… erection … of pillars in the vast wetlands …

Question: why wasn’t Bilbo affected like Frodo was? He had the ring much longer, and also never seemed to be hunted by those ghostly horsemen either.

Mind you I’ve never read the books, so I feel like I’m missing something the movies never explained.

You could say the same about laws, considering how no one is enforcing them against the current administration.

I understand. But I would counter with kilometers is a unit of distance. Energy is not a unit of measure. For that we have other words, like watts and volts and many others.

Energy and distance do exist without humans. How we measure both is a human construct like you said.

I’m a layman, but it seems to me you’re conflating apples and oranges.

Money is a tool invented by humans. It only exists because we created it for our purposes. If humans never existed, money would likely not exist. And someday, money as we know it, will likely change.

Energy, on the other hand, is something that exists regardless of humans. It is a concept that does not change, regardless of how you describe it.

Governments are like the people. They tend to react only when it’s them that gets hurt. Until then, it’s thoughts, prayers, and “stop buying coffee”.

1. Janeway and coffee
2. Tuvoc and Neelix
3. Lizard Janeway and Lizard Tom

Officials are now reviewing the Tesla sales data to determine if any irregularities occurred during the program’s final days.

8,600 Teslas 4 Locations in 3 days (one reported 1,200 sales in one day) $43 mil in rebates ($4 mil in one day)

Let’s be generous and say the cheapest Tesla is $40k before any rebates. That’s $344 mil in sales, with an average of 2,150 Teslas per day.

I’m pretty sure it’s obvious there are irregularities.

Now that’s a job title I would actively strive for. 🤣

I mean, according to most people, God is perfect and cannot make mistakes. So Satan, sin, and all that other “stuff” means that God knew what he was doing all along; that he manufactured the snake in the garden convincing Eve to talk Adam into eating the “forbidden fruit”, and that God knew Adam was going to lie, and yet still decided to be offended and curse all of man-kind to suffer for eternity because he got his feels hurt.

Free will is the First Lie^™ we’ve ever been taught. Biblically or historically, we have all been told what to do, when to do it, and for how long and any hint at dissent would result in loss of life and/or liberty.

Never in our existence has everybody had the free will to do whatever they want. There’s always been an oppressive thumb to hold us down from the start.

The world is not black and white as you ascribe. This is clearly evidenced by current events. This is not a fault of the people; rather it is the fault of those who actively invest in class warfare.

I’m not defending those who follow Trump, Musk, or Fox News. But rather, I pity them for being put in situations to believe these institutions are truths and everything else is a lie.

I’ve had one or two passionate (and good) teachers in my day; one of them happened to be a history teacher. He was good because he made the class interactive. Makes me wish I paid attention more.

History teachers of Lemmy, take note. This is how you make history not boring!

It’s a shame they don’t put as much effort into educating the public on important things like this.

I hope the owner had your back 💯 for what you did. People always trying to side-step rules and/or boundaries because they think they’re stupid or don’t apply to them are exactly what’s wrong with the world today.

Ok, what do we do that will actually make a difference?

I’ve blocked you like 4 times now…

I think you answered your own question.

I’ve heard some religious folk anecdotally say that being in heaven would be sitting and watching God for eternity (and they’re excited at the idea).

Do I need a billiard table? Fuck yes I do! You go be stared at by your sheeple you omnipotent narcissist asshole, and let me enjoy my afterlife the way I see fit.

Fall has fell…

This. When I was in Mexico on my honeymoon, Google kept redirecting me to their .mx version of Google; despite my inability to read Spanish.