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Donald Trump moves closer to losing Mar-a-Lago in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

"My little Trump-et"

Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So she insists she believes the word says the world is spherical but that there is a dome in the sky. I think she got bored halfway through the video after they stopped talking about the stuff from the bible. I see that the firmament is real but as someone who was raised catholic I assumed all religions agreed that it was a metaphysical barrier between heaven and earth. After reading through the comments here I feel like she probably got this from YouTube/ticktock and not from her church.

Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To be clear I couldn't get a hit on a religion believing it is a solid impassable dome in the sky. I got hits on flat earther crap that sadly I knew about because another family member was a full fledged flat earther..... (These are all in-laws BTW). I also found the bible definition which only states that the firmament is a barrier between heaven and earth. I am mostly just trying to figure out where she got this nonsense from and I suspect it was going down a rabbit hole on YouTube that led to a flat earth video using the bible as evidence of the flat earth. She has a short attention span so she probably stopped paying attention after the part where they said the sky is a dome because she said the earth is round.

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Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I have a born again christian family member in their mid twenties who stated with complete confidence that there is a dome in the sky called the firmament and beyond it is where heaven is. She believes space doesn't exist and rockets just blow up because the bible said so. She is not the brightest and normally I would let this sort of nonsense go but I work in aerospace and have multiple pieces of hardware in space so she is either calling me ignorant or a malicious agent for the devil purposely lying for her so I got pretty annoyed. I can't find anything about this dome in a google search about religion and I suspect she ended up on a flat-earth YouTube channel that twisted a line in the bible to fit their beliefs and didn't actually get it from her church. I know its probably hopeless to help her understand how dumb and frankly insulting this belief is but I can possibly talk some reason if I understand the source.

Are there any major or minor religions, christian or other that believe space is a lie and only god is outside our atmosphere?

As a Canadian, I was shocked to learn I had feelings in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Only Chinese-Canadians that turn into red pandas though.

My Name rule in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Ho

Edit: Full name is Ho Pc Do

Oh, good. We could use a lot more of that in SoCal. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

About time, our humility has just about run dry.

Post a meme on lemmy, upvote on kbin, boost on mastodon, comment on firefish, feature on pixelfed, reply to a comment on... in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have definitely thought about doing this on reddit subs that I ask a question on that gets buried in new.......

So happy this is something we left behind (mostly) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Member woosh?

Many Americans think NASA returning to the moon is a waste of time and it should prioritize asteroid hunting instead, a poll shows in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but most Americans think asteroid hunting requires a rifle.

Latency just still isn't there unfortunately in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or use apx HD or apx LL

Is it legal to be out in public in just underwear? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So is it illegal to be in Washington to intentially arouse others fully clothed?

And what about unintentionally arousal? Like can you not be shirtless if you are so hot that your body puts others into heat?

Subaru shifts focus to EVs with plans for eight electric models by 2028 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All electric cars are manual transmission. There's just one gear lol.

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Point Valuations (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I am always curious to hear how folks value points in different reward systems. I think many of the card reviewers greatly overvalue points based on booking ridiculously overpriced international first class tickets at a fraction of the cost, but still 2x-3x or more what you would pay for an economy ticket. Here is how I would value the point systems I have had cards for:

Amex MR: 1.2 ¢/pt
- I generally will transfer points to domestic or international economy flights or to hotels when I can get at least 1 ¢/pt. The CS platinum sets a good minimum redemption rate.
Chase UR: 1.6 ¢/pt
- Assuming CSR. May get better rates for Hyatt and occasionally economy flights, but portal bonus/PYB set the minimum
Marriott Bonvoy: 0.67 ¢/pt
- Based on what I typically see scrolling through the site.
Hilton Honors: 0.5 ¢/pt
- Based on what I typically see scrolling through the site.
Hyatt: 1.67 ¢/pt
- Can be higher but the options are more limited.
Delta Miles: 1.2 ¢/pt
- Based on what I typically see scrolling through the site. Sometimes there are good deals on partner flights internationally.

That all said I mainly use the Amex trifecta because I can earn MR at a fast enough rate to make up for the lower valuation and I can use the credits effectively.

How do you value points?