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Cake day: December 4th, 2025

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  • Sure, but with “current” I mean the current understanding of science. We know the earth is round, but not because we discovered it, but because it’s the general consensus that is taught, barely anyone doubts it. Trying to - let’s call it “rediscover” - the scientific status quo is something I do like because it might always be the case that the people before were wrong. This is how new discoveries are made and I think that is a great thing. As an example, nobody believed that continents did actually move, and Wegener was ridiculed because he had no sure way to proof it, but at some point, people had the way to proof that he was actually right.


  • You know, I really like it when people think twice about the “current” state of science. Thinking “I don’t think that’s true. So I will check and verify” is a great thing and most people should do that. Thinking the earth is flat is fine - if you then go to verify.

    The problem I have is if there is PLENTY of proof of things being a certain way that you just choose to ignore. Then you become an idiot.



  • Retard was a legitimate word, then it became a slur so we invented “special needs” which is now also a slur, so we have “intellectual disability” (which isn’t even appropriate as you can be retarded without having an intellectual disability) which will inevitably be used as a slur at some point.

    I think most people are just getting tired by getting tone policed more and more.