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[–] rowrowrowyourboat 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

“A huge amount of time, energy and skill was taken to create our dodecahedron, so it was not used for mundane purposes,” writes the group, adding: “They are not of a standard size, so will not be measuring devices. They don’t show signs of wear, so they are not a tool.”

Instead, the group agrees with experts who think dodecahedrons were used for ritualistic or religious purposes. As Smithsonian magazine wrote last year, researchers at Belgium’s Gallo-Roman Museum have hypothesized that Romans used the objects in magical rituals, which could explain dodecahedrons’ absence from historical records: With the Roman Empire’s eventual embrace of Christianity came laws forbidding magic. Practitioners would have had to keep their rituals—and related objects—a secret.

“Roman society was full of superstition,” writes the Norton Disney group. “A potential link with local religious practice is our current working theory. More investigation is required, though.”

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 22 points 10 months ago

Shouldn't you blur her face at least? She didn't ask or consent to have her image posted all over the internet.

On the other hand, post his picture everywhere. What a douche.

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 11 points 10 months ago

The CBC's "The Fifth Estate" did a whole show about this.

https://youtu.be/bcnSpQdeG3M?si=kEaXz_CfU8nqXfJq

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 66 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

Nearly half (44 percent) of the identified microplastics were fibers, while a third (30 percent) were plastic fragments. This is in tune with other studies that have shown plastic fibers from clothes and other textile products are the most prevalent form of microplastic in the environment.

More important than single-use plastics seems to be synthetic clothing.

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't Hep C. though. People saying it was are talking about the book, which is different.

In 2019, Forrest Gump screenwriter Eric Roth confirmed that the illness Jenny died from was late-stage HIV. During an interview (via Yahoo Entertainment) about the film's 25th anniversary, Roth discussed the details of a sequel that was canceled after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. He reveals that the Forrest Gump sequel was actually going to open with the revelation that Forrest Jr. had late-stage HIV, the result of acquiring the disease from his mother, Jenny.

https://screenrant.com/forrest-gump-movie-jenny-mother-illness-death-hiv/

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, so they should be complaining about that. People would support them. Not complain about workers making more money and sounding like entitled brats.

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, this is ridiculous. Imagine living in a world where you are afraid of joking because people will lose their minds.

Even if his joke was even worse than this, who cares? The people at the party would have thought, "Wow, this guy is lame," and that would have been enough of a consequence.

What kind of puritanical, pearl-clutching, and judgemental society are we creating with these outrageous reactions. Get a life people.

If you wanna hate him, hate him for actual valid reasons. Don't become a petty gossip-monger.

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

4 years where? To become a real psychologist (not a therapist) in most places you need a PhD or a PsyD. In total, you probably do at least 8 years of schooling.

Not to mention that that "book full of labels" is constantly reviewed and was made based on consensus from psychiatrists, which are medical doctors with a lot more than 4 years of schooling.

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, don't get me started on subtitles. It's the wild west out there to get standardized good subtitles.

It's a hobby in itself just fixing all the crappy subs.

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 17 points 1 year ago

Your wife is correct.

[–] rowrowrowyourboat 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Have you watched the HBO show? The squid totally works.

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