Deconceptualist

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[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 16 points 1 week ago

Marie Curie didn't discover fission; that was Lise Meitner and her nephew Otto Frisch and colleague Otto Hahn. But yeah, same problem. Meitner was left out of the publications and overlooked for a Nobel Prize.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Curie was brilliant but she didn't discover fission.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This isn't ancient history, it was less than 100 years ago. Links in my top level comment, but the answer is that nuclear fission as a concept emerged right around Christmas 1938.

Ice cream is far older, with early evidence of chilled dairy desserts from the Tang Dynasty ca. 618-907 CE.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 136 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

In case anyone wants the answer, it's late December 1938, when two physicists went for a walk in the snow near Stockholm to discuss findings a colleague sent via letter.

Further reading: Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

I expected the punchline to be "for me to poop on".

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

At the time, it was probably Ren & Stimpy or Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Both were unapologetically weird.

In retrospect, probably Reno 911! Not only was it loaded with funny scenarios and running gags and tons of guest comics, but the physical comedy was really good. They were always tackling somebody or running over Junior with a Hummer or somesuch, and it was usually the main actors doing the stunts.

Honorable mention to Strangers with Candy. It took the Seinfeld formula of a sitcom full of disagreeable people and amped the contempt to 11.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

These tutorials are fantastic. I've been playing since Update 3 and didn't realize I needed them, especially this latest one about lift offsets. Thanks for sharing on Lemmy!

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

[Obligatory] Your mom.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 18 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

What if you take off the costume? Humans aren't entirely bilaterally symmetrical (at least not on the inside) and obviously not radially symmetrical so the paradox continues.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure that would cause a significant portion of the playerbase to react with angry and hurtful messages. Then poor Blizzard would have no choice but to wipe their tears with their massive new pile of hundred dollar bills.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Dear Sir or Madam,

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[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'd be grouchy too without my orb.

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