gbuttersnaps

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[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Protection from a shadow curse, what else could a dingus want?" I sat there for a second thinking Did that little fairy bitch just call me a dingus?

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just for the sake of information, the two common ways to put this in English are "How it feels" and "What it feels like". The former phrase is just descriptive, so it doesn't need the "like" at the end. The latter phrase is comparative to another thing, so it needs the like. Also this is something that native speakers mix up all the time, so don't worry too much; your English is great!

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Anyone know of an active lemmy community for nosleep stories? I used to read the subreddit all the time, every once in a while you could really catch a gem digging through all the trash.

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 29 points 2 years ago (7 children)

My first thought is that maybe because women's chests have been sexualized, men are more hesitant to perform cpr on women in a public place. Not saying that either piece of that puzzle is right or rational, by the way. I'd be interested to see the numbers on the gender ratios of people giving cpr to women in public places to see if that lines up.

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 41 points 2 years ago

No, the number comes from a macroeconomics text book written by Gregory Mankiw and its based on research by Harvey Brennan studying the correlation since the 1950s.

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago

Economic instability has been found to increase overall mortality, infant deaths, fatalities from cardiovascular disease, cirrhosis, suicide, and homicide as well as morbidities, alcoholism and admissions to mental hospitals. M Harvey Brenner has publications studying the phenomenon going all the way back to the 50s if you're interested in the scientific literature.

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 65 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

For everyone saying "A 50% increase in unemployment would only take us from 3.8% to 5.7%, that's not bad" keep in mind that 37,000 people die for every 1% increase in unemployment. This man is essentially wishing for the deaths of 70,000 americans.

Edit: just realized he's probably talking about Australia from his accent. Not sure about the numbers for Australia on unemployment deaths, but I imagine the point should still stand.

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

I literally heard this comic in Joel Havers voice

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those are the different soil horizons, which are basically just layers of soil with different properties. If you're interested in checking out actual soil profiles, the NRCS Web Soil Survey is a super cool website for the US.

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You know that's right

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I'm a complete layman when it comes to law so forgive me if this is an ignorant question, but would the official in question have to be actually convicted of insurrection/rebellion before this comes into effect? I assumed that's what they meant by "It's not self executing" because otherwise would it not just be up to each state officials individual discretion to exercise this? Thanks so much for the detailed breakdown, Preets podcasts have turned me into a bit of an uneducated legal nerd so this is all fascinating to me.

[–] gbuttersnaps@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Most of the legal minds I've heard discuss this think it's pretty interesting philosophically, but not at all actionable. Former US attorneys Preet Bharara and Chuck Rosenberg mentioned it in a recent podcast that I found super insightful.

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