Meetups and clubs based around certain interests have worked well for me.
Examples: writing clubs, chess clubs, book clubs, hiking clubs, debate clubs, etc.
I have trouble at parties where I have to find things to talk about with people I don’t know, but at interest clubs then we’re all there for the same purpose and there’s a clear thing to talk about! If you hit it off with anyone, then you can begin hanging out outside of the club
They do actually appear the same size in the sky though, which is why we get perfect eclipses. The Moon is slowly getting further away from Earth so it won’t be forever. We’re just in a lucky moment of time in the universe.
It really is just a coincidence.
I grew up with teachers saying the brain is incredibly plastic so it makes sense
And I’ll watch every one
They break their wrist in a horrifying way?
What does YTMND mean?
That proves it. I never really grew up
My parents fell into conspiracy theories during the pandemic. My mum has been kind of conspiratorial for a while but kept it hush. My dad is very loud about it. They have entrenched themselves into the community. They live with several other people on their property who believe the same. They have attended anti-vax protests and have demonstrated. My dad shares this shit on Facebook all the time.
How has it changed me? I think it has improved my researching, scientific literacy, and critical thinking skills. Whenever they send things through, I go and look at the sources they provide. I have noticed a pattern. Whenever they use sciency sources, they are almost always:
The speed at which you can spread misinformation is much faster than the rate you can debunk it, so I don’t do it so much to try to change their mind but more to learn about and keep informed on the science myself.
I don’t know what to do. We are on good terms and I just try not to talk about it or ignore their remarks. I’m not good in real-time “debates”; I feel much more comfortable taking my time and writing responses or findings. My dad is also very assertive to the point of aggressiveness in real-time discussions, so I get a bit intimidated. Sometimes they surprise me with reasonable takes that remind me that they do actually have values.
I need to get out more
I’ve had this, too. Sometimes the videos are quite cool, but most of the time they’re irrelevant or poorly made
Imagine if Trump got in again. Actually, I don’t want to
Aren’t they whom the exemptions are for?
I enjoyed the beginning, I thought it had some funny jokes. But then it went downhill fast. I didn’t watch the whole thing
Not related to the Israel–Palestine conflict, but I’m curious about your perspective here:
I do not support any group that uses weapons against any other group, no matter what.
Is this an absolute? For example, let’s say a group starts attacking another group, are they allowed to defend themselves with proportional force?
Again, I’m not trying to get your views on any conflict in particular. I just like talking about these things and broadening my beliefs :)
Many indigenous peoples tell the time of year by the stars rather than the moon. A certain constellation just became visible? Must be X time of year!
I opened the article planning to dislike it, and I do dislike the man’s voice (the woman’s voice sounds quite good though), but then I thought about it. Sports announcers actually seem like a decent use for AI. I would imagine that it would be incredibly difficult to build decent announcers from pre-recorded voice lines… It’s heavily context-dependent, and this way it can even read out the team names, which I imagine are chosen by the teams. I think this could possibly work well. I don’t see how to create a system like this without AI
Is this a conservative meme? I thought it was poking fun at Trump’s “there eating your pets” statements from the debate