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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

"Everybody's going to the party, have a real good time... ... Dancin' in the desert, blowin' up the sun-shine..."

--System of a Down, "B.Y.O.B"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I'd call it a hypothesis, but it's interesting.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How does this correlate with AC usage and oil prices

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Haha, I like this one.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Chemtrails but it's the sun

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've unironically come around to think that people worshipping the sun were not wrong

The sun's pretty awesome

It may as well be our God. Sun dies out ? No chance of life.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

I've dabbled enough in paganism to confirm that worshiping nature and the sun is a hell of a lot more meaningful than making up shit about God and wearing special hats. Sure, we know what nature and the sun is, but it doesn't make it any less spectacular, or any less of a genuine creator before our very eyes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Why not worship nature and wear special hats? Most of the witches I know do both.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I've said this for a few years as well. At least the sun is real. It provides life, it doesn't even kill very many people, definitely doesn't condemn anyone to an eternity of suffering.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The suffering of gingers in the sun is finite.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

It doesn't feel finite, I'll tell you that much.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I've begun worshipping the sun for a number of reasons. First of all, unlike some other gods I could mention, I can see the sun. It's there for me every day. And the things it brings me are quite apparent all the time: heat, light, food, and a lovely day. There's no mystery, no one asks for money, I don't have to dress up, and there's no boring pageantry. And interestingly enough, I have found that the prayers I offer to the sun and the prayers I formerly offered to 'God' are all answered at about the same 50% rate.

-George Carlin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

He was a treasure that we're sorely lacking now. RIP.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When Dawn Breaks would beg to differ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I don't know what that is. Is it a movie or video game?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago

TAK! TAK ALLAH! THE UNFORMED HEART!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 days ago

The Sun god demands more sacrifices

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

We have angered The Aten.

Edit: added The

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Edit: added The

Come on, don't leave us hanging here. What did you add???

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I'd buy you a beer for this one.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

So all this time it was the suns fault, sending its war inducing sneezes at us

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I wonder if the old spurious correlations website is still around

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Pirates vs Climate Change....

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

It is, unfortunately it seems to be full of AI bullshit now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

I did find that site last night, but assumed it was not the original. Now, actually at a PC, I see this:

If you are thinking, "I've seen charts like these before," you probably have and they were probably mine! The original version of spurious correlations was published on the web in 2014, and in book form in 2015. I am that same guy. These charts are also frequently used in class materials, textbooks, and elsewhere because they are not copywritten.

In January 2024, I released a big update to the project based on user feedback. I added 25,000 new variables, improved and expanded the discover feature, and added a sprinkle of GenAI (including spurious scholar). Thank you to all the teachers, students, and other nerds who provided input on this version!

Disappointing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I am not as critical of Ai as many here are, but this is the slopiest AI slop that I have seen in a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

It seems intentional lol

[–] [email protected] 123 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Wee need to rescuee [email protected] from thee shutdown of its instancee!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

lemm.ee shutdown? Dawg what did I miss

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (2 children)

lemm.ee is shutting down at the end of the month.

https://lemm.ee/post/65824884

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do you know if theres another "low drama, federate with most everyone" instance .ee users are headed to? .ml is fine, but it requires a VPN here in China.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

[. . .] there are also some who use the platform to attack others, stir up conflict, or actively try to undermine the project. Admins are volunteers who deal with the latter group on a constant basis, this takes a mental toll. Please understand why our admins chose to step down, and be kind to the admins on whatever instance you decide to join

Damn, that sucks. Good luck to the admins of lemm.ee on their future endeavors.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 days ago

I can put it on Mander if others want to hop on the mod team. @[email protected] ?

[–] [email protected] 88 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Coincidence. They just wait long enough until the previous war is out of the people's minds, or enough young people weren't even alive when it happened to do it again. And again. And again.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Republican administrations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 74 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Coincidence? Like the increase in global warming relative to the decrease in the number or pirates globally? I think not.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

If I understand statistics, this means we can fight global warming by simply ramping up piracy!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

The politicians running the show and most of their voters are old enough to remember. Young people play less and less of a role in western politics.