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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Then why did they make themselves so dependent on oil? We have alternatives but decided to be lazy. Aesop's fable

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Idk man but my car runs on electric

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Not everyone has a fully formed penis. Some men need a V8 pickup for medical reasons.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Any time someone suggests "lazy" or "stupid" as a hypothesis, it means they don't understand something very important.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any time someone suggests "lazy" or "stupid" as a hypothesis to absolutely anything, it means they don't understand something very important.

Really ? like these "idiots" ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU

"Maybe we're sufficiently stupid that we won't exist beyond this century" - Professor Brian Cox

"Greed and stupidity are what will end the human race" - Stephen Hawking6

https://nassimtaleb.org/tag/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What special insight are you suggesting Hawking had about the future of the human race? This is exactly the kind of nothing hypothesis I'm talking about, yes.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Fair enough, I blame conservatism