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- Comment on Silksong release date confirmed for 2025 1 week ago:
Exactly like that.
- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 1 week ago:
I didn’t even see that. Just a few clips of her rants about other things she confidently knows nothing about, like a less incoherent Jordan Peterson.
- Comment on 'vegetative electron microscopy' 1 week ago:
People shit in Hossenfelder much more for her non-academic takes.
- Comment on Late 1900s 2 weeks ago:
The late 19th century?
- Comment on Late 1900s 2 weeks ago:
It’s the late 20th century, or the 1990s.
I’d take “late 1900s” as 1906-1910.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
DMs don’t worry me that much, but botted content, upvotes and comments would kill the platform like any other.
- Comment on Trump literally referred to himself as "King". Surely conservatives are against a monarchy forming? 1 month ago:
And even then there was significant support for the nazis among influential white people at the time. America’s principled opposition to fascism has always been a retcon.
Though while I don’t like how it completely blinds Americans to the dangers of homegrown fascism, I will say there are much worse stories to base a national mythology on. In that sense it was nice while it lasted.
- Comment on So, is the USA screwed? 1 month ago:
Unfortunately he’s following the playbook of people who do know how to do things and accomplish goals. And they were much better prepared this time than in 2016.
- Comment on My YouTube homepage after I watch one balatro video 2 months ago:
YT assumes you’re always binge-watching. Which people often are apparently, and it’s good for retention.
Just use your subscription tab, like we did in the olden days.
- Comment on I mean, that's literally the opposite of what I want 2 months ago:
Droid-ify is also great.
WTF is that last search result though 🫣
- Comment on Netflix bad... Shocker, I know 2 months ago:
Yes, but don’t ask me to share cake recipes. I’m not in the mood.
- Comment on Netflix bad... Shocker, I know 2 months ago:
Cheapass always-online locked down ad-riddled spyware.
- Comment on Netflix bad... Shocker, I know 2 months ago:
Have you experienced what passes for “an actual TV that plays Netflix” these days?
Miss me with that shit.
- Comment on Communism 3 months ago:
True even if your movement has pure intentions and is run mostly by capable idealists, which is rare in itself. Power corrupts.
- Comment on GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam” 3 months ago:
Are they publicly traded?
- Comment on Captain Disillusion: SNL VFX Mystery 3 months ago:
In a dictionary a word can have more than one meaning and context matters.
Precisely. Which is why you can make the case why the distinction is important to you, and why other people should care about and respect the more specific definition.
But you didn’t make that case until after my prodding. You initially took the position that there’s exactly one valid definition and the other person was factually wrong. That is not conducive to your goal of convincing people of your position, it doesn’t represent the community position (which I factually agree with!) well to outsiders, and it rubs me the wrong way simply because it’s inconsiderate and self-centered.
If you care about constructive discussion that others can meaningfully engage with and conveying your point properly, you need to be able to center other people’s perspective.
This is about rhetoric and interpersonal communication as much as it is about dictionary definitions.
- Comment on Captain Disillusion: SNL VFX Mystery 3 months ago:
You’re deliberately missing the point. This isn’t about a community. The word “sceptic” has a generally understood meaning regardless of how the community feels about it, because the general public isn’t paying attention to what the community wants.
You can either change your mind or stick to your beliefs despite the evidence.
Word of advice, you should reconsider statements like this if you’re not trying to come off as a self-centered asshole.
- Comment on Captain Disillusion: SNL VFX Mystery 3 months ago:
The community’s use isn’t the point of reference to use here. It is also obviously biased, because the community understandably seeks to avoid association with these people.
It’s not crazy or outlandish to recognize Harris or Dawkins as skeptics in the common use of the term. It’s core to their branding whether you like it or not. That’s what matters when you talk to people outside the community, not the insular definition you treat as objective fact.
- Comment on Captain Disillusion: SNL VFX Mystery 3 months ago:
Just check out his other videos I guess. I think he can be quite funn,y and this video certainly isn’t the best example. But he’s built a lot of goodwill by other means with the blender community over the years, he didn’t become popular as a comedian.
- Comment on Captain Disillusion: SNL VFX Mystery 3 months ago:
“I utilize a narrower definition of the word, shame you are too closed-minded to comprehend that I’m right.”
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2024 Has Begun! 3 months ago:
What an absolutely disgusting crowd she fell in with at a young age, that poor woman. I despise these cliques of narcissistic abusers and their sycophants. Thanks for raising awareness.
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
Christ you’re awful.
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
Ah, the incels made it here too.
- Comment on Anon has marital problems 3 months ago:
And this case like most relationship issues comes down to insecurities and bad/non-existent communication. To which, let’s face it, male socialization is a major contributor.
With stoicism and a fear of vulnerability, we’re far too often standing standing in our own way.
- Comment on The Talos Principle: Reawakened announced that rebuilds and expands the original in Unreal Engine 5 3 months ago:
It did look rather ugly in places.
Some people don’t care at all and that’s fine, but for others poor textures or aesthetics break immersion.
- Comment on Funko gets community noted 3 months ago:
It’s a matter of time before he sacks it. Kinda surprised he hasn’t already.
- Comment on CEO brains go brrrrr 3 months ago:
CEOs are almost always part owners. A large part of their massive “compensation” for all the amazing value they add to the company is usually given in the form of stocks.
- Comment on Currently happening 4 months ago:
Yeah it’s just too much.
I’m trying to be more proactive about telling people exactly that, to give them a chance to adjust, before I’ve bottled it up out of misplaced politeness and need to cut off contract.
My sister deals with it all the time since she helps refugees who often can’t get work permits, and feel extremely alone on a different continent where almost no one speaks their language. So they maybe understandably cling to the one person that does. I admire her patience.
- Comment on But thats all Dan Harmon 4 months ago:
Mark Hamill may not own a comb, but he does wash his hair at least.
- Comment on I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there. 4 months ago:
And North is in space