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- Comment on Thumbs up to people dying. 4 hours ago:
It’s not that easy to get so many traitors to the Union all in one photo. I hope they all have a really crummy time.
- Comment on The driver for my mouse occupies over 1 gb 2 days ago:
My first mouse driver was smaller than the picture you attached to this post
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 days ago:
Come to think of it, i guess the US made a perfect system to quell protests; Just make it impossible for people to take time off work, nobody will be able to protest even your most sadistic fascist laws
Correct. Bread, circuses and riot police (optional).
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 days ago:
I hear you and I agree
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 days ago:
Not much of a social safety net. Take that much time off work and things are going to get uncomfortable pretty fast. Last I heard, it’s like 1/3 of America that is two paychecks away from losing their housing. It’s sad.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 days ago:
I would like MANA (Make America Nice Again)
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 2 days ago:
I could substitute some other examples but the two most recent events I had attended were those two nationalities / heritage. In the past, it’s been Portuguese, Polish, French, Irish and probably a few more I’ve forgotten.
I think if you want to understand the American view on patriotism, just have a giant crowd of people who rarely, if ever, leave their country, speak only English, are fed propaganda that their country is the best in all areas, has massive problems with education, and then you have the American public.
If you are told your country is the best, are very incurious and are fed propaganda, you will love your country unconditionally. I don’t want to give you the impression that everyone in the country is brainwashed, I’m just trying to convey that at least a percentage of our population honestly believes they live in the best country in the world.
Don’t get me wrong, the USA is still highly developed and has its strengths, but if you look at some (what I believe to be) important statistics like, life expectancy, literacy rate, happiness index, internet speed, press freedom, we sure as hell aren’t #1, but we aren’t in last place either.
It’s been sad to watch science come under increasing criticism instead of developing positively. Just today, a new budget was proposed for the federal government that makes sweeping cuts to quite a few organizations, like the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA (our space agency), and most importantly, the National Science Foundation.
The one thing that I feel good about is even if we drop the ball here in the USA, other countries won’t stand still and will continue to fund and pursue science, technology and education.
The reasons above is why I find it hard to be excited and wave an American flag around on the 4th. Things could be worse but they could be a hell of a lot better too.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 3 days ago:
To be honest: Sounds like some nazi stuff, at least that would be my first impression if someone did it here.
WTF?? I went to one of these parties with my neighbor and he shared his favorite bratwurst recipe and prepared delicious cabbage dishes for us. How does that relate to Nazis?!? You do realize not every German is a Nazi, right?
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 3 days ago:
This is just such an odd post for me. I know people that have Nordic or Germanic ancestors and love to celebrate and love that part of their heritage with yearly parties or festivals. Isn’t it a normal human reaction to feel proud of your “tribe”?
I’m not claiming to have invented the USA, and sure, I was just born here. I didn’t land on the moon myself, but I feel proud of the USA when I think about Neil Armstrong doing it.
The USA isn’t all bad, and my life would have had a different track if I was born somewhere else. I think you might be reading too much into it? July 4 isn’t some kind of cult meeting over here where we all chant over the flag and run around in robes. For most people, there’s maybe a parade, a cookout or two, and a day off.
Of all the problems in the USA, people celebrating July 4 or feeling some national pride is way down on my list, and I’d say somewhat typical of people to feel proud about their home.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 3 days ago:
I don’t fucking care if you’re not into it. Just do it.
What’s the point in doing it if I’m not into it? Who am I doing it for at that point?
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 3 days ago:
I thought about this too. In the past I used to go to protests because I felt that if our leaders saw the protest that they might change their mind about something.
Now, so many of our citizens are so insane, they think you won’t actually protest unless George Soros pays you. I also can’t picture Trump seeing a protest and saying “I think I’ll reconsider…” It feels more futile than ever.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 3 days ago:
I mean, I’d think of it as like being proud of your home and the accomplishments of the country. That doesn’t seem very odd to me. It’s just that lately, I feel like as a nation we are just making so many mistakes and I feel ashamed, not proud of the country.
