In #solidarity with poor, #dimwitted Alina Habba, I have decided to hereby #resign from my positions as U.S. Secretary of State, Vice President of the #USA, senator for the great State of Vermont, Congressman for the district of Idiot, TX, dogcatcher in Boise, Idaho, and designated shit sweeper for the unincorporated shithole of Mar-a-lago, FL.

I thank you for the opportunity to #serve in these roles.

#AlinaHabba #HowDoILawyer #HowDoILaw #HowDoesILawyer #HowDoesILaw #NotHowItWorks #USPol #CabinetSecretary #senator #congressman #dogcatcher

Shared on FB (of course) by a well-meaning and very young (under 30) friend. They don't need to feel shamed so I'll dump on it here.

This list is bananadonks.

  • The placebo effect is explicitly a denial of the existence of whatever other explanation is offered (e.g., spells, prayers, or manifestation)

  • Spiritualists might not like being lumped in with the "law of effect" victim-blaming nutjobs

  • I suspect only a person who knows literally nothing about quantum theory or research could casually suggest that spiritual phenomena and the placebo effect are the same thing as "quantum physics" (maybe they mean entanglement? Or maybe the meme creator just thinks "quantum physics" is a big, mysterious thing so obviously it's the same as everything else they don't understand)

  • No, everyone's not arguing over its name. We disagree on whether the phenomena exist in the first place, and this heterogeneous list doesn't change that.

  • If you don't try to cram at least 3 qualitatively very different kinds of things together, then yes, plenty of people (maybe a majority of humans) deny the existence of one or more of these items.

  • #memes #badThinking #epistemology #science #quantum #BothSides #NotHowItWorks

    This argument may be even worse than I first realized. I think it's an argument that the President is effectively ORDERING THE GOVERNOR to do its bidding. #NotHowItWorks

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/post/3lrdzjolebc2l
    Missed out on Business class by two rows, damn #nothowitworks
    Went to get a puncture fixed on the car. Tyre fitter fixed the nail hole, buzzes on the wheel nuts, then says β€œI’ll just torque these on correctly for you”. Goes and checks a chart on the wall, adjusts the torque wrench, then proceeds to tighten the nuts about 180 degrees past the click. πŸ™„ #nothowitworks
    If you've ever handed a camera to someone and asked them to take a selfie of you, I hate you with the white hot passion of a million suns.
    #NotHowItWorks

    Lots of buzz over this WaPo thing that's suggesting that the US peaked whenever you were 11, and... I kinda think we were doing pretty well in the '90s, which would make me... in my 30s now? Yeah, I'll sign on to this...

    #NotHowItWorks

    That's not how projectors work... Unless Samsung has invented anti-light and then they should get a Nobel prize.

    Samsung debuts 8K ultra-short throw projector at CES.

    https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/samsung-debuts-8k-projector-that-turns-your-wall-into-a-mega-screen/

    #samsung #ces #physics #NotHowItWorks

    Samsung Debuts 8K Projector That Turns Your Wall Into a Mega Screen

    The Premiere is its ultra-short throw projector, and the newest model comes with amped-up resolution.

    CNET
    I swear, the stuff you can find even on random IT related searches on stock portals needs a bes.. "worst-but-funniest-of". #nothowitworks #security