IAmBroom

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by IAmBroom 5d ago
There is evidence, unless you are of the genocidal cult that believes every Palestinian born is automatically a terrorist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
A slow, ongoing reaction is not going to fix a sudden, large action.
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
> > What do you think the chain of command looks like in the third world? > I have no idea, but Im certain that twitter recordings do not put frontline forces in disarray. And yet as a counterexample: reality.
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
> You’d bet your life on it? This is why it succeeded: lizard brain decisions overcame training in the armed forces.
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
Water often puts out fires by diluting the oxygen with steam, giving the embers time to cool off. In practice, the cooling factor is important, but the momentary extinguishment of active flame limits the spread - especially when there is mo
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
I invented a steam engine when I was in 5th grade. It wasn't completely novel nor efficient, but I invented it independently, and my science teacher showed enough interest to spur a 50-year warm memory. Praising kids for achievements i
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
My favorite was the student who demonstrated small, leaf-like solar panels on a tower, and claimed that somehow they were more efficient than a single panel. No. Not possible. Not even going to do the math. Dumb. Somewhat more wind-resistan
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
In the same sense that using a 3D printer is DIY. Moreso than buying a thing off the interwebs; less so than carving or casting your own thing.
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by IAmBroom 5d ago
I have 20 year old white duct tape on containers in my basement that has never peeled. It takes ink pretty well. Obviously hell if you need to remove it, but we're talking about permanent labels. If I need to change a label I just put
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by IAmBroom 6d ago
> The 'magic' of relativity is that the speed of light is not really a speed limit. You can travel endlessly far ahead of it. Distance and time then begin to distort, and you effectively travel into the future, but you can go a
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by IAmBroom 6d ago
Found Q's alt account.
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by IAmBroom 6d ago
The OTHER effect of time dilation that isn't being mentioned: the rest of the universe is not accelerating with you, so it doesn't experience time dilation. Along your trip you will see stars turn red, sometimes flashing white and
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by IAmBroom 6d ago
"Before times" is a fairly common phrase in post-apocalyptic media. Silo just coopted it as an easy shortcut for the audience.
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by IAmBroom 7d ago
I had a girlfriend who was chronically underhydrated, and for her a drinking regimen was actually useful. (Unfortunately, she learned this after we broke up... Her dehydration actually reduced her sex drive, because: low lubrication.) I onl
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by IAmBroom 7d ago
There is such a thing as a No Man's Land[0]. It can move, but if you don't dare cross it for even a few days, it's very real. It doesn't have to be glacial, and it currently exists in Ukraine. Breakout pockets don't
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by IAmBroom 7d ago
"Artists don't deserve to build wealth off of their own work" is certainly one point-of-view.
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by IAmBroom 7d ago
Do you have to finger them before you poke them? <smoking emoji>
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by IAmBroom 7d ago
You can also be a generous person, and share a few pennies from your pocket.
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by IAmBroom 7d ago
I'm even cooler. I never used it. Also, I don't watch TV and only smoke menthols. I mean vape. Or whatever.
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by IAmBroom 7d ago
Their status is curious (along with clearly fictional saints like St. Brigid, the former Irish Goddess of Fire). Canonization is mostly considered to be under the remit of Papal Infallibility, which means it cannot be revoked. If the Pope g
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
A whole lotta "No True Scotsman" BS going on in both/all sides of this argument. "A Christian is a person who believes in Jesus Christ and follows the religious teachings of Christianity." Some are good people. Some
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
Religious stories about the Buddha were readily and literally coopted into Christian lore by early Church writers. Unless you presume the Buddhist stories were themselves historically accurate - which would start down a road of "both B
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
It would reduce the plane's weight by a trivial amount, like eating ice cubes to lose weight (nutritional "calories" = 1000x heat calories). Also, helium requires airtight containment - which itself would add weight. Not beli
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
So you're saying the complete lack of evidence of economic depression is a mere distraction from the reality that the evidence is just hiding? Is the depression in the room with us now? Can I speak to it?
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
Oh, you didn't mention you have a deep understanding of business and economics. The rest of us dolts are grateful for your attention to this matter. Now can you focus some expert thinking on world peace?
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
> the Great Depression in the early nineteen hundreds, and the effect of that was minor compared to the effects of extreme inflation (hyperinflation) that occurred in places like Weimar Germany and Zimbabwe. Millions unemployed, depende
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
> Humans are really the only animal that lies overtly. Cite required. I've seen dogs "lie" to me by hiding the snacks they stole. That alone disproves your claim. I've also seen video of two monkeys hide their mating
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
Both you and the GP are demonstrating the REAL problem, when you resort to insults: ego/pride. "Mater malum superbia est" (Pride is the mother of all evil), as the medieval Roman Catholic Church knew. Buddha agreed, independe
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
I generally view human decisions as a result of evolutionary pressure. We've been molded by our brain development to make things good enough to survive short-term (to next year). We're very good at planning for winter. We might
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by IAmBroom 8d ago
That's a weird, uncited, and vague attack on him. Like, who GAS if he did or did not cofound Reddit (which no one here has claimed)?

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