the argument for renewable energy isnt that we should stop using oil, its that we shouldnt burn it. why turn our limited supply of oil into CO2 and water when we can turn it into plastics, medicine, solvents, etc? around 3/4 of crude oil is used as fuel, but if renewable energy was used, the number of oil tankers would decrease by more than 75% bc local supplies would generally be sufficient for industrial, non-fuel uses

ah makes sense. i also have a pretty big swap file so i think that helps a bit when im doing other ram intensive stuff

i remember not using firefox for a rlly long time bc i heard it’s ram usage with multiple tabs open was a lot less efficient than other browsers. idk if that’s true but i use firefox w 4 windows with 20+ tabs each and have never had a problem

“stop othering the bourgeoisie it really hurts their feelings!”

they are at the top of our current social formation. they are the ultimate in-group. what is “othering” going to do to them?

also gotta love the classic “human nature” argument. libs once again do a fantastic mental gymnastics routine to arrive at a conclusion adjacent to fascists. transphobia being tied to “human nature” is sickening. as they love to do, they are justifying colonial methods of control (the official imperial version of gender) implicitly by uncritically mentioning its practice within the imperial core

edit: it is uncritical analysis to say “transphobes are just scared of big bad transes, they would understand them if only they weren’t so scared.” no, they are influenced by the capitalist superstructure to protect against the threat trans people pose to gender. this is most directly seen in the manosphere where the entire aim is to unite men in violently enforcing gender

i got into an argument on tiktok with someone who insisted that no ancient civilization could build the pyramids. i asked them if they knew what tools were and they clapped back with “what tools did they have back then?” mf never heard of simple machines

im p sure it has to do with stuff being easier to eat. we dont have to work with our jaw to tear or crush difficult foods since everything is processed or we have tools to make it easy. our jaws are underused, so they develop to be smaller than theyre supposed to be, and our teeth get crowded

someone once shook a vending machine vigorously for me when my snack was stuck. it was very stressful to watch

a lot of stuff at my work uses a custom OS built in the 90s

theres a big difference between Palestine and the US. one is a people facing a genocide engaging in resistance (resistance that is far less violent than the terror isntreal engages in), and one is a great power that used the most powerful weapon ever created to attack two densely populated civilian centers, while the government of Japan was drafting terms of surrender. the horrific crimes of the imperial japanese military does not justify the mass murder of civilians. israeli settlers arent civilians, they are engaging in settler terrorism

milei’s dead dog giving him horrible economic advice from beyond the grave:

im just gonna call them burgers from now on

like how we accept the incorrect french pronunciation for Chopin. its not “showpan”, he was Polish so it would have been spelled “Szopen” and pronounced “showpen”

Staline sounds so cute and feminine. im making that my legal name

dont show this to george rr martin lol

oh, and im zhzhzh

one of the sources is Guinness World Records

Mao: peasants dont have to pay rent anymore

me, an intellectual: nooo, i cant foresee a world where my wages arent siphoned by a passive landowner!

what they smoking tho?

it would be a net positive for the fediverse if beehaw left

mothman bc he looks cool and one of the west virginia ones has to be real since they have so many

i see ur point, but its still mostly poor people who enlisted for a stable job, health care, and education. doesnt justify what they do, its just most ppl in the military joined bc of their material conditions