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I think Terry Pratchett touched on it as well - I think the book was Strata (been a while since I read it). There were arguments about whether to bring the people out of cryosleep due to the effects of culture shock or depression.

Caption this in c/[email protected]

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…if you know what I mean…

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When I wake up and check the time to find it's 4:04am I immediately think "sleep not found" (lemmy.world)

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More times than I thought likely. 4:20 has happened a few times too.

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The more things change the more they stay the same (lemmy.world)

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And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.

-William Gibson, Count Zero, 1986

I am 10% of the way to inventing a self-brushing cat in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

One of our previous cats used to do this. Rubbed his chin against it until he bled…and kept going.

For the upcoming April Fools Day, I am gonna _______ in c/[email protected]

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Netanyahu Gives John Fetterman a Silver-Plated Beeper: ‘I Love It… Thank You For This’ in c/[email protected]

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So he’s given a free pass to wear a sloppy hoodie and no doubt shorts when meeting a head of state, but Zelenskyy gets shit for wearing tidy fatigues…

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Lost our little snuggler yesterday (lemmy.world)

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10 years old, hit by a car. More unfortunately, it was the morning I had to go out of town, so only found out when the neighbour rang the doorbell (luckily? a video doorbell).