this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2024
65 points (74.4% liked)

News

23404 readers
4690 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

The Earth has tilted 31.5 inches and its all a result of human activity.

The way the planet rotates has been fundamentally changed by the process of pumping groundwater, and it is having a far bigger impact than previously imagined.

As a result, sea levels have risen .24 inches in less than two decades and the Earth has tilted 31.5 inches.

top 22 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] FlowVoid 105 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Your title is misleading. The article does not say that the 31.5 inch axis tilt is having a huge impact on our planet. It says groundwater pumping is causing changes in sea level and also causing a change in the axis tilt.

The axis tilt itself is an effect, not a cause.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 days ago

But it is! I put my keys right here a few hundred years ago and now I can't find them! I've looked in a 30.5 inch radius, so I'm pretty sure they're gone for good.

[–] morgan_423 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I warned you about what would happen if you let yo mama walk out to the mailbox. But did you listen to me? Nooooooooo.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What if we all just simultaneously walk in the opposite direction?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do i have to get out of my chair to do this?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I'm afraid you do. Unless it's a wheelchair. I'm which case just roll with us.

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy 3 points 2 days ago

As long as we never stop, I think this might work!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where's Killface and his Annihilatrix when you need them.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wild to think Killface would have been a better President than Trump...

[–] PapaStevesy 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Xander's actually the Trump correlary, I think it'd honestly be pretty similar to reality in that case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I thought the whole thing was that Xander and Killface were a lot more alike than either of them wanted to admit?

I thought that's why there was a whole arc where they're stuck together and "friends" when Killface thinks Xander is "Barnaby Jones."

They're both narcissists who think they're better than everyone else while constantly fucking up everything they do in their lives, and Killface for being highly educated and booksmart, seems to know fuck-all about how tons of shit in the world works at a base level.

Xander: narcissistic idiot who is actually a villain. check.

Killface: narcissistic idiot who is actually a villain. check.

[–] PapaStevesy 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, they were both terrible candidates, I really just meant that Killface ran as a progressive. We all know Baby Lamont would have been the one pulling the strings, if he hadn't tragically died while being smashed across Xander's face in the Haggar Pants Arena.