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Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
News@lemmy.world•Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels
7·10 days agoMany companies like websites, tv, radio, etc. depend on the revenues from advertisers to pay their workers and expenses. If they didn’t have that, everything would likely turn to susbscription or a regular pleading for money so they could continue.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•The word "expert" is used frequently in news headlines, but its meaning is notoriously vague.
6·11 days agoYes. I have a strong opinion on the subject and have shared it extensively among my close friends.
It’s too bad we can’t get animals (including ourselves) to hold it all day then dispense it into a fuel tank for home use.
My problem is with the word soup. Scientists don’t call today’s ocean a soup and it has many times more compounds, materials, and living matter.
Primodial soup. It was perfectly sterile. No organic matter in it. (didn’t exist yet.) Today’s oceans are wet cement in comparison.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that for the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 cars in ChinaEnglish
3·14 days agoCheaper labour in China. High tariffs imposed by the U.S. (when the parts and materials that come into the U.S. are tariffed, the price is passed on to the consumer.)
He must be T-ied off.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Dad Jokes@lemmy.world•A woman fainted and fell on to the baggage carousel at the airport...English
17·16 days agoIf she died, she might be carrion.
What’s a phone bad book?
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do we have alcohol advertisements. We don't allow cigarettes to advertise
4·18 days agoCigarettes cause more deaths: 8 million per year compared to 2.8 million per year. Not disagreeing with you, just pointing out why perhaps there are more lenient rules.
The Canadian side looks a lot happier.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
Dad Jokes@lemmy.world•Out of the bathroom you’re American in the bathroom what are you ?English
5·18 days agoHimalayan
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL steak Canadian was not invented in Canada and almost no one in Canada knows what it is.English
1·18 days agoI was wondering that. It looks a bit like it.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Even cheap dirt isn't dirt cheap anymore.
2·18 days agoI’ll buy it from you for double what you paid.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Even cheap dirt isn't dirt cheap anymore.
1·19 days agoAnd what did all that dirt and trees cost to buy?
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Even cheap dirt isn't dirt cheap anymore.
1·19 days agoIf you own the forest.
Quilotoa@lemmy.cato
News@lemmy.world•Why Trump's appearance at White House correspondents dinner is triggering controversy
4·20 days agoOz is gonna hafta be a magician to tiptoe the pollitical minefield as he speaks.
Quilotoa@lemmy.caOPto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Giant Drake ice sculpture in downtown Toronto is getting hosed down because fans were lighting fires to melt it.
9·21 days agoThe designer called it a scuplture. Who am I to judge what art is?














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