The only way I see this work is how China does it, where they simply announce the state is taking over the goods.

Did a really stupid hike with a big group of friends. It was a few different groups, so some people didn’t know each other. We were 4+ hours out from civilization, had no cell reception, and were getting trashed by waves against a cliff face.

We had a few close calls, but by the end we had 4 people back to safety, 3 people stuck on a cliff freezing their butts off, and 6 people who didn’t come to the area. Two of the guys stuck on the cliff were dating (we’ll call them Shirley and Lyndon), the third guy only knew me out of the whole group (we’ll call him Alfred).

These 3 guys sat on that cliff for over an hour - The most athletic guy (we’ll call him James) swam to them from safety multiple times, but against the waves even James was puffed out. On the last swim out, Lyndon and Shirley realized if they didn’t get off the cliff now, James wouldn’t be able to come back to them another time. So they pushed Alfred off the cliff into the water (since Alfred was not moving otherwise), and the 4 of them swam to safety, all completely exhausted.

That night and for the rest of our camping trip, Alfred, Lyndon and Shirley stuck together like a unit. They changed the sleeping arrangement to share a tent, ate on the same end of the table, went to the washroom together, we even made fun of them for it. It was crazy.

So there’s definitely anecdotal experience that intensity forms bonds. That said, after the camping trip they didn’t stay in touch, so other factors do need to be at play for longevity too (living in the same region would probably help).

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I mean, they removed rape porn?

Really cool info.

If you go to China and get a Chinese citizenship, the Canadian gov’t won’t tell China that you have a Canadian citizenship. Also you can keep your Canadian citizenship while you live in China on a visa for a while. Besides, the best way to learn the language and culture is to yeet yourself over there :)

Love your advice and I will take it!

For two reasons -

1. You only live once, so it’s not like it’ll be easier later
2. It’s not actually that hard

A lot of people on this site are miserable and warship China - so like, they should just go? China is a cool place to live.

Do the first two + the thread title cause the third?

John Oliver has on numerous occasions completely omitted crucial points that defend the group he’s attacking - Which is really annoying, because most of the time he’s bang on.

Will do next time :)

Any study that hasn’t been replicated is worthless. We should really have a “replicated science” community here on Lemmy. That said, this study did account for the quality of the schools and socioeconomic status, which if left unaccounted for could easily produce these results on their own.

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If you want a place where you only see things you agree with, make a blog. Although be sure to only display the latest article, in case your opinion changes.

Are there any bacteria that break down and consume plastics? A few years ago I met someone who was studying biodegradable plastics for their masters, and when I asked if it’s possible he basically said “No, biodegradable plastics do not exist, but I’m studying it anyway”

Glass bottles are recyclable, whereas the recyclability of plastic bottles is so bad it’s disingenuous to say they’re recyclable

These two comments summed up the whole situation SO perfectly

Amazing article, thank you.

It’s recycling day for my apartment here in Korea - And we have to separate our plastics, much like the article describes, so they can actually be recycled. It’s cumbersome and easy to make mistakes though, so I’m not an advocate for this either.

You bet

They can run everything the API implements (which is pretty much everything), they just can’t use all of the hardware in the graphics card so you have a performance hit

Easily believable