I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re allowed to have opinions—even strong and lightly-informed ones—on matters of public interest. Nobody can stop you, and anyone who tries to shame you about it should be roundly bullied.
God bless America.
@nephew_jonathan@zeta_globin On the relevant time scales I just assume we’re talking tectonics—it came from volcanism, it was absorbed by oxidation of newly exposed rock—but that’s rather unsatisfying hand-waving.
@PstafarianPrice No just normal Hass type when they have an almond-sized pit.
That might just be me finding the dark cloud to every silver lining, though.
@nealjclark1 LOCKE is interesting because it’s not really about modern smartphones (the plot could have happened anytime since car phones were a thing) but it does at least make a compelling plot entirely out of people communicating at distance, which is a huge part of the challenge.
@plainstriumph Employers have coasted on the cultural lag for an entire generation after reneging on their side of what was once a deal. You have no obligations beyond what you've signed your name to.
Generous bankruptcy discharges for individuals and Chapter 11 for enterprises is one of the most underappreciated social technologies which America has developed