Saryn

@Saryn@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You obviously didn’t read or understand a thing I wrote. If you did, you wouldn’t have simply doubledowned on the same fallacies and false assumptions.

  But let’s be real - this isn’t about assessing what’s true and what’s not. Its about individual psychology and our desperate need for self-affirmation to build confidence. It’s part of the reason why you’ll just keep repeating the same thing over and over and over, regardless of evidence, regardless of substance, regardless of logic, ultimately abondoning any notion of intellectual honesty.

  Once you adopt that whole mentality, you cannot be reasoned with on the rational level, which is why some compare it to a mild psychiatric disorder. And looking around what’s been happening with communities around the world vis-a-vis the media they consume, it’s easy to understand why.

  Best of luck to you on your journey. Don’t stop resisting the ego. Never stop resisting the ego. The most important fight is the one inside our head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is nothing to be baffled by. You’re just misrepresenting the argument.

  It baffles me how you don’t see the hypocrisy of both complaining about the US not joining WWII until they were directly attacked and also complaining about American hegemony today.

  It’s only baffling if you assume ab initio that the only possible kind of intervention is the imperialist, interventionist one, and that that is the only way of describing the country’s (or any other Allied country for that matter) entry into WW2. More generally, its only baffling if you assume that involvement naturally equates to “hegemony”, and the behavior that implies, in the long-term. This viewpoint totally negates the normative side of power which is why it has been all but abondoned by contemporary IR scholars, political scientists, sociologists, etc.

  In short, you misrepresent (deliberately or otherwise) your opponent’s argument by assuming that all exercise of power is “hegemonic”, an assertion that is not grounded in reality. At this point, you should also be able to see the moral issues with some of what you said and the overall image you presented of the human condition. Classical geopolitical thinking is simply not valid and tends to reproduce highly unstable and dangerous systems by ignorant human who reify it into reality.

  Can you articulate why, with what they knew in 1939, the US should have declared war

  Sure (and you too should be able to - its real simple). It starts with an f and with a ascism. Though I’ll give you that policy analysts at the USDOS at the time didn’t see it in those terms. I’m also willing to bet they knew a lot more than you think you know but do let me know if you think I’m wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i broke⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can confirm - switching my approach to changing my conditioning rather than directly trying to change my behaviors through sheer will, I’ve actually managed to make some progress for the first time in what feels like years. Take it slow, step by step - you don’t have to change everything about your environemnt all at once - it might even be counterproductive. And in a few months you start to notice an accumulation of changes in your behavior.

  I also kinda feel this corraborates my suspicion that conciousness is not as conciouss as we like to give it (ourselves, really) credit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, US companies have a lot of IP conflicts with China and we do tend to hear about them through media. But that paints a skewed picture of what’s actually happening.

  If you were to research it more carefully, you would find out that the vast majority of these claims (>90%) are not pursued by US companies. As a deliberate, strategic decision. They don’t want to.

  Ask yourself why.

  Don’t believe me? Google is your friend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You would be correct if that is how the copyright and trademark system actually worked.

  But they don’t. They favour the big guy, not the little guy. Crazy, I know. Wait until you find out how modern taxation systems work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palworld confirms ‘disappointing’ game changes forced by Pokémon lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is insane - Pokemon cannot trademark having mounts in games. Screw Niantic, the Pokemon company and especially Nintendo which basically controls the first two. Screw them

  Do not support these companies.

  Sincerely, A life long Pokemon fan

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon contracts herpes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed, the cancer thing applies to women with HPV, a virus that most people have also been affected with (though the vast majority of cases do not lead to cancer which still leaves tens of million of women at risk).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Large if accurate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Career options⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What field was it? I like to think every field contributes to your knowledge in a meaningful way even if you don’t end up working in it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨小红书⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh you sweet summer child!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First time I'm here!!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I must be “ratarded” as well - I don’t get what’s so funny about someone being impressed or otherwise stricken with the landscape of a place they’ve never been to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saint Luigi⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like you’re prescribing a lot of opinions to the people you’re replying to. But if you go back and read what they wrote carefully you should see that your deductions and assumptions about what they think don’t really stand the test of reason and semantics. Especially given how much of a tech-focused forum this is. Every third post is about Linux - so realistically what are the chances that you are enaging with primitivists on here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saint Luigi⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re tilting at windmills. It’s not about rejecting technological advancement. It’s about ensuring its fairness and accessability.

  Yes, technology can be (and is) used for social good. It can also be (and is) used to opress and supress. What’s more both dynamics are happening at the same time. The world isn’t black-and-white. The human condition is complex.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grok do a good⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Elon, and any other obscenely rich and powerful person for that matter, is just as flawed as any of us. They are not immune to dogma, disinformation and self-delusions. In fact, it may be the case that they are more vulnerable because power and wealth go to your head and you can use them to manifest your delusions, making them seem even more real.

  Also, he’s a jackass.