Let's make some random guy king for a day, as a joke - Lemmy.World

In 1860 BC, Ikūn-pî-Ištar, king of Isin in Sumer, received a very troubling prophecy: a great tragedy would befall the King, soon. So Ikūn-pî-Ištar had a genius idea: let’s take some poor idiot, make him king, and then “rebel” against him and put him to death, satisfying the prophecy and leaving Ikūn-pî-Ištar unharmed. Ikūn-pî-Ištar picked the first lowly worker he found, a gardener named Enlil-bāni, and abdicated the throne in his favor. Ikūn-pî-Ištar then went off to eat a bowl of soup, which he promptly choked on and died. Enlil-bāni then refused to relinquish the throne and reigned for a relatively safe and prosperous 24 years, lowering taxes and rebuilding the city’s temples and walls. Source: History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer

I decided to not go shopping today. - Lemmy.World

Took a nap instead. I threw my back out a week ago, and sleeping is difficult. But I happened to be on the bed earlier and found a position that didn’t hurt, so I was like “oh yeah, I’m not moving” and had an incredible nap.

What weird things do your pets do? - Lemmy.World

Conversations like this are why I want more people, especially "normies", in the Fediverse - Lemmy.World

When we have a critical mass of people, we can get random experts chiming in about interesting topics in an organic way.

What would be a fair wage for the work you do? An actual dollar amount. - Lemmy.World

Bonus question: how much would a company have to pay you for you to give 100% effort at work?

Non-Americans: what do you like about America? - Lemmy.World

TIL about Brandolini's Law: "The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it." - Lemmy.World

Also knowns as the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle

Tankie goes to Ukraine to fight for Russia, gets tortured and executed by Russian tank crew - Lemmy.World

What does "blackpilled" mean? - Lemmy.World

I’m not hip to the lingo