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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Work harder, afford less?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Is it a different person?
Or just a different account?
The world may never know.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamer Logic 😡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
A majority of people are gamers now.
The subset of people who are like this, are a small minority; Both among gamers and the general population.

Gamergate included a small fraction of one gaming type, at best.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamer Logic 😡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
All inclusive statements like this are in fact lazy and stupid. Using them automaticly make you wrong, and makes you vulnerable to equally stupid retorts like not all men. They are unforced errors in public discourse.

If you want to target a vocal subset, that’s great! Do that, not this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamer Logic 😡⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
This is unrelated to gamers.
There are plenty non-gamers who think like this.
There are plenty of gamers who don’t.
This is just a subset of people.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are modern electronic devices (i.e. cell phones) still susceptible to damage from magnets?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Modern electronics are far less concerned with any kind of magnet you might normally run across. A magent powerful enough to be a problem will have labels, signs, and often people to warn you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do I go for unbiased news in the world without it having an ulterior motive or kissing ass to the establishment of said country?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Kagi News is interesting in this reguard. All news has a bias. The general advice is to read multiple sources and filter out the bias and make your own conclusions.

Kagi News uses an LLM to scan lots of sources, and distills common stories for that day down the straight facts for you. It also links to the sources it used and gives timelines for context. It doesn’t cater to specific users. Once a day it updates, and gives everyone the same news for that day.

Since it’s paid for by Kagi users, it has no adds. It’s a simple streamlined interface. I quite like it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two ICE agents in plain clothes punched and tried to handcuff an Australian man at Las Vegas Airport. When they saw they were being filmed, they quickly left.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I usually have hours kill waiting for a flight when I’m at airports.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two ICE agents in plain clothes punched and tried to handcuff an Australian man at Las Vegas Airport. When they saw they were being filmed, they quickly left.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Did the camera keep following them?
Should have kept following to their vehicle
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does "Woke" mean to you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Currently it’s a largely meaningless buzword used exclusively by a hate group to smear things as bad.
⁨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?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
It depends on if the closet is locked or not
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I say this as an ex-coder, but is it possible to ask for a paper ballot instead of using the stupid machines when voting?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
It’s still pen on paper.
Just instead of hand count only, they scan first, then hand count if needed later.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America and it's racism and Israel?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The return of Christ and the Rapture depends on Israel according to the story. I don’t know the details. But that’s hoe they can not like Jews, but want to support Israel.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Many of the problems they identify are real. But recognizing there is a problem doesn’t mean you know the cause or solution to it. That’s were they are frequently wrong.

The general incel idea “The world is unfairly rigged against me, so I’m justified in cheating to get what I want.” Is what’s primarily wrong.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I forgot where I heard this line:
“Worrying is like a rocking chair. It’ll give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.”

Another way to look at things is asking:
Can I do something about it?

If the answer is No, then there’s no reason to worry. You can’t do anything about it anyway.

If the answer is Yes, then stop worrying and go do something about it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did you guys deal with the death of a parent?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
My mother died 11 months ago. Brain cancer.
I just kept going. If I had to go to work, I did. If I had to take a minute or 20 to collect myself at a random moment, I took it.

Before her diagnosis in December of 2024, we were planing on her visiting, and us going to see White Sands a couple hours away. I took the trip last April, just me and a little urn. That was a good trip. A few days mostly alone in a quiet place.

It worried my father, my going by myself. But I reminded him even as a kid, I always wanted solitude when I was upset, this wasn’t any different.

But that’s me. You should trust yourself. Greve how you feel is right for you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You really don’t know how to read do you?

But really, it’s more accurately a chain reaction. Fire isn’t a ‘thing’, it’s not a system of repetitively interacting parts.

Fire is not a thing, because it is not a system of reusable parts that interact with each other multiple times. It’s better described as a chemical chain reaction. Every molecule is used exactly once.

I never mentioned high school. I never took biology in high school. I took physics instead. I gave you my specific definition. You thought it sounded like something you remember from high school, and ignored what I actually said.

That which takes in nutrients, processes them to support itself, and expels waste products.

Fire doesn’t actually support itself. Each flame is gone in an instant, unique to the molecule it came from.
But is creates the illusion of continuity, which can make life a useful analogy for it sometimes.

If you still don’t understand. I don’t know how better I can explain it for you. I’ve already given you too much credit. I’m done.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michigan Republicans vote to strip child labor protections⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
But we need to protect them online, and in the womb!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I explained that.
See. You didn’t actually read what I wrote. You’re not good at this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve often thought, were I to ever get tattoo, it would have to start with RIGHT and LEFT on the backs of my hands.

Maybe even reversed, as a test for people when they see them.
Do they notice?
Will they say something?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

its a “you know it when you see it” kind of thing

I’m not sure you’re a good advocate for the sciences.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

there’s no biological definition for life.

Biology is the study is life.

Do you see how that doesn’t work?

Biologissts called themselves the study of life, some 200 years ago. They did so with very little knowledge, and lots of ambition. Also known as hubris.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Again. Alive isn’t biological. You’re very hung up on only biological things being alive.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Fire can be thought of as alive, in a sense. I’d hesitate to say it isn’t. But realy, it’s more accurately a chain reaction. Fire isn’t a ‘thing’, it’s not a system of repeatitively interacting parts. That said, I have no problem extending the label “Life” to non-biological systems. A machine that can maintain and repair itself is certainly alive.

Reproduction also isn’t necessary. DNA or other form of heritable instructions aren’t necessary. Muels and Ligers are genetic dead ends, but very much alive themselves.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Right. So?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
All of that is true.
None if it refutes anything I’m saying.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Actually we do have a pretty solid biological definition for life.

That which takes in nutrients, processes them to support itself, and expells waste products. Anything that dose those things is life. That’s why viruses aren’t considered alive. They don’t do those things.

The person part you’re right, is more philosophical. I only mention it because it seems to better fit what people are calling “dead” in this case.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The conversation is about what makes a “corpse”.
If the brain dead body still performs the majority of its biological functions, that’s not really a corpse.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Exactly
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Of course not. But the definition of death you gave, doesn’t distinguish between forms of life.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He was no friend to the middle class⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If brain dead is dead bacteria are dead.

A brain dead body isn’t a person, but that doesn’t make it a corpse. All the biological functions continue. The ATP cycle continues. The body takes in nutrients and uses them to maintain their nirmal biological functions. Corpses don’t do that.