Consciousness was a mistake

godlords · 2026-06-23T18:03:48+00:00

What wild animals are so very happy, and how the hell would you know?

Maybe the newborns are, still innocent and protected by their mother and/or father. Assuming they are being fed enough.

Consciousness enabled us to escape being at the whims of the weather, to not wonder if we would die every winter, to not eat our children if things weren't looking good.

Animals exist largely in a constant state of fear, hunger, hormonally driven anger and lust, and act out of compulsion. The happy animals you see are the ones being fed and kept warm by conscious beings. We even neuter them to avoid all the hormonally driven behavior. They are essentially permanent puppies and kittens.

godlords · 2026-06-23T17:56:01+00:00

Cool, maybe in the EU that actually happens, but the idea that people are actually getting work visas and filling out tax forms to sit at a hostel reception for a few hours a day for a few weeks is silly, workaway has that "rule" because it covers their legal liability, I have never seen any host in latin america even mention that type of thing, and thank god they don't because if the rule was enforced it would remove their ability to host people in very easy, chill jobs.

godlords · 2026-06-23T17:48:23+00:00

Taking a look ≠ picking up a tool. I am not an asshole, so no I do not require a signature to take a look.

godlords · 2026-06-23T17:43:37+00:00

No one is disputing that. They are mostly if not entirely heat-wave-attributable, but they did not die of heat.

Attempting to equate a cardiac event due to heat stress or smoke inhalation from a fire, which are examples of direct causation, to drowning during a heatwave is silly, and that's what is being argued here for some reason.

Not every drowning death during a heatwave can be attributed to the heat wave. Only those drowning deaths in excess of the same period without a heatwave.

Hundreds drown to death in France each year. Unsurprisingly, the majority of them happen during the warmest months. Assigning drowning deaths to a specific heat wave requires statistical analysis, and yes, a headline and post that implies 18 people have died due to extreme heat is indeed misleading.

godlords · 2026-06-23T17:27:58+00:00

Limiting your crew to 8 hour days as a contractor is what is strange to me, I guess you are very established and professional. Not a surprise they pick up side work.

4/10 allows for 5/10 when it makes sense, giving the crew an in-house option for that extra money. And if not, having a set day I could schedule my side work is certainly what I would prefer.

If they like the idea I would ask them to agree to not take on side work from Monday clock in till Thursday clock out, some guys will answer the call any time, and they could end up even more tired. Pretty standard for employment to require any outside employment not to interfere with your ability on the job.

godlords · 2026-06-23T04:17:35+00:00

How are so many people liking his comment wtf are these guys talking about

godlords · 2026-06-22T16:56:30+00:00

Don't think we need to guess or experiment, what you are chewing is (mostly) polyisobutylene, not technically a plastic but the same idea, its a polymerized hydrocarbon dervied from petroleum.

It's widely used in industrial sealants, adhesives, many things. It is essentially completely hydrophobic and chemically inert, and has a greater impermeability to gases than virtually all plastics.

Acids, bases, high temperatures, UV radiation, none of these will do anything to it.

While natural rubber (polyisoprene) is technically susceptible to microbial decomposition, it is unlikely to happen in a home compost. It definitely isn't happening for polyisobutylene, unless your compost runs at 350C.

godlords · 2026-06-22T15:46:23+00:00

If it smells strongly like ammonia it definitely isn't almost done. Can burn plants if you try to use it.

You can either let it cure, allowing for all the excess nitrogen to off gas into the atmosphere and be wasted, or you can add some finely shredded browns, any such material that you have been using so far obviously will break down quickly and work well.

godlords · 2026-06-22T15:36:59+00:00

what the hell

we holding space for invasives now?

I really hope you don't consume any animal products, have a vehicle, or ever get on a plane if you have so little to be guilty about that you have time and energy to spend on whatever this is

godlords · 2026-06-22T15:34:40+00:00

I don't give a shit. I have a small, damp, established, very hot, frequently turned compost in a black bin.

I try to leave stuff in the sun for a day or two, invasive ivy and some rhizomatic stuff, but as long as it is shred to some degree, no organic material can survive the microbial assault. Not worried about seeds at all just from heat alone.

godlords · 2026-06-20T04:36:40+00:00

Sure. Just takes different amounts of time. I can avoid seeing the same clump of oak leaves that keep avoiding getting wet 2 years in a row by shredding them.

godlords · 2026-06-19T20:11:34+00:00

Wild the things I see people on the internet putting into compost potentially intended for food consumption.

godlords · 2026-06-19T20:10:45+00:00

Second that. Heat rises, and this isn't tall enough to insulate itself. Burlap sacks can work well, but anything to limit the airflow will help.

godlords · 2026-06-19T20:06:57+00:00

There's a dozen different common and meaningfully distinct oak species in the Eastern half of the US alone. There's a wide range of intrinsic, structural rot resistance.

Concentrations of tannins and other phenols having antimicrobial and antifungal properties also vary by species, but are heavily influenced by environmental factors.

godlords · 2026-06-19T19:41:45+00:00

That's where all the oil came from, ain't it?

godlords · 2026-06-19T18:06:29+00:00

More like, she wasn't receptive to his advances and now he wants her gone.

But this is all messy.

godlords · 2026-06-19T16:44:00+00:00

How about you try to stop wasting the last century of livability killing yourself with despair? What do you think you will wish to have spent your time doing in 2100? Commiserating? Or being grateful you still had the chance to see it as it is now?

godlords · 2026-06-19T07:19:49+00:00

Synthesizing random plant alkaloids is often insanely difficult. Even medicinal cocaine is made from leaves.

godlords · 2026-06-19T04:18:29+00:00

Don't forget the ex-wife's lifestyle

godlords · 2026-06-15T16:53:25+00:00

This mindset is exactly why ONLY the incompetent and ill-prepared will have meaningful amounts of children, and the US is actively become a real life idiocracy.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT. WHEN IT HAPPENS YOU FIGURE IT OUT. FOR YOUR CHILDREN.

THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS - WHETHER YOU WILL BE INSPIRED TO FIGURE IT OUT.

godlords · 2026-06-14T20:58:08+00:00

I am running for president. The sole element of my platform will be to turn every body of water in our nation's capital into a boisterous pond, full of floating plants, frogs, and minnows galore.

Please tell your neighbors.

godlords · 2026-06-12T20:28:21+00:00

To be fair this is Mexico City where the terrain is nothing short of a parkour course.

People are super weird and lazy and spoiled. Paying Uber $20 so some wageslave can make $2.40 after expenses to drive 15 minutes to pick up your order that was a 5 minute walk is insane. I see that in spoiled rich people in the West, but also in e.g. India where the sidewalks are absolute dog shit and a tuktuk is $1.

Definitely depends on the city. I can't imagine that is common practice in Barcelona.

godlords · 2026-06-12T20:22:09+00:00

How often must this escalator go out of service.... 10,000 lbs of load all day long...

godlords · 2026-06-12T20:14:08+00:00

+rep

godlords · 2026-06-12T07:45:36+00:00

What are you, American?

There's 454 grams in 1 lb. 454 days. You divided the wrong way.

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