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- Comment on How are Americans supposed to survive the next 30 years? 10 hours ago:
Say city.
- Comment on Covert Racism in AI: How Language Models Are Reinforcing Outdated Stereotypes 1 month ago:
True, and it upsets me because we can’t even get a baseline agreement from the masses to correct systemic inequality.
…yet, simultaneously we’re investing academic effort into correcting symptoms spawned by the problem (that many believe doesn’t exist).
To put this another way. Imagine you’re a car mechanic, someone brings you a 1980s vehicle, you diagnose that it is low on oil, and in response the customer says, “Oil isn’t real.” That’s an impasse, conversation not found, user too dumb to continue.
I suppose to wrap up my whole message in one closing statement : people who deny systematic inequality are braindead and for whatever reason, they were on my mind while reading this article.
I’ll be curious what they find out.
- Comment on Covert Racism in AI: How Language Models Are Reinforcing Outdated Stereotypes 1 month ago:
Sample input from a systematically racist society, get systematically racist output.
No shit.
- Comment on Is Everyone Conscious in the Same Way? | Simon Roper 2 months ago:
All I can see when I read this comment is a plaque to blind confidence. Don’t take it the wrong way, I don’t mean it as a wholly a bad thing… maybe 90% bad, 10% admiration. Confidence is powerful, but it works best when paired with other traits.
…but back to the thread, unless you’re involved in this topic at an academic level, can you explain the reasoning behind the confidence you appear to have in your perspective?
- Comment on Twitter loses World Bank ads over pro-Nazi content placement 2 months ago:
Another one bites the dust.
I admit it, I once assumed Elon was a genius.
(events happen)
Okay, not a genius, but a good businessman.
(events happen)
Okay, a bad businessman, a good PR person.
(events happen)
Okay, a bad PR person, but not a Nazi.
(events happen)
Well fuck, he’s a Nazi supporting conspiracy theorist.God damn, if I was that wrong about one person. I’m just gonna stop having opinions about famous people. It’s all smoke and mirrors.
- Comment on Exploited rule 3 months ago:
Yeah! I want to live a lifetime of suffering and pain so that no illegals get shelter and no children get food! Disgusting! Republican Jesus woulda shot those immigrants and fed those kids to the lions.
Don’t tell me about no Bible, I haven’t read a book since I was 7 and I ain’t about to start now. Fox News is the one source of truth!
Immigrants are the enemy! Billionaires are friends. Just like it says on the TV channel that the billionaire owns! It has to be true! I’m stupid btw.
- Comment on Wreckfest 2 officially announced at THQ Nordic showcase 3 months ago:
For similar series, I recommend Burnout and Flatout. See my comment in this thread for elaboration.
Career wise I think Burnout is the most fun because you have to go around the city finding hidden jumps, hunting cars roaming the city (when you catch them (by crazhing them, of course) you get to drive them), and beating time trials that create unique opportunities to fly through the air and blast through traffic, ideally crashing your opponents into them… anyway, I love the genre, hope you find your game!
- Comment on Wreckfest 2 officially announced at THQ Nordic showcase 3 months ago:
I adore this game. If you are like me and would like another game in this genre, try “Flatout Ultimate Carnage Collectors Edition”, personally I find the crashing (as well as the racing) in FUCCE to be more satisfying but both games are a must have for fans of the genre.
- Comment on Jon Stewart's Debate Analysis: Trump's Blatant Lies and Biden's Senior Moments | The Daily Show 4 months ago:
Have you ever watched the Daily Show? What you describe has never been the practice there, they shit on everyone, it’s great.
- Comment on do humans shed more skin when sunbathing? 4 months ago:
Ahh, you have skinitis, be glad it’s not boneitis.
- Comment on The stats don't lie 4 months ago:
Just one of those days.
- Comment on California Democrats agree to delay health care worker minimum wage increase to help balance budget 4 months ago:
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why?
The population always pays. Why? - Comment on CRANKIN' MAH HAWG!!! 4 months ago:
Omg you’re right. That means I can check Wikipedia, he is 82 years old.
Now please OP, update the image. For no one shall disrespect THA HAWWWWGGZ THAT’S RIGHT I WAS ONE THE WHOLE TIME CRAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN…
- Comment on CRANKIN' MAH HAWG!!! 4 months ago:
Yeah but how old is red face white hair man.
- Comment on Spaceballs 2 in the works with Josh Gad starring, Mel Brooks producing 5 months ago:
And if we are lucky we’ll all each reach a point in our lives where most everyone we ever knew is dead and we’re there just… hanging on.
Sometimes I think about the perspective of my 80 year old neighbors. Every day could be their last. I suppose the world would be a better place if everyone of all ages realized how fragile and fleeting this life is.
