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@romanhelmetguy @goblinodds Pretty sure we could mitigate problems 2, 4 and 5 with my solution, where we make women in their twenties hold babies more often.

I’m convinced that all these guys who come up with proposals to “fix the fertility rate” have never talked to a woman. They treat it like an economics problem they can optimize, or even worse they just tell women to have kids to “save civilization.” If you actually spend time with women who aren’t having kids, you’ll find they almost all fall into one of five buckets: 1. Dating problems. They were in some 5+ year relationship (or a series of relationships) that stole their youth and left them so jaded that they’ve given up on finding a man who could be a good father. 2. Family problems. They come from such a dysfunctional home that their own childhood holds few happy memories, and they’re terrified of recreating those conditions with their own children. 3. Health problems. A ton more women than you think have conditions like endometriosis or PCOS or other health complications that can affect fertility and make having kids more dangerous or harder to do. 4. Career goals. They’re convinced that they have something huge and unique to contribute to the world either professionally or creatively, whereas “every woman can have a kid,” and so to them, having children sounds like a waste of their potential, like giving up. 5. Lifestyle goals. They’re really into traveling and being independent and getting into “adventures,” they want to explore the world and experience everything, and the idea of giving all that up to sit at home and raise kids makes them want to die. If you really want to fix the fertility rate, and you’re not addressing at least a few of these, your solution is useless.

@the_wilderless Munich also has a field of note, but it has a completely different character. Much more comfortable to me, at any rate.

you know, I did have a counter-effect on like day 3 or something -- started feeling the "who am I??" thing on the street, realized it was coming from the field outside, not from in me, and I got this really strong inner response like "no no, i'm actually really clear on who I am and what I'm here for" which was nice, i've rarely felt that so clearly as I did right then

Berlin's aimlessness/lostness feels like a whole-ass atmosphere; for 2 days after I arrived I had the strongest "who am I? where am I? what am I doing?" i've had in many years, and a friend just came into town a couple days ago and was noting "I spent yesterday feeling like i don't know who I am or if my life was a dream or something" Adding this to my notes on local fields of different locations. If I ever have a nemesis and I need them to get disoriented about their identity and life for a bit, lure them to berlin

@fandompulse There's obviously great potential for a series following Mat's adventures in Senchean, but Sanderson is right that it is not his place to write it. Someday, maybe someone else will pick up that torch.

Brandon Sanderson shuts the door permanently on returning to the Wheel of Time, and uses a Lord of the Rings metaphor to explain why. "I am not Frodo, I was Sam. I carried the ring for a time when Frodo couldn't, but then I needed to give the ring back because it was not my duty, my burden, or my task to continue holding it." Did Sanderson make the right call letting this world end, or did fans deserve more?

@spaghetti I prefer the sequel, which is 80 hours of surprisingly similar content.

My ideal Elden Ring movie: - Minimal dialogue - 70 hours long - Has a controller that I can move the main character around with

@mbateman Neutrinos work like this.

So, how does this actually happen? A couple hundred years ago William Herschel was casting rainbows on a wall with a prism, and using thermometers to measure the heating effects of each color. The biggest heating effect was *past* the red end of the visible rainbow. Infrared.

@nickissstar @VolodyaTretyak That sound impressive, but it's kinda small potatoes compared to the baltic, adriatic, black and caspian seas.

Three words - The Great Lakes. GTFO Euro weenies. The Great Lakes of North America are the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface area, covering over 94,000 square miles - larger than the UK . As a system, they hold roughly 20-21% of the world's surface fresh water by volume, making them the largest freshwater ecosystem in the world.

Actually, I am struggling to think about a country in Europe where you wouldn’t find nice summer lakes

@ClimateWarrior7 If you cut yourself bad enough you need stiches, if someone bites you, if you get dirt in a wound - All of these would get really nasty if you don't know to clean and close the wound. And a lot of things are almost harmless now due to the adoption of soap.

I keep hearing that people in ye olden times would die from simple things like a cut finger, because there were no antibiotics. But I don't know a single person who's consulted a doctor over a cut finger.

@Templarpilled I mean, running with a cross in the sand would be one thing, probably fine, I guess. But what a disrespectful way to treat the book. And why'd you need a threadmill when you have a perfectly serviceable beach right there?

This is a uniquely American expression of Christianity. A European, even a Protestant, could never conceive of running half-naked on a treadmill with key Christian objects in his hands, let alone of posting such a performance on social media

@ReedEbbinghaus @hellaclitean Well then you're exactly the kind a person who's been in the sun for too long😅 I spent my last summer vacation high enough in the Norwegian mountains that even the bugs stayed away, and wouldn't have it any other way haha❄️❄️❄️

@Naitso @hellaclitean Well I spent two years living in a research station in the Amazon rainforest with zero air conditioning full of humidity and insects

map of where humans are meant to live permanently, everywhere else should probably be populated only seasonally

@CR7flamenguist4 @LiriusNirvana He's probably the Straw Hat with best odds against Magellan, to be fair.

@LiriusNirvana Rob lucci Crocodile Moriah Magalhães Enel Isso sem contar os vilões secundários. Você tá dizendo que ussop venceria eles? Bait fraco!

Gente, Usopp atual AMASSA completamente todos os vilões do pré timeskip fora o Enel, e olhe lá, pq se ele tiver algo de borracha é praticamente one shot.

@Snuckygargamel @hellaclitean "People who disagree are BAD PEOPLE and there's SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM". :) (/s)

@Naitso @hellaclitean "ALL THE GOOD PLACES IS WHERE I GREW UP :)"

@ReedEbbinghaus @hellaclitean In my experience, people say that and then spend their entire summer in air conditioning.

@Naitso @hellaclitean I like hot summers and warm winters

@hellaclitean All the good places have cool summers where the sun sets after 10pm, and bright, white winters with good skiing.

@Naitso hot and dark? snowless and grey? these are very interesting terms to describe places on earth!

@Slatzism Okay so the Louvre is a noted venue for chess? No, sir - this is a museum.

“Wow he was invited to the Louvre?” No, he just went on his own and sat outside. “But he was there for a chess tournament right?” No, there was no chess tournament. “Ok… but surely he’s a great and noted chess player?” No, he doesn’t even rank in the top 25 in Nigeria.

@jmgwritten I'm more suprised that you've got Jordan on the list. I'd only recommend that to people I know where already addicted to fantasy.

Another common response is people objecting to Sanderson being on the list, which is part of the problem I personally find Sanderson to be mid. But you don't get people to quit Romantasy by recommending Dostoyevsky. It's a process. Sanderson is an easy and popular first step

@owenbroadcast For any problem where there are several possible solutions, you can understand the problem without understanding at least several of the solutions.

got hit with an interesting philosophical question: would perfectly understanding a problem necessarily entail knowing the solution to the problem? (assuming a solution exists)

@JayAlver @deltaIV9250 One of the themes of the book is that the Hail Mary seems like science fiction technology to Rocky, and the the Blip A is likewise to Grace.

@deltaIV9250 I think implication is that the primary differences between human and Eridian technology are different starting conditions and perspectives rather than different overall levels of advancement so presumably it’s something we *could* have figured out and just didn’t.

Is xenonite ever explained or is it just some crazy technology

@3firsts @JayAlver @deltaIV9250 Well, its both.

@JayAlver @deltaIV9250 No it’s a deus ex machina plot device, author needed magic material that could do anything