Arcanepotato
@Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
Like if your vegan anarchist grandma and vegan anarchist dad were the same person.
I am an engineer (closer to toot toot then clicky clacky) cosplaying as a farmer in unceded aninstanabe territory in eastern ontario.
- canada plant hardiness zone: 5a
- extreme minimum temperature zones: 4b
Maybe the real vegan theory club were the friends we made along the way ✨
- Comment on Why do some people identify with a political party even if many of their views don't align with that party's platform? 5 days ago:
Both parties try to be all things to all people, so the Republican party tries to show itself as accepting to the “good” gays etc., and the Democratics have kept the Hyde Amendment so the more pro life people can be all like, “At least my money isn’t being used for it”.
I think people also vote in line with their family and friends and may have just been supporting a party their whole life so as either the party or the person changes, they just keep voting that way.
- Comment on How can people with ADHD possibly enjoy movies if they daydream and can't focus on the movie? 5 days ago:
ADHD means I am incapable of paying attention to something unless my brain decides I should be paying attention to it. I love watching a very slim collection of movies lol.
- Comment on Any politician who disagrees needs to go 5 days ago:
So public health (which is different from universal health coverage or single payer system) was a thing and it did a whole lot of eugenics.
Ever wonder where baby contests come from?
In some places in North America you couldn’t get married unless you had pre marital blood tests.
Can you imagine how the antivaxxer and skeptic community would handle that kind of stuff?
- Comment on Join the conversation... 5 days ago:
Idk if this is about people yelling AI without reading the article or whatever but I think people are drinking the kool aide a bit on the corporate speak.
To be clear about the impact of AI on today’s decision: we are not making the above changes because we believe AI replaces humans.
Of course not, they wouldn’t have a business if AI replaced all the creative workers that use their platform.
AI has fundamentally transformed the tech industry, though, including how we work, how we build products, how we communicate, and more. That does have an impact on how we operate and organize.
AI wasn’t not part of the decision.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts he will get 20x richer from AI—but middle-class workers will get left behind 1 week ago:
I kind of see it from the other direction, the US and canada can only exist if the serfs (I’m being hyperbolic no need to correct me) don’t believe they are serfs.
The historical middle class left the UK to set up a new aristocracy and need compliance, so the.american dream is built to make class a meritocracy.
- Comment on Someone should really develop this idea 1 week ago:
That’s actually…kinda genius. It’s not just fresh thinking: it’s a scalable and green solution to a real problem. I think you could really make a difference with this idea. Would you like to work out some ways we can make life worse for the working class while we implement it?
- Comment on Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts he will get 20x richer from AI—but middle-class workers will get left behind 1 week ago:
Oh, don’t they both come from the era of the French Revolution?
Agree that bourgeoise is older than that.
- Comment on Palantir CEO Alex Karp predicts he will get 20x richer from AI—but middle-class workers will get left behind 1 week ago:
The use of the term “middle class” as “not poor” is relatively recent, and likely as a result of the efforts to divide the working class.
The working class is anyone who relies on wages for their survival. Middle class has meant several things, including the new and powerful class that led the French Revolution (middle between the aristocracy and peasants). In Marxism it refers to small business owners who are still beholden to large business owners, professionals (like, professions: doctor, lawyer, engineer) or middle managers. They either profit from the wage earners or earn a salary to oversee them.
Some people do not agree with the inclusion of middle management or professionals because they still depend on their wages (salary) to survive.
The idea that a unionized auto worked would be called middle class is silly, according to these older definitions.
- Comment on In this day in age is it still hard for a person to "come out the closest" ? Or do we need the boomer generation to go away until it is so acceptable it becomes laughable for both parties? 2 weeks ago:
Yes, and it’s not just boomers. Apart from obvious homophobic responses you have to come out over and over again if the people you are interacting with are making assumptions about you.
People default to cishet norms so imagine being asked about your husband when you have a wife and now you feel like you have to correct them. Everyone in the situation now has to decide how to respond. Its awkward as fuck. Or when someone’s eyes get wide after you mention your wife in passing, or use a female name for your partner. Now you need to understand if they are going to be a problem.
I remember running into a higher up and her family at a coffee shop and her shying saying, “Oh, these are my people.” I realized I knew nothing about her personal life (we didn’t work closely). I felt so bad that she had to think about how I could react instead of just introducing them.
In terms of like kids coming out to family/friends there will always be that fear of rejection. It’s a scary thing to say, “hey I’m not that thing you assumed I was”. Further, I think generally shrugs are discouraged - if the person is making announcement it generally means it is important to them, so it may be best supportive to meet that energy.
- Comment on America and it's racism and Israel? 2 weeks ago:
It’s not contradictory at all. I’m repeating other answers, but I will add some context:
Ethno states are not necessarily against the existence of other ethno states. What better for a white american than a place just for the others?
In fact, nazi germany allowed some german Jews to immigrate to the british palestine with some of their assets (vs just fleeing): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haavara_Agreement
(I should mention that Hitler didn’t support the state, so it’s not a 1-to-1, and libyan Jews were sent back to europe to be killed by the Italians )
A group of white americans established the American Colonization Society to encourage Black americans to resettle in what would become Liberia. Lincoln also sent freed Black americans to Haiti.
The other reason is the christian belief that the Rapture (and return of christ) cannot occur until the Jewish people return to isreal. It’s called christian zionism. Even as a child in the 90s in a roman catholic church we hear about how the jewish people were favored by god and we must support israel. I think the context of that was fundraising for settlement orgs.
- Comment on It's rigged 2 weeks ago:
I hope you aren’t banking on having social security, bud. They are taking about it because at the current rate it will be insolvent in 6 years.
