wikipedia appreciation rule

Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone – 185 points –

I really frickin love wikipedia

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It's hard to explain to people that wikipedia is one of my hobbies 🥲

how do you find things to research about?

I'm not op, but just spend an hour on wiki again.

For me it usually just happens randomly. Today it was because watching news which included the start of the last Ariane 5. I was mainly interested, how much "fuel" (propellant) is used and the relation between launch weight and payload weight. I quickly got distracted by rocket engines and read here and there.

Then I am currently reading a book about WW2 u boats, so I've read the Wikipedia regarding that specific type of U-boat, the torpedos, the torpedo calculation computer, the lives of several commanders, ...

Recently my kid played with clay, so I got to read a little about the process of firing clay, basically wanting to know if I can diy it.

Normally the things I want to know more about just fly in by themselves.

wikipedia has some wild shit

this band did a cover of a song about getting a boner in a dance club

go to the 9/11 controversy section, in the History part

For sure good. Also Wookiepedia. I've spent so many hours just scrolling wookiepedia while commuting.