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511.
by rexpop 2y ago
I don't subscribe to your eugenicist ontology.
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by rexpop 2y ago
> a man on campus is more qualified to be there than a woman I am not sure that "talented and impressive" is the metric by which we should be admitting students into higher education. On the contrary, I submit that we should
513.
by rexpop 2y ago
Bit of a straw man. The ecologists I know of are interested in cultivating biodiversity and preserving habitats from the corrosive influence of development, pollution, and climate change. "Pristine" isn't a term I've hea
514.
by rexpop 2y ago
I am not really trying to say anything about Maduro, only about racist caricatures of Latin American leaders in US videogames and other lowbrow media.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Don't be naive. The similarities are superficial--mustachioed, middle-aged, male--and they can all be attributed to the United States' history of intervening in the politics of Latin American countries--a la the "Monroe Doctr
516.
by rexpop 2y ago
Why can't he have written it? Has he got something better to do while everyone else is doing the actual work?
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by rexpop 2y ago
I agree with your point. I think your original phrasing implied the literal opposite of your intended meaning.
518.
by rexpop 2y ago
Such societies may find themselves implementing Procrustean policies meant to enforce conformity. One classic (red herring) image is "Harrison Bergeron," but actual transphobic attitudes are more pressing.
519.
by rexpop 2y ago
"Predation" isn't necessary to precipitate sexual assault, only sexual, social, or emotional dysfunction.
520.
by rexpop 2y ago
> Why does everything attack or throw shade on masculinity? Because of men's disproportionate representation among perpetrators.
521.
by rexpop 2y ago
The net of law is spread so wide, No sinner from its sweep may hide. Its meshes are so fine and strong, They take in every child of wrong. O wondrous web of mystery! Big fish alone escape from thee! — James Jeffrey Roche (1847-1908)
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by rexpop 2y ago
> Screaming for no apparent reason Possibly a rubber snake that's not immediately obvious to others.
523.
by rexpop 2y ago
"Cannot be tolerated" by whom , Mr. Passive Voice? Or did you mean should not be tolerated? What a bizarre reaction.
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by rexpop 2y ago
> you feel depressed because of your brain chemistry, not because of your circumstances. Would that it were so simple. Circumstances can, of course, impact brain chemistry and, over time, neural architecture. Classic example is the learn
525.
by rexpop 2y ago
Hacker News is, of course, a scurrilous bastion of introversion.
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by rexpop 2y ago
I believe this is what Marx termed "commodity fetishism" in the first chapter of Capital . > Adorno was born a German Jew at the end of the nineteenth century; he saw Hitler come to power via popular vote; and, in 1941, he was
527.
by rexpop 2y ago
Time to start a labor cartel.
528.
by rexpop 2y ago
"Talking about race" in plain terms on public forums is punishable by white supremacists (many of whom have moved their communications out-of-band, eg into dog whistles). This way, they pursue a monopoly on the discourse surroundi
529.
by rexpop 2y ago
Touché! Likewise, if grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bicycle.
530.
by rexpop 2y ago
I struggle to imagine that your perspective is representative. Most human beings, I surmise, value human interaction more than we value object interaction. Even the output of these new language models—while flexible, reliable, and available
531.
by rexpop 2y ago
One might be an easier sell given the ideological climate.
532.
by rexpop 2y ago
s/correct/corrupt??
533.
by rexpop 2y ago
Sure, we can attribute all unfortunate outcomes to Aristotilian vices, but as engineers we have learned that these traits are constant, and may be ameliorated through systems, processes, and policies. Attributing misfortune to vice is nihil
534.
by rexpop 2y ago
I agree: it seems like extant policies maintain systemic incentives to exploit the system but too much leeway, perhaps, is afforded to individual officers in their discretionary use of time. Better recordkeeping might see greater adherence
535.
by rexpop 2y ago
Cops engage in a practice called “slow rolling," “papering," or even "collar bombing" (to say nothing about good old fashioned time and attendance fraud[5]) They intentionally delay paperwork and administrative tasks pas
536.
by rexpop 2y ago
> an economy full of people who can't help get the economy back on its feet Because they're infantile, used to picnicking and playing their guitars, and devoid of industrial skills like lathe operating or CRUD app development?
537.
by rexpop 2y ago
You should probably leave, because odds are good they're not thinking the same way you're thinking. The mutual aspect is critical; it's a Prisoner's Dilemma. A society of constant, unthinking defectors, on the other hand
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by rexpop 2y ago
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman What that management
539.
by rexpop 2y ago
Ah, yes: "nothing can be known; words don't mean things, and things don't have names."
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by rexpop 2y ago
> only go to a therapist with objective and practical plans for results, even if that may take a few sessions. Any therapist that just offers vague solutions is leading you on. No, therapy is also a place to practice relating, eg vocaliz

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