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Cake day: August 1st, 2023
  • okwhateverdude@lemmy.worldtopolitics @lemmy.world•Joe Biden is bailing out Papaw's steel plant in JD Vance’s hometown. Vance is trying to stop him.English
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    2 days ago

    It is frustrating that Couchfucker doesn’t want this and for the wrong reasons.

    one of the largest hydrogen fuel furnaces in the world

    Hydrogen powered shit is dumb. Like, super dumb. It is nearly impossible to store the shit without it corroding the tanks, fittings, whatever. So maintenance cost will be a killer in the long run. Nevermind the whole Hindenburg-esque possibility of the plant. Worse than that, unless that hydrogen is coming from renewable sources (aka. “green” hydrogen), it will actually be way worse for the environment. Most of the shitty sources are actually fossil fuels (aka. “blue” hydrogen). And guess who would love to make and sell hydrogen from fossil fuels and is therefore lobbying for government projects for this kind of shit? That’s right, our “friends” Big Oil.

    Hossenfelder discusses this in her video Hydrogen Will Not Save Us. Here’s Why. https://youtu.be/Zklo4Z1SqkE

    So yeah. I hate agreeing with Couchfucker about this one very specific point.

  • okwhateverdude@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Is "retard" a slur?English
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    5 days ago

    I think “slur” also requires a component of direct offense for it mean anything. I don’t think it is valid to be offended for somebody else if that somebody else isn’t actually offended. If I make up a slur on the spot denigrating some aspect of your person that you do not find offensive (eg. Flumplenook - for a person who’s a bit clumsy), is it really a slur?

    So if you call someone retarded, and they do not have the mental faculties to be offended, is it really a slur?

    For slurs to have any meaning, any power, they need to be understood and internalized as offensive.