What hill will you die on?
What hill will you die on?
Fancy cupcakes are 70% icing, really not that nice and a waste of money
What hill will you die on?
Fancy cupcakes are 70% icing, really not that nice and a waste of money
That exclusive content in physical games is a cruel disservice to late discoverers. "Exclusive" content should just be delayed public release content instead - something for the early adopters, but not unavailable to people years later.
Even just the normal game, if they're discontinuing production, should be made available as a digital purchase (including STL and print-ready files) for people coming along years later. We have the technology to not screw over potential future fans, and it's not that expensive to keep a small website running - especially if they're still going as a company. Looking at you, CMON Games.
The "phones are bad and suck your life away" crowd has gotten way too big. Yes, it's easy to waste time on them, but that's just something you gotta learn, like not watching TV series all night. You're a grown up, deal with it. Also maybe you feel bad for spending all that time on your phone just because feeling bad for that feels cool? It's actually your life you can spend it however you want. You don't need to be productive or successful to be a worthy human. Be a lazy shit that plays stupid phone games while on a train to work.
The contemporary disdain for postmodernism was a Psy op designed to completely destroy philosophy from the inside. And the supposed replacements for post modernism (metamodernism or whatever) were just pop culture millennial distractions that just took attention away from the philosophical issues of the inadequacies of language and crisis of our communications systems. We became stuck in limbo. Cultural conversation dumbed down by useless culture wars articulated in low attention span pop culture commentary and therapy speak.
Blessing someone for a sneeze is the most useless human interaction I know of and we should do away with it.
I just loudly say "ew". It means the same thing as if I were saying bless you, but less confusing for the sneezer.
In Germany it's also okay to say "excuse me" as the person that sneezed. What do you think about that?
Modern flip phones (e.g. Samsung Fold) are stupid and tacky and will never be as good as previous gen flip phones. Just won't. Sorry not sorry.
What isn't as good about them?
Nuclear energy is currently the best way to achieve energetic independence until we find out how to maintain a fusion core running for more than 20 minute.
You mean fission, but yeah
Solar started to beat out nuclear in terms of LCOE a few years ago. We should continue to operate all of our current nuclear reactors as long as it is safe to do so, but planning new builds today given how cheap solar is just doesnt make sense.
We don't have the storage to use solar for base load energy yet.
Factories and mills and chip fabs and industrial refrigeration needs to run all the time, and needs reliable constant power.
Solar is -awesome- for distributed generation where loads peak based on insolation (classic example being a/c units). Residential power demand is also just generally higher during the day.
Nuclear for constant demand, solar for circadian and insolation-based needs is a pretty good mix to start, certainly a hell of a lot better than what we have now.
The world actually did end in 2012.
This is hell.
First-past-the-post voting should be replaced so people can vote outside the two party system with no spoiler effect.
DND is not a good universal game system. It's pretty good at being DND, but that's a particular beast that's mostly about resource management.
You can definitely use it for a game about social intrigue, or horror, or modern day anything, but it's not really good at any of that. Like using a hammer to put screws in, you'll probably get something done, and if you're hanging with your friends you'll probably have a good time. But it's a weird tool to reach for.
Personally, I don't think the core of the rules system is very good at all. Flat probability feels weird. Armor as all-or-nothing is weird. Hit and damage being split into two rolls is slow and weird. In the latest edition, making very few choices about your character often feels bad. Levels are a very coarse unit of growth. The magic system somehow manages to make magic not feel like magic- no wonder, no mystery, it's just safe and standardized. I could go on.
But it's mega popular and people are emotionally invested, so there's not much to be done about it. There are dozens of people playing the thousands of other games out there.
Also a lot of people have never played anything else, so their analysis and defense of it is often lacking. Like if I've only ever played baseball, and never even watched any other sports, I wouldn't feel qualified to talk about bowling. But you get people saying like "no you need to wear cleats that's a universal property of sports" when bowling comes up. Like, not every game has six stats. Not every game has attributes like that at all.
