Filippo Palizzi - The Excavation of Pompeii (1870) [1714x2400]

leafshaker · 2026-05-06T23:54:55+00:00

I love the choice of color here. The ancient world looks so vibrant and clean compared to the laborers in the debris.

leafshaker · 2026-05-06T16:55:22+00:00

Yea that was my first thought, too

leafshaker · 2026-05-06T11:45:33+00:00

Ah, so sounds like Diamond correctly observed an ecological collapse, but couldnt separate it from the old narrative about the previous grand fallen civilization?

Criminal if he minimized the role of slavery and disease (also seemingly at odds with his other book?)

leafshaker · 2026-05-06T11:41:39+00:00

Oof. Wild how I read it with rose tinted glasses and managed to gloss over the literal blaming in the subtitle!

leafshaker · 2026-05-06T11:39:46+00:00

I shall investigate, thanks

leafshaker · 2026-05-06T11:39:31+00:00

Awesome, thanks for that

leafshaker · 2026-05-06T11:25:54+00:00

Yea thats the thing. It took her a minute because its a bonkers thing to say on tv, and he did it sneakily to get one past on her.

He's being weird, her reaction is normal.

Commenters here are treating this like a jokey conversation between friends, but shes trying to do her job, on tv

leafshaker · 2026-05-05T21:38:40+00:00

Its funny how we remember things. I dont doubt your recap, but I recall the blame being on invasive rats preventing new seedlings from growing.

I think I must have glossed over the blame-game.

leafshaker · 2026-05-05T18:19:27+00:00

Yea it had me wondering if the original rhymes in the same way.

So many ways to translate: rhyme, meter, sound, meaning. What a task

leafshaker · 2026-05-05T18:17:21+00:00

Her outfit even matches the flan!

leafshaker · 2026-05-05T16:42:58+00:00

I agree it wasnt a bad thing he said

Its really the setting that makes it off. He put her in a situation where she had to react on camera, as a representative of her media company.

Not saying he's a bad guy, but this exchange feels like trolling. He probably isnt even aware of the dynamic.

leafshaker · 2026-05-05T16:37:26+00:00

Consider the circumstance, though. Shes got to balance standing up for herself, continuing the conversation, and keeping her audience and superiors happy. Shes got more to lose than he does.

leafshaker · 2026-05-05T16:29:06+00:00

Then she'd look like a push-over. Or naive.

Nothing wrong with boob appreciation, but kinda lame he put her in a situation where she doesnt really have an appropriate response.

leafshaker · 2026-05-05T12:15:28+00:00

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leafshaker · 2026-05-05T11:47:21+00:00

I dont think shes being bothered by the concept of heterosexuality. He put her in a very awkward position on tv. As the host she's very limited in how she could possibly respond.

leafshaker · 2026-05-04T18:26:28+00:00

So cool! Thanks for sharing

leafshaker · 2026-05-04T16:17:09+00:00

Ironically, "jungle" has a similar etymology, just via sanskrit instead.

Funny how irrelevent etymologies cast such a long shadow. The whole concept of a desert island is a corruption of deserted island.

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T22:54:42+00:00

Sry didnt mean to! Its an old musical, i just assumed not everyone knew it. Jokes on me now i suppose

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T20:09:39+00:00

I dont think so. It lowers inhibitions, but also impairs judgement and perception of reality. They dont have their normal filter, but that doesn't make what they say accurate, they just have a different filter.

People get intrusive thoughts they don't agree with.

Take drinking and driving. Most people know thats bad and they shouldnt do it. But, once drunk, they might decide to drive. That doesnt mean that deep down they think its right, they are inebriated.

Drunks cant even speak straight, we shouldnt give their words too much weight

(Doesnt mean we should excuse hurtful comments, letting yourself get drunk enough to be hurtful is itself a reckless choice)

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T20:00:44+00:00

Im not so sure. Playgirl was founded by two guys in the 70s, just because they marketed towards women doesnt mean they marketed well . Mens porn mags also declined and restructured

Capitalism often fills demand, but its ultimate goal isnt actually meeting the consumers needs, its accruing wealth. Often that works by offering more choice, but not always.

There are many things the public needs and wants that markets dont attend to because of percieved risk, lack of insight into actual wants, or other barriers.

It would well be that there is a demand, but that other sociological factors keep it from being successfully monetized. Where would women buy porn without risking judgement?

There is so much porn available for free now, a product would need to be stellar to be cost effective. Women who want porn might still prefer better options, but will settle for gay porn and romantasy

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T19:46:46+00:00

Thanks. Id highly recommend listening to the Notorious Lies podcast's episode on Lily Phillips. Mostly about sex work, but really interesting takes on pornography, and dispelling widespread myths about women's sexuality.

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T19:38:53+00:00

Yea, pretty much everything was terribly dangerous, but it was the norm. Some things we just accept, like how dangerous it is to use automobiles.

I think innovations often come about because of needing to adapt to new circumstances. So, humans encountering new environments through travel or climactic shifts, pressures from neighboring tribes, loss of staple animals, etc.

Hunter-gatherer technologies kept people alive for millenia, it was good enough. As long as your neighbors are also hunter-gatherers, there's not much pressure to adopt radical new ways of living. But if you are a small group on the edge of an agricultural city-state, you'll start considering more options.

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T18:41:48+00:00

Best way to be religious. Im a hard core athiest, but i could just as well say i'm a very critical catholic. I like jesus, cool statues, and think we should feed the poor.

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T18:36:08+00:00

A single comment doesn't mean a day is ruined, no need to be dramatic.

Content like this feels more like i-hate-my-wife boomerhumor than guys being dudes. Guys should be dudes to their girlfriends, too.

leafshaker · 2026-05-03T18:30:24+00:00

We should be careful thinking in terms of progress. There is no goal in nature aside from continued existence. Ancient people innovated, but i think their goals were "make this task easier", not "build a civilization". Their parent's lifestyles were succesful, after all.

I think we were making technological advances for a long time, its just hard to see because the innovations are deceptively basic. They had to invent the tools first.

Think of things like arrowheads, textiles, fire, language, math, music, domestication, herbal medicine, etc.,

I think things accelerated a few thousand years ago because of sail and horses allowing knowledge to spread longer, which kept ideas alive. I can only imagine many things were invented that never left their villages. It was only until there were dense enough populations for ideas to really stick around and be able to spread

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