The night holds the key

I was looking for a bbq thermometer yesterday and all I could find was smart wifi/Bluetooth thermometers. Why the fuck does a thermometer need wifi/Bluetooth?!?

It makes more sense if you change the ‘no’ to a ‘not’, at least for me.

It’s gotta be ketamine

You seem to have no idea what communism is. You’re just spouting classic anti-communist propaganda. I’d recommend doing some unbiased research.

Meanwhile, I’m happy to support the communists who give us a platform the users are in charge of, instead of a capitalist who earns money off the back of free labor from it’s users

Maybe an unpopular opinion but having a name for a Lemmy user is cringe.

What are you gonna ask someone at a party if they’re a lemming? They’re gonna look at you like wtf are you talking about.

It has big “the narwhal bacons at midnight” vibes.

If you enjoy fighting this hard, if you have the free time, and the money and the energy to do so, and it makes you feel good, you should, but recognize it comes from a place of privilege.

Most people are overworked, broke, and tired. To expect them to cycle to work and grow their own food, and spend their weekends community building, when megacorporations are polluting more everyday than anyone ever could in a lifetime, is out of touch with reality.

Until we can make sweeping systemic changes to society, any individuals efforts to reduce consumption is futile, and thinking that everyone must do everything they can to save the human race because humans are so vital to the universe is delusional. Humans can go extinct, it’s fine, it wont matter.

We’re not going to all die in half a century.

We haven’t even reached the tipping point yet so if you want to believe humans can still be saved, that is still technically a possibility - at least short term.

Ultimately humanity will go extinct one day, there’s no way around that. If you want to believe the worst news (I’m not saying you shouldn’t) then sure, it looks like humanity is in its way out sooner than later. But it’s not within your lifetime, not even your kids if you have one, This is a slow burn, it’s gonna take hundreds of years at least.

And ultimately there’s nothing you can do about it. Even if you go vegan and stop driving, it’s not going to change billionaire superyachts and private planes. It’s not going to stop Nestle ruining our rainforests. Or BP destroying our coasts with oil spills. It’s not going to stop our politicians being unable to enact policies to save ourselves.

The extinction of humanity is not in your lifetime and not your fault. Stop worrying and go watch TV

Yes absolutely! I like that I can basically catch up on all Lemmy content in an hour or so. It means I don’t spend hours mindlessly scrolling (like I did with reddit) and gives me more time to do something more meaningful

Australian here, never met anyone who boils tap water before drinking it. Some people have filtered water taps installed but our tap water is usually pretty great, I drink probably 2-3 litres of it a day

Saturday afternoon where I am. But last night I went out for dinner and drinks with a few friends, tonight I have a 30th birthday party to attend, and tomorrow I’m playing dungeons and dragons

Being a casual deadmau5 listener (although he does have some excellent music - “Take care of the proper paperwork” is a production masterpiece), I just want to thank you for your comment, I’m currently listening to Get Scraped and it’s incredible, very reminiscent of the big beat bands of the 90’s. Such a shame it’s not on spotify