ohwhatfollyisman

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[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

say what you will, but online gambling being the most blocked category is heartening to hear.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

fun fact: famed italian soccer club ac milan actually began as a football and cricket team.

well, it is brown and it is alone...

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

but that's not intuitive. when a compass says that the bearing is east, you are facing east. here, the onlooker is actually facing west when looking at east.

if the street pole had a bunch of arrows sticking out towards the cardinal points, what you're saying is obvious may truly have been obvious.

but in this arrangement, the question put forth is a fair one and does not deserve derision.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago (1 children)

so did you "bare" this in mind, then?

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

maybe he was still in character as Kurn and took the challenge as yet another pointless Klingon pain ritual.

ignorance is bliss.

well, if you sever a quarter of X, particularly the south-east one, you're left with y.

looks like another rebranding exercise is in the mix?

wait till you see what can be done with peas.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i'd say that's the point? the dog is looking at the limited colours it can see, not comprehending that the researcher that laid out the graph has an increased ability in perceiving colours.

it's a manifestation of the dunning-kruger effect.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

correction: switzer was the first registered woman to compete in the boston marathon.

bobbi gibb had not only completed the marathon the year earlier, she was also an hour ahead of switzer when this iconic photo was taken (as an untegistered runner in both instances).

that's not to take away from switzer's own part in history, though.

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