Tungsten. It’s just so cool that it’s so dense and has such a high melting point. It’s also really hard and tough.

Edit: also dragonflies are pretty badass

I switch between New, Hot and Top 6hrs/Day

When they have some of the same interests as you, but for different reasons. It provides for excellent conversation when you can talk about something you’re both passionate about, but because you’re passionate for different reasons, you have different perspectives, and it keeps a topic you’re very familiar with very interesting.

Woke has got to be one of the most meaningless words out there. So many things are labeled as being “woke”. From left-wing to right-wing, from progressive to conservative, it’s genuinely insane.

Can you please define what you mean by “woke”? (Funnily enough, most people that regularly use the word “woke” can’t even properly explain what it means)

And he’s an astrophysicist. So according to this guy he is even qualified to be talking about science

So science teachers also shouldn’t teach science because they’re not scientists?

That’s not what “qualified” means.

People don’t need to meet the definition of being a scientist in order for them to be educating others on scientific topics.

Mastodon, Kbin, Lemmy and such are “compatible”.

Here’s an example of how to do it:

https://hachyderm.io/@maegul/110483509521476095

You suck

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Absolutely. Just because I think religion is stupid and don’t want it shoved down my throat everywhere I go, doesn’t mean I dislike the people spending their time on it.

People who don’t keep religion to themselves and start bothering me or others with it (Jehovah’s witnesses and whatnot), they bother me and I do dislike those few

Thank you, kind stranger

TIL

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When it comes to appreciating life, I always think about what it actually takes to be alive.

Think about it. Trillions of cells working together to keep you alive. An immune system constantly defending you from anything and everything, even yourself. The amount of work it takes to live is extraordinary and we don’t even notice it. Life is extremely fragile and short. Every one of us was gifted a very short amount of time on this wild roller coaster we call life. To me that’s something to celebrate.

If you like pop culture and divas and whatnot, that’s awesome! Being passionate about something is great!

Truth is, I don’t have any good advice, really. I get where you’re coming from and I feel similar sometimes. Even at times when I feel really down, though, I like to stay up on a night with a clear sky, look at the stars and remind myself of how tiny our planet is. How tiny we are. How huge the cosmos is and how grateful I am for this tiny but bit of time that I get to spend on this Earth, however long it may be.

While I’m at it, I may as well recommend the Kurzgesagt YouTube channel. It has some great videos on loneliness, gratefulness and stuff like that. Their book “Immune” also really gave me a whole new sense of appreciation for my body and life itself.

Good luck and never be uncomfortable because of who you are and what you like. Our time here is too short to be wasted on nonsense like that.