Lumiluz

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[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

You might want to mention the extension called Consent-o-matic

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Nope. It's all linked in the Wikipedia article that was posted here.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

He killed 4 cops and the adult daughter of the police captain, which I read but did not confirm was training to be a cop herself. He specifically avoided killing non cops, and that's what got him caught because he didn't kill the couple that reported him, instead temporarily tying them up.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

There's still exceptions.

For example, Spanish is my first language. I didn't really care for it much, but the more I learned other languages the more I've come to really like Spanish because it has well defined rules and a LACK of EXCEPTIONS (looking at Finnish specifically. English at least is so broken you can understand it when grammatically wrong, but Finnish clearly needs a revision).

What's the point of learning the grammar rules when 25% is "actually there's no reason behind this word not following the rules so you'll just have to remember it's different"??? Even more frustrating when the rules can still perfectly work with covering the topic or the word! To the point of you can say it "wrong" by following existing grammar rules but still be understood sometimes because it makes more sense than the damn actual usage of the word!

And then some rules are dumb. Either go full out like Chinese and make a writing system separate from your spoken system or actually have one comply with the other.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

There's mini smoke chambers you can put mesquite charcoal in (you just need a little piece). You can also use wood chips if you want a different flavor

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Having taken care of many children, I strongly disagree. Not just punching someone rather than talking it out is a learned thing that's also reinforced by society (for the most part).

If there wasn't an innate violence within humans, human history would look very different, and fascism wouldn't exist.

Also, both processes can activate the adrenal axis actually. It's not totally different, and there's some similarities.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No clue, but for what it's worth we know violent video games don't cause more violence and some studies show they can even reduce it at least so I'd imagine it would extrapolate similarly to other visual media

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 36 points 1 month ago

So a lot of people here don't realize that any kind of transplant outside of a waiting list is considered a trafficked organ (excluding Iran). Or how cheap it is.

I had kidney failure for many years (btw, being young doesn't help with wait times except unless maybe if you're a kid in some cases).

At some point after some years, my dad (who still has a Facebook) started asking for help for a kidney donor (for the swap program thing, basically you donate to someone else on a chain), and immediately started getting messages from people in places like the Philippines "willing" to sell their kidneys. In quotations because you never know how willing they actually are, and even if not under direct pressure, I'd say extreme poverty is still a forceful pressure.

Regardless, the prices they were asking for? Between 5-15k$.

You'd think it would cost more than a used car, but apparently not. I scolded him for even thinking about it - explained that just because you can live with 1 kidney, you're still more prone to kidney failure yourself now.

I ended up on dialysis for a little over 8 years and essentially lost my 20s to that, but at least when I finally got a transplant I didn't have to deal with any guilt (came from someone who was braindead - wear your dang bicycle helmets people).

And I'm glad I never even considered that offer - apparently I was destined to get an aggressive cancer after a kidney transplant because I'm part of a very rare estimated 5% of the world population never exposed to an extremely common virus (Epstein-Barr). That cancer would likely not have been caught by an overseas doctor who is doing shady surgeries, and I'd be dead anyways.

So maybe karma does exist (in the psychological/outcome sense at least). I got the good karma and Steve Jobs got the dumbass karma (look up the details of his liver transplant and death. I want to point out, he must've been a true asshole to not have a willing live donor for a liver transplant, as it's actually the easiest of them all to get).

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Just to put it in a way you might understand, your logic means you believe North Korea is a democracy.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Your telomeres become damaged every time you use the ability

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Your telomeres become 2x shorter everytime you use the ability

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Your muscles don't gain super durability however.

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