And again, if you're having fun with dnd then that's the primary goal achieved. We don't need to maximize fun and efficiency in all things all times. I just think that it would be a good experience to branch out more, even if it's scary, because that will lead to a richer experience overall.
I love d&d because I grew up with it, but absolutely agree with you. I think that with new players, involving them in the world for roleplay is the most critical part, and character creation with Fate is the best I've seen for someone to pick up and use in 10 minutes.
I love Fate and think it's much more intuitive. DND tends to crush player creativity with a lot of "sorry that's just flavor", and guides players towards "just move and attack".
The resource management is what made bg3 boring to play (and that's my hill to die on).
100%
Also, it is much less fun with really experienced players that genuinely focus on min-maxing.
Also also, the rules could be much clearer and concise. 3 (expensive) books for a brand new party of noobs is a needless barrier.
I generally agree. For one shots, there are much slimmer systems out there.
I'm not sure I agree about splitting hit and damage feeling weird, but it definitely is slow. But overall, yeah. DnD is generally one of my least favorite systems to play in.
Clearly in the game system the quality of the hit impacts damage...just only in 5% of cases. Is a little odd.
I’m not sure I agree about splitting hit and damage feeling weird,
It feels weird to me when you roll a really big number to hit their AC, and then roll the minimum for damage. Or the other way, where you just barely roll their AC and then roll max damage. There are narrative ways you could justify it, but I don't see why you would want to. It's not adding anything worth having to the experience, imo. The game doesn't care if you beat the check by 0 or 20. It's just an extra step and the information is discarded.
I think pf2e fixes this.
Forgot in my original: DND 5e barely has a concept of degree of success
Vinyl sounds shit. It reintroduces all the issues digital audio solved decades ago. I have heard vinyl rips made with equipment that costs as much as a new bmw and it has constant and frequent quality issues like static. It also has to downgrade audio sometimes to prevent the needle from physically flying out. It is impossible for vinyl to sound as good as the digital master or flac version of it that it was made from. It WILL always sound worse even thanks to the fact that physical world is very flawed and imprecise.
People arguing otherwise are either deaf or need to look in the mirror and accept the fact that they enjoy vinyl for the experience not the sound quality.
Meh, the under lying extra noise is what those people are looking for and not the purity of the sound. Which supposedly ties back to the inherent sound of live music which isn't cleaned up digitally.
It's all potatoes no matter which kind of audiophile a person is.
Techno killing all the other music genres + its not underground anymore! It's not combining techno with house or trance, but making techno tracks with some house/trance elements in it. Not to mention that since it was played in big festivals, it lost its label underground.
are you talking about EDM? Because techno certainly isn't mainstream.
Probably the last one I’m standing on.
I will never play a game that needs admin elevation to run, I don't care how good it allegedly is.
I've missed out on playing several games with friends due to this stance. Star Wars: The Old Republic was the first I can remember. Marvel Rivals is the most recent.
Don’t debate on things we have little to no expertise/personal experience in. [insert really divisive issue here], I am not [this group of people], [other group of people], and don’t have the legal/medical/[insert other relevant thing] background to comment on this issue.
If you ignore those hot issues, you can focus on the important things that matter in life. Like what’s for breakfast tomorrow morning.
The really steep one that'll give me a heart attack.
2FA is too inconvienient* and I think using a password manager to generate a very long password is good enough.
Software 2FA is not even that much more secure to be worth the inconvienience.
And for hardware 2FA keys, there is a higher chance for me to misplace those keys than getting hacked. (I don't have friends to put a backup key in and I don't wanna pay for a safe deposit box)
[*For me personally, your security needs might be different. I don't work with any sensitive classified info or anything like that.]
