lemmydripzdotz123

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[–] lemmydripzdotz123 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Potato Soup. Nickname Potato.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index

Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist, devised the basis of the BMI between 1830 and 1850 as he developed what he called "social physics".[3] Quetelet himself never intended for the index, then called the Quetelet Index, to be used as a means of medical assessment.

Keys explicitly judged BMI as appropriate for population studies and inappropriate for individual evaluation. Nevertheless, due to its simplicity, it has come to be widely used for preliminary diagnoses.

The original data set is from mostly adult European men that was then generalized as applying to all humans. Spoiler alert: It does not.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 37 points 1 year ago
  1. You hold in your emotions without even realizing it
  2. You're always on the lookout for any hint of conflict
  3. You can be drawn to "loose cannon" friends and partners
  4. Your parent still tries to control your adult life
  5. Setting boundaries is difficult for you
  6. It takes work to understand your own feelings
[–] lemmydripzdotz123 12 points 1 year ago

This is what a winner does. This is how you can tell Russia is winning.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 2 points 1 year ago

You can thank Norman Vincent Peale for that.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I believe they are pointing out that, despite the fact that this is being done by a group that is trying to make Trump look bad, it will be viewed as making him look good to those on the far right. They like dictators so long as they're part of the in-group.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 5 points 1 year ago

This boils down to:

It's impossible to do something perfectly and we may even make it worse so we shouldn't try.

Sure, it's impossible to preserve a piece of art in such a way that those who experience it later also experience all of the context around that art. However, if the preservation process begins soon after the art is created, it is possible to document the relevant context and - to some extent - the artist's intended meaning. Those who experience it later can learn if they want. There's a chance art can go wrong (The creator of Pepe the Frog hates it's use by the alt-right.) but all actions carry risk. We have to decide when the risk outweighs the benefits. I'm not sure how to strike that balance but I would presume it's not always or never. It's a sometimes kind of thing, which is why it requires care and attention by the original preservers.

I saw your comment that you are not arguing in good faith here, this is just a debate you picked. That's fine.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hephaestus seems the most likely to leave me alone. The gods are so capricious that I'd prefer to not have their attention.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They said he couldn't move the Georgia RICO case to federal court, making it less likely that any other defendant will be able to, either. It can still go to the Supreme Court which may change things. Saved you a click.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 12 points 1 year ago

You could improve this by comparing it to someone beheading a statue of Jesus at the state capitol. I don't know if that has happened, but it would be more likely to elicit the response you describe.

[–] lemmydripzdotz123 108 points 1 year ago (15 children)

"I am calling for clarifying legislation to be adopted in accordance with our State Constitution that prohibits satanic displays in our Capitol building and on all state owned property. I am calling for legislation to be adopted that makes it legal to display the Ten Commandments in our Capitol, in all buildings owned by the state, and in our public schools."

That a single, continuous quote from a state representative. In two back-to-back sentences, they said that the religious display is unconstitutional and it should be legal to have a religious display. Amazing.

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