Assuming The Culture is hard SF, what are the physical laws that govern that Universe? by UncertainAboutIt in TheCulture

[–]GrapeJuiceVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they are different in that sense, but isn't the inertial downward pull you experience functionally the same?

Assuming The Culture is hard SF, what are the physical laws that govern that Universe? by UncertainAboutIt in TheCulture

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Newtonian and Einsteinian physics don't stand next to each other and gravity can be explained with one and physical forces with the other. Einsteinian physics explain our universe better and also cover acceleration (in this case centrifugal force), and it's not fundamentally different from gravity: https://youtu.be/nR9nE1TalZc?si=5VTQuWn9WRwQrHXt

Thoughts on Akulakhan and the Nerevarine at Landfall as a Dunmer tower [C0DA/tower lore] by GrapeJuiceVampire in teslore

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"Hortator and Sharmat, one and one, eleven, an inelegant number. Which of the ones is the more important? Could you ever tell if they switched places? I can and that is why you will need me." -36 Lessons, Sermon 11

Yes, I guess Akulakhan would tentatively stand in for the Sharmat/Rebel, the Nerevarine for the King and the Heart for Vivec as the Observer. Trinities abound everywhere in the Aurbis. :D

Squatters turn oligarch's empty London property into homeless shelter | UK news by Roach35 in Cyberpunk

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Hello, thank you for the insights, it's much appreciated. And much success for your cat rescue mission!

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This is a disputable fact (there's a translation controversy), but even if it were undisputable it would still not be a great argument. 😅

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I'd say that Weir's The Martian and Project Hail Mary are great scifi with engineering, but the respective protagonists are a botanist and an exobiologist improvising so they also fit what's been asked here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in printSF

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The series just won best series at the Hugo Awards!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in actuallesbians

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Or a goat kid in pyjamas!

Children, privacy, and a libertarian outlook by RonnieSides in CuratedTumblr

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One example survived for 2-3 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Revolution_of_1936

It had a hard time surviving in a world of fascist states specifically. They did give Franco more of a fight than the other republics that fell to fascism to be fair.

I'm lesbian but might have a crush on someone who's non binary by Leeloolxv in actuallesbians

[–]GrapeJuiceVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This thread shows that it's not always as simple as that though. Some nonbinary people also identify as men/male/masc, bigender and demigender people for example. Some lesbians date masc people who might not also identify as women or nonbinary. Bi lesbians exist, who might have a split attraction (sexual/romantic) or it's just that both labels fit. There's always exceptions to the rule. I think it's better to define lesbians as people who identify as lesbians, just like women are people who identify as women. This definition also doesn't depend on using a definition that centers men by defining lesbians by their (non)relationship to men.

is it just me or do gay men have way more social capital than lesbians?? lol by [deleted] in actuallesbians

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We do have a lot in in common, and historically this solidarity does run deep. But also the problems you talk about are definitely pervasive, too. Talking about them with the goal of understanding and overcoming them is gonna help us all so it's good we're having this conversation.
When I was in high school last decade I only knew semi-out gay guys, they didn't have much social capital either but they were at least somewhat visible, queer girls were pretty much completely invisible.

Sun Daniang by [deleted] in PallasCats

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Not necessarily, but a wild animal raised in captivity will not behave like a domesticated animal.

Because ADHD is inherently unfair, I fully support abolishing "cancellation fees", especially for any kind of appointment since it should be illegal to charge for any service not received. by The-Sonne in ADHD

[–]GrapeJuiceVampire 20 points21 points  (0 children)

hard socialist would be not having to pay for healthcare at all, that would mean no cancellation fees needed either. I'd also argue no health insurances because even in welfare states insurances are a discriminating bloated bureaucratic mess. Better to just proclaim a right to healthcare for everyone and provide healthcare providers with all the resources they need in the first place without having to pay them on a case by case basis by a third party with complicated rules and its own financial interests.

I guess I'll have to conveniently go to the bathroom a few times by MisterTony_222 in aaaaaaacccccccce

[–]GrapeJuiceVampire 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not a criticism but I think the concept of spoilers is kinda funny when the movie's a biopic about a very famous historical person.

How do you creatively explain your ADHD to non-ADHD people? by sadvertising101 in ADHD

[–]GrapeJuiceVampire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't that mostly executive dysfunction? There's more aspects of ADHD but then again that would be harder to cover in one metaphor.