I like to think of them as artificial con men. They sound great. They have confidence and are complimentary and are very agreeable, but they will tell you what they think you want to hear. Whether or not what they are telling you is truthful isn’t even part of the equation.
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thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto movies@piefed.social•Official Poster for 'Project Hail Mary' Starring Ryan Gosling29·16 days agoI feel like Any Weir’s name should be on this poster. He’s a bigger draw than Gosling in my book.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Both District of Columbus and Colombia are named after Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) Does anyone know why they're spelled differently?4·17 days agoIt’s because people associate colons with butt holes.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyz•‘Dragon prince’ dinosaur discovery 'rewrites' T.rex family treeEnglish2·20 days agoResearchers concluded that two 86 million-year-old skeletons they studied belonged to a species that is now the closest known ancestor of all tyrannosaurs - the group of predators that includes the iconic T.rex.
TIL that not all tyrannosauruses are “T.rex’s”. This evidence supports the Voth distant origin theory.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto World News@lemmy.world•Russia says it will react “very negatively” if Ali Khamenei is killedEnglish96·22 days agoRemoved by mod
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Can anyone recommend an extraordinarily comfortable reclining couch, in a mid-range price. It doesn't have to last me a lifetime but if I could get 10 years out of it, I think that would be fine5·23 days agoLay-z-boy might be worth a look. I don’t have a couch but I have several reclining chairs. They’ve all held up well for 10 years and then some.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto World News@quokk.au•Protests in Russia’s Altai Region are part of a long history of resistance against Moscow’s oppression11·23 days agoThis should sound preposterous but we’ve got diaper don over here threatening to do the same thing to another country so I guess now’s the time to move the doomsday clock up another second.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Movies@lemmy.world•I want to know more about what Nic Cage is really like. Is there a good interview I can watch?English15·1 month agoI’m certain it was 100% just like the weird al biography.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Movies@lemmy.world•I want to know more about what Nic Cage is really like. Is there a good interview I can watch?English25·1 month agoI believe what you are looking for is called the unbearable weight of massive talent.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What’s an unspoken rule that absolutely everyone should know, but most people clearly don’t?52·1 month agoPeople that do this are inviting you to join the call. Announce yourself and ask what the caller is wearing.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*8·2 months agoSupposing Stargate technology exists, you could conceivably control an entire galaxy, but that is proposing the existence of technology incompatible with our best understanding of the universe. Realistically the solar system will probably be the limit of my empire.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks.English13·2 months agoI’m totally ignorant about these robotaxis. Are they at least painted with warning colors so we can get out of the way ?
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Fun Fish Fact Friday (Rule)English4·2 months agoI’ve always been a fan!
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What ya nerds set your thermostats to?5·3 months agoHumidity is a bitch here. AC keeps it at 70° F overnight and 72° F during the day. Heat won’t cut on unless it’s 62° F in the winter, and it runs only a couple of times over the entire season.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every time they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device tells me I'm not a man English33·3 months agoTL:DR He says his dong is normal sized.
Inspector Gadget theme. It starts off slow and subtle but if you’re having a really big one, you might get to the ‘Go, Gadget Go’ line, which I think would be kind of encouraging and celebratory!
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Is there any hope of finding a relationship if certain body parts don't work anymore? You know the ones.3·3 months agoHaving an erection on demand button sounds wrought with hazards of it’s own design.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Astronomy@mander.xyz•Most Planets in the Cosmos Probably Don’t Orbit Stars221·3 months agoI flat out don’t accept the notion that some starts have no planets. As far as I am concerned, if we have 8 major plantes and on average, 40% of planets are ejected, we should assume the average number of starting planets is 11.
thegr8goldfish@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are your thoughts on paternity leave?5·4 months agoI did it and it never occurred to me to even ask what other people thought about it. It was a benefit available to me, so I took advantage of it. If your coworkers said that real men don’t care about their teeth, would it stop you from going to the dentist? Coworkers come and go but family is for life.
I’m crazy. Mark My Words. In 20 years, we’ll have so many microbes capable of consuming plastic people will be bitching about their packages not being able to effectively protect their goods from spoiling. The goldfish has spoken.