▲ 600 ▼ TIL You can leagally drop your baby off at the fire station in all 50 states (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 6 months ago by so_pitted_wabam@lemmy.zip to c/til@lemmy.world 209 comments fedilink hide all child comments Pretty wild! All states give you at least 30 days to dump your baby, no strings attached. Some states give you 60 days! I feel like more people should know about this! It seems like a highly under utilized ability.
[–] darklamer@feddit.org 23 points 6 months ago (2 children) Around 1½ billion people in the world know English, less than ¼ of them live in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago I'd bet about 10% of them live in India alone! It's been my experience that when people think about the global populace as a whole they don't give India nearly as much weight as it warrants XD permalink fedilink source parent [–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Don't do numbers at me, if a quarter of the roulette wheel says USA we both know where you're putting your money. Again, nobody said it was clean thinking or appropriate to pre-judge, only that you can easily see how the mistake gets made without ever calling it chauvinism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] darklamer@feddit.org 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) […], only that you can easily see how the mistake gets made without ever calling it chauvinism. This is the point where I strongly disagree with you, constantly mistaking less than ¼ for being the most likely is not easily made, there's a good reason for why the expression US Defaultism exists, because a particular mindset is required for such a mistake to be easily made. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child) ~25% is a lot when you're talking about demographics that large. It's saying that there's a 1 in 4 chance of any English speaker you encounter being from the US vs every other country in the world. If you're looking at native English speakers, it's about 63%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] darklamer@feddit.org -1 points 6 months ago (1 child) But that's not the point, the point is that more than 3 out of 4 people able to read this post don't live in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago That's exactly why though. The likeliest guesses are either "the US" or "somewhere else". Specificity is always a more compelling heuristic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago I'd bet about 10% of them live in India alone! It's been my experience that when people think about the global populace as a whole they don't give India nearly as much weight as it warrants XD permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Don't do numbers at me, if a quarter of the roulette wheel says USA we both know where you're putting your money. Again, nobody said it was clean thinking or appropriate to pre-judge, only that you can easily see how the mistake gets made without ever calling it chauvinism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] darklamer@feddit.org 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) […], only that you can easily see how the mistake gets made without ever calling it chauvinism. This is the point where I strongly disagree with you, constantly mistaking less than ¼ for being the most likely is not easily made, there's a good reason for why the expression US Defaultism exists, because a particular mindset is required for such a mistake to be easily made. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child) ~25% is a lot when you're talking about demographics that large. It's saying that there's a 1 in 4 chance of any English speaker you encounter being from the US vs every other country in the world. If you're looking at native English speakers, it's about 63%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] darklamer@feddit.org -1 points 6 months ago (1 child) But that's not the point, the point is that more than 3 out of 4 people able to read this post don't live in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago That's exactly why though. The likeliest guesses are either "the US" or "somewhere else". Specificity is always a more compelling heuristic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darklamer@feddit.org 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) […], only that you can easily see how the mistake gets made without ever calling it chauvinism. This is the point where I strongly disagree with you, constantly mistaking less than ¼ for being the most likely is not easily made, there's a good reason for why the expression US Defaultism exists, because a particular mindset is required for such a mistake to be easily made. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child) ~25% is a lot when you're talking about demographics that large. It's saying that there's a 1 in 4 chance of any English speaker you encounter being from the US vs every other country in the world. If you're looking at native English speakers, it's about 63%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] darklamer@feddit.org -1 points 6 months ago (1 child) But that's not the point, the point is that more than 3 out of 4 people able to read this post don't live in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago That's exactly why though. The likeliest guesses are either "the US" or "somewhere else". Specificity is always a more compelling heuristic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 6 months ago* (1 child) ~25% is a lot when you're talking about demographics that large. It's saying that there's a 1 in 4 chance of any English speaker you encounter being from the US vs every other country in the world. If you're looking at native English speakers, it's about 63%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] darklamer@feddit.org -1 points 6 months ago (1 child) But that's not the point, the point is that more than 3 out of 4 people able to read this post don't live in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago That's exactly why though. The likeliest guesses are either "the US" or "somewhere else". Specificity is always a more compelling heuristic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darklamer@feddit.org -1 points 6 months ago (1 child) But that's not the point, the point is that more than 3 out of 4 people able to read this post don't live in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago That's exactly why though. The likeliest guesses are either "the US" or "somewhere else". Specificity is always a more compelling heuristic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yakko@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago That's exactly why though. The likeliest guesses are either "the US" or "somewhere else". Specificity is always a more compelling heuristic. permalink fedilink source parent