洗澡随想曲第12期:如果我们在渔网上新开一个洞洞,那么,渔网上洞洞的总数不会增加,而是会减少

洗澡随想曲第12期:如果我们在渔网上新开一个洞洞,那么,渔网上洞洞的总数不会增加,而是会减少_荒原之梦

01.

人类不再受自然选择的影响而发展进化,而是在个体和社会的影响下被择优选择。

Humans no longer evolve from natural selection resulting from nature and constraints, but rather preferential selection from individual and societal factors.

02.

没有价值 20 万美元的汽车,只有愿意花 20 万美元买车的人。

There’s no such thing as a $200,000 car; just people willing to pay $200,000 for a car.

03.

促使我们在秋天开始穿夹克的温度与导致我们在春天停止穿夹克的温度是相同的温度。

The temperature that encourages us to start wearing a jacket in the fall is the same temperature that encourages us to stop wearing jackets in the spring.

04.

随着各大公司都开始打造自己的流媒体服务(Netflix, Hulu, HBO…)并在其中投放广告,人们可能会选择重新开始购买 DVD 来看节目(以避免看到广告)。

With every company making their own streaming services and filling them with ads, people are probably going to start preferring to buy DVDs of shows again.

05.

如果我们在渔网上新开一个洞洞,那么,渔网上洞洞的总数不会增加,而是会减少。

If we make a hole in a fishing net, the total number of holes in the net decreases.

06.

到 2022 年,我们将像接近第二次世界大战一样接近 2100 年。

By next year, we’ll be as close to the year 2100 as we are to WW2.

注:第二次世界大战开始于 1939 年,2022 年恰好处在 1939 年至 2100 年中间,距离两者都是 83 年。

07.

没有人会对真正的陌生人说:“你好,陌生人。”

Nobody ever says “hey stranger” to an actual stranger.

08.

如果超人在超音速飞行的时候放屁,那么,他不会听到自己放屁的声音。

If Superman was flying supersonic and farted, he’d never hear it.

09.

你可以喝一些让你更渴的东西,但不能吃一些让你更饿的东西。

You can drink something that makes you more thirsty but you can’t eat something that makes you more hungry.

10.

人们通常认为做饭是女人的事,但如果你让他们想象一位饭店主厨,他想到的却是一个男人。

People stereotype cooking as “women’s work” but if you ask them to think of a head chef they’ll picture a man.

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