Kolrami

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[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The answer is probably "yes"

  1. Food is probably worse.
  2. Your taste buds might have changed.
  3. Your gut bacteria might be different.

I have a couple reasons for believing each.

  1. Nutrient concentration in food has decreased over time (Veritasium talked about a fascinating explanation for this) and the desire to find low cost alternatives like HFCS over cane sugar changes the taste of food.
  2. "Children prefer higher levels of sweet and are more sensitive to bitter tastes until adolescence."
  3. Your gut microbiome literally changes over time.
[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Smallville very directly addressed this in an episode where Clark Kent's mom got mad at him for hiding an undocumented immigrant on their farm. He had to remind her his own paperwork was also less than legitimate.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

None of this makes sense anymore. How could people possibly be shocked this time? It happened before under less favorable circumstances.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

He probably didn't. He was polling very well. Very well. Better than his last two elections for a long time. People pretended he couldn't win and I admittedly didn't think they'd do that since that's exactly what happened in 2016.

Simply assuming the election was stolen will be a mistake because that mindset will help Republicans win their next election. The voters wanted an irreparably changed supreme court and Trump functionally immune from prosecution and that's what the voters got.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You're right, but I think it was a combo.

October 7th spilled a bunch of gasoline on the ground. (Almost immediately after that day his polling trailed Trump's.)

His debate performance dropped a lit cigarette.

In my opinion, you really needed both of those things for him to drop out. A physically struggling Biden that's polling at 60% would've stayed in the race. A Biden with an excellent debate performance that was polling at 45% would've stayed in the race.

EDIT: typo

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

They're not done counting. There's a decent chance he has more votes this time.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I rewatched it when Disney+ rolled out. The first few episodes definitely hold up. Something like the first 4 or so episodes were all part of one really solid story arc. I think I stopped watching somewhere after season 1 though.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Watch her other interviews. She's always nervous and fidgety. She claims she gets uncomfortable doing those staged interviews for press circuits.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They are programmatically token predictors. It will never be "closer" to intelligence for that very reason. The broader question should be, "can a token predictor simulate intelligence?"

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Fillory and Further by Christopher Plover

within

The Magicians by Lev Grossman

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you want gourds next year and you don't mind absolute chaos, grow some butternut squash.

[–] Kolrami@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Harris is a common name for Americans. Sarah is too. Her name isn't Kalama. The error shows how exotic it is to you and your autocorrect.

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