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Short-term they’re different,
That’s like saying in a million years everyone will be dead, so why do anything?
That happened after Trump tore up the treaty, right?
Thank you. You’re going to get a lot of nonsense where people keep telling you that voting is meaningless. Don’t listen.
You do know that Obama signed a peace treaty with Iran that even the Israeli Mossad said was working? You knew that, right?
So, both sides are the same and don’t vote?
Funny how every time the GIOP does something awful we see a lot of BoTh SIdes ArE The SAMe memes.
No actual plans or ideas, but lots of memes telling people not to vote.
Dagwood222@lemm.eeto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Are we going to refer to americans as "orcs" now?
32·8 months agoRacism is always a good idea.
Dagwood222@lemm.eeto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How is spontaneous betting (as portrayed by comics and movies) supposed to work?
8·8 months agoIn a neighborhood, everyone knows your name. If Joe the Plumber and Fred the Butcher make a bet, everyone has heard it, and the loser has to pay up, or be scorned.
In a bar, the bartender or server holds the bets and pays off the winner, and expects a cut of the pie as a sevice fee/tip.
Dagwood222@lemm.eeto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which of your favorite sci-fi tech seems achievable in a reasonable timeframe, say 100 years?
1·8 months agohttps://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/underwater-ghost-towns-of-tennessee
Apparently, back in the day the government decided that some places weren’t worth saving, and the benefits of building dams and flooding the towns outweighed other considerations.
The movie ‘Deliverance’ has a plot about something like this happening.
Dagwood222@lemm.eeto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which of your favorite sci-fi tech seems achievable in a reasonable timeframe, say 100 years?
1·8 months agohttps://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=asteroid+mining
Here’s a link to some books on the subject. You’re right, most people figure it would be putting our heavy industries in space and bring down what ever products are needed.
Dagwood222@lemm.eeto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which of your favorite sci-fi tech seems achievable in a reasonable timeframe, say 100 years?
1·8 months agoWith climate change and coastal flooding, it’s coming, just not in the form you’re thinking of.
Dagwood222@lemm.eeto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which of your favorite sci-fi tech seems achievable in a reasonable timeframe, say 100 years?
4·8 months agoAsteroid mining. We’ve had the tech to get people to the asterodi for decades, just lack the will to do it.
If every interaction you’ve had is bad, look for the common denominator
Dagwood222@lemm.eeto
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you ever use words from different countries?
21·8 months agoAlong similar lines, I once saw a food review that talked about Peking duck and Beijing, China.

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Reminds me of a science fiction story. A regular type guy happens to look like a big star. The star sues the regular guy for copywrite infringement