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It's a choice
  • Could be what you describe. But all those things are also hallmarks of a superstitious mind, especially if under duress or long indoctrination.

    Not being allowed to question or reconcile things causes internal stress, not being allowed to express certain emotions and thoughts also adds to it. It doesn't help that many of them are radicalised into driving an agenda.

    I'm not expecting to live long enough for that kind of drama, so I simply blocked them. If they're abusive, please report them before blocking, they might be dragging all of Lemmy down and not just this thread.

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  • And how do you know that? Through magic?

    If you have issue with me using only 12 - 18 centuries old definitions, I welcome you to have this talk in pre-christian times, although I might be busy then.

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  • I do agree. I was trying to match the poetic language of OP and convey that we have no proof of supernatural or imagined claims, and thus the narrow sliver of naturalistic reality is where we must investigate phenomena. But you know, in a way a symbolic minded troll would understand.

  • It's a choice
  • Because magic has in common verbiage typically been used to describe phenomena we don't know the mechanism behind.

    And all those other things we do understand the mechanism behind. Along the way to understand how we figured out standards that elevate physical phenomena from imagined ones, and slowly we found that there's very little room left for the unknowable to affect our reality.

    So if the word magic is to have any distinct meaning, there's only left "that which isn't real enough to affect us".

    But you're of course free to redefine words as feels useful to you. I find flying, quantum teleportation, and cognition magical, but that more describes the wonder and awe of the inner workings of my world, rather than if it's real or not.

  • Europe on high alert after suspected Moscow-linked arson and sabotage
  • Maybe, it also has symbolic value, and might demoralise the civilian populace, whose support is crucial to the continued state support.

    It still seems a weak move as infrastructure should be a more effective target, but who knows how many layers of distractions and attacks of opportunity really happen in the field?

  • [bug] Can't download gifs/videos anymore

    For a week or so I haven't been able to download videos, neither gifs nor webp (haven't tested other formats yet).

    Pressing the download button only grabs one still frame.

    If I open it in browser I can download fine. This also worked a couple of weeks ago.

    Edit: The video in this post of a cat exploring a tube gets saved like this first frame photo of the lighting through the tube.

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