in a high-enough voltage difference, even insulators/dielectrics suddenly become conductive, like air to lightning.
wondering what the equivalent is for human evolutionary pressureโฆ
The ADHD urge to jump and start busying yourself as soon as someone walks into the room because you grew up being shamed for not doing enough every second
On December 16, 1997, a single Pokemon episode sent 600 kids to the hospital in one night.
The cause: Pikachu's thunder attack. 12 red/blue flashes per second for 6 seconds.
In the days after, thousands more kids reported symptoms. But it wasn't epilepsy. It was mass hysteria.
The episode has never been rebroadcast. Anywhere. Ever.
If you pronounce the name of a Pokemon incorrectly and then get told what its supposed to be
Why would you not then start pronouncing it correctly
Why be stubborn
Someone said the most healing thing for a neurodivergent person isn't sleep or a hot shower or a good meal. It's a long stretch of time where nobody needs anything from them at all.
Public notice: Do not refer to the United States as America as it legitimizes their expansionist language of the racist manifest destiny.
๐บ๐ธUS: United States
๐บ๐ธUSian: Citizen of the US
๐America: Two continents and 35 countries
๐American: Residents of any part of America
@undebeha I've picked up on these mechanics recently under Geometric Algebra (Projective GA in particular), it's one of the most mindblowingly cool things I've ever learned in mathematics.
@DeadOnThePage my brain has this mini-glitch, in a way like "soi" for Microsoft Sam, where when parsing the name "Billie Eilish" it goes smth like "bill-ililililil-lee ai-lailailailailai-lishh"