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I remember when my first was born. 2 different parts of my brain had opposing thoughts.
1 part was thinking “This is the cutest, most beautiful thing ever. I must protect and nurture them at all costs.”
The other part was thinking “My god newborn babies are ugly!”
I can easily see cognitive dissonance pushes most people to the first thought. It’s you being hacked by hormones, an effect that is disturbingly powerful.
I was also caught out by how much my (male) hormones were affected, even pre birth. It both disturbed and amused my wife.
cynar@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Walmart Workers Share Photos of Price IncreasesEnglish4·4 days agoYou’ve got some catching up to do then.
Pink is countries the UK has invaded. Purple is everyone else.
cynar@lemmy.worldto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Escape Simulator drops the Linux build to focus on supporting ProtonEnglish313·7 days agoAs much as I would love Linux native builds of games, this also makes a lot of sense. I consider it a completely acceptable solution to the problem.
It’s also worth noting that it wasn’t the hydrogen that caused the fire. The Hindenburg had an aluminium skin. It began having degradation issues, so they painted it. The paint was iron oxide based. Aluminium and iron oxide are the 2 main ingredients in thermite.
Analysis of the video shows that it was the skin burning off. It would have gone up almost as badly, even if filled with helium.