TheRealKuni
I don’t think it’s racist to not enjoy something you’re unfamiliar with. And I worry that labeling stuff that isn’t racism as racism waters down what racism actually is.
I didn’t really like the halftime show, but that’s because it’s not the kind of thing I usually listen to. I didn’t dislike it, it was just kind of…neutral to me. I’m guessing if I knew the tracks I would’ve enjoyed it more.
I did like the set design. It was pretty cool.
Had it been country music I would’ve actively disliked it.
Everyone hates BambuLab now right? Something about firmware blocking other slicers? Seems shitty if true.
I actually appreciate this, even knowing how it works. After a big purchase I tend to be conflicted about it having spent that much money. I like to have it be confirmed that I made the right choice, even if I know it’s just manipulation. 😅
Like, recently I bought a BambuLab P1S 3D printer (with the multi-material combo). I did my research, knew it was an excellent value for money. I knew the competing options were not worth the added features for the higher cost, or the reduction in features for the savings. It was basically exactly what I wanted at a good price point.
And yet every time I see a suggested YouTube video recommending that printer, or an ad talking about what a good value it is, I get this little happy dopamine burst for having made a good choice.
General aviation accidents (what I believe this was) are relatively common. They happen from time to time. This shouldn’t be surprising, not all pilots are experienced, not all planes are maintained perfectly, etc, when the government isn’t regulating it as thoroughly.
Commercial aviation is a different story. It’s incredibly safe, and continues to be. That may begin to change in the USA as hiring freezes make already strained ATC even more overworked. Also FAA and NTSB appointments becoming political can’t be good for anyone. And this administration seems to think all regulations are bad, despite most of them being written in blood.
For now, flying is still exactly as safe as it was a year ago.
Nah, a cursory glance at the article shows it’s about reversing a push by the Biden administration to transition federal locations to using paper straws.
Last summer, the Biden administration announced an initiative to reduce single-use plastics in federal operations.
In addition to working with the private sector, other stakeholders, and state, local, Tribal, and Territorial governments to reduce the impact of plastic pollution, it planned to phase out federal procurement of single-use plastics from food service operations, events, and packaging by 2027, and from all federal operations by 2035.
Unless you are one of hundreds of people who misremembered the date, that's not a Mandela effect.
Conspiracy-minded circles think that the Mandela Effect is actually because of universes in the multiverse merging or some nonsense, and so since this person knows “a fact” that it happened in 2004 for them, that means, to them, that they were in an alternate universe where it happened in 2004 and now they aren’t. Or something. And so, to them, that’s the Mandela Effect.
Of course as you said, the Mandela Effect is about the collective misremembering of facts, not one person misremembering something, but since the tin-foil community has co-opted the effect, it means whatever they feel like I guess.
Fun fact, a lot of the way the Mandela Effect works is easily explained by priming. Most videos on the subject will say, eg, “This logo always looked like this, right? But no, it actually looked like this!”
If you’d asked people blindly to describe that name or logo or event or whatever, far fewer are going to exhibit the effect. But since they were primed with the false information, and human memory is awful, they “remember” the incorrect version.
Isn’t it just ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA? No second B?
You bastard.
This is how I use coin flips (for two options, obviously).