Slartibartfast39

Slartibartfast39 t1_jdsf0oe wrote

Reply to Orange with one unique slice by squarrd

Brian:You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!

Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!

Brian: You're all different!

Crowd: Yes, we are all different!

Man in crowd: I'm not...

Crowd: Shhh!

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Slartibartfast39 t1_j1u8pah wrote

Reply to TIL Winston Churchill opposed the American use of napalm during the Korean war but still allowed Americans to publish claims of British support for American napalm attacks. by jamescookenotthatone

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill privately criticized the use of napalm in Korea, writing that it was "very cruel", as US/UN forces, he wrote, were "splashing it all over the civilian population", "tortur[ing] great masses of people". He conveyed these sentiments to U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Omar Bradley, who "never published the statement". Publicly, Churchill allowed Bradley "to issue a statement that confirmed U.K. support for U.S. napalm attacks".

So privately against but wouldn't make that public. He did well for the UK during the war but he was not good person and would be ostracized if he were around today.

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Slartibartfast39 t1_j1phez2 wrote

Reply to comment by Rapiz in Russia ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via Yamal-Europe pipeline -Novak by IndependentTHNKR

I understand we're (Europe) aren't in a great position to cut this off at will as we're too dependent on the supply. If I have it right it's not just about switching to a more expensive supply but actually not having the supply to meet demand which could harm us more than Russia.

I freely admit I've not looked into this exhaustively mainly laziness and the fact I've got not influence about what happens here until and election comes up at which point I'll be looking at the various situations that batter to me.

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Slartibartfast39 t1_iucj3uv wrote

Reply to question about "1984" by Georges Orwell by ClaudioMoravit0

It's been too many years since I read it but I'd say there are happy people in 1984. There will be people that believe in the system. There will be people in a loving relationship. There will be people who are so inured to the system and the restrictions they don't even think about how it could be different. I think Pratchett said something like "Normal is yesterday, last week, and last month averaged out." People are fantastic at seeing things as 'normal'.

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Slartibartfast39 t1_iu84jvy wrote

Reply to TIL that antimatter is made with antiprotons, which are the opposite of protons, with a negative charge, antineutrons with a neutral charge and positrons, which are the opposite of electrons, with a positive charge. by Doomguy2021

I seem to remember being taught that there should be equal amounts of matter and anti matter in the universe but there isn't. As when they meet both undergo annihilation the possibility is that this occurred early on in the universe and there was an excess of matter over antimatter. I was taught that were not sure why.

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