Zephorah
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- Comment on Not to get into a debate. If God is so omnipotent and above humans why does he or she have emotions? Like smiting or being upset or wrath? 23 hours ago:
Religion is a primitive means of governance. Check out the Books of Laws in the Old Testament. This is literal civil code for the time lightly veiled as something mystical.
The problem is, the bigger a population becomes, the less wieldy religion becomes as a means of governance. It’s why cults work but the state of Iran (as one example) is rife with dissension and horrible enforcement laws. Too many people for stable governance via religion. Factions, insurgents, defectors will abound.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 4 days ago:
You’re right. Granted, consistent rotations or lack thereof will vary by both employer and manager. RN or CMA at a clinic will have consistent weekday scheduling. Same with the non-degrees roles.
Patient registration is an option. Retail experience will likely count in her favor.
- Comment on How do I actually find a job that isn't retail? 4 days ago:
If you can swing the time and tuition, every urban hospital needs CNAs. It’s probably the least schooling for the most job security. Phlebotomy as well. Hospitals also, historically, offer cheaper/better health care if you stay in house.
Mileage will vary a lot by location, in terms of pay and such, but it’s worth looking into. In adfition, it shows you options and offers tuition reimbursement.
Hospitals, not long term care. The latter is awful, in most locations.
Barring that, there’s no schooling options like EVS and logistics/supply runners. The latter will be among the first cuts if Congress allows further cuts to Medicaid or Medicare.
- Comment on Best or Worst case scenario how do you see the Lugi Mangionne case playing out? What do you think about him now being a millionare ? 2 weeks ago:
We’re not doing much now, even with:
- regime endorsed street executions,
- rollbacks on elections for midterms via postal service shenanigans,
- a pedophile and generalized rapist for President,
- religious threat, action, and rollback on the civil liberties of half the population,
- Healthcare,
- RFK and admin dismantling the cheapest most effective piece of healthcare we have: vaccines
- A war which will make transportation in this giant nation more onerous, and render more people homeless,
- impending collapse of the dollar,
- billionaires on their way to being trillionaires under the new tax code,
- Veterans disrespected and harassed and randomly ejected from their jobs weekly,
- A presidential police force stalking the streets, paid with our tax dollars,
- A partridge in a pear tree
And you think the 1% whacking Luigi will incite action.
- Comment on Best or Worst case scenario how do you see the Lugi Mangionne case playing out? What do you think about him now being a millionare ? 2 weeks ago:
Even if he gets off, jury nullification or whatever, the 1% will have him whacked.
- Comment on Shut. The. Fuck. Up. 2 weeks ago:
Twice, it was so loud we couldn’t hear anything. Ushers are high school kids, mostly, they’re not going to do anything. Twice the option wasn’t to do anything about it but offer us refunds instead.
Granted, it’s been awhile. I was near to teenager age those 2 times.
- Comment on Shut. The. Fuck. Up. 2 weeks ago:
People acting like it’s their living room, ignoring all the paying customers around them.
- Comment on Shut. The. Fuck. Up. 2 weeks ago:
David Sedaris talked about movie culture in France in one of his essays. He described the audience as absolutely silent.
Sounds heavenly.
- Comment on Is Kagi Worth It? 2 weeks ago:
The bot is so bad. I correct the bot and it always responds with. “You are so right, and now I’m going to repeat back what you just said to me.”
What is horrific is I know there are people, far too many people, who glance at it and accept it as the answer.
- Comment on Is Kagi Worth It? 2 weeks ago:
You search and there’s no ad based front loading. No AI bot at the top getting it wrong 51% of the time.
- Comment on Nutritional Hexes 2 weeks ago:
Some people mistake healthier with less calories.
I switched from a box of Little Debbie’s a day to a bag of trail mix! Why can’t I lose weight?
That olive oil you’re using is good for you, sure, but it’s not a freebee. It has calories. Things like this are often not even noticed or counted.
- Comment on Nutritional Hexes 2 weeks ago:
I put this one on the shelf next to the MSG.
- Comment on Nutritional Hexes 2 weeks ago:
It is complex. There’s a mix of biology & psychology. Some people eat because they’d die if they didn’t. Others, for pleasure. Still others, it’s the only pleasure they experience in a day.
What do you do when the dopamine hit only occurs when you eat?
