RadicalEagle
@RadicalEagle@lemmy.world
- Comment on hoping to impress 2 days ago:
My bad, I meant the activity depicted in the picture (popping a wheelie to try to impress a girl) could easily be from a pre-internet time.
- Comment on hoping to impress 2 days ago:
Right, I guess I mean I don’t see how the sentiment of wanting to show off for ladies has really changed that much post internet. To me this picture speaks more towards how motorcycles impacted simping, and I’m pretty sure that’s the whole reason motorcycles were invented.
- Comment on hoping to impress 2 days ago:
In what way? This photo looks like it could be both pre or post internet to me.
- Comment on Automation 1 week ago:
During the AI goldrush you can make your fortune selling bookshelves.
- Comment on Rockposting 2 weeks ago:
I remember seeing Fred read the news on his stone tablet.
- Comment on Guidance 2 weeks ago:
I hope that at this point humans are in the process of realizing that killing the nukes is way more beneficial than killing their enemies with nukes.
- Comment on The N64 4 weeks ago:
I always liked the ergonomics of the N64 controller. The recreation of those ergonomics using the Wiimote+nunchuk was one of my favorite things about the Wii lol
- Comment on Seems awfully dangerous 4 weeks ago:
Absolutely. There’s a feeling of being more “present” in the world. It’s more stimulating for your senses, which I think is ultimately why your brain rewards you for it with dopamine.
- Comment on Seems awfully dangerous 4 weeks ago:
I enjoy the thought of living a life worth dying for, but I suppose you could look at it as if I’m killing myself in order to live my life?
Driving a car is also a behavior that increases the chances of getting into an accident, but I don’t think think you’d call everyone who drives a car suicidal. (Or maybe you would, which I think would be totally fair based on your previous point.)
If I was speeding around without a helmet because I hated my life and wanted to die to get away from my responsibilities I think I’d be more likely to call that behavior “suicidal”.
- Comment on Seems awfully dangerous 4 weeks ago:
I struggle to see how it is suicidal. I define suicide as “trying to kill yourself.” I don’t see how accepting my mortality and not letting the fear of death get in the way of enjoying my life could be classified as suicidal.
- Comment on Do 9-5 jobs still exist in the U.S.? 4 weeks ago:
I have a salaried work from home job with no defined working hours. As long as the work gets done within SLAs the hours me and my team work are irrelevant.
- Comment on Seems awfully dangerous 4 weeks ago:
Agreed that it’s insane. The way I look at it is that there is an inherent amount of danger in any activity. Doesn’t matter how safe or dangerous something is, conscious acceptance of the risk is satisfying.
- Comment on Seems awfully dangerous 4 weeks ago:
Personally that’s why I enjoy riding. It requires me to let go of the idea that I have overarching control of my life. Any day could be my last, and if today is my last day I’d like to enjoy it.
- Comment on Cannabis 5 weeks ago:
It would be the same as saying there is only one species of broccoli, Brassica oleracea.
- Comment on Cannabis 5 weeks ago:
Obviously life will refuse to be neatly classified, but that doesn’t mean people smarter than us won’t still try to do it in order to better understand the world.
- Comment on Cannabis 5 weeks ago:
They are the same species by the scientific definition. The meaning of the word “species” has become diluted over time as it was adopted by more people and misused, just like all language.
- Comment on a very emphatic answer 5 weeks ago:
The joke was also explained in the title of the post “A Very Emphatic Answer” which highlights the exclamation mark (emphasis) on the answer as being important.
- Comment on Language 1 month ago:
I’d even argueit’s the limits of the concept of language. There’s a reason we paint and make music and write stories and tell jokes.
We’re compelled to communicate in creative ways because we have so much we want to say that just doesn’t seem to fit into words.
- Comment on Not happening, dude 2 months ago:
Let alone creatively.
- Comment on C O L O N I Z E 2 months ago:
It’s one of the things I love most about being alive. When I was a kid I loved reading the names and flavor text of Duel Masters cards. They always seemed pulled from the most weirdest corners of people’s minds lol
My favorites were always the lovecraftian horrors that had really mundane descriptions.
- Comment on Ah yes darkweb here people. 3 months ago:
There are definitely plenty of people on Telegram running channels advertising stolen CCs, exploits, and phishing kits.
I think it’s fair to call it the “dark web” because it fits the technical definition.
- Comment on What makes this website resistant to enshitrification? 8 months ago:
Good bot
- Comment on What makes this website resistant to enshitrification? 8 months ago:
For sure! Cory is much more articulate than me. If you have 45 minutes I recommend watching his Defcon keynote youtu.be/rimtaSgGz_4?si=qI_xdRebnDqnSEiL
- Comment on What makes this website resistant to enshitrification? 8 months ago:
If you’re using “enshittification” the same way Cory Doctorow does, then the key is reducing the cost of moving to alternatives. Once a platform has a captive market then they can start taking advantage of consumers and advertisers.
Support for ActivityPub is, in my opinion, an important component because it allows for a standardized way to consume content from social media networks.