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That way madness lies. You can’t rationalise someone out of a position they weren’t rationalised into in the first place. You can’t debate someone into, for example, believing Brigitte Macron is a woman when they reached the opposite position in a complete absence of evidence of their belief.
Obviously I gave an oversimplification of the facts but thanks.
Columbus was commissioned to find a quicker and cheaper route to India to try and break the Ottoman monopoly on the Spice trade due to controlling the overland route through Asia and into Europe. The journey by sea around Africa was too long and dangerous to be profitable.
Yeah, as someone who has an almost identical job, the fact that people might think like this fills me with an absence of joy.
Like pizza hut but for jerking it. Probably
Denjin@feddit.ukto RetroGaming@lemmy.world•What's your greatest "gaming high" you've been chasing ever since? Please take care not to spoil anything, if you are going to be story-specific.English24·4 days agoAfter dragging my long suffering mum around every shop that might possibly still have a copy of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time and finally getting what must have been the last one anywhere.
We then have to go and do a whole load of other things all afternoon while I read the manual from back to front about a dozen times in the back of the car, getting more and more excited.
Then we finally got home but I had to help with dinner first and then eat all the while jabbering incessantly about how amazing it was going to be while I’m sure she just rolled her eyes and said “yes dear” and then I was finally allowed to put the N64 on and I then sat glued to it for hours in a state of wonder and amazement.
Truly the best experience I’ve ever had gaming.
Denjin@feddit.ukto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•When did Cash for Chritianity become a thing? When even Jesus the son of god wouldn't stand for it in a church? If they preach why don't they practice from the bible?1·5 days agoAs if there aren’t pedophiles in non-religious settings like schools or sports or the scouts or youth music or roblox or anywhere else you happen to have places where there’s children.
Denjin@feddit.ukto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Leafwater island residents can't see Imgur posts.21·7 days agoHaha, so funny and edgy
Denjin@feddit.ukto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•What is up with Gen Alphas love for Austin Powers?28·11 days agoDoesn’t the 6-7 meme come from a Skrilla song that someone added to a basketball video and uploaded to TikTok and now all the kids have gone nuts for it? I don’t think it actually spawned from Austin Powers and the kids are just posting up anything that has 6-7 in it for uptocks or whatever they get on there.
Denjin@feddit.ukto RetroGaming@lemmy.world•Sega: "It's just a 16bit game, don't go crazy with the soundtrack."English6·11 days agoRoad Rash also had some bangers:
Very funny segment in the criminally underrated Zack Galifianakis sitcom Baskets where this happens. Worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BExPRwPdAs
Pomegranate the easy way
Some major whooshing going on right now.
What an absolute car crash
I’ll get right on it boss.