this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

I once became an (internet) expert on blacksmithing techniques used by Japanese sword masters. I can't remember a thing.

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

ik charcoal is involved

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The folding is what makes them good. iirc

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Is that before you cut it, or after? I'm so confused.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Reading about something does not equate to becoming an expert about said thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 hours ago

You gotta win an argument on the internet to secure that title.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

I now know all about fission/fusion/fission bombs, Korean mythology and the beaker/bell culture.

Time to go to bed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I reckon it still Sinks into your general knowledge and when someone asks you a question your brain spits out a more educated guess than before

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

At a minimum it increases your cognitive capacity. You may forget all about it, but you trained your brain, which is always a win.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago

I really really hope you are right

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

*points at butterfly*
- Is this ADHD?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Sorry. Gotta go learn now about the monarch butterfly. Ooooh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago