eruptions that release a semi-controlled amount of volcanic ash into other atmosphere. That will cool down the atmosphere, which should buy us some time to fix our carbon emissions.

Then I realized, that doing so would block visible light. Plants need the light to grow, and we need the plants to breathe and eat. Obviously, this is not going to be a long term solution. Oh, and how do you even make sure the volcanic eruption doesn’t spiral out of control and suddenly spew out 50 times the ash we were aiming for. Oh, and volcanoes also spew CO2 and even nastier gases, so… It sounded so good while I was still in the shower. The more I think about it, the worse it gets.

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