The floor is in hell!

Hmm. This is a lot of red lines, I think I’m going to ignore everything I’m seeing and continue moving forward having done nothing to restructure my worldview.

Life is so easy when you simply sacrifice all your morals!

That is false

You know, I was going to say your family rolled the dice and won on their genetics — but that’s also exactly what you did with beer pong.

So yeah, idk — maybe there’s something to it.

Everyone knows that the second something touches bacteria it is instantaneously covered and permeated by that bacteria, no exceptions. It’s basic biology, come on — what are you, some kind of nerd?

/s

Well, in the books the physical differences between Earthers, Martians and Belters are very striking. Due to the lower gravity on Mars, and the even lower gravity on spinning asteroids in the belt; Earthers end up being much shorter than their counterparts with Belters looking very bizarre. I would imagine it would result in them being shorter, and if the gravity is high enough it could completely stunt the baby’s growth in a sort of inverse to what the Belters go through.

According to a quick search (memory is foggy) it is set around 2350 — humans have colonized most of the solar system. They have fusion reactors and ships capable of traveling from Earth to the Jovian moons (I think? I’m not sure if they go further). There is definitely advanced medicine regarding surviving spaceflight (i.e. performing maneuvers that put you in otherwise unliveable circumstances without drugs).

The circumstances of Earth, Mars and the Belt are delicate. Without spoiling too much, no the Belters do not have good health care.

I like the Expanse, I was a fan of the books before the show. The show is good, some aspects are better than the books — but I haven’t actually finished the show itself. Give it a shot if you’re into hard science fiction!

Edit: I should note, a baby born in the belt could be taken to Mars or Earth and they would grow up fine. The Belters themselves aren’t riddled with genetic diseases or anything like that, growing up in low g’s is just fucked.

If I’m not mistaken it is a developmental issue — wasn’t an O.P.A. agent tortured using the moons gravity? Or maybe they were in orbit, I’m not sure.

I’m pretty sure it’s also a major problem later on with the new planets being found — Belters have it way more rough than both Earthers and Martians. Like, to the tune of ‘get me the fuck off this rock’ rough.

No, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

It is a little darker than that, as Belters can’t actually live on Earth due to their bones being crushed and broken by gravity.

Not only are they slaves, they are very much trapped in space. Well, trapped if we’re avoiding spoilers.

I’m surprised to see a comment on a post from so long ago but yes, it was an incredibly blatant display.

Hey, another person who refers to children as petri dishes! Neat.

Because I do not want Microsoft to have access to all my documents.

That’s not how cloud save works! …

You need to explain why you think the second statement refutes the first.

It’s the latter, counter point; the tool never would have existed without the unethical scraping.

Hey guys, some things don’t need to be imagined.

Then maybe they should choose their words more carefully, because that is not what their words portray

That’s a fair point, I agree.

Oh, I was genuinely curious — this very same argument can be used when talking about guns. This very same argument is used when talking about guns.

This wasn’t an attempt at a strawman, I’m merely drawing parallels. To say that this one topic is one where Lemmy focuses on the tool and not the people using them is false.

What are your views on gun control?

In a causal sense, yes. In a ‘the average person is fucking stupid’ sense, no.