[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Pretty much, same in the US after all, under capitalism, why build 3 affordable houses that sell for $100k when you can drive up demand and the price with one similar house that costs $600k.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Elon fanboys mostly, I think.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Greek companies wonder why "nobody wants to work anymore."

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

My fiancee: that hat is too big for her head.

Me: did you even read the caption?

[-] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago

So you're saying that King Tut looked like a famous pedophile?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Meanwhile in meville, population myself:

[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

Like a fence that got blown over in a hurricane.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

They are probably both about the same age and need replacing. Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors have a finite lifespan, no matter how often you change the batteries. Fortunately they're not all that expensive, just get new ones. I had the same problem in my apartment last year, and the carbon monoxide detector was over 10 years old. So they just replaced it, problem solved.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Humans are tribalistic, like leaders who are assertive and charismatic, like simple answers, are easily swayed by emotions, fall victim to logical fallacies, and a plethora of other things that all work just fine if you're operating on a tribal level as we did for most of human history, or rather prehistory. Now that we are in a different phase of technological growth, which has brought with it massive social change, getting rid of all of that superstitious nonsense is very difficult because of aforementioned characteristics. What were beneficial as it tribal species, and arguably even after that, is now a liability. Or at least more of a hindrance to progress.

Because it's been the way it always has been, because people also hate change, are lazy, and tended to prefer both avoiding cognitive dissidents and minimizing effort to achieve desired results, getting rid of religion is a nightmare hassle. Even when the evidence is right there in front of them, people don't care. At least not enough of them. They'd rather listen to their authority figure, or do what all their friends are doing. Which if you're doing what all your friends are doing it just turns into a circle jerk. But since they're in that circle jerk, they tend to just stay in it, and because the people in it are their friends or family, they defend it because it's their tribe. We're kind of hardwired that way.

TLDR, people are dumb monkeys.

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