I hate how companies act like our mommies and daddies needing to protect us. I should be able to make my password “coolguy” or “password” (not that I ever would) and if I get hacked that’s MY fault. It’s so annoying how it gets more and more complex as time goes on. I hate having to make it 90 characters long with 3 social securitiy numbers 10 special characters 3 katakana and 5 hiragana characters and at least 2 characters in Cyrillic
Gives you absurd password requirements
Immedately leaks all your personal data by storing in planetext with no real security
Tbf, I hate the maximum password character limit even more.
Like WTF even is that.
Minumum, I get it.
Maximum?!? 🤣 WTF LOL
I have a fucking password manager, let me use a 128 character password for fucks sake
'If you had read my email, you'd know that the three most common passwords are "Sex, secret, and GOD." So if her Majesty would change her password?'
I really hate services that use 2FA but the app runs on your phone. Like the android app for ms teams still wants me to enter a 2FA code that I recieve on the same phone! This adds zero extra security, the teams app should just directly ask for my fingerprint if that is even necessary.
I hate that soooo much. It's the scummiest companies that do this to force you to use their app. Even banks do it.
The big Costco muffins were 1000x better than the new ones.
I miss those bad boys so much. Especially the chocolate ones
Depending on how the next four years go, probably Capitol.
Nice
Respect pornstars.
Also those who haven't become stars.
Sex work is work.
Let's get real.
Disrespect for such proffesions spells out, what is pretty fucking obvious (Pun intended, obviously), to everyone that isn't the narcissist and his cult of Jesus Snow Crash. He isn't crippling the market and preventing the exchanges. He's stealing money from both side of those in the exchange and preaching to the cult that all things wrong and responsible with labels.
This, because the fact is that he's so ugly, incompetent, lacking self care, and predominantly of zero integral character deserving any respect. He's mad about people that are just ugly or whatever getting laid by any means when he tried and burnt half his face and body when he tried not to listen to her say no and she already saw it coming.
Not only is it acceptable to consider such to not be criminal, it's fucking respectable and when she says no and you can't deal with it, or shit, start some narcisstic denial cult...
De dana dan, de dana dan, de dana dan, de dana dan De, de, de, dana dan, de, de, de
I pay ‘em my respect every other night, like a gentlemen.
Those are rookie numbers! 😅
Things where better when the internet was one spot in your house. Not in your pocket at all times
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I've been very seriously considering a dumb phone.
Do it. Stop writing about what you would do on your phone.
Here's an idea: get an old phone supported by lineageos and just don't install any apps or even f-droid. This is essentially a modern iphone 1(the first). Not totally dumb but dumb enough to not be a distraction.
I recently got a small basked a little larger than my phone. I put my phone in it when I get home from work. It's a good example for my kids and it helps me to actually be present with my kids instead of being on my phone half of the time.
Spelling and grammar matter.
At least take a stab at doing it well.
Other than speaking to people, it’s how we interact with others. It can be professionally, casually, or with friends. Friends we can be pretty informal and slap emojis all over if that’s your style. But casually, even online interaction, people should favor more formal writing until “reading the room”. Professionally there’s no excuse, IDGAF how “brilliant” someone might be and suddenly they get a pass for whatever comes down the email pipeline (unless that brilliance comes attached to some bonafide neurodivergence or something), the awful writing I’ve seen come from some “professionals” is anything but.
I once complained about people saying “would of” instead of “would’ve” and my comment got deleted because it was ableist.
Spellynge and gramere ben of greet importaunce.
At the leeste, assayeth to doon it wel.
Save speche with folk, it is the manere whereby we commune with othere. It may be in craft (that is, professional wise), or in lightnesse (casually), or with felawes and frendes. With frendes, men mowe be ful unceremonious, and yif it be thy wone, thou mightest strowe thy writ with signes and ymages (emojis). Natheless, in casual wise, eek in writen wordes upon the net, folk oughten first to usen more formal stile, til they han y-espied the mood of the compaignye.
