HugeNerd

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

Can you fit your fist through the top? Can you scoop out a handful easily and leave fingertrails in the bottom? Then it's just normal sized IMO.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh, agree. But how many people do you think we can sustain your way globally in the coming decades? We are projected to reach 10 billion by 2050 by some estimates.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

You mean truthiness?

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Well yes, but that means 8 billion people will be a bit of a snug fit on this planet, don't you think?

And we had sustainable food capacity up to 1859.

There's no more bat guano either.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Yes, but without fossil fuel inputs humanity couldn't sustain 8 billion people, renewable energy or not.

My point is that humanity is heading into a foundational tree chipper. Don't you think we're already seeing signs of unraveling?

Of course humanity can survive on renewable energy, that's how we built the Pyramids, but those civilizations didn't have 8 billion people shopping on Aliexpress or spray cheese on nachos to watch the football game.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Religion is an endemic mental illness. I'd say people should keep it to themselves and once they leave their house, I don't want to hear anything about it, or it's off to the mental institution.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Fantastic. Now extrapolate that to supporting 8 billion people, with your kind of gardening and what it will mean for that civilization.

Do you support yourself 100% of the time with that gardening? Or is it a relaxing hobby?

I'm talking about how we got to 8 billion people. Here's a hint, it's not by gardening.

So you're telling me you never drive your car somewhere to buy seeds or tools? And they got to the store without trucks?

The clothes you wear to garden? You made them yourself? You have sheep? A spinning jenny?

The people working at the store to unload the trucks? They also eat food that came into being without gas, fertilizer, or pesticides?

Look, you've been gardening with gas, fertilizer, and pesticides all along. You just didn't see it.

That's my point. You can hug yourself and pat yourself on the back as much as you want, but without fossil fuels, you wouldn't have the lifestyle that lets you type away at a computer while your fridge is full of food from the supermarket...

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

You mean the stuff in Steal This Book doesn't work anymore?

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

...what? Have you heard of Goodwill or Value Village?

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

and has it’s purposes

Unlike that apostrophe.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago

Boy am I glad I'm asexual for all practical purposes. This sounds frankly exhausting.

 

I saw it when it came out and only remember that I thought it was pretty good. Maybe I'll watch it this weekend.

 

A good find this afternoon I think. 10$ for these two, and Strangelove is in a metal jewel case thingy. Pretty good.

 

Star Trek The Motionless Picture through The Undiscovered Country plus The Captain's Summit for 7.50$. That's decent

 

Not me! Maybe not the best selection, there were more Warner Brothers discs, infamous for bit rot (it's real, even their regular DVDs die prematurely), I passed on those. I have a few and they are all dead.

[For those who don't know, HDDVD was the HD format that lost the format wars of the early 2000s. There are very few readers any more out there. The XBOX 360's external reader is one, the Toshiba machines are the others. I have both!]

 

Pretty lame I guess but this is pretty fancy and looks like unused and unopened. It really slowly, smoothly AND silently opens up.

Now to find magneto-optical disks.

 

All 6 seasons with 6 still sealed. Nostalgia, baby. I miss the '90s!

 

A real horroshow Bluray

 

A nice hat trick for today. I happened to be there when they were bringing fresh meat to the shelves. Picked 'em right off the cart. I mean "The Prisoner"? Come on now. Cosmos 2014 on Bluray?

 

Hey for 4$ who can complain? Each disc is immaculate.

 

Not sure if this falls into "thrifting". This store used to have pleasant deals on materials but I'd say in the last few years they went nuts with the prices.

The only deal I ever got there was an IKEA filing cabinet on wheels in new condition for like 20$. The kind of IKEA stuff that had heft to it, not the newer stuff.

No wonder they closed, charging twice the price of new for donated items. Far worse than Renaissance or VV.

 

It's like new. I guess I'll have to start playing games now, does Solitaire support joysticks?

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