It’s a boob joke - I didn’t see anyone mention it. The “she has good genes” is an adolescent euphemism. Now, could they’ve found a person of color with large boobs to do the ad? Of course, and please do. I hope AA tries to remedy their mistake by releasing ad after ad of all the young actresses (using the word loosely for Sweeney) with “good genes.” Double down and give the public what they want!
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Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.English12·24 days agoWe have a lot of sprawl here and the reasons are many. Just like Dallas and LA, we have a ton of road infrastructure and zoning laws that eat up a lot of land. We also don’t have any natural barriers, like an ocean or a mountain range, to limit our expansion. Just to keep building and add another lane. Thanks for asking.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL there is a law called Marchetti's Constant. Humans only tolerate commutes of less than ~1 hour. Housing outside that limit will fail.English182·24 days agoMarchetti intended the constant to be 1 hour round trip, so a half-hour commute one-way. It’s an important distinction, since here in Atlanta the exurban commuter is clocking in at 1.5 hours or more into the city, well outside of what is considered tolerable. Multiply that by a million and you get some irritated people.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Live updates: Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, California after huge quake off RussiaEnglish35·25 days agoWeather Channel just reported a 6 foot peak in Hawaii. It was the 1st time in over a decade they sounded the tsunami sirens.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•US condemns French inquiry into Elon Musk's social media platform X/Twitter.English24·28 days agoOkay, now defend us from the foreign censorship that Israeli lobbyists baked into our state constitutions. https://www.newsweek.com/pro-palestinian-protest-states-colleges-illegal-bds-1895292
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Come, Mr. Bigglesworth!English10·29 days agoI have two theories. Section 31 was terrible at recruiting covert ops and we’ve seen their blundering over and over again on the small screen. Or, they were very good at covert ops and we’ve only seen the few times they misjudged the morality of their operatives.
I’m a carpenter. If I do my job well, you won’t know I was there at all.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto News@lemmy.world•Trump EPA 'Hitting New Heights of Absurdity' With Plan to Reapprove Pesticide DicambaEnglish18·1 month agoWhat a wimp.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto science@lemmy.world•Ozzy’s DNA sequence reveals rare form of Parkinson'sEnglish26·1 month agoWasn’t the genome sequencing in 2010 to determine just how the hell he wasn’t suffering from his epic substance abuse? So that we could get some of that Ozzy sauce and party til we drop, of course. Did Keith Richards ever do the same?
From wiki: “The lake was renamed from its traditional Mono name by American settlers after an incident on September 23, 1871, in which a group of convicts escaped from prison in Carson City, Nevada, and took refuge near the lake. They were pursued by a posse, and after it caught up to the convicts, a shootout followed, in which a number of both posse members and convicts were killed or wounded. The remaining convicts who survived initially escaped but were eventually captured to be taken back to prison. They were lynched instead.”
Wah wah (muted trumpet noise, emphasis mine)
Young Pre-diabetes. Young Crippling Anxiety. Young Fatty Liver. Young Sexless Marriage. Young Survivors Guilt.
I think I prefer the Wu-Tang name generator.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's howEnglish14·1 month agoI’ll hang on to 10 as long as they’ll let me, but I am never going to 11. Then it’ll be a distro for dis bro.
Sorry.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Videos@lemmy.world•Neighbors take back Southeast Portland street, replacing RVs with community gardenEnglish1·1 month agoWe don’t have the RV thing where I am. The people in the video are talking like this is commonplace in Portland. Is this mobile drug manufacturing? Mobile prostitution? Do they move the RVs often to avoid police? Are they stealing the RVs or is there some black market?
It just seems organized. Thanks ahead for any insight.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•[Video] Racist "Stop The Boats" effigy lit in Northern IrelandEnglish2·1 month agodeleted by creator
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•[Video] Racist "Stop The Boats" effigy lit in Northern IrelandEnglish32·1 month agoIt is Marching Season in Northern Ireland, when Protestants hold parades, marches and bonfires celebrating a Protestant victory over Catholics in 1690. The season runs from Easter to September, but the peak is in July.
This effigy is definitely a product of ultra right-wing talking points and mounting tension from anti-immigrant sentiment. It’s not a healthy expression of a valid concern. There are mannequins depicting human beings at the top of the pyre. Under it is a sign that tells you exactly the group they want to harm. Further, a sign that says “veterans before immigrants” sets up a false dichotomy that pits two unrelated groups against each other. It has all the tropes of this type of propaganda.
The designers and builders of the pyre should not be celebrated and should face some legal backlash.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How does AI use so much power?English12·2 months agoThis is an astute answer. Bravo.
In the immediate aftermath of a traumatic event, this response is completely warranted. After 9/11, it was difficult in America to celebrate anything immediately after. You had to address it. “I know we are all in pain, but my son was born today and I’m happy.”
The reelection was traumatic for those that remember the insanity of the 1st term. And it ended in a worldwide trauma that we are all still trying to wrap our minds around.
After a while, though, it can be seen as performative. But let’s give people time to grieve if they need it.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Steam Deck@sopuli.xyz•SteamOS 3.7.13 update gets fixes for more handhelds, fixes WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLEDEnglish1·2 months agoI have a dedicated windows 10 PC for gaming only. Microsoft is actively trying to brick my machine. I have to read the fine print to make sure I’m not agreeing to the 11 “update.” I feel held hostage - it sucks.
I’m thinking of going to steamOS - I’m a casual gamer that just needs it to work when I have the spare minute to fire up a game. I don’t have time to do much troubleshooting, but I will make time so I don’t get locked into a console. Shrugging emoji.
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Science@mander.xyz•New psychology research uncovers surprisingly consistent misjudgments of tattooed individualsEnglish151·2 months ago“We surveyed the mother-in-laws and high-school bullies of our participants to gauge personality traits.”
Semisimian@startrek.websiteto Science@mander.xyz•New psychology research uncovers surprisingly consistent misjudgments of tattooed individualsEnglish16·2 months agoThe meat of the article: "Overall, people were fairly consistent in how they judged tattoos. Raters tended to agree with one another about what certain tattoo features might suggest about personality. For instance, cheerful and colorful tattoos were linked to impressions of higher agreeableness. Large, traditional-looking tattoos were associated with higher extraversion. Tattoos that appeared low in quality or included death imagery led raters to perceive the wearer as more neurotic or less agreeable.
However, these judgments were largely inaccurate. When the researchers compared how participants were rated with how they described themselves, most of the links between tattoo features and personality fell apart. Except for one pattern: people who had tattoos described by raters as “wacky” were somewhat more likely to score higher on openness to experience in their self-assessments"
I know her job is to work with feet, but I still hope they know each other. Well.