I have very little idea who this person actually is, but I feel like I’ve seen her before in old Hogan’s Heroes episodes.

This is the obvious weirdo creepy villain, right?
https://www.politico.eu/article/afd-alternative-for-germany-alice-weidel-plan-downsize-eu/

Or… am I just mistaken?

It’s not just random fat, though. IIRC, things like EPA acids and DHA acids found in fish oil supplements are high-quantity in the brain.

Though, I’m sure we’ve all met lard-heads in life…

Funny, I auto-posted a different piece earlier today, based on wherever I originally saw it:

https://piefed.social/post/2496661

I don’t know… as long as you have corporate social media, I’m thinking most people will remain there out of convenience, precedent, and buy-in. Which would leave places like the Fediverse small fry that probably wouldn’t be going after statistically. Also, the decentralised aspect means that you’d have to get much closer to a 1984 situation for this to be a serious concern, with instances currently spread out all over the world.

But yeah, I agree that “1984” is certainly on the near-horizon of strong possibileries.

Most people in recorded history, perhaps.

Recorded history is a tiny fraction of human history, and of course we used to live radically different lives before civlisation came a knockin’.

Hmm. What’s your scenario for the “corporate internet” killing off the Fediverse? Deliberate botnet attacks and/or overwhelming the instances with spam / junk bot accts?

If governments start shutting down instances, phew… I suspect that will be a pretty bleak time to be alive. Or just bleaker, haha. 😑

thinking he was going to do something to improve things

A very common mistake was in failing to understand the causes & benefits of FDR-style democracy, and the ~four decade age of prosperity that grew out of it. That and thinking that democracy was a birthright.

Such American voters were always going to be ripe for the grift.

I started cutting my own hair decades ago, and tapering is probably the first and easiest thing I learned. Blending different lengths on longer hair is much more of a challenge IME. That and specialised styles I guess, which I never really bothered with.

!marine@r1b.it is for all sea animals, not just the pets!

Yes, I understand. Just wanted to mention those for anyone interested.

Good luck with the new sub. 👍

I subscribed.

Just for the record, this is an active community that’s 3yrs old:
!aquariums@lemmy.world

And this is another, which unfortunately seems to have ground to a halt:
!ocean@sh.itjust.works

The figure in lower right looks rather iconic!

Late reply, but beautiful!

“Wait, wait… stop… STOP!”

“Now, who’s carrying the DUCK banner, and who’s carrying t’other?”

(insert Monty Python, please)

Well!

XD

Sea-lioning is a type of online trolling or harassment where someone persistently demands evidence, proof, or explanations in bad faith while maintaining an exaggerated, polite demeanor.

Dans ce cas, y a-t-il des mots précis que tu préférerais que j’utilise pour te demander ce que tu essayais bien de dire au départ… ?

Okay, I get it now… you’re a troll.

And I’m not a mind-reader, sister.

Please spell it out exactly as you can, assuming a dumbass like me.

May I ask what you were offended by, specifically?

Okay, I REALLY did not mean to share this one if it was a sexist comic, so if I screwed up on that, then that’s on me, and… yeah there’s still time to delete it, I think.

That said, there’s a friggen’ load of cultural context to explain, if one really needs it, if one REALLY wants to dig in to this one.

Ball’s in your court, @schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works.

Agreed!

At the same time… I remain grateful that I still have enough fading grey matter left such that I can just imagine it in my head, no prob. 😄