In matters of craft and office, ther is noon excusacioun; I care nat how “brighte” a man is holden, ne sholde he have licence for what-so-ever slouthe cometh doun the email weye (save his wit be y-joined with som sothfast diversitee of wit, as neurodivergence or swich). The vile writ that I have seen y-come from “professionals” is naught but shameful.
I mean if you're using modern English you're using hundreds of years of accumulated error.
(Be glad I only reached back to Middle English. Nobody wants to see what Old English looks like for this. What's that? You do?)
Stæfcræft and stæfgewritnes sind swiðe mære.
At læste, wyrc þu þæt wel.
Būtan spræce mid folce, is þæt þæt we mid oðrum sprecath and dōð. Hit mæg beon on cræfte (þæt is, on weorce), oððe on lætlicum wisan, oððe mid frēondum. Mid frēondum mæg man beon untrum and spedig, and gif hit is þīn gewuna, þu miht asettan hīehte-tācn (emojis) swā hit þē licað. Ac on lætlicum wisan, eac on netgewritum, scyle man fremian þæt he brūce māre stiðre gewrit, oð þæt he ongyte hū þæt folc þearf hæfð.
On cræftum and weorcum is nænne forlætenes; ic ne gymð hu “glēaw” sum mann sy, ne sceal he hæbban forlætenes for swelc slæwð þæt cymð þurh þā e-mail weg (butan þæt glēawnes sy gemæne mid sōðfæstum mōdlicum ungelīcnesse, swā swā ānra gehwilc hæfð). Þæt yfel gewrit þe ic geseah of sumum “cræftum menn” is nāht būtan sceamu.
̴̫͉̪̟͖̯̩̝̹̖̄̏̅̍͗̉́̆̓̏͋̉̕͜ ̴͍͑̅̐͋̍̅̌̅̽̍͝ ̷̢̧̣̯̙̳̀̒̑̈́͐́͐̽̕̕͜͝ ̵̧̢̘̘̗̲̝̪͔̫̲̼̀͜͝ͅ ̶̧̯̘̲̲̠͚̙͔̫͓̓̉̀͠ ̴͔̫̞̳̹̥̱͚̙́́́̑͑̏Ş̴̢̛̰̫͙́́̀̇͋̓͌́̿͗p̶̗̀́͋͑͌̈̈͜e̵̘̮̜̖̫̙̤͂͑̅͆ļ̶̞͓̘͔̘̈́͋̈́l̸̨̪̭̤͍̮͎͚̣͙̣̀̔̓ͅy̸̤͔̯̙̖͍̌͋̐̋̓̄͑̒͒̏̿̕͝ń̴̻̺̘̯̗͙̈́͛ͅg̷̨̞̻̪̻̤̥̥͚͙̯̣͓̺̈̆͆͆̒͗̽̏́̈́̃̎͠͠͠ȩ̸̛̯̞͉͖̩̞̟̭̱̳͖̼͙͖̀̀̔͑ ̷̣̾̽͌̃̐͊̌͝͝ą̸̢̖̏̒́́͆̒̈́̐̇̃̈n̴̨̰̣̦͙̼̹̜̺̩̉d̴͙̤̥̭̠̜̦̲̗͇̖̦̠̗͈̈͋̽̄̕ ̶̨̧͙͈͈̣͎̯̽̀̎̕͝ģ̸̟͈̰̦̬͇̫̦̇̀̋͒̈͗̅͒͘r̵̬̼͉̘̮͇̟͖͛̽̽̃a̵̛͖̠̪͌̉̇̌̓̂̊̎̚͘m̵̛̛̛̦͍̃͌̂ȩ̶̛͇̮͓̱̜̣̟͔̤͕̇̋̌͊͑̃̽̑̽̐̄̒̈͆ͅr̴̡͖̗̣̞̙̙̥̰̥̯̂̍̑̾̄͑̊̃̾̆̓ͅͅe̸̘͔̖̠̳̙͋̽̊̽̒̂̎̈́̒̚͜͝ ̷̛̬̔̒̍̌̓͆͒̒̂̾̑̈́̚ͅb̸̨̞͙̯̤̣̮̒̇͌̿́̋̂̓̋͆͌̕̚͝͝ẹ̵̛̛͍̣̫̫̭̞̰̣̲̖̤̔̈́̈́̍̓͊̄̽̄̌̽͘̚ņ̵̼̥̲̻̹̩́̑͗́ͅͅ ̶̧̣̼̖̪̘̙̮͂̿͊̓̑͒̂͌̈́̄̎̅̓̐̉ǫ̴̗̦̻̦̤̭̲͍̯̱̬̉̒̿̔̎͆͐͐͘͜f̴̗͎̤͙̲͖̳̪̈́̀͐̊̀̂ͅ ̶̗̮̬̤̤̜̒̉̏̇̈́̊̈́̆̓͂͌́͋͠͝g̶̨̘̥̜͎̣̭̫͔͔̅̊͜r̵͖͇̗͙̓̓́̇è̷̝̐̎̀̈́̊͘͝͝e̸̢̠͕̜̩̤̖̻̣̼̜͎̋͆͆̓͆̈́̈́̃̈́̚͜͜͝t̷̜̲͊́͑ ̸̢̐͒̈́́͗͒̔͋̎̄̕͝i̸̡̙̟̰̱̯̙̍̌m̷̗͎̫̗̋̐̐͂̈̒͜͝p̸̢͙̥̗̘̞̠͎̙̜̗̻͎͂̚o̶̙̘͙͙̲͜͝r̷̡͐ţ̸̧̱̠̯̙̜̜͂̍̈͂͌͊̑̿̐̄͘͝͝ͅà̵̙͔̭̳͇̭͉̫̙͎̝̖̓̐̉̈́͛̐̈̌͠͝ų̸̼͖̺̅͑͋́n̶̞̙̙̫͐̎́͛̉̀̽̕c̵̟̔̈́̌͗̾͋̍͝͝e̵̛͎̜̗̮̹͎̘͊̽̑͂̍̀́́̍̎̆̚͘͜.̷̟͉͍̲̫̩̗̪̩͚̾ ̷̨͇͍̺̥̤̯̖̜̊́́̆̿͐͒̓̏̏͝ ̶̡̧̢̨͔̝̻͓̞̤͔̩͚̝̍͂̕ͅ ̸̝͎̥̥̜̘̎̓̑̇́̅͐̈́̊̈́̔̕͘ ̶̨̙̣͖̟̰̀͜ ̸̨̟̼̦̭͚̼̺̊́̑̔̋͆͌͑̉̓̓̋̿́͝ ̵̺̠̦͚̞̣͊̾̅̐̽Ạ̶̮̟̜̪̗̖͉̣̫̦͓̲̿t̶̡̧̡̬̻̭̩͍̺̲̊̔̈̎̈́̾͠ ̴̣̱̹͍͍͖̖̤̲͉͔̙̐̅̾̀͋t̵̡̧̜̝̯͖̼͙̓͂́̎̋́ͅḩ̸̱̲͈̹̯̤͛͊̾͑͑̎͒͆̍̒͂͗̌̚͜͜e̸͓̣̰̜̜̪̰̺̭̬̹̘̣͑̒̈͜ ̶̬̜̺͑̏́̑̉̉̋̿ļ̸̡̺͚̜͈̖̮̳̱̰̟̝͆͂̀̌̑͒͗̈́̿̋̕͝͝e̷̝̘̫̟͕͇̼̼̳̺̠̱͊̑̅͐̚͜e̶̼̜͍͓͓̖͔̦͕̭̱̅̿̓̎̎̎̉͝͝ͅs̷̢̢̛̲͉̬̮̗̯͙̹̥̑͐̋̒̀͌̾̒́͘͘͝ţ̷̛̬̜͇̞̈́̾̏́̍̃̒̈̈́͋̂̚͝e̸̡̟̦̭̬̊̓̿͜͠,̴̡̧̯̝̲͇̣̰̟͇̰͕̩̌̓̓̍͒̆̐̍̒̂́̏̐͘͜ͅ ̵̜̜̳̺̹͓͙̯͙̮͎̟̻̄̀̒̀͘͝͠à̸̢̱̩͚͇̰̖̊͊̿̑̓̈́̊͛͐̍͗̍̚ͅs̸̡͕̮̼̅s̴͈̻͔̊̋͂͑́̇̕͝͠͝a̸̢̡̙̖͈̪̥͕͚͔͙̗̒̋̆͐̌̓͒̕͠y̵̒̅̓̅̇͂̍̋̇̈́̚͜ę̴̜͎̱̙̜̫̦̥͇̊̋̔t̵̙͈̬̯͓̲̤̰́́́̀͂͐͝ͅh̶̡̧̢͕͍̺͓̟̬̖̬̱̻̬̗̽̈́͋̎̅̅̂͂̂̀̎̏͌̓͘ ̶̢̘̯͎̞͚̬̳̹̤̯̪̒̔̂͂͌̕̚͝ţ̸̱̘̝̠̬̀̿̇̀̚ó̶̢͚͕̲͎͍̖̙̤͉̰͕͌̉́͐͆ ̸̰̞̣̺͓͉̜̬̋̉̐̓̍̽͘͠d̷̢̛̼͍̳͕̥̙͈̯̤̯̲͍͗̀͗̓́͘͘͠o̷̗̣͚̾̈́̑̌̓̌̏̿̚o̷͕̼̦͐̑͛͑̈́̆̽͂͌̓̓̓̈́́̉n̴͍͎̊̅̓͊̇͗͒̀̍̋̃̌͆̐ ̴̺͍̖̣̙͍̰̪̪͈̬̮͑̊̽͊̈́͗͑̍͌̀̅̈́̚ḯ̵̱̻̓ţ̷͓̯̼̮̹̗̳͕̱̰̘̃̄̐͝ ̶̤̙͍́̎̓̅̈́͘ͅẘ̶̨̡̨̛͔̣͍̤͖̜̊͗̀̌͛̈́̂͝ḛ̵̡͖̎̈́͌̀͊̽̽̈́͂̐ĺ̶̢̢̧͖̣͍̯̘̺̰̦̝̈́͆͊̿͛̌̀͑̕͘͘͜͜͝.