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  • Imagine your the foremost expert in the world on tortoise mating and your settling into the theatre for the new hit movie, Jurassic Park.

  • The laws don't seem to matter. It takes too long to enforce them and then the damage is done. Afterwards, Trump pardons whoever he needs to, or calls it an "official act" and no one pays for it.

    This will be how our government will work for the foreseeable future. There will be a "cold war" on which administrations can weaponize this the most.

  • All you have to do is make a life altering choice, be ridiculed by half of society in your most formative years, take drugs that forever reshape your body, and YOU TOO CAN WIN AT SWIMMING!

  • Should have listened to Al Gore: Lockbox

  • Genetic disposition for the body to produce antibodies that attack and kill insulin producing beta cells. There are 2 types, GAD and TSH antibodies. They are normally present at birth, but sometimes get triggered later in life by a cold/flu. There are a few mysteries in the exact mechanics, but I agree, overall, it is pretty well understood.

  • The first part was the best:

    • "How you doing this afternoon!"
    • "YEEAAAH!"
    • "I can't hear you. I said how you doing this afternoon!"
    • "...no..."
  • Vaguely remember getting a phone book until about 2000. After that, there were these off brand phone books that started showing up in my driveway for a few years. Those stopped around 2003 I think.

  • Exactly. The headline could just as easily read "Customers discover their $30 meal is made with the same prepackaged food they serve down the street at a school cafeteria."

  • Yes. I find it very difficult to get a complete knowledge of something just reading random articles and playing with it. For me, one of those giant books intended to document every little aspect has always helped fill the gaps, and take my working knowledge up to expert level. It's getting harder to find those kind of quality books though.

  • Is Pliny "The Elder" or "The Younger"?

  • Hurry

  • Aww. Tell them I said "Wheek wheek"!

  • If it's a traditional vaccine, I wonder if they'll see the same issues with blood clots as the J&J vaccine.

  • Same reason I don't put on my seat belt until the moment of impact. Total waste otherwise!

  • I'm guessing this is not real. Too many AI quirks in that image.

  • For all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of harmony and peace.

  • WME is his agent company. Dude barely had a career starting and he's seemingly sunk it completely by being an asshole.

  • Usually no, but the last 2 days, yes. They have involved very accurate plays of songs I don't normally listen to (which I can't remember ever dreaming about before). The first was "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton. I was in a bar and it was being played. Heard every note for about 30 seconds. There was a guy in the band whose role was to suck smoke out of a dish with a slab of dry ice in it and blow it into a microphone.

    The second song was "Only the Lonely" by Roy Orbison. I've maybe heard this song 3 times in my life I think. But it seemed note perfect. The situation was I was hanging out with 3 people I called The Performer, The Guy, and The Lonely. The first two guys had to leave and... cue the song.

    EDIT: cue... thanks SpaceNoodle

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    Has anyone regretted buying a fully electric car?

    I need a new car, and I really want to go full electric. I'm wondering if anyone regrets buying one? What are the downsides?

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    What are some fun ways to prank an asshole neighbor I'm moving away from?

    Not really me. A friend of mine is moving out of state. His neighbor has been a total dick the entire time he's lived there. Constantly commenting on how my friend's yard isn't as good as his. Mean to my friend's wife and kids for no reason. Just an asshole of a person.

    What are some ideas for fun pranks my friend can leave behind?

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    Anyone else having trouble with videos?

    Most don't load for me. Just get a black screen. The ones I've checked were mp4s from imgur. Not sure if that accounts for all of them though.

    Edit: I think it started after the most recent update. Edit 2: mp4s from catbox.moe also doesn't work. It shows a spinner at the bottom but never loads.

    politics @lemmy.world
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    Dunkin' Donuts boycott launched by MAGA influencers

    Time to get some coffee and doughnuts

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    Madame Web toilet flush

    Since it recently hit Netflix, I decided to see just how bad Madame Web really is.

    45 second in, while showing the ever-present Marvel logo with the flipping comic book pages, I notice the sound effect is different. It vaguely sound like pages flipping, but it's definitely a toilet flushing.

    Did they buy into the bad reviews and literally decide to say: "check out this turd of a movie" with the intro sound?

    Memes @ Reddthat @reddthat.com
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    I asked ChatGPT / DALL-E to make me an original meme

    AI Generated Images @sh.itjust.works
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    DALL-E meme

    Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    Reviews for "Leave The World Behind" being brigaded with copy/paste negative reviews - presumably because it was produced by the Obamas.

    Filter to 1-star and note how many reviews are direct copies of each other - many referencing that the Obamas are executive producers.

    News @lemmy.world
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    Avoid cantaloupe unless you know its origins, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak

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    This all revolves around conservatives focusing on ARR instead of RRR numbers on vaccine efficacy. Here's a description I found of the difference from another article:

    Let’s say a study enrolled 20,000 patients into the control group and 20,000 in the vaccine group. In that study, 200 people in the control group got sick and 0 people in the vaccine group got sick. Even though the vaccine efficacy would be a whopping 100%, the ARR would show that vaccines reduce the absolute risk by just 1% (200/20,000= 1%). For the ARR to increase to 20% in our example study with a vaccine with 100% efficacy, 4,000 of the 20,000 people in the control group would have to get sick (4,000/20,000= 20%).

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    Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’

    News @lemmy.world
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    Iceland volcano – live: 120 earthquakes strike as Grindavik anticipate imminent eruption

    News @lemmy.world
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    News @lemmy.world
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    Science @lemmy.ml
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    Strong solar storm could trigger colorful aurora Thursday night

    News @lemmy.world
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    Ransomware ‘catastrophe’ at Fidelity National Financial causes panic with homeowners and buyers

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    In unrelated news, Google Maps site traffic from North Korea sees odd spike.

    Science @lemmy.ml
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    Scientist concludes: "We don't have free will"

    politics @lemmy.world
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    Taking a closer look at Boebert at the theater

    Surely the shame will cause her to resign immediately.

    Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
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    What UPS does to cookies

    Double boxed, surrounded by air pouches and held firm with layers of wax paper. How bad do you have to treat a package to get this level of destruction?