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Although Lemmy's userbase is quite large,it still is small enough that I do often see the same people in comment sections. It feels though, that I should recognise more names, because I can only remember around 5 individual ones.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (3 children)

@[email protected] has a distinctive profile picture, and I see them everywhere. Also I suspect I know @[email protected] IRL, but I'm not certain.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I know it's bad to put your own picture in your profile, but I had to show you all how majestically I soar.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Keep soaring buddy. 💜

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I would think that O'Hare and Indianapolis International would have issues with you violating their airspace.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have always wondered how do you do it: How do you fly?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I squirt my way out of the water using my body like a jet and then soar on my fins!

https://phys.org/news/2013-02-bird-plane-squid.html

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

From the link:

A species of oceanic squid can fly more than 30 metres (100 feet) through the air at speeds faster than Usain Bolt if it wants to escape predators, Japanese researchers said Friday.

So, what's chasing you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

From the link:

It’s a squid-eat-squid world down there.

Sounds pretty capitalistic to me.

Do you have a minute to talk about socialism?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Look, I'm all for the squid to control the means of propulsion, but it's hard convincing others...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I'm introducing the theory of an "r-factor" that measures how capitalistic a country is.

r = 0 means pure socialism. Everybody gets the same amount of universal basic income, and earns nothing when they work hard.

r = 1 means pure capitalism. there is no social support programs, and what you earn depends entirely on your labour/wages.

in-between them, there's a linear interpolation.

(i invented that "r-factor" as a thought experiment yesterday, and now i like it.)

i'm for r = 0.5 btw.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Also I suspect I know @[email protected] IRL, but I’m not certain.

I guess that's a consequence of telling the same anecdotes on lemmy and to everyone I see.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)