[-] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

I was thinking recently what it would be like if we replaced all aeroplanes with airships instead; like helium-filled zeppelins. If it meant saving the planet, surely everyone could tolerate a slower journey, after all, people used to spend days and weeks on ships travelling across the world.
The only real obstacle to this is the system's incessant need to extract as much of everyone's labour power as possible, not just over the course of a work day, but over their entire lives, meaning that any reduction in speed of travel, for instance, is intolerable, as it results in 'wasted time' that is not actively being spent on exploitation.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

Scene from Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 22, "Symbiosis", in which Capt. Picard attempts to mediate a trade dispute between the Brekkians, (pictured) who possess large quantities of a valuable medicine called "spice", and the Ornarans, who are in need of the drug to cure a plague.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

Just happened to be reading about afforestation today; particularly the Great Green Walls of China and Africa.
Curiously, the wiki article on the Chinese one has a dedicated 'criticism' section, while the African one does not

[-] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

In my own anecdotal experience, some people, consciously or otherwise, will continue to refer to trans people as 'they' after it's been made apparent what their identity is.
It could be inferred that they're uncomfortable with stating a trans person's identified gender because they don't 'believe it', which implies their usage of they/them is not simply being overly cautious or polite but because they don't want to acknowledge said identity.
This would also apply to people using neopronouns too - refusing to use them essentially implies that you don't believe in them and don't acknowledge that person's right to determine their own identity.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I was on citalopram/celexa for 3 months and felt no difference. they switched me to sertraline/zoloft which i've been on for 2 months and i still notice nothing - it's like i'm not even taking anything

[-] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

trogdor burninates the peasants; thus he is no comrade you-are-a-serf

[-] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

probably the best guest appearance in trek.

Oh, you stupid Bajoran girl. Don't you know who I am? I'm your nemesis. I'm your nightmare. I'm the Butcher of Gallitep!

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago

No, you can't ask that - it's whataboutism

Which, coincidentally, was originally coined in Ireland in the 70s, referring to people who defended the IRA

[-] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

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Onion jam is good (hexbear.net)
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A while back I had a few spare onions so I made onion jam with them. Now I can't stop. I keep putting it on everything; it's taking over my life.

Anyways, here's the recipe:

  • Peel 4 onions (or more), slice & dice as much as you can be bothered to
  • Add 2 tbsp oil to a pan, set to low heat and add onions. Add generous pinch of salt and stir.
  • Boring part: caramelise for 30 mins, stir regularly, add a little water as and when the onions start to catch or blacken
  • Mix together 2 tbsp brown sugar with 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar and add to onions - stir and reduce for 5 mins
  • You should have a jammy, spreadable consistency. Take off the heat and serve as hot condiment, or store in the fridge and use later as a cold condiment. Smear it all over yourself if you so desire.
  • Lasts about a week refrigerated, if you can even leave it that long.

I've been using it on homemade burgers, pizzas and italian subs - gimme suggestions cause I'm just gonna keep making the stuff indefinitely, or until I get sick of it.

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