Some people drown anxiety in alcohol or xanax addictions. Others do it with food. The problem there is you can’t detox from food and remove it from your life.
Dig into some of the research nuggets, in this area, it’s wild stuff.
In addition there’s work to try to parse out some answers by studying cats. Why is one of your cats a behemoth while the other is a normal weight, both eating the same food from the same bowl?
- Comment on What is likely to happen when/if trump dies? 3 weeks ago:
Isn’t he allegedly drinking the blood of virgin boys or something to try to defeat death?
- Comment on I agree to wear clothing 3 weeks ago:
We once had a person arrive at the medical facility in the proverbial button down trench coat. Socks. Shoes.
- Comment on What is likely to happen when/if trump dies? 3 weeks ago:
Vance (and Peter Theil by proxy) become president.
- Comment on it is me, I am the autistic child 5 weeks ago:
The lifelong work of women, to continue to fill in the #life training gaps not covered by parents of boys.
(As in, there are multiple ways to interpret this meme and not all involve autism.)
- Comment on Americans: How the hell do you meet new people or get into relationships after college? 1 month ago:
Work and shared hobbies. I recently went to buy some hardwood from a work colleague. We don’t even work the same shift but they’re fond of asking what I’m building or showing me what they’re building because who else are they going to talk to about their hobby (I imagine).
We’re not friends, but there’s this hobby. I get there and it’s not a mere business transaction nor do we talk work. It almost had a kid feel to it. Like when you crossed the hedge to the yard of the kid next door and he welcomes you because it’s more fun if you can show off and share your toys. Only as adults. Kudos on reclaiming a small piece of that.
Adulthood is such a roadblock sometimes.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 1 month ago:
Fair. Even so. To what degree that was the case, or not, is anyone’s guess. They’ve not pulled the trigger on a mental health defense, last check.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 1 month ago:
That’s the idea of jury nullification: guilty, but we don’t care.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 1 month ago:
I think the assessment of “just crazy enough” to step past that boundary is spot on, but to say that the man is batshit? Not at all.
This is a man who looked at a complex societal problem and chose a path, very deliberately. He didn’t just snap and walk into a building, guns blazing.
He also very deliberately limited his damage to one guy. A woman with coffee walked right up to what was happening, he looked right at her, she left, he let her.
This is not the action of a batshit person.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 1 month ago:
It’s straight Jury Nullification within an hour of deliberation unless there are people on the jury who have been bought, by monetary means or otherwise.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 1 month ago:
Exactly so.
- Comment on What do you think might happen if Luigi Mangione isnt found guilty? 1 month ago:
I think the billionaire class will have an assassin ready to go. We’re not supposed to fight back. If he can be an example of punishment via the legal system, great. If not, well, they’ll pay to make that example of punishment so.
- Comment on Incel propaganda in my music app 1 month ago:
That’s how all the thumbnails work now. Even HCR started a lighter version of it post Trump win, and she was very basic, straight up content prior.
Thumbnails/algorithm have killed hobby channels, like woodworking and sewing, all of it.
We need an “anti” algorithm slam on YT to fix it, but I doubt there are enough creators/makers/whatevers willing to engage such an operation en masse. Journalism/podcasts have always leaned on the present state of the algorithm.
The other issue is the thumbnails exist as they do due to the predominance of phone users over laptops/desktops. It’s a size thing. The thumbnail is designed for small phone screen reading.
- Comment on Incel propaganda in my music app 1 month ago:
Mine does the same with the left and feminism. Which is fine. The only time it’s gotten sketchy is after my deep dive into the manosphere and their birth rate decline stuff.
- Comment on "I pray they are cursed to never play the game again" Resident Evil 2 director Hideki Kamiya goes off on Resident Evil Requiem leakers 1 month ago:
RE1 on PlayStation1 was my gateway drug to games. I’m still going to buy it and play it.
- Comment on He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking 1 month ago:
the man, who is no longer active in the group,
Mission accomplished.
- Comment on what a coincidence 1 month ago:
It was a rabbit hole I went down trying to find least viewed vids. Unless the search is very specific, searches usually lead to the same 10 people in whatever area. I honestly can’t remember how I got into it. But the boring lawn vids had me thinking some people were using YT as their cloud.
- Comment on what a coincidence 1 month ago:
If you dig into the unnamed YouTube uploads, there are many doorbell footage vids. Most, of nothing.