- Comment on Cannabis 5 months ago:
Idk wtf that cat is but I’m on team cat.
Fuck lemmings, worst thing to happen to Lemmy! - Comment on +rads 5 months ago:
You have to swallow the rock for the cure.
Do it, eat the rock.
- Comment on Non-binary 5 months ago:
It was more of a rant inspired by your comment than directed at you, I tend to write that way for whatever reason. It’s just how I think through things. Usually I get lost halfway through writing my comment and forget what I’m talking about. Sorry it must make for a confusing thing to read on return, lol.
- Comment on Non-binary 5 months ago:
I’m going to use “you” a lot in this post but know I’m using the global definition, I’m not directly addressing you.
Right, but you must realize that is your perception and not reality.
If you’ll allow me to take some liberties and use you as an example :
They are asking you to change your perception of them.
You are asking them to change/disregard their reality to conform to your existing perception.One can be done, one cannot. They’ll still be what they are and now their way of defining themselves is forbidden, by who? Why? This path seems completely irrational.
And what value does your perception hold anyway? The meaning of every word, sound, and thought in your head is arbitrary, it’s all made up. So obviously language needs to be calibrated with reality from time to time.
Language has changed to such an extreme degree that you wouldn’t understand your own language 300, 1,000, 5,000 years ago. Why not be upset about that? Seems kinda silly to start a movement to rollback english to 1724, eh?
That is how I feel about those who oppose groups of people seeking to better define themselves. “I don’t feel what they describe, they’ve organized millions of people who claim to feel the same way to fuck with me, I’m mad!”
TLDR, it’s logical for language to change and people to carve out niches. Humans aren’t born male and female only, so it seems silly to puritanically declare that because of an ancient understanding of humans, we should ignore modern biology.
- Comment on Report: Since 2020, almost two-thirds of all new wealth went to the top 1% 5 months ago:
It’s cool. I mean we’ve been historically fine in earnings. It’s not like there was a massive drop in compensation relative to productivity in the 1980s that continues to today. Wait, I suppose there was.
What is the value of 50 years of under-compensation for the vast majority of Americans? How many homes never purchased, vacations never taken, businesses never started? We can’t afford to do any of that. We barely exist.
But wait, record stock prices! Woo! Who needs money when the corporations poisoning us with PFAs and lobbying the government to destroy itself are earning more than ever! I mean we can’t afford stocks and 80+% of the market is owned by like 5% of the population, but that’s good! Good and fine!
I mean sure, people will become homeless, starve, resort to crime to eat, but we should rejoice that the billionaires are living their best lives.
Given their reluctance to release power, and the size of the imbalance, historically it seems like the lower classes would need to harm members of the CEO class to bring about change, but that is vile and uncivil and no one would want to do that. Plus you’d need a population with nothing to lose and nothing to work for, American workers are more incentivized and happier than ever.
Go rich people! Take more! And more! And more! And more! Never too much! Surely this impoverished house of cards will stand for millenia!
- Comment on Anon catches her boyfriend in a private moment 5 months ago:
Add a Baby Yoda Oven mitt and I’m in.
- Comment on Seriously 5 months ago:
This is so stupid. But I laughed. What does that say about me? Yet still, I laugh.
- Comment on In case some of y'all are still looking for a job 6 months ago:
I like drawings of flowers as well, I understand this is popular among Yakuza, and I have my own supply of JNCOs. That’s it, I’m joining the Yakuza.
- Comment on Nature Valley: 10 bars in 5 packs 6 months ago:
- Comment on According to the Federal Reserve Americans owe over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower owing $37,667 6 months ago:
It’s cool. We’ll stimulate the economy once we are 65 and out of debt. Surely nothing ill will occur to allow an entire generation to send all of their expendable income to money lenders.
The American dream.
- Comment on Will Billionaires Destroy Worker Rights? | Robert Reich 6 months ago:
Can anybody get ahold of Ja Rule?!
- Comment on Will Billionaires Destroy Worker Rights? | Robert Reich 6 months ago:
I mean. They know best.
After all, there are tons of them and only a few of us right. Not like being a billionaire is a mental illness rooted in hoarding or anything like that. They’re totally stable and normal, just look at all of the vocal billionaires in the world. Always saying sendible and relatable things.
Power makes you awesome, absolute power makes you absolutely awesome! No side affects!
- Comment on Am I supposed to ask stupid questions here, or *not* ask stupid questions? 6 months ago:
Questions. Stupid no?
- Comment on Remember... 6 months ago:
You should have stolen their gender and held it hostage.
- Comment on Remember... 6 months ago:
I like this. It’s exactly right.
