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Emoji Rule
  • it's an example of simpson's paradox

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson's_paradox

    a worked example: if england/scotland/wales all use heart ❤️ 49% and use tears of joy 😂 at 51%, and then northern ireland was to use heart ❤️at 100%, you can imagine this would tip the whole uk over

    even more freaky, you could make all 4 constituent countries use heart ❤️ at 49%, make each constituent use a different unique emoji 👍😀🥰😼 at 51% each, and then the aggregate would show that heart ❤️ is still the most used across the UK

    now consider for each place on this map, they are ranking more than just 2 emojis. the map itself says that tears of joy 😂 is only scoring 5% worldwide, and that's 1st place. with margins of 5% and under to be deemed winner, it's no wonder funky effects show up

  • UK Home Office revokes visa of Palestinian student after protest speech
  • ok, here's the context. (click here)

    the source of this file, regrettably, is the daily mail. broken clocks and all that. i will link the "article" that the video file was from, but you will need a hazmat suit going in, for both the cookies/trackers and low quality writing

    here's that source now. (click here)

    for posters below saying they couldn't find this, i understand it. we all get different search results, it's possible you all got hugboxed and were unable to find the clip as a result

    also, i don't care to discuss the topic, i only wanted to link the source, because you were all struggling with it. i like finding sources :)

    have a nice day 🥰

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  • why would future humans bother bringing all these people back

    i think it's worth reminding why doctors treat people now, in this time and space. they do it mostly because they want to save people. maybe a few do it for money, but past a certain point, the money isn't why you do it. i think it's a safe bet that doctors of a future would see these corpses as patients, and act accordingly. an analogy - think how we see heart attack victims as patients, and not how our medieval ancestors would have seen them (as corpses)

    ...literally nothing positive to contribute to the utopian future...

    true, but, a good chunk of patients in hopsital today have nothing to contribute to society, and cannot contribute any more, whatsoever. we treat them anyway, because that's what we do. humans have consistently cared for others that are sick and have "nothing to contribute" throughout history, and that shows no sign of going away anytime soon

  • That feeling when even Elon Musk thinks you're insufferable
  • here's one example for you (click here) exploring igbo gender norms

    here's a second report that's worth reading too (click here)

    i don't have much knowledge about the other cultures suggested, others can provide info for those

  • And so it begins...
  • citing abc news (link here), us official says 400 to 500 drones

    unconfirmed reports of ballistic missiles in the air too, it's all osint right now so no good source on that yet, if i get one i'll add it as a reply

  • Have you replaced any British words with their American versions?
  • okay, using the words listed at the start of this wikipedia article, here's where i place myself:

    analyze/center/defense/labour/organize/program

    or, British 1, American 5, Canadian 4, Australian 2

    it's a nice litmus test to see where you're at. i knew i used to skew NA in writing style, but i didn't think by that much

  • A disabled man is being PROSECUTED for blocking parliament with his MOBILITY SCOOTER
  • i mean, i really dont want to be that poster, but he's not being arrested for blocking with a scooter, he's being arrested for protesting

    there's a separate discussion to be had about arresting protesters, but the way they're trying to spin this as "they oppressed a disabled person for being disabled" is honestly insulting to the agency of disabled people that choose to protest, and whom accept the risk of consequences for doing so

    in my mind, you can't be both trying to normalize disability, and then also weaponizing it when it suits you for an opinion piece after being arrested. in particular, i take offense to the line in the article: "Now prosecuting disabled people to (sic) acting ‘socially responsibly’", as if that's magically a step too far?

    a "fairer" title here would have been something like "activist prosecuted for deftly showcasing how climate risks disproportionately affect disabled people". although, it wouldn't have been as attention grabby, and so none of us would be reading it...

  • I'M SORRY
  • REMEMBER, YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OTHER PERSON'S ANGER. WHEN SHOUTING HAPPENS, DISTANCE YOURSELF TO SHOW THAT IT'S NOT OKAY

    OR JUST CRANK THE HOG LOUDER, AROOOOOOO

  • Population tipping point could arrive by 2030: global fertility will drop below replacement level years earlier than expected.
  • yep, you're entirely right. for your area, it's more effective to run wells for each person. the frustrating part being that, it implies that the city has been designed so, so badly, that individuals can't actually share resources, without the per capita price going up if they do so.

    even without depopulation, that's a huge governmental failure. if individuals are having to run all their own utility setups and infrastructure, is that even a "city"? it sounds more like rural living but it's all vaguely connected. presumably as a result of this low density, you have higher ongoing costs elsewhere? i.e commutes to work, cost of food, etc

    if not, then it could be one of those taxpayer-subsidised things, where it feels cheaper for each resident, but the reality is that someone else is paying for it. i'm not good at wording what i mean in this case, but i will pass you to this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI) to show it instead, he does a better job of explaining what i'm talking about

    anyhow... that's crazy! it's entirely the thing i'm worried about seeing replicated large scale as a result of a reduction in population

  • Feature Request - old reddit frontend

    https://feddit.uk/post/684783

    take a look at what's available at this post on lemmy.world, accessible at https://old.lemmy.world

    this is so amazing, it's like a timewarp back to the good days

    sourcecode is here https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym, major thanks to @nnrx@sh.itjust.works

    if it's not easily implementable, i understand

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    Chris van Tulleken on how our diet is killing us

    i want to eat healthier but i am a kitchen menace lol

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