Ithi

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[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I think they're from the wild thornberries.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago

Yeah I would imagine poor/lazy planning or they either thought their tools would be replaced by then and/or that computers were just a fad so there's no way they'd be used in the year 2000.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

I think the song is about saying goodnight and going to bed. The character singing it looks like the same one in the bed.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My guess is it's because it looks like your second sentence is saying education is useless when the people around you don't value it.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it makes a fun chant too.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only if you're already rich or in the right social circles though. Everyone else gets fined/jail time of course.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

I think that poster is right in this context. It gets abbreviated and used as a defense of there just being "a few bad apples" and they they just drop/ignore the reset of the phrase.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 73 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

https://lemmy.nowsci.com/comment/4490200

This comment from another post of the same article has some good counter points on why this probably isn't as bad as it sounds.

While ridiculous, there's interesting context here.

Greenland has little to no economy

The ice is mined from ice that has already broken away from the glacier, thus not reducing any more than nature has already

Cargo ships bringing frozen food used to leave empty, now that same fuel is used to transport ice back instead of going to waste

The founder has always dreamed of a sustainable economy for Greenland

He is conflicted about how his work to do this in a sustainable way is being taken

The follow up comments are worth reading too.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The money goes where? Read that part again.

Stays in America paying American salaries which goes back to the country via their taxes.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago
[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

I haven't really followed this too closely so good chance I am misremembering or just wrong here.

Didn't he essential steal from everyone using FTX since customers are likely not going to get much back after the portion for taxes and whatever else is taken out first?

That would include a lot of rich people but probably a lot of average people and irresponsible/poor people as well.

[–] Ithi@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah just figured I'd mention it since it became a bit more relevant to include that he wrote it.

I agree with you.

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