smogcutter

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by smogcutter 1y ago
> These gamers presumably want reviews of what is / isn't worth their time. Judging by online reactions, what gamers want is their own opinion reflected back at them. Anything else brings frothing rage and vitriol. For some ext
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by smogcutter 1y ago
Have you read “The Accursed Share”? Batailles argues that society is shaped by the ways we squander surplus (eg in war, sacrifice, carnival, art, sex, etc)
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by smogcutter 1y ago
Just to clear up what sounds like a simple misunderstanding, because you mentioned being in Europe: in the US (can’t speak for other English speaking countries) to “break down” box is to flatten it, not break it like to destroy or tear apar
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by smogcutter 2y ago
On NPR they ran a response quote from Ryan Zinke that was nominally against it, but if you read between the lines you can see them laying the foundation. It was something like “I draw a hard line at violating the constitution, that’s someth
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Seems like a good place to recommend “The Death of Doctor Island” by Gene Wolfe for some terrific & grim writing about AI therapy. Don’t read a synopsis.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
I would reject a backdoor man date too, but to each their own.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Consider that the fact that there’s a tv show about it means it’s a novelty in Japan as well. It’s great that Japan has a civil society that makes a show like that possible , but don’t mistake it for more than it is. It’s the same mistake
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Historically, authoritarian regimes have handled setbacks like these by scapegoating target minorities and other undesirables.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Most people with happy loving homes don’t get divorced.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
> I'd much rather my money being spent on education, foreign assistance, scientific research, etc., even if there is some inefficiencies and waste In fact, I’d argue that the government’s role is specifically to spend on things th
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by smogcutter 2y ago
In other words, you’ve forgotten the class for the same reasons you’ve forgotten being an infant.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
This is a tough crowd for sarcasm
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by smogcutter 2y ago
> This was used to identify Soviet spies by showing them colors written in Russian; native Russian readers were slowed by the incorrect coloring, people who didn't know Russian could read it quickly. Hold up, I’m confused. How could
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by smogcutter 2y ago
> Plop down a housing development on those same 3,500 acres and it’s likely to kill far more birds. Do you actually believe that? It seems obvious that single family homes don’t kill birds en masse. Plop down 3500 acres of glass office t
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by smogcutter 2y ago
> claims no authority It should be obvious what authority is implicit in a document from the vatican .
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by smogcutter 2y ago
I mean, it sounds like what really fits the bill for what you’re looking for are coworkers or collaborators more so than friends. Which is fine, and recognizing that might help you find it. End of the day, having meaningful social connectio
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Junk food addiction (your word, not TFA’s) is also not in the DSM V, so appealing to authority like that or hanging on the word addiction gets you nowhere as far as whether the comparison to social media is interesting. For what it’s worth
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Switching costs are high for this type of game. If you want to play something new you need to invest time and money into buying & painting new figures, learn a new set of rules, and convince your friends to do the same. OTOH historic
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Which is where an expulsion often leads, similar to how adults unable to function in society are channeled into SSDI, homelessness, or prison in some combination. There are unlikely to be many caring and constructive adults there though, fo
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Thank you for demonstrating the point that there are constraints and complications that are difficult to appreciate from the outside. The law generally disagrees with you.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
There are some rotten incentives at work here, as well as constraints that aren’t obvious from a parent or student’s point of view. For example, CA schools have to publish statistics on suspensions and expulsions. So there’s an incentive f
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Agreed that Covid was disillusioning for young people, but uniquely so? The 2008 financial crisis, 9/11, and the GWoT would all like a word. The only generation I can think of without a similar formative crisis (in the US at least) is
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by smogcutter 2y ago
You’re flatly wrong, and so is vkou. From the text of the 1st amendment: “Congress shall make no law […] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” (cut the establishment clause for clarity). It doesn’t say “congress shall make no l
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by smogcutter 2y ago
I find it completely unsurprising that parents who would sue to change a C+ into a B raised a kid who would cheat.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
I’d presume that as a postdoc they have a pretty good handle on the academic job market and don’t need a one sentence FYI about how it’s important to publish.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Sure, maybe, but if you tried you could come up with a similar explanation for literally any behavior or emotion. It might be true, but it isn’t falsifiable.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
For those in LA, there’s a related exhibit at the Museum of Jurassic Technology. Definitely worth checking out if you haven’t been, the whole collection is a delight.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
> India obviously has the right to ban the Wikimedia Foundation I don’t think that’s obvious at all. In the US, constitutional rights to freedom of speech, assembly, etc apply regardless of nationality or citizenship status.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
The king of kings’ chariot was a status symbol. Persian cavalry fought from horseback.
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by smogcutter 2y ago
Yes, anyone who’s ever been trapped in a conversation with someone yakked to the gills can tell you all about singleminded focus as an effect of cocaine.

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