Lexical3
Lexical3 t1_j9tk9lu wrote
Reply to Companion robots to mitigate loneliness among older adults: "Most participants (68.7%) did not think an Artificial Companion robot would make them feel less lonely and felt somewhat-to-very uncomfortable (69.3%) with the idea of being allowed to believe that an artificial companion is human." by Gueulemer
The better way to address this problem would be doing away with the godawful nursing home culture of North America. For most of human history, families have lived together multigenerationally and they still do in the majority of the world. Extracting and isolating old people is just cruel.
Lexical3 t1_j502ape wrote
Reply to What specifically keeps viruses from moving from human to animal or vice versa in most cases? by cheekychessie
more simply: nothing but time and chance. Viruses regularly mutate to become infectious to a different proximal host in a process called Zoonosis. It's a large part of why the current avian flu pandemic is so scary- historically, our worst flus are mutated avian variants!
Lexical3 t1_j4iis5s wrote
Reply to comment by Throwawaysack2 in Avian influenza viruses of the H5 subtype and H7 subtype have caused 2634 human cases around the world, including more than 1000 deaths. These viruses have caused numerous disease outbreaks in wild birds and domestic poultry, and are responsible for the loss of at least 422 million domestic birds. by Unethical_Orange
the egg thing is mostly price gouging. egg producers made record profits despite avian influenza, which is not something that happens when they experience any kind of real shortage. They just know from covid-19 that you can use a pandemic as an excuse to jack up prices, and apparently it doesn't even have to be a human one.
Lexical3 t1_jdvua0r wrote
Reply to TIFU by telling my (25m) girlfriend (20f) to stop sulking. by [deleted]
The person you are in a relationship with should be supportive, but they should not be your therapist. Yes, the guy lost his temper and lashed out and hurt her, but what she is doing is just going to kill their relationship regardless. It might be for the better that she sees a counselor and you two takes some time off.