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  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzCrystals
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    22 days ago

    is that, by and large, priests do not seek out people who are vulnerable

    What are you talking about, every organized religion does this. If people weren’t vulnerable to being deceived, there wouldn’t be any religious institutions. And I’ll spare you the longwinded rant about the pressure to tithe other than to say that it exists and it’s extremely aggressive.

    Also, you’re very much proving their point unintentionally. Quote from the first sentence in the wikipedia article for the slang term ‘basic’ :

    Basic is a slang term in American popular culture used pejoratively to describe middle class white people, especially women, who are perceived to prefer mainstream products, trends, and music.

    You’re using a gendered insult to dismiss their claims of bias based on gender lines. I usually try to be more constructive than this but wow are you off the mark here.









  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzpenetration tests
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    30 days ago

    I believe you’re thinking of neutrinos. Neutrons love bonking into things, and they’re really good at it. Too good; if the thing they’re bonking is too big they’ll just keep on bouncing, so you gotta bounce them off small stuff. Concrete has lots of small stuff bound up in it, so while there’s better shields (borax and paraffin slurry is a classic one) there’s few cheaper or easier to make shields than concrete.