What is more, Saudi Arabia has 68 years of reserves at 2024’s production rate. The world will probably have stopped using hydrocarbons long before those run out. So any crude it does not pump today could be money lost forever.

1. Holy. FUCKING. SHIT! That is a lot of oil!

2. But the math doesn't check out. The world uses about 37 billion barrels annually. Saudi Arabia has ~260 billion barrels in reserve. That's more 7 years of global oil reserves. It would cover about 40 years of US oil use. And it would cover the modest Saudi annual useage for over 200 years. So no matter which way you slice it, the math is funky here.

3. Something else I just discovered. Saudi Arabia does not have the world's largest oil reserves. That honor goes to....drumroll....yep, you guessed it. Venezuela.

It's funny, I have very successful friends who used to say something similar. As one put it: "If you sell out at 20, you got no heart. If you haven't sold out by 30, you got no head."

That friend group are a great bunch of guys in their personal lives, family men and good providers, down to the last one. At the same time, they are 100% part of the problem. They are landlords and marketing execs. And every one of them has an exceptionally high EQ. (Except Jake. He's my favorite and he fixes industrial baking equipment. Used to be a bartender. You know the type - staring daggers when you interrupt his conversation with a regular customer. Jake didn't GAF about EQ.)

Anyway, it's not that they are evil. They are just the "normal" amount of selfish. They have comfortable lives. They read their newsfeeds without ever thinking any deeper. They aren't the Nazis - they are the people who empower Nazis by remaining laser-focused on their job and their family, ignoring politics unless their property tax is at stake.

I think it's possible to be a good husband and an overall good person, but not a good citizen. Zombies, if you will.

Edit: It's because I chose "Link" as the type of post. If I had chosen "Discussion", a URL wouldn't have been required.

I always do this - I ask questions first and click around later. JFC, I don't know if I've got ADHD or just come down with a case of boomeritis.

Thanks for this!

The field was marked required, with a red asterisk. I tried posting without a URL, and it did not accept the webform. Said I needed to fill in the required field.

I took a screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/gbF3jP3

(And if Imgur doesn't meet Lemmy standards, I'm happy to use a different service.)

This is interesting.

This memo is only relevant if Trump plans on staying in office past 2028, or installing another MAGA sycophant.

I mean, Trump knows that if a Democrat takes office, the DOJ will first clean house and then go after him for this shit. Yet he telegraphs his intention to break the law. Why?

Your head is really gonna hurt when you read about printer ink and printing presses.

CMYK ftw!

This is false.

The Pentagon hosts a Ramadan dinner (at the end of the holiday, to celebrate the conclusion of the fasting ritual).

The Pentagon has hosted Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremonies. (I'm not sure if they still do.)

The issue here isn't the sponsoring of a religious activity. The function of the military is to send soldiers to their deaths. Those soldiers who need spiritual support should absolutely have access to it.

The issue is that the president and the defense secretary have incorporated evangelical Christianity into their cronyism. Religion is being used as a litmus test for loyalty.

Signed,

A pragmatic (ex-militant) atheist

First, who the fuck is an expert on teleporting to Waffle House?

Second, why the fuck are the experts "dubious" instead of incredulous or openly condescending? JFC, c'mon experts, do better!

DLC expansion packs

You might not believe this, but there was a time before DLC expansion packs. Super Mario World, I love you.

Unless they are metahuman - probably, yes.

There are exceptions, like The Punisher, but he's not really a "super" hero (at least, not in any of the media I've consumed, which is admittedly not very much). Heroes like this are great at saving the day, but its just not believable that they can save the world or the galaxy or the universe.

Iron Man without money is some dude in a garage who spends his lifetime building the arc reactor and the Mark I. By the time he's gathered enough resources to build a Mark II, he's already 60.

What strikes me about this:

Tubi is ad supported.

Sesame Street used to air on PBS, public broadcasting. The ads during my childhood were very wholesome - an announcement of a sponsor or donor. Never anything loud or crass, and many were public service announcements. Like Smokey the Bear from the National Parks, and other public interests.

Now Sesame Street will be filled with targeted advertising, blaring across the room.

I'm happy that people will be able to watch for free, but sad for what we've lost.

Piglet would like a word with you.

Also cats. Dogs. Lemurs. Rats.

Basically, any creature that has a pink nose probably has pink lips. We just don't notice because they are mostly covered in fur and proportionately thinner than human lips.

"Hello human billionaire friend. I too would like to harvest unlimited data directly from the government agencies."