TranquilTurbulence

joined 4 months ago

Why stop there. Just keep on using all the usual names, but make them all unisex.

For example, if Tony is texting to Anna, He will have no idea if Anna is a he or she until they meet face to face. Also, Anna might be expecting to meet a woman, but will be surprised to find that Tony is actually a guy. Then, Anna tells Tony, that they should really talk to Karen for some weight lifting tips because he’s been lifting for years.

Sounds confusing, but you’ll actually know who is married and who is still single. Pretty handy, eh?

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Americans already have a confusing number of unisex names, so why not make all names unisex. The gender noun confusion clearly isn’t enough, so why not max out the potential confusion you can create.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Many people think of industrial developments in slightly different terms. Industry 4.0 is a fairly modern way to look at it.

“The First Industrial Revolution was marked by a transition from hand production methods to machines through the use of steam power and water power. “

“The Second Industrial Revolution, also known as the Technological Revolution, is the period between 1871 and 1914 that resulted from installations of extensive railroad and telegraph networks, which allowed for faster transfer of people and ideas, as well as electricity.”

“The Third Industrial Revolution, also known as the Digital Revolution, began in the late 20th century. It is characterized by the shift to an economy centered on information technology, marked by the advent of personal computers, the Internet, and the widespread digitalization of communication and industrial processes.”

Burning coal was common in stage 1, oil gradually became more common in stage 2, nuclear in stage 3 etc. In this system, the power source wasn’t really the defining feature, but what you could do with it was.

Can confirm. I’m mainly using the subscribed feed, and it has made this place a lot nicer than it was before. The All feed can still be nice from time to time, but that’s not my primary feed.

Different plants. Got it.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Ok, so if you pull up the entire plant, you get the roots, stem and leaves. I guess straw would be another word for the stem and hay for the leaves.

The wolf brought natural selection into the picture and now all the houses are much better than before.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

I’ve been thinking that it would be fun to take a 100% real photo of a stack of real hands from the exact right angle that it looks like a mutated abomination generated by some stupid AI.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What if you want to have more than one account with a provider, but you have only one face?

Many people are ahead used to the DD.MM.YYYY format. They are also already totally ok with the hh:mm:ss format so apparently there’s no problem ascending or descending order. Inconsistency really bothers me, so we should just pick one and stick with it. Preferably the ISO style, if you ask me.

So that’s a “yes“. Just as I thought! Although, with a sample size of just one, the result is hardly anecdotal, let alone statistically significant.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is it because you think the idea is BS and you assume the worst or because you’re not convinced and the idea requires more evidence to back it up?

 

While I was in the shower, I thought of a brilliant idea! Let’s trigger several smaller volcanic eruptions that release a semi-controlled amount of volcanic ash into other atmosphere. That will cool down the atmosphere, which should buy us some time to fix our carbon emissions.

Then I realized, that doing so would block visible light. Plants need the light to grow, and we need the plants to breathe and eat. Obviously, this is not going to be a long term solution. Oh, and how do you even make sure the volcanic eruption doesn’t spiral out of control and suddenly spew out 50 times the ash we were aiming for. Oh, and volcanoes also spew CO2 and even nastier gases, so… It sounded so good while I was still in the shower. The more I think about it, the worse it gets.

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