I have no enthusiasm to raise the US flag this July 4th, excepting maybe showing it upside down as a sign of distress.
When I think about the US and its future, I just get a sinking feeling and I don’t feel very happy about it. I’m ashamed how far this country has fallen in the past two decades.
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- Comment on 'Xbox Hardware Is Dead,' Says Founding Team Member, 'It Looks Like Xbox Has No Desire — Or Literally Can't — Ship Hardware Anymore' - IGN 4 days ago:
I think It’s called Xbox Series 365 Office Copilot Pro+ for .NET
- Comment on What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? 2 weeks ago:
Let me clarify: I am not advocating to join the right. I am furnishing an explanation why SOME men join the right. Like I said in my earlier post, it’s very sickening to be painted with such a broad brush. Some of us are moralistic and considerate and it’s annoying to just be treated as a monolithic entity. “You are a man, therefore you are evil” reeks of original sin. I prefer to be judged by my own deeds instead of the deeds of those I share a gender with.
- Comment on What do you think the solution to selling progressive politics to young men is ? 2 weeks ago:
You can’t have a post like this and then wonder “Why do so many men go to the right?”
Maybe men are sick of being painted with a broad brush. We all have our own thoughts, beliefs and feelings.
- Comment on Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’ 3 weeks ago:
“Well if they are so dumb why do they have so much money???”
- Comment on Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’ 3 weeks ago:
CEOs are rich enough to live in their own delusional bubble. They are very out of touch with the average person, or their own workforce. This is nothing new.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
“It” is the state of the outdoors
- Comment on Why is Jordan Peterson both a Christian and not a Christian? 4 weeks ago:
JP is an atheist
He won’t readily admit to that either. He somehow sits in the void between atheists and theists.
- Comment on Why is Jordan Peterson both a Christian and not a Christian? 4 weeks ago:
I think that’s a really accurate characterization. He has mastered the art of speaking without communicating.
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- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 4 weeks ago:
This post shows the difference between school and education. The school system is there to get a child to be able to regurgitate whatever the lesson says they should. Education is to develop knowledge as a whole.
It is sad that the teacher was not even able to consider the flawed nature of the question, because they are trained to just see if the student’s answer matches the answer key for the test.
In many cases, the public education system no longer exists to deliver educated graduates. It exists to feed itself – to obtain funding for itself the next year and to support a gradually expanding set of “administrators” that add little to the process.
Look at the effects of “No Child Left Behind”. NCLB pushed test scores above all else. What did we get? A bunch of students that were very good at passing standardized tests. That does not necessarily translate to a better educational outcome. The value in the skill of passing standardized tests plummets rapidly once one joins the workforce.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Closed source browsers are rare today, and even those are built on the open source browser cores.
Any browser that’s not Chrome is rare today. I’m not sure pointing at Chrome as a well-managed open source project is a good idea. Although one can view the source, Google controls the codebase and development process with an iron hand. Any feature that is a good idea technically, but will hurt Google is a no-go to have merged.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Yes. Open standards always win, given time. No one keeps paying for a closed standard, once the open (free!) one is just as good.
Like Gimp? Oh, wait that didn’t take over. Well, at least Libreoffice is the standard office suite today, oh wait, that didn’t take over. Well, Linux is the most used operating system at least. Whoops, except Android counts as that and it’s increasingly locked down.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Is there anything, ever, that’s trended towards more open?
- Comment on 7 for me 1 month ago:
I’ve never had vaseline on a windshield on a foggy day, just on an overcast one. You’d have to try it yourself.
- Comment on 7 for me 1 month ago:
Was this meme part of a contest to see how destroyed you can make a meme by JPEG compression artifacts? I’ve seen clearer images looking through a windshield smeared in vaseline on a cloudy day.
- Comment on Why Do Sovereign Citizens Keep Pursuing Unsuccessful Legal Defenses? 1 month ago:
Another “sovcit victory”
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Well duh, just open up a factory in your garage.