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Oh there it is! Adam Conover talked about this, Rebecca Watson and others tore him up about it, and he issued a long-ass apology video for even giving them exposure. I was hoping to never hear about them again...

Rebecca Watson (Skepchick): "Adam Conover Ruins His Own Reputation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHCZCNjkgI

Adam Conover: "Why I Became a Crypto Shill" https://youtu.be/eDsSg-Xm1ms

on ard · c/science_memes · 3 pts · 194d

It's thought to be a misunderstanding between French speakers and German surnames. Francophones presumed it was a trade suffix the way in English someone who bakes is a baker. English is a salad of confusion between these two.

Here's the thing, that bridge would only serve tourists customers of the hotel, not the tax payers of NJ who would be paying for it. So it's on the hotel here to advocate for their customers and either work with NJDOT for the bridge or run a shuttle. But they put up the sign instead because their only care about their bare minimum liability, not making things safe or convenient.

They are about as religious as a paper fortune game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_fortune_teller

Even among people who take their cards "seriously" they aren't religious in nature. It's that "I'm spiritual, not religious" line because there's basically no religion that's welcoming to Tarot.

It's a hundreds year old Italian & French card game that has a reputation. You can play standard card games like War and Go Fish with tarot and you can lay a reading with Grandma's bridge deck.

on Roman Dodecahedron · c/artshare · 9 pts · 218d

The best explanation I've heard so far is that they were brasscrafter's masterworks. Difficult to make, no useful purpose, created entirely to show the skill of the metalworker. Masterworks made to mark the of end apprenticeships were a Celtic practice but brass casting and shaping like this was from Rome so these areas were the two culture overlapped.

on 50ohm goes brrrrrr · c/science_memes · 8 pts · 219d

Had to go get my radio-tech spouse. His reply "Oh, that's the dumb name for a terminator...."

Apparently "dummy load" isn't what they call them in the USAF

I'm sure you mean well, but this can cause problems for them.

Traditionally, Girl Scout Troops are discouraged from selling cookies outside their geographic area so that the scouts in your location can sell their cookies. If you are selling to your friends and family, that's considered okay, but scouts across the nation are selling cookies in the next few months and they all need support.

We tell people that supporting your local troop by buying cookies supports all of Girl Scouts.

on yeet · c/lemmyshitpost · 13 pts · 239d

I get you, I also have raging ADHD.

The point is -not- to not think, you can think as much as you want about whatever you want. This is NOT meditation

Just don't be doing or watching something for a few minutes. Listen to silence. Not for a long time, just a couple of minutes is enough.

on yeet · c/lemmyshitpost · 56 pts · 239d

Nothing changed my perspective on intrusive thoughts like learning they are directly related to mental exhaustion. If you notice them, you need mental rest.

Sleep is helpful but just not doing anything for a little while is helpful too. Sitting around staring into space or looking our a window, no TV, no phone, no book, no shampoo bottle instructions; rawdog reality. Not for super long, 2 or 5 minutes is enough, don't need to push thoughts away or think of nothing or meditate if that's not your thing. Just try doing nothing at all for a little bit, let your brain rest.

Registered Democrats in like 6 states chose Hillary over Bernie by a slim margin in the middle of 2016 during the Primaries that year. The vast majority of Americans have not had the opportunity to vote for Bernie outside of Democrat Primaries and most of those votes happened after choices have been made at the party level.

on RIP Pinterest · c/lemmyshitpost · 6 pts · 250d

Could you explain about Cosmos? It just said it's an AI tagging app. Does it have content to review or just a saving tool? I've got a bazillion notebook apps but only Pinterest lets me browse text-free for any length of time.

I joke Pinterest is the only app that doesn't make me cry but it's because I can work for hours before being interrupted by text boxes or intrusive text ads.