HairyOldCoot

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How old do you think is the oldest lemmy user? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago (2 children)

71 here. (username checks out)

Has there ever been anything originally dismissed as pseudoscience that was later proven to be legit? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I would say once they hit the ground they are meteorites. But while they are falling they are meteors. Based solely on my own assumptions. Not a hill I care to defend.

Has there ever been anything originally dismissed as pseudoscience that was later proven to be legit? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Meteors. I stole that from "and the earth will shake" (Robert Anton Wilson). There was a description of The Royal College of Astronomy, or somesuch, harrumphing about such a ridiculous, and ignorant superstition.

Has there ever been anything originally dismissed as pseudoscience that was later proven to be legit? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

The idea that rocks sometimes fall from the sky.

Trump’s nephew insists former president is showing signs of ‘dementia’ like his grandfather in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

"Act like a dumb shit and they will treat you as an equal". --J. R. Bob Dobbs