tetris11

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

80% prediction rate isn't anything to bank on :P

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

To be honest, as I chat with more and more random strangers these days it does begin to dawn on me that we all do roughly spend ~70 years on this planet devoting our attention to one thing or another, and that though people might not have what is seen as "classical intelligence" (i.e. high IQ's, political savvy, high empathy / sociopathy, etc.), we are genuinely absolute genius's in one particular field or another.

For example, I had an old roommate whose politics would make me drink and stare at the horizon whilst he consistently acted against his own self interests to punish people he was told are responsibly for his financial lot in life. But, he was an absolute wizard when it came to predicting the outcome of a sports game. It could be anything - football, hockey, tennis, whatever - he immediately ran their stats straight off the top off his head, summarized their strengths and weaknesses and came out with an outcome that was on the whole close to the truth.

Another example, my ex. We never really had deep philosophical discussions about the state of the world, and her consumerist lifestyle was one I tried to actively ignore. But, she was incredible at turning a house into a home -- her interior design skills would genuinely surprise me at how well-thought out and in-depth they were, not only in terms of style and decor, but also in the way that she would execute and coordinate the tasks with me to beautify our home.

TL;DR -- I do really think most people have high intelligence in one specific field or another, we just value people unequally using classical measures of success (wealth, education)

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, and the heatsink is the only thing that serves decent food

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

A seperate bubble compartment for the kids, and offroad tires. I mean, I'd buy it. Though $82,000 is still a steep price for a car, even now.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well the trick is to drink enough sugar-free chemicals like aspartame, sucralose, and stevia such that the chemicals essentially wipe the toilet clean on the way down

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

NASA is currently a developing a wooden stake so long that it can stab a vampires heart 300km away.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How much do you slay?

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's what the coca cola is for. If that doesn't work, make youself a coffee and then go order some KFC

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 24 points 1 day ago

I also want coca cola to sponsor the film without realising what it is until its too late

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just make sure you use the joke "ich verstehe nur Bahnhof". The locals love that.

Also if you see a swiss person, always greet them with "Gruezi". They love that too.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

ich brauche kein Umlaute. Alle meine Zuhausis sind Old-Skool, und wir schreiben Aeaeae Ueueue Oeoeoe

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Beethoven approves

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I wake up all achey muscles and such, for sure, but the level of comfort is unparalleled

I could spend all day there

 

Sweet little lady moves her house brick-by-brick

She talks like it's no biggie. You have to respect her casual grit

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Where Do the Children Play? (unpublishablepapers.substack.com)
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Declining childhood independence over the years (%):

Driven less by internet brainrot, and more by media "stranger danger" as well as loss of wild spaces near homes for kids to roam and explore unaccompanied by an adult

The whole article is worth a read

 

They're singlehandedly keeping the whole country running.

New screen and digitizer for £50 and 20 mins work, I'm so happy my phone lives on!

 

From Historia Civilis' video, Reform or Revolution? (1830 to 1832)

https://youtu.be/h6E4_Bcmscg?t=250

The greatest thing that George IV ever did was die at the exact right time. That’s a mean thing to say, but the people at the time were way meaner.

In their obituary, The Times described their dead King, “the character of which rose little higher than animal indulgence.”

The people hated him. He was a glutton and an ostentatious spender during bad economic times.

A couple of days later, the paper couldn’t resist going back to get one last kick in, “there never was an individual less regretted by his fellow creatures than this deceased King.”

(Stop, he’s already dead!)

George had 10 children, but none with his actual wife, (you had one job, idiot) and so the Crown passed to his 64 year old brother William.

 

I'm a complete mess after three or four of these

 

They needs to slap that indestructible label onto tanks

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