Well, “Snakes in pants” doesn’t have the same ring to it, but it’s now more real than the movie!
Well, “Snakes in pants” doesn’t have the same ring to it, but it’s now more real than the movie!
Hey dude, I’ve been looking for you for so long, since my Dad stole your bike and that was a turning point in my life, since I made a point of stealing your son’s bike.
It is said that this will continue for generations until the seventh son of a seventh son, who’ll transform into an upside down toothless vampire who likes garlic.
In order for this prophecy to come true, please ensure all your progeny keeps buying bikes.
PS Welcome to Lemmy!
You’re certainly right about observing this incongruity. It’s probably one statement that feels so obviously correct that people upvote it without even bothering to read the article.
I’ve seen all the movies from 1 to 7 at the theater (4,5,6 when they were remastered right before Episode 1). I like the old 4,5,6 though they’re not perfect, but they are enjoyable. I tolerated 1,2,3 and applaud their existence since they made me discover Mr Plinkett and Red Letter Media. When I saw Episode 7 I had to stop. It felt too much of an insult to the viewer’s intelligence (it wasn’t enough to have two Death Stars in Episodes 4 and 6, they had to have a Mega Super Death Star in Episode 7… But this was very much not the only awful thing about the movie). I’ve watched Episode 8 on an airplane and I still have to watch episode 9
I stopped using Windows in 2008 (juggling between a mixture of Linux and Mac OS). One of the reasons, is that at that time I thought Windows was legitimately a mess.
Over time, I thought it got a bit better when seeing it on friends’s computers.
Due to laziness, Windows 11 got installed on my office computer (which I use 1% of my time) and I thought it was honestly pretty good (as in, I never thought about switching back, but it was fine to use it when necessary).
Now that they plug in ads, I’ll certainly want to switch back /s
You’re our hero!
How do you stay in a community, but filter content you don’t want through keywords?
Is it still being implemented? This awesome article is from 2022.
I just tried to look for newer hits, but I keep getting articles from 2022 (though several from Nature)
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one to see that!
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This is tragic.
While the Wikipedia page lists food poisonings from sea turtles as rare, it still feels like a Russian Roulette kind of meal.
Would you eat something knowing that there is a nonzero chance it might kill you (as in really off you, not just give you a bad night at the bathroom)?
I suppose the answer is a lot of people would, since the article itself mentioned another recent poisoning.
It reminds me of the blowfish which is also lethally poisonous if not handled by someone who’s certified to do so.
I suppose everything in life has a risk and I’ve done my share of reckless things, but rolling the dice on food never appealed to me.
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This link has been posted and discussed on Reddit too.
Of course, we shouldn’t care about what people on Reddit think (and I noticed this post by chance since I log on there very rarely now), but some users in the thread genuinely ask about joining Lemmy and so I guess it’s useful to know about possible obstacles to trying it that they may perceive.
Beef with chicken for the man with the wok hat at table two, please!
I thought about going with “Royale with chicken” as opposed to “Royale of chicken”, but I went with the second because I thought that the Royale is already intended to be a quarter pounder of beef and it might have seemed beef+chicken instead of a quarter pounder of chicken 😁
Check out the big brain on Brett! That’s right, motherf***er!
But how many royals of chicken are they?
(To be read in Samuel L’s voice)
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True, lots of places (but I suppose maybe not everywhere) have really wide roads with tons of lanes so it’s easy to drive around with SUV’s, but this is generally not true in Europe where, even in large cities, often roads/lanes are narrower, making SUV’s unwieldy for those driving around them.
Then there’s the pollution aspect which I can’t address, but I imagine SUV’s pollute more on average than other cars (and probably Europe is currently being a bit more stingy on allowing this)
I have very limited, but non-zero knowledge of Korean society and I agree with what you say at the higher echelon of the most ambitious students (of which I actually met several and fit your remark perfectly), I guess when I wrote I had in mind the various ones I met who just weren’t chasing the same goals and were content (or not fussed) to study elsewhere.
Rethinking the article though, I’m in agreement with you that the percentages mentioned are not really surprising (especially the second one)
I understand that prestige is super important, especially for those who want high achieving careers, so it makes sense kids decide to hold off one year if they can get in a school that will greatly improve or maintain the type of life they’re used to, but I’m still a bit surprised to hear that so many kids do that.
The other universities are good too! A friend of mine graduated from one in Daegu and now has a good job in Seoul living well and supporting his family.
Sure, I suppose if they’d graduated from Seoul university, they might be doing even better, but I wonder if going to Seoul university and ending up being average is considered better than someone graduating with flying colors from a “less important” university. Hell, I’ve seen tons of people graduating from “less important” US institutions and now doing as well than peers from top institutions
Anyhow, it’s complicated: ambition is important, but if kids don’t get in they might feel like their life is over, when there are plenty of other good options
… And so it begins…
I’ve gotten used to just accessing Lemmy through the Eternity app.
How would I look at the graph showing instances and which ones are connected to each other?
You mean like Captain Picard Day?