GlassHalfHopeful
@GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca
Let go and let entropy.
- Comment on Threads might get ads early next year 5 days ago:
If only they knew they could use “Threads” ad-free.
- Comment on is it ok if i don't identify as latino?? please don't say otherwise please 1 week ago:
Identity is a construct. Identify however you wish to be identified. You will be judged by and perceived as the identity people inevitably assign to you, regardless of how you self identify. Hopefully it matches. Maybe it won’t.
Mostly, just try to be okay with yourself. Be a decent human and people will generally be okay with you.
- Comment on Discord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technica 1 week ago:
I’m a discord admin too! Nuts!
- Comment on How do I get over fear of cooking? 1 week ago:
Your first step might be finding someone who can mentor you and help you and teach you a bit. Someone with patience and who is caring.
To be honest though, it sounds like some good therapeutic council would do you very well and bring quality of life.
- Comment on Are movies where the time loops over and over considered time travel movies? 1 week ago:
I mean, time-travel stories typically involve traveling by way of some mechanism be it a spell, wormhole, tear in spacetime and etc. The end goal is usually traveling from one point to another with a purpose. Characters can travel back and forth. Everyone remembers each encounter.
Time-loops, like in Groundhog’s Day or Edge of Tomorrow, usually cause people to get “stuck.” Some plot device is then introduced to eventually “unstick” them. Only the people stuck in the loop are usually aware that anything is happening.
- Comment on At what point do you stop calling the years "two thousand and X" and start calling them "twenty X"? 1 week ago:
1999
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 3 weeks ago:
Seriously though, what is x.com and the x app? I just followed the link to google play and it seems’ish like it’s just the twitter microblog, but I’m seeing things mentioned that I didn’t think are part of twitter. I’ve never used twitter or any x products, so I’m actually in the dark.
- Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"? 3 weeks ago:
I’m pretty sure that “x, formerly known as twitter” is the name of the company. So… forever.
- Comment on I just have to wait too long for quality videos! 5 weeks ago:
Angela posted a video that’s only 19 minutes? 😁
- Comment on The British government is transferring sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius next week, potentially impacting the existence of the .io domain. 1 month ago:
Corporations with loads of money will ensure that this domain will simply get reclassified.
- Comment on Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO - 9to5Mac 3 months ago:
May it be so.
- Comment on Media Bias Bot's comments don't display correctly in Sync 3 months ago:
Yeah, I’m gonna mention again in the app community, but this doesn’t seem high priority. It’s been mentioned many times before and affects all kinds of areas where spoiler tags are used. 🫤
- Comment on Media Bias Bot's comments don't display correctly in Sync 3 months ago:
I think it’s a great addition, but it sure does eat up a lot of space. Any way it can be condensed to the absolute basic information?
This is what it looks like for me on Boost: Sample of the bot comments
I get that it’s a mark down problem with the app, but perhaps it can still be condensed?
- Comment on Would I get banned here for being over active? I got banned from reddit because they thought I was a bot. And don't want to repeat the same mistake here. Thank you ahead of time. 3 months ago:
Sounds like something a bot would ask. 🤔
- Comment on Meta tells court it won’t sue over Facebook feed-killing tool—yet 4 months ago:
It’s terrible how companies like this can do anything they want with impunity.
This tool seemed so beneficial.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
You’ve touched on a number of the things that give religious organizations cohesion and strength. The indoctrination is important when it comes to reinforcing those things and building on them. Health cooperatives, college scholarships, support when life circumstances hammer you into the ground… there’s a lot of benefits to being a part of the system. Most people never realize how much they’ve lost by being a part of the system. Why? Because they’re kept ignorant of the things they’ve lost. Keeping that knowledge and experience away from them is important to maintain the desired control.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Christianity is quite broad and this question will yield a different answer depending on the variant.
The example tract you shared looks like a Chick tract (or similar). That’s a specific breed of American Evangelicalism. Unfortunately, the number of followers in this brand of theology is quite numerous in the United States.
Evangelicals are definitely proponents of education, but very specifically things that align with their theology. So education in dogma, apologetics, and their brand of theology is heavily pushed.
Unfortunately, education in the sciences (particularly biology) is actively fought against because their theology and the sciences conflict on a number of matters. So long as the science agrees with their theology, they’re okay with people being educated in it. That which disagrees with their interpretation of scripture, is interpreted as lies from Satan polluting people’s minds and turning humanity from God.
These Christians will always speak of how important education is, but it takes the form of indoctrination. The more they can solidify people in their beliefs, the better and more “truly” educated they are as a result. If you believe in the sciences of evolutionary biology, then you’ve been deceived and misled.
With that said though… it’s important to remember that there are quite a number of Christians that are not adherents of this form of evangelicalism and who are strong proponents of the sciences.
Religion is about control. The more fundamental the religion is, the stronger that control needs to be. This isn’t a Christian problem or even an evangelical problem. It’s common with numerous religions and why so many devastating wars I’ve been rooted in religion. This problem is a religious problem.
- Comment on Android's new anti-theft features 6 months ago:
Trunk Monkey Mobile would have been better. 🐒
- Comment on Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar 7 months ago:
So weird that so much is integrated into a web browser.
- Comment on Windows users don't want copilot on their taskbar 7 months ago:
I logged on to my father’s computer today to fix a few things for him and was immediately overwhelmed with all the Windows bloat. This includes the copilot and… so… much… more… 😖
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- Comment on The First 45 Years of Star Trek 1 year ago:
That was fun, to thanks!
