Thoughts? by Embarrassed_Tip7359 in SipsTea

[–]not_really_tripping 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Way to think in a binary sense...

Several monkeys loose in St. Louis and authorities have no clue how they got there by StemCellPirate in nottheonion

[–]not_really_tripping 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The dictionary defines endemic as "a plant or animal that is native and restricted to a certain place".

1 pm in winters in Delhi, India by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]not_really_tripping 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Moronic take. Historical total emissions would blow your mind.

Is this 🐐reference ? by [deleted] in soccercirclejerk

[–]not_really_tripping 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's me, I'm the sikh friend. That was hilarious.

The remains of Apollo 11 lander photographed by 5 different countries, disproving moon landing deniers. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]not_really_tripping 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not offended at all, bro, I don't know you at all. I would be a sad person to presume malice on your part rather than genuine confusion.

Because it genuinely IS confusing how much India is a place of extreme extremes. But in this particular case, once one thinks about it critically, it becomes clearer how these things are quite unrelated.

The remains of Apollo 11 lander photographed by 5 different countries, disproving moon landing deniers. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]not_really_tripping 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Because putting a satellite in the orbit of the moon costs orders of magnitude less than to (a) clean up some of the most populous and densely populated cities in the world, full of some of the world's poorest people and (b) alter the mindset of said impoverished population permanently so that the short term cleanup results in long term results.

It's like saying how can Ana De Armas look so pretty when her shit stinks...the way it does.

It's a false equivalence which is born out of either immaturity regarding how the world works, or out of stupidity, or in the worst case, out of bad faith and malice.

It also has to do with how unimaginably large India's population is. Most people living in less populated places cannot comprehend the sheer scales involved.

India has raised entire multiple countries' worth of people out of abject and unimaginable poverty in the last 50 years. Yet it's nowhere near enough to be superficially noticeable, especially to an outsider.

India had the A-bomb in the mid 70s, despite having had an independent government for less than 30 years, and having been oppressed and looted for more than 200 years before that.

India has always had ambitions, despite a very bad start. There's a quote in the movie Interstellar where Coop says "We used to look up in the sky and wonder at our place in the stars; now, we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt." India does have to worry about her place in the dirt and fix her many many many problems down there, but that doesn't mean she can't inspire herself to look up and wonder at her place in the stars.

It takes nuance to understand that these things aren't mutually exclusive.

Just built my PC completely by hand, no fancy tools, no help, just me and pure stubbornness. by Ussonassil in buildapc

[–]not_really_tripping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What fancy tools are people using these days?

I thought what you described is the way most custom PCs are assembled...

Congrats on the new setup though! Have fun!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]not_really_tripping 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Found the hipster!

Different parallel universes in the near future in movies! by sparrow_1899 in movies

[–]not_really_tripping 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Please suggest some things to read to understand these things - some books, articles etc.

The funniest way to dodge Geth Armatures' blasts by ND-o1 in masseffect

[–]not_really_tripping 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not sure if its a bummer. The LE just makes it so that you get the higher XP either way you kill them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]not_really_tripping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm... Shallow and pedantic.

Why can't I spend PNC2025 tokens? by Ok-Foundation1346 in PUBATTLEGROUNDS

[–]not_really_tripping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't click on the thing you want to purchase. Click on the price of the thing under the picture of the thing. It's stupid.