ContrarianTrail

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TIL mass fatality causing "humam stampedes" and "hysterical masses" are myths which shift responsibility from organisers for fatal crowd incidents which "invariably" result from poor organisation in c/til@lemmy.ca
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago

"Describe online news media with one sentence"

Do you think that zombies' inability to run is the deciding factor in making it even conceivable to survive in the post-apocalyptic world? in c/zombiesurvival@sopuli.xyz
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

They're fictional creatures but that's not exactly the point of this thread.

Do you think that zombies' inability to run is the deciding factor in making it even conceivable to survive in the post-apocalyptic world? in c/zombiesurvival@sopuli.xyz
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

TWD style zombies live indefinitely and they eat humans as well as animals but this is just an instinct. Zombies don't need food, water or shelter to survive nor do they even have a functional digestive system.

Do you think that zombies' inability to run is the deciding factor in making it even conceivable to survive in the post-apocalyptic world? in c/zombiesurvival@sopuli.xyz
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

I have it and wasn't really for me. DayZ is the only zombie game I like, though project zomboid seems interesting as well.

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Do you think that zombies' inability to run is the deciding factor in making it even conceivable to survive in the post-apocalyptic world? (lemm.ee)
 

I personally can't imagine anyone surviving long-term around running zombies. Even if fighting them was relatively easy, it’s statistically inevitable that sooner or later you'd get bitten. This applies to walking zombies too, but at least with them, you have the option to avoid physical altercations altogether, at least for the most part. That’s what I think most TV shows get wrong about zombies: even if there’s just one, and you could easily take it down, just don’t. It’s almost never worth the risk. In my view, the best way to survive is to avoid them as much as possible. Fighting is the last resort and should only be done in self-defence.

First woman dies in ‘suicide capsule’ in Switzerland in c/futurology@futurology.today
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 50 points 1 week ago (4 children)

On a pet forum people regularly talk about (and suggest to others) how they euthanize their old / sick rodents at home using carbon-dioxide unlike nitrogen like this capsule uses. I looked into what's the difference and it turns out inhaling pure carbon-dioxide instantly causes panic and the sense of suffocation and it's a horrible way to die. They were even able to cause an panic attack on a person physically uncapable of experiencing fear. There are videos online about killing pigs like this and it's not a pretty sight. Suffice to say I no longer take advice from those people.

YouTube Premium is getting a big price hike internationally in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

It's still the highest value streaming service out there and worth even more than that. Atleast for me it is. I still wont pay for as long as adblocker works but when they inevitably prevent me from using it, I'll subscribe. I have zero moral arguments for why I should be getting this all for free. YouTube essentially is the internet for me.

Covert Racism in AI: How Language Models Are Reinforcing Outdated Stereotypes in c/technology
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Replace "AI" with "humans" and this rant is still perfectly coherent.

Shit just hit the fan, and you need to bunker down in your home. What's the first thing you start wishing you'd stocked up on? in c/zombiesurvival@sopuli.xyz
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I hate to say it, but my honest answer is probably battery power. Even with the mobile grid down, I still feel like I've got a load of rechargeable devices that could turn quite useful in the apocalypse. Even just plain AA and AAA batteries would be more valuable than money.

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Shit just hit the fan, and you need to bunker down in your home. What's the first thing you start wishing you'd stocked up on? (lemm.ee)
 

It's water, isn't it? And second one is food. Well what about the third?

Some free thing in c/sideoftheroad@possumpat.io
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

That's the thing the janitor at my school used to push around when I was a kid and it fascinated me to no end

Why Don’t Cyclists Use Bike Lanes? | Oh The Urbanity! in c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Because I ride my bike in the forests and there are no bike lanes there.

Russia says it will change nuclear doctrine because of Western role in Ukraine in c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Maybe they'll take us seriously if we threaten them with nukes for the 17th time.

  • Putin's advisors, probably
Differences in portraits of the same person in c/interestingasfuck@lemm.ee
[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If this photo had a background other than a blank wall you'd also see the "dolly zoom" also known as "vertigo effect" where the background gets zoomed in while the subject remains the same size. You get it by zooming in as you walk away from the subject. It's also how those photos where the moon appears massive are created. You just need a telephoto lens and you take a "closeup" picture of a person really far away while having the moon on the background.

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