Mercival

u/Mercival@lemm.ee
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on I'm fucking tiruled · c/196 · 4 pts · 2y

I just don't pretend 😅 Most people will get it if you're honest and those who won't, aren't very good people to keep around.

It is a fair point, being obese and poor can definitely be a a horrific feedback loop to get out of.

In developed countries anyways, you don't really see it in places where food is scarce, of course.

on sea cucumbers · c/science_memes · 10 pts · 2y

I don't think it can get any more graphic than eviscerating yourself and covering your oponent with your own guts!

(Some sea cucumbers do this, others produce a sticky substance specifically for this purpose.)

I'm more fascinated by the countertop. Although thin and probably composite rather than natural stone, it's still stone and that can get really expensive. It might honestly get more expensive to do this and fix it later than just do it right from the getgo.

Here's a springboard article, if you want to do your own research.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/how-the-myth-of-stockholm-syndrome-came-from-a-media-driven-hostage-spectacle-ld.1752897

The woman, based on whom the term was coined (the psychiatrist never even talked to her) wrote an autobiography "I became Stockholm Syndrome".

There's also the works of Allan Wade, a Canadian psychologist, who has talked to the victims throughout his career.

Basically when you're at the whims of an armed lunatic, you might cozy up to them in order to appease them. The victims were also really afraid of the police coming in and shooting them. Which is pretty justified, considering the police couldn't even identify the perpetrator before conceding on his demands and bringing in his prison buddy.

The guy with a gun, whom they've been talking to for days and has not hurt them in the slightest looked much less dangerous than the impending doom of the police barging in and shooting the wrong person.

on Peanuts in a nutshell · c/memes · 2 pts · 2y

I mean morphologically-speaking strawberry seeds are true nuts, while walnuts and chestnuts are not. I wouldn't want to die on this hill.

on Really makes you think rule · c/196 · 4 pts · 2y

You're right. The water molecule doesn't even consist of ions, it has covalent bonds. I dun goofed big time.

on Really makes you think rule · c/196 · -11 pts · 2y

Technically molecules consist of ions, not atoms. Though now that I look it up, they're used more or less interchangeably in English in this context.

on Really makes you think rule · c/196 · -17 pts · 2y

Gets pretty deep the more you think about it. There are 0 hydrogen atoms in a molecule of water. Does that mean the sun is a negative star?

What I'm saying is, life has no meaning.

The US also has a tendency of exporting its nonsense to the rest of the world. So it's not like we're safe out here watching the clown show.

See Myanmar justifying its 2021 coup d'état by "election fraud" (wonder where they got that idea) and Bolsonaro's fanbase doing a more violent copycat version of Jan 6 in Brasil as examples.