Dalvoron

joined 1 year ago
[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Yes I did mix up the order of the words cause of poor sleep. Thanks for correcting

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

My favourite language joke:

What's the difference between a cat and a comma?

One's got claws at the end of its paws, the other's a pause at the end of a clause

*fixed order

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No jesus was not a fuck baby, Mary probably was. Immaculate conception is not the same as virgin conception. Immaculate means God did not curse her for the sins of Adam and Eve (which God had previously done with everyone else), which is usually called "original sin"

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

This particular flavour of survivorship bias is also called the anthropic principle

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

In Ireland it's Éire, while Iceland is An Íoslainn, so it doesn't really work 😕

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Those quotes were far too coherent to have been real

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Truly it's a hard game even if there were no cylons. Humans rarely win in my games. Alas, it's out of print 😭. Its spiritual successor Unfathomable seems good as well, though I've only played it once

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Then you discover the board game and it's a whole new level of great

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Tables if you want very specific layouts for lots of discrete items.

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Linear housing, quadratic taxes