̷̢̨̤̲͈͚̣̝͖̝͙̜̱̥̠̔̉̃͆̃̈́̔̃͌̀̐ ̴̢̧͈̠̱͓̖͙̟̬͉͖̥̏̓ͅ ̴̗͍͇̻͖̺͎̱́͐̀ ̵̨͍̙̍̽͛̅̾̈͝͠ ̶̹̰̖̳̻͆̓͌͒̈́͋̋ ̶̧̲̱̮̣̜̦͖̙͍͚̳̈́̈́̊̑̆̀̓̽̓̈́̄͌̓͘͜͜͜ ̵̢̣̝͙̻̩͕͔̠̫̘̫̺̠͆̀̀̿ͅṢ̸̡̩̓͛̄̒̾̐̏̈́͝a̷͔̩͕̮͗̍͌͜v̷̨̨̮̫̜̖̻̥̤̜̼̈́̑͊́͒̊̓̂̆̏̔̚ͅe̴͈̹̮̗͕̰͑͒̒̀͂̌̓̃̑͛̀̿̔́̇ ̵̡̯͎̹̟͈̖̘̦̮͆͒͐̂̌̍̍͋͂͑͝ş̶̳͈̱͔͇͔̟͚̣͛̎̓̓͒̅͌͗͐͋͘͠p̵͕̱̠̼̼̥͇̭͆̿̈́͠è̵̠͕̼̦͇̈́̀̽̈̈́̿̂̏̐̄̌̑͝c̵̡̏͑̏̕h̷̡̢̛͍̯̳̲̩͕̬̝̤̎͐͌̅e̸̙̖̜͙̝͖̜͙͖͝ ̶͚̺͇̥̝̦̼̗͈͛̀̒̓̍̀̂̐̈́̕ͅw̶͎̰̘̫̤͎̫̗͉͉̄̔̊̉͠ͅi̴̙͒̊̃̈̅t̴̖͙͈͙͍̗̹͉̣̟͉̒̊̆̇̈h̸̛̳̪͕̆̍̑̓͆̃̏̓̎̈́̑̚̚̚ͅ ̴̖̮͙̩̰̠̺̞̞͇̮̏̾́̈́̕͘͝͠͝͝f̸̡̰͍̦͈̟̝̩̟̯̭̯̺̑͋̉̄̊̿͊͊͛͑̐͘͝͝ó̵͉̜̘̫̪͙̮͙̥̂̽̊̈͗́̏̒̚ͅl̵̨͍̣̞̟̺̟̥̯̘̬̿̌̇̈́͋k̴̠̦̜͔̱̥̒̓̋͊͑̽͂͐̅̿͒̈́,̷̛͕̫̳̮͎̠͛͌̾̍͋̚͠ ̴̨̲͕̪́̄̆͑̑͑͊̂͛͠͝i̵̙̻̙̩̦̬̹͊̑̽̓̋̏͠ṱ̴̩͍̗̺͎͉̝͉͗̔̉̋̓̑̇̿̅̅͐͐̃̇̕ ̷̖̘̲̳͍̰͓̭̙̪͖̫̬̹̱̓͊̑̈͋̎i̴̡͇̟͈̘̦̳͙͓̞͊̓̾̄̌̀̆̌͂̓̊͐͘͜͜͠ͅs̴̡̨̠̭͓̭̰͈͈̤̲̾͜ ̸̛̲̼̫̍̉͂̐͑̈́̐̈̊̒̂̽̕̕t̸̹̯̻̜̙͖͍͚̏̈́̄͂̓̌͌̋̅͐̿͌̿̓ḩ̴͈͎̊̾̃͐̽̃͒͑͘ͅę̷̨͓͈͈̥͚̲͎̏́̈́̔͑͐̋̅͋̏̍͊͌ ̵̥̫̜̺͕̊ͅm̶̧̮̝̉̐͆̓̇͋̿̍̅̅̀ä̴̧͉̠̳́͒̿̿͗͒̌͆̅̚̕n̷̛̤͊͌̏̍ę̷̢͍̩̮̹̩͕͉͍̖̟̼̬̈́̈́̅̍̑̒̾͒͋͌͆́̚r̷̡̧̛̮̰̫̾͑̅̿̎̂̇͛̽͆͒̍̕̕͜ȩ̵̧̢̛͍̦͔̰̬̮͇̣̬̰̐͒̏͂̎̆̋̈́̕͠ ̷̟̤̜̦̖͍͉̊̓ͅw̷̞̩̖͇̞͇̥̭̜͚͎̔̏͝h̴̢͈͓̟̟̻̙̖͚͇̞̬̺́̃͆͌̈͛̅͗͛̀̎̋̕͝ͅe̴̖̔̀͒̏͐̐̾̃̈̏̾͝͝͠r̴̛̩̞͋̾̒́̾̃̎̊̋̐̌̀͐ę̸̨͓̥̪̰̪̦̘͎̩̰͖̠̂͌͌̎͊͌̂͗͂͝ͅḅ̷̬̩̗̜̮͇̮̈́͛̊̿̅̆̐͛̉̐̕͘͝y̸̡̨̭̬̰̰͓̞̜͔̖̯͈̋̓̉͒͠ ̸̻̈́ẅ̶̖̙̤̬̻̟̲͙̼̼́̍̑e̴̱̣͚͙̳̻͈̠̠͈̣͊̈̓̓̑̈́