- Comment on Portlandia was spot on 2 weeks ago:
I’m team “let the youth have their fun” but also 1998 was peak lunchables.
- Comment on About what people are talking to each other nowadays 2 weeks ago:
Okay but the disability is not being able to understand things that are painfully clear to neurotypical people.
- Comment on About what people are talking to each other nowadays 2 weeks ago:
Um, or they could be neurodivergent.
I would not have understood that someone didn’t want a factual answer if I was asked a question that had a factual answer. In fact, I get annoyed when people ask me questions they know I don’t know. It has nothing to do with faster access to info.
- Comment on About what people are talking to each other nowadays 2 weeks ago:
Almost every piece of information documented on the internet or used to train LLM is an approximation, or a simplification. Searching and LLM are very handy if you know exactly what you are looking for or you have some idea of what you don’t know, but if you don’t know what you don’t know, things can go sideways easily if you are looking for extremely specific guidance vs just goofing around.
This is why apprenticeships are a thing. You can’t learn everything from books or a classroom. It takes experiencing things and seeing what those approximations are and how they impact your decision making to help improve your trade. Even at that point, speaking to other experts is extremely useful. They can challenge your approach, or share how they do things where they are. Inevitably, some of those approximations are different.
In my work I talk to as many people as possible to solve a problem. Everyone’s observations and hunches are different. 99% of the time I don’t think they are lying to me, but two people can swear something totally different happened and it’s just because their assumptions were different, or their memory is slightly varied.
Other reasons are because I care about people in my life and I want to hear from them. I want to know what they are doing and how they are feeling. It brings me joy to talk to my partner and friends. They are very funny!
- Comment on methinks it's a pasta shirt 2 weeks ago:
MU-SEL-E, must be Italian!
- Comment on ACAB, bite the system! 3 weeks ago:
but either way don’t go noodling.
Excellent life advice overall
- Comment on ACAB, bite the system! 3 weeks ago:
The Punks took their name from punks.
Punk Rock is rock for punks, and it became a term of pride in shared identity, the way redneck is to some people.
There were still some who hold on to the old ways and used it to describe contemptible and aggressive individuals. That’s what NWA is doing with that lyric. It’s especially stinging as the song was recorded in 1987 where that is the language the authorities would have used to describe young Black people like the members of NWA when they were literally just living their lives.
Both are extremely based and had similar vibes: the Punks claiming it for themselves and NWA turning the language of the oppressor back on them.
- Comment on Sick as hell 3 weeks ago:
You can have same sex partners in fallout 2 and 3 as well.
- Comment on What should I do with boxes of old photos? 3 weeks ago:
You don’t need to feel bad about throwing them out but you may also find takers at a local historical society or municipal archive. Photos are especially attractive to these groups if they have streetscapes, technology, vehicles etc.
- Comment on What is the sartorial function of that flap your zipper keeps getting caught in? 3 weeks ago:
Adding to this: Cold air going through an unprotected pant zipper is understandably less feared than skin entanglement, but it is still extremely unpleasant.
- Comment on Fookin' Kneelers 3 weeks ago:
This post took me on a roller coaster of emotions. First I was indignant that someone would talk about the US without being explicitly negative about it. Then confused because what about this is the shit post? Then embarrassed at being trolled. Then appreciative of how good of a shit post this is.
- Comment on The agenda 4 weeks ago:
Let’s Grind! Brothers, Together Quickly
- Comment on The agenda 4 weeks ago:
No but grinder might be
- Comment on If the mist settles over Lake Ashi at Hakone, does the reflection of Mount Fuji in the water happen at the same depth as the mountain’s actual height, or does the water level dictate the scale? 4 weeks ago:
Reflections are light bouncing off the surface of the water, so it’s more to do with angle (which is influenced by distance)
ranchocordovaarts.org/art-tips/water-reflections
The object and its reflection will have an identical height only if your direction of view is nearly parallel to the water surface.
In your example, the photographer is in a position where the two are equal. The characteristics of the water are not relevant.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Yes.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I was so annoyed when I went to a midnight release of Fallout 4, stood in line with loud teenagers, got my disk, got home, and there was a fucking code in it.
(No hate on the teens having a nice time with their friends, but I would not have entered their space if I knew there was no benefit).
- Comment on How do you distance yourself from your country when it doesn't represent your views anymore so you won't be viewed by the rest of the world as part of the problem? 1 month ago:
Don’t take up space online defending yourself as “one of the good ones”, or saying not all people from your country are like that.
Don’t take up space online replying to content critical of your country by saying how ashamed you are to be from your country, or how sorry you are.
Strangers online don’t know you. If you truly believe you are not part of the problem you should be able to rationalize negative comments about people in your country as generalizations and/or venting and therefore not directed at you personally. There is no need to correct them. There is no need to make sure they know you are not part of the problem. That does not help them, it only helps you. Let it go, stay out of it, move on.
(This isn’t a passive aggressive meta comment btw)
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Where I live
Sorry they don’t teach us about ass backwards tax systems at school 🤷♀️
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Where I live, taxes are in the assessed value, which isn’t the same as the market value. The assessed value compares your house to other, similar houses. Your assessment is unlikely to go up unless you improve it. Or your house is much nicer than the newer houses that are being built.
Property taxes that the total cost of running the municipality and divide that proportionally between all the tax payers, and proportional to the assessed value.
Raising property taxes is unpopular, so some municipalities will raise them insufficiently to find next year’s projected costs, and cuts will need to be made.
So no, not directly. Businesses are sometimes given tax breaks to set up shop at a specific location, but I don’t think extending that to residences would bring any benefit.
