One day at work, I found out a work friend actually believed the whole "crystal energy" thing.
Since she was the first person I had ever met who actually admitted to that, I wanted to know more about what her specific beliefs about them were.
At first she was super bubbly about it, on par with her personality. But then as I asked a couple common sense questions about why science doesnt find anything measurable, and first she got hostile and mad that I would dare question another person's beliefs, but when I explained I was genuinely curious and had no interest in changing her beliefs she just kind of broke down because nobody ever takes her seriously or believes her about her "personal healing journey"
The way I see it, it's for adults who like pretty rocks, but can't come to terms with the fact that they like something "childish" (because for some reason a lot of adults call a rock collection cringe or childish or dumb, but clearly they've never met a geologist) so instead of having a pretty rock and mineral collection, they have "healing crystals", and eventually it just becomes kind of like part of their identity the way a religion is.
I will however, 100% giggle at their expense with my wife, later. Because anyone who buys $50 polished selenite drink coaster "charging plate", and a $200 brass pyramid to "recharge" their $50 "healing quartz wand" while refusing to listen to real science deserves to be giggled at.
Funny how quickly things turned to "no political violence is okay and joking about it makes you a terrorist" when only weeks before I was hearing and seeing "jokes" about certain politicians and death, assault (of varying kinds...), and all manner of "violent" things.
But suddenly after Ajent Ornj takes a bit of shrapnel, it's "not okay"
And all the people who "hate Trump" who sit by day after day and say nothing about the other "jokes" because "we expect that from them" but jump in to lecture you about how you're wrong... Well, are you hypocrites or just cowards? Why is it suddenly "not okay"?
Yeah, I've never once seen anything but criticism over the US's involvement in the middle east.
The most I've seen is a couple people saying the equivalent of "well SOMEONE had to do something about X" And a bunch of others jumping on them to clarify that X either never existed, or was massively exaggerated and the US isn't the World Police.
Genuinely would love to see someone link a good faith comment trying to argue the above, so I can tell them all about how they're a fucknut
Can you truly say you've had the HB experience if you haven't recieved emoji/sticker/gif spam from people who weren't alive for 9/11, have never been outside their country, and refuse to listen to opposing views, but know with full certainty that all western countries are 100% full of genociders and colonial rapists who all deserve the glorious death the super benign, extremely peaceful and misunderstood countries of North Korea, China, and Russia who have never once been correctly accused of human rights violations....
And of course, if they point out that your country has dipped into those things in the past, well your entire worldview is shattered and their whataboutism has solved everything and proves you deserve the death they crave for you.
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Pfffff yeah if you don't use a faday cage the size of a room in the style of Enemy of the State.
Or I could just ignore crypto, and not contribute to the heat death of the planet.
Yeah my parents went the "don't ever ever talk about it and pretend it doesn't exist" route.
The internet taught me quite a bit before my school even bothered. And my school was the Bible-belt abstinence-only kind of education.
There's a lot that's left out, but I only have so many hours in a day...
Legitimately if someone said "it's better than the shelter no matter what" I'd tell them "okay then, you're coming home with me. Every night I will kick you because you're slightly too slow for my liking and in my way. Every morning I will forget to feed you because I don't really care about you. I might give you my leftovers after dinner. No lunch because you only get two meals a day. Forgotten breakfast included. I will also tie you outside in 95 degree heat for a week and only fill your water every other day because I misplaced my shoe and blamed it on you. When you get sick, I'm just going to break your leg and leave you in the woods." and tell them not to complain because at least they aren't in a shelter.
If that isn't the end of the discussion, then [REDACTED]
Hey now, no need to bring math into this like a civilized person! You changed the outcome by measuring it!
They tend not to care so much about "how safely the hazardous material is stored"
Just ask anyone who's tried to smuggle on 5lbs of mercury...
If you're poor, or non-white, they call that "stalking"
Every time I see some of my relatives, I make sure I bring up "oh, by the way shouldn't I be dead now? You made a pretty big fuss about how everyone who was vaccinated [would] be dead within a year"
It's always met with eye rolls and silence.
3rd if you count the presidency itself.
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President pro tempore
My dad thinks climate change is a scam and "someone [i]s making a lot of money from it"
My dad also laments that the local lake doesn't freeze over like it did when he was a teenager, DRIVING on top of it with his brothers.
Totally unrelated to climate change though. Cause that's totes fake.
Also storms are more violent and frequent, winters are basically spring 2.0 now and the local river has flooded way past historic levels and could threaten the downtown area of their city within the decade.
But all that is SOOOOOOO unrelated.
Allowed to?
Yes.
Is it still legally binding should such joke events occur?
Also yes.
If I say "this company is not liable for any damages caused by sudden laser eyes (unless the laser is TRUE yellow)" well then, if someone suddenly develops yellow laser eyes using my product.... Guess who's on the hook for damages.
Will no one please think of the poor shareholders???
Even SSTO is still ONE STAGE
