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by rocknor 4y ago
https://meteologix.com/in/observations/india/wet-bulb-temper... https://www.ventusky.com/?p=32.4;78.9;3&l=humidity
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by rocknor 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis
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by rocknor 5y ago
I mean, if one country does it, everyone else is forced to do it to level the playing field. Hollywood churns out higher quality propaganda because huge budgets and USA global hegemony, but it won't stay like that forever as we move to
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by rocknor 5y ago
Ha, first world problems. For a poor person, having an internet connection massively improves quality of life, end of story.
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by rocknor 5y ago
I agree, this rhetoric is true for western news about India as well. The BBC for example known to be awful at times, actively misrepresenting and hiding facts to suit their narrative. I guess they have to cater to their population with colo
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by rocknor 5y ago
Multipolar is going to be the most likely future, with at least 4 poles: China, India, US, EU. Probably more in far future. Talking about US/China hegemony is just delusional fearmongering.
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by rocknor 5y ago
For people wondering what the numbers on cumulative emissions look like: https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$model$markers$line$data$fi...
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by rocknor 5y ago
> That was true years ago Uhh, no. What the parent comment said is true. https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/eys0iw/per...
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by rocknor 5y ago
Idiotic comment. The proportion of world population from India and China has been almost constant throughout history. They have not "bred more" than the rest of the world. 6-8 children was the norm even in developed countries in t
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by rocknor 5y ago
What is with this East/West bullshit oversimplification? Humans have a tendency to divide things into two distinct groups with an imaginary gap between them (this v/s that, us v/s them), this comment is just another example o
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by rocknor 5y ago
> Just like most western yoga studios are LGBTQ friendly and many Hindus are not. That is false. Please don't spread this myth. The homophobia is mostly a social hangover from colonial times. Steps are being taken to change that, an
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by rocknor 5y ago
The bias in BBC's reporting is well known. For example, anti-India bias. Lots of other examples here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_BBC#Specific_...
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by rocknor 5y ago
> They're just not having macroscopic economic impact today. Nope. Sorry, you can't whitewash the facts so easily, us from the former colonies won't let you! https://voxeu.org/article/economic-impact-c
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by rocknor 5y ago
Why don't you watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348
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by rocknor 5y ago
> They do quite legitimately earn 4x as much because the work they are doing is worth 4x as much A London taxi driver is not paid more because his work is somehow more valuable than a Beijing taxi driver's, it's just because ev
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by rocknor 5y ago
Bad argument, not even comparable. Colonization of Africa, Asia and Americas was orders of magnitude worse, and more importantly, incredibly recent. Which is why the lingering effects are still there.
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by rocknor 5y ago
Sure, the UK has certainly not been free riding from its profits. But the UK wouldn't be nearly as rich as it is now without the initial investment that came from plundering colonies. Innovation doesn't come for free, wealth is ne
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by rocknor 5y ago
It's in the EU? It has proximity to other rich countries? It wasn't left in nearly as bad state as ME/Africa/South Asia after decolonization? Want more? Just read a book or two.
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by rocknor 5y ago
What an ignorant comment. You would have done the same if you were in their place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition
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by rocknor 5y ago
The connection between the Pakistani ISI and the Taliban is very well documented. https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/117472/DP%2018.pdf https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/afghan2/Afghan0701
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by rocknor 5y ago
Do you even know what 1/2/3 world means?
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by rocknor 5y ago
I hope it does impact rich countries soon though. That's the only way they'll take the problem seriously without pushing vague ideals like "human rights and dignity"
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by rocknor 5y ago
Yeah, people don't understand that the human body is remarkably adaptable. Just need to stay in a place for a while (a few weeks to months). I've cycled to school ~10 kms everyday in 35-40° as a kid, came home to cool down instant
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by rocknor 5y ago
Yet more anti-China western propaganda. You can criticize China for many issues, but this isn't one of them. You have to look at facts. You can't just look at absolute emissions per capita, you need to look at consumption-based em
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by rocknor 5y ago
Wtf? I'm talking about consumption emissions - taking into account exports/imports. That's what matters. Stop with your lies and dishonesty.
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by rocknor 5y ago
I don't think you know what "arranged marriage" really means. Previously it used to be that your parents would choose your partner for you and you didn't have a choice (well this was true everywhere in the world). This s
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by rocknor 5y ago
Makes no sense. Religion is rapidly declining yet the citizens are getting more patriotic and developing a stronger common identity. Things like culture/tradition/language/food are much more important than religion for unific
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by rocknor 5y ago
> Earth can only support a certain number of human beings at a given standard of life. Correction, to be pedantic. Earth can only support a certain number of human beings at a given standard of life with our current sciencific advancemen
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by rocknor 5y ago
Yup. It's called demographic transition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_transition This is a great video explaining it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348
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by rocknor 5y ago
> has a per capita emissions about the same as the UK, even taking into account exports vs imports Wrong! https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$model$markers$line$data$fi...

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