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  1. Unfortunately, people jump from "I don't want A to be true so B must be true, even without evidence or even with evidence pointing to it being complete bullshit".

  2. In other words, please listen to the 0.000001% outliers that get vocal because, well, they're the ones getting hit by remaining risk and ignore the 99.99999% normal cases that don't say a thing because, well, why should they?

  3. Re:Dunning-Kruger effect at work on Those Opposed To Scientific Consensus Bolstered By 'Illusion of Knowledge' (edmontonjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Hmm... People from Vienna (German: Wien) are Wiener, people from Hamburg are Hamburger...

    We're one delicious people, folks.

  4. Re: Is this a surprise? on Google Memo On Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    They paid for your lung transplant and pay for the medication while you work there.

    Hmm.

    Don't get me wrong, but if this WAS a cyberpunk novel...

  5. Re:Fuck Facebook on Facebook Is Shutting Down Moments (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    With the difference that every single one actually DOES have the power to make the world a better place when it comes to Facebook.

  6. The headline is too long on Facebook Is Shutting Down Moments (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    By exactly one word. Without moments, it would have been perfect.

  7. LSD isn't the only thing that has this property on LSD Changes Something About the Way People Perceive Time, Even At Microdoses (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sit in a bar and you'll see time fly by, sit in a meeting and you can watch seconds turn to hours.

  8. Allow me to sum it up on Internet Addiction Spawns US Treatment Programs (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't know why my kid likes this because I don't understand it, so it must be addiction because I can't enjoy it.

  9. Re:No such thing as 'internet addiction' disease. on Internet Addiction Spawns US Treatment Programs (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Society. Get rid of it and you'll see people get better.

  10. Re: Haha on Internet Addiction Spawns US Treatment Programs (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Government money is your money. If more people realized that, we might get a better deal for OUR money.

  11. Re:Sustainable materials on Samsung Is Ditching Plastic Packaging In Favor of More Sustainable Materials (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    They break down faster to sustain Samsung's business model of selling you another phone next year.

  12. We found something even cheaper than plastic to house our crap, but it's also even more crappy. So we have to spin something to sell it.

  13. Sorry, I didn't mean to insult working people who actually provide a valuable service to the population.

    I'd like to apologize.

  14. Re:Am I alone-- on South Korea Rules Pre-Installed Phone Bloatware Must Be Deletable (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, at least within two years. What lightning reaction do you expect here?

  15. Re: Google probably lobbied for app store exemptio on South Korea Rules Pre-Installed Phone Bloatware Must Be Deletable (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Granny wouldn't uninstall it in the first place. And any half-brain with half a clue who would can also figure out how to do a factory reset and not be so stupid the second time around.

  16. The whore colluding with the john against the government? No way!

  17. Re:More like diseases that hit poor countries. on Neglected-Disease Research Funding Hits Record High (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    While true, the problem remains that being rich around here still means you outlive someone being poor around here by almost a decade. Of course, if you compare it to hellholes with an infrastructure we have surpassed a century ago, you will find there the life expectancy we had a century ago. That's a given.

    But we also have a gap here. Where we claim to be developed and have the relevant infrastructure in place.

  18. Re:Popcorn time! on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Who wants to live forever? Seriously, it takes the joy out of it.

    If I knew I live forever, I'd kill myself.

  19. Re:Popcorn time! on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, misread that. I thought it's the usual 300 million year argument. Yes, in the Pliocene it was actually a bit warmer too. And the sea levels were about 15 meters higher.

    Well, nothing to worry here, I'm located well above that. Hope so are you. Sucks for the couple hundred millions who ain't, but, hey, as the Pliocene shows, we don't need 8 billion people to survive as a species, so who cares, right?

  20. Re:Trump Fails It on Google Urged the US To Limit Protection for Activist Workers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Think of the memes!

  21. Re:Popcorn time! on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Yeah, and just like back then, no humans need to survive on the planet.

    It will be paradise.

  22. Re:It's time we imprison the alarmists on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This makes it sound like you want this to happen? I'm not the only one that wants to see the world burn? Could it be?

  23. Re:They won't care on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope I only live long enough to be still around to see it.

  24. Re:More drivel from msmash on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Converts? We're talking religion now?

  25. Re:Popcorn time! on Worrying Rise in Global CO2 Forecast for 2019 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Of course butter. Realy butter, from freshly squeezed cows and salt. Lots of it. In a styrofoam container that keeps the stuff warm and doesn't burn my fingers on the damn hot butter.

    Screw the world. I'm old. I don't have kids. And I'm tired of trying to teach people. I tried to inform, I was laughed at, mocked and eventually threatened. What for? It's not like I need this planet more than maybe 30 more years, if that. I'm fairly sure that it's gonna last that long. After that, why should I give a fuck anymore?