MelodiousFunk

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We've been missing out on half a meme this whole time! in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

enters a meme thread

saves all the pictures and upvotes all the comments

leaves, refusing to elaborate

Reddit's licensing deal means Google's AI can soon be trained on the best humanity has to offer — completely unhinged posts in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago

That's what she said.

What is this, what is it for, and is it more important than the thing Spock looks into? in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 38 points 9 months ago (7 children)

A small stream guards a shuttlecraft in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law in c/news@lemmy.world
‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago

Videodrome

Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. I remember watching it as a teenager in the 90s and having no freaking clue what was going on.

It's a Klingon Pride flag in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago

If you think the Klingon flag is problematic... hooo boy Zeon just takes that cake and scribbles a suspicious mustache on it while raising one arm at a problematic angle.

(And yes, it's totally on purpose, doesn't make it any easier to stomach.)

Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 11 points 9 months ago

I hate that people in charge were never able to properly communicate this subtle difference.

It was communicated just fine. I got that info. You got that info. It was out there. But the signal to noise ratio was unreal. People seem to prefer soundbites and false dichotomies over accurate, nuanced information. Sprinkle in a metric shitton of wedge issue misinformation delivered via sledgehammer and you get what we got:

VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE GOOD!

GRANDPA HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL DIE!

VACCINE STILL GOOD!

I HAVE VACCINE BUT STILL GET SICK AND BOSS MAKE ME STAY HOME AND NO GET MONEY! VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE... BAD?

DOCTOR LIED! SCIENCE BAD!

Well actually...

YOU STUPID, VACCINE BAD!

VACCINE BAD!

COVID OVER, NO NEED VACCINE!

HOORAY!

‘It’s That Simple’: Mark Meckler Says The Only Way To Secure The Border Is By Invading Mexico in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago

The US loves the cartels. They get us all the drugs we consume and give us a lucrative market to sell our surplus small arms.

Shipping powders back and forth
Singin' black goes south and white comes north

- John Perry Barlow

TiL the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 30 points 9 months ago (5 children)

SciShow did a piece (partially) about this recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEFQH5UXHQ

And Veritasium did a deeper dive a while back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA

The whole situation is thoroughly fucked up, but hey, as long as people are making money amirite? 😑

These States Are Basically Begging You to Get a Heat Pump in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MelodiousFunk@startrek.website 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Getting a heat pump has been on my want-to-do list for years. But even though my furnace is aging, it still works so it's been hard to justify while there were other issues going on. Accelerating adoption is only going to make the process easier when the time comes.

Is global heating accelerating? in c/climate@slrpnk.net
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