Because most people who don’t like nuclear energy think we can all change everything to renewables right away. This is obviously not possible (otherwise countries not bound by the financial interests of oil companies etc. would have already done it); the real options to cover the gaps in renewables (until their tech develops) are nuclear or fossil fuels. Nuclear is significantly safer and less polluting than coal.

Good points, this probably explains why I’ve not heard much about hydrogen fuel cell cars since modern electric cars picked up. Ultimately the hydrogen cars seem no worse than conventional ICEs, but given that EVs are developing pretty well now there’s not that much need for the hydrogen ones anymore.

You deserve those downvotes, it’s much better than coal

There are pro-gun people on Lemmy!?

It’s weird, everyone was rightly outraged at companies that forced employees to return to office, but that has somehow turned into any working in the office being evil. If you can work fully remote then that’s great; some teams get a lot more done face-to-face. It’s not a fucking conspiracy by the people who invested in office space rentals!

If someone was giving me it for free? Yeah I’d have the Macbook too, the hardware is lovely (the software not so much).

To buy myself? Chromebooks can be a great deal, and they’re ideal for a non-tech-savvy relative who needs a basic computer but that you don’t want to be on-call for tech support!

Are hydrogen vehicles a stupid idea?

They’re Imperial units in Britain, though most of us know that they’re a bit silly

I reckon it’s the issue of pseudo-anonymity combined with the lack of tone in a text post. If you’re talking IRL it’s much clearer that you’re making a joke or whatever, but all that gets lost in text. Also you generally know who you’re talking to IRL, whereas online you don’t know if that comment was written by a professor of ethics or a teenager who watched a single video on the topic and is parroting opinions they are now convinced are correct.

Wtf, my condolences on the lack of hygiene regulations in your county

Do you guys not have taps that water comes out of?

This needs the massive IN THE USA disclaimer slapped over it. Sure, doctors are massively overworked everywhere, but if you’re supporting the NHS then you get people banging pots and pans for you, which I’m sure makes it all worthwhile.

What is an “online persona”? Stop trying to turn my tech support forum into Facebook!

This is a good one, though I was much better at the local version

This one is very difficult, I only got close thanks to a typo!

I blame games back then for calling bots/AI “CPU” characters, short for “computer”

Russia had already tried to join NATO multiple times

Russia has requested to join the defensive pact against Russia

Actual quote from Von Braun:

The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet

Yeah he built the V2s, but it does generally seem like he was happier when he could use his talents for good rather than evil.

Reminds me of the overbite Winnie the Pooh meme face with those teeth

It probably was very simple for the kid who wrote it, just import everything and write a couple of lines to use all this stuff that already exists!