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[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 15 points 11 months ago

That's one way to solve a lot of problems.

[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 11 months ago

Slightly related XKCD:

https://xkcd.com/1217/

[-] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 10 months ago

As dumb as the picture is, the point of collateral damage not being easily measured in a Petri dish does make this panel meaningful.

I think most people can recognize that but this is an amazing panel even for xkcd and so I'm going to nerd out okay

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 months ago

A sufficient amount of violence can solve all problems. It's not necessarily the best solution for any given problem, or even a good one, but it's definitely a solution.

[-] icelimit@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The 'sufficient' qualifier requires that the problem is solved, as it is sufficient.

A sufficient number of penguins would solve world hunger.

Because they make great farmers; they just never got a chance to try.

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