I had a job interview with a company recently and one of the negative feedback I got was that I hadn’t tried out their product. Now this might be a valid concern if they had any sort of free trial for it, but the lessons they offer start at 60€ and I didn’t feel comfortable spending that amount just to get a better chance...
With how unaffordable life is in general, it’s not exactly surprising that people are having fewer kids. They’re a giant drain on your already scarce resources.
Frankly I was also hoping for corona to… do a little housekeeping as it were. But it didn’t really do much in terms of actual population decline.
Of course, when the Black Death happened, the world in general was much smaller. People weren’t quite as aware as to what was happening elsewhere. And given that things like infant mortality were much higher, life expectancy was lower, no real contraception etc… people really had no real incentive not to procreate again. So they did.
These days we’re generally more aware and more in control. I like to think that if corona HAD wiped out half the planet, the survivors would see clear benefits: less overcrowding, nature is restoring, the air is cleaner, etc etc. You saw some of that during the pandemic when, for example, the canals in Venice turned crystal clear because of lack of humans.
I’d flip that coin right now. Whoever lives inherits a paradise. Use it wisely and learn from previous mistakes.
Oh trust me, that feeling disappears right quick :D
I actually write movie reviews for a weekly publication; I’ve got an unlimited movie pass and work for a local newspaper, so it makes sense as filler content.
I basically see most of the new movies in my local theater in their release week and write a little four sentence review on them. Now, I don’t see ALL movies, since I do need to invest some time to watch them, but I certainly make it a point to see things that I wouldn’t usually buy a ticket for. For example, I’ll throw in a romcom or foreign movie if it’s a light week and the trailer looks OK. Usually I end up seeing three, four movies per week.
This also means that I see movies ranging from awesome to garbage and everything in between. I never really completely burn a movie in a review, since most of it does have some artistic merit or a particular fan base that it appeals to. And even a bad movie adds to your repertoire of things to compare to. So yeah, few movies get truly bad reviews, because very few movies are truly bad.
And in case you’re wondering: no, I do not in fact buy popcorn. But I usually do get a slushy if it’s a longer movie.
In today’s fast-paced digital world, we often rely on various online platforms to quench our thirst for knowledge, information, and entertainment. Among these platforms, news websites hold a significant position as they allow us to stay updated about current events across the globe. However, despite their essential role in...
Any site that does it will not get a second visit from me. It’s really, REALLY fucking annoying when they do it. Especially for people who keep their volume up in general.
Absolutely, yes. Back when it first started in early 2020, there were still a lot of unknowns. People were suddenly dying, there were no vaccines yet, a lot was unknown and every government and business was basically trying to invent protocols to stay safe.
How long could a virus survive on a particular surface or object? Most people didn’t know. So they panicked and pretty much did what felt most appropriate: disinfect the ever living fuck out of everything that might’ve been touched by someone, somewhere.
People were doing contactless package delivery. Folks were disinfecting cardboard packages so as not to catch the ‘rona. Of course, that was all a bit of an overreaction - but pretty understandable considering how scary that time was for a lot of people. That, at least, was something they could do.
It’s an interesting and difficult question to answer.
My personal take: we collectively went through a really difficult time. The virus killed a lot of people; over 7 million globally according to the WHO. The vaccines were instrumental in slowing the spread and keeping people safer than they would’ve been without them.
The vaccines and science bought us time. We learned how to treat people, and we also gathered data on what the virus does to people. Basically, we now ‘know’ how most people will react to an infection. And since corona is here to stay, most of us will have gone through an infection once or twice by now.
So today, corona is less scary than when it started. We’ve lived through it, we understand it, we have measures to protect the weakest from it. It’s now a part of life much like the flu.
We’ll never be back to a world without corona. But we’ve learned to live with the virus for now.
Yep. When you saw headlines about mass graves and refrigerated trucks full of bodies in New York, it’s understandable that people got a bit scared. And the situation elsewhere was much, much worse…
That’s pretty much what I said back in 2020-2022. I followed all the government mandates, masked up, got the shots, social distanced, worked from home, etc. And because of it, I was about the last person in the country to get it back in late 2022.
Everyone in my family trusted the science and followed the rules. We never lost someone, even the people in fragile health made it through without an infection. The science works.
Our company also had people who didn’t do any of that. We had some plague monkeys that basically went around coughing on doorknobs and ignoring every bit of advice meant to keep people safe. So thank god I was able to work from home.
Honestly, the long covid effects scared me more than actual death did. There’s people who now have a permanent lack of energy, brain fog, on permanent disability, etc. That was definitely my main concern in trying to avoid corona.
When I got it, it wasn’t bad - but it was definitely different than what the flu usually does. My symptoms were mostly muscle aches, things tasting off, and a mild cough. I didn’t get things like a sore throat or runny nose like the usual flu symptoms.
God yes, all the time. Navigation was more of an art than a science back then. And you have to imagine you’re flying quite high to avoid flak, while looking out for targets that might be obscured by cloud cover and where the lights were turned off so as not to present a clear target for said bombers.
Basically, the crew dropping the bombs might be ‘reasonably certain’ they’re hitting the right target, but a few miles here or there can make a lot of difference. You think you’re looking at A, while you’re really flying over B.
I live in the Netherlands, right on the German border. A local village here was bombed by accident on february 15th 1945, because the bomber crew mistook it for a German industrial complex just over the border. They dropped 35 bombs. They luckily ‘only’ killed 2 and injured 7. There’s a yearly memorial.
It’s terrible that it happened, but honestly… you really can’t blame the crew for it.
The knife missile, a.k.a The Flying Ginsu, is one of those weapon systems that sounds like something from a Looney Tunes cartoon. Like dropping an ACME anvil on a baddie. Whenever I tell people about it, they tend to think I’m joking.
Seems like a respected, well liked public official who enjoys broad support amongst his constituents. Which makes him a gold-plated unicorn these days. Innocent until proven guilty still applies, so we’ll see. I wouldn’t be surprised if he won.
At least 50 people were hurt when a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines dropped abruptly mid-flight from Sydney to Auckland on Monday, according to the airline and a New Zealand health service organisation that treated the injured....
Yep, it happens. Not often, but when it does you usually get a ton of injuries, because people don’t listen when the crew tell you to stay buckled in unless you need to move around.
Think of it like a car. You ALWAYS wear that seatbelt. Because you won’t have time to buckle it when an accident happens. Even on a clear sunny day, empty road: buckle up. Same thing applies to an aircraft. If you’re in a seat, buckle up.
Haiti’s gangs began an offensive to topple the government on 29 February, storming and ransacking police stations, prisons and hospitals and laying siege to strategic locations, including the port and airport....
Sounds like we’re about to lose any sort of order and control in Haiti. Definitely good to get the non-essential folks out.
But you’d think even Haitian gangs aren’t quite so dumb as to actually attack Americans and the embassy. I bet there’s enough weapons and ammunition on site to take over the entire country if need be. And the US is not exactly known to be chill about people attacking their personnel. I’d steer well clear of that embassy if I was them.
The average embassy in a safe country probably doesn’t have much in terms of weapons, if any. But as the article points out, they’ve actively sent additional US forces to bolster embassy security.
It’s safe to assume they’re armed with a bit more than harsh language.
People shouldn’t mess with historic art, no matter how good they think their cause is.
It takes a lot of effort by many dedicated people throughout history to preserve art like this. These works are not individual possessions, but rather owned by us all. They’re part of our shared heritage; we’re merely guardians of it so future generations can enjoy them.
It’s very disrespectful to those efforts when someone attacks a painting.
‘property over human life, every time’ sounds like a nice gotcha. It also simply isn’t applicable here.
That statement would be appropriate if say, Israel bombed a museum in Gaza, and people were upset about the paintings lost rather than the people killed by that same strike.
That statement does NOT apply when someone actively destroys something completely unrelated to it in order to get attention for their cause. Because THEY are the ones doing the destroying. I’d much rather see these ‘protesters’ do something productive like organize aid for civilians in Gaza or collect funds. Nobody in Gaza is helped by people destroying art halfway around the world. In fact, it only turns people away from that cause.
But to answer your question, yes: I’d say the same thing. Because they are arguably much more historically significant than the painting in this topic. Because Hitler’s shitty painting career in part led him to become the madman he was.
Also, there’s no reason to destroy his paintings to bring attention to the Holocaust. Because it’s taught in literally every history class.
Yep. Like a blood ribbon almost. I imagine the bleed started in the front of the nasal cavity and trickled quite a ways back when I was sleeping on my back.
I was quite surprised indeed when it came out. Even took a picture of it.
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I had a job interview with a company recently and one of the negative feedback I got was that I hadn’t tried out their product. Now this might be a valid concern if they had any sort of free trial for it, but the lessons they offer start at 60€ and I didn’t feel comfortable spending that amount just to get a better chance...
World’s population to fall for first time since the Black Death (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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The extraordinary case of the Queensland councillor seeking re-election while fighting a murder charge (www.theguardian.com)
At least 50 hurt as LATAM's Boeing 787 to Auckland "just dropped" mid-flight (www.reuters.com)
At least 50 people were hurt when a Boeing 787 operated by LATAM Airlines dropped abruptly mid-flight from Sydney to Auckland on Monday, according to the airline and a New Zealand health service organisation that treated the injured....
US airlifts embassy staff out of Haiti as gangs besiege political area (www.theguardian.com)
Haiti’s gangs began an offensive to topple the government on 29 February, storming and ransacking police stations, prisons and hospitals and laying siege to strategic locations, including the port and airport....
Right wing authoritarianism isn’t subtle. (lemmy.world)
Right wing authoritarianism isn’t subtle....
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