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Fear in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

And you'd deserve it for saying "on accident"

American military doctrine in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 47 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

"The pinicle of military deployment approaches the formless. For if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it, nor the wise make plans against it." - Sun Tzu

Archdiocese of L.A. reaches $880M child sex abuse settlement over hundreds of claims in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

The fact that a "charitable" organisation has $880M to pay out should be ringing a few bells too I think!

When post nut clarity becomes an epiphany… in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Nasty-Ass Sex" or "Nasty Ass-Sex" ?

Court rules calling a man 'bald' is sexual harassment after electrician sues over 'bald cunt' insult in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Are they in charge of securing government contracts for their clients?

Why are people impressed with SpaceX? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can I just add that "fucking Buck rogers" is an excellent phrase and all three words can mean sex and when combined they don't.

‘Game of Thrones’ dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5 million at auction in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Knowing Westeros he probably got paid in wheat and barley 🙄

Not everything needs to be Art in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

I agree.

I have all these images in my head and zero artistic skills to create them.

Thanks AI, if indeed that is your real name, for helping me with Visual aids for my teaching work!

What is an extremely wholesome fact that could help brighten someone's day? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Statistically, it's both

What is an extremely wholesome fact that could help brighten someone's day? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Yup.

They were geographically limited and not as dark as reported

What is an extremely wholesome fact that could help brighten someone's day? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 days ago (14 children)

There's fewer people in poverty now than at any point in history.

The world has always been getting better in global measures of health, food and education if you consider all of humanity.

A Polite Encounter? [Invertobang] in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, but what is it really?

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Roll up! Roll up! He speaks! He Talks! (lemmy.world)
 
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The unnameable horror (lemmy.world)
 
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Freedoms and love (lemmy.world)
 
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The hero needed, the leader we deserve (lemmy.world)
 

He wants to be a meme so much, it'll be in the manifesto

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Rishi Rule (lemmy.world)
 
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I'm fine with a little internal contradiction! (lemmy.world)
 
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Qualified experts of Lemmy, do people believe you when you answer questions in your field? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The internet has made a lot of people armchair experts happy to offer their perspective with a degree of certainty, without doing the work to identify gaps in their knowledge. Often the mark of genuine expertise is knowing the limitations of your knowledge.

This isn't a social media thing exclusively of course, I've met it in the real world too.

When I worked as a repair technician, members of the public would ask me for my diagnosis of faults and then debate them with me.

I've dedicated the second half of my life to understanding people and how they work, in this field it's even worse because everyone has opinions on that topic!

And yet my friend who has a physics PhD doesn't endure people explaining why his theories about battery tech are incorrect because of an article they read or an anecdote from someone's past.

So I'm curious, do some fields experience this more than others?

If you have a field of expertise do you find people love to debate you without taking into account the gulf of awareness, skills and knowledge?

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Are the people who read terms and conditions the same people who pre-heat their ovens? 🤔 (lemmy.world)
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Watching GoT yesterday and saw this. (lemmy.world)
 
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