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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Matthew, particularly, was so obsessed with this idea that he even made up new scriptures that didn't exist and said Jesus fulfilled them.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Somebody said The Apple ads for AI look like they're describing the people who are the biggest pieces of shit you work with or know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Tom Bombadil started as his children's toy who became the narrator of his children's bedtime stories.

Out of those, grew The Hobbit.

LotR was an intentional effort to turn the setting of the Hobbit into an epic fantasy.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I only oppress people when they deseve it."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Fascism is the endgame of private equity--VC is private equity, VC runs silicon valley.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

"Earth First" is an interesting and compelling explanation for the Fermi Paradox.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, you expect your hate to create for you a few comrades, but it'll only make for more hillbillies named Conrad.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (6 children)

Yes, but Americans hating their government is exactly what got us here.

Doubling down on that sentiment is only going to make things worse.

You understand that, right?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's only one company that makes microwaves.

The electronics are so particular that creating more than one supply chain doesn't make sense.

Every brand just whitelables microwaves assembled by Midea

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first conspiracy was Watergate.

After Watergate, Late night FM (new at the time) programming filled with a bunch of "Well what else is the government hiding from us?"

Someone eventually proclaimed that aliens were covered up at the Roswell Incident, which everyone had forgotten about after 20 years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

How many languages do you speak?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Perfectly rigid sticks don't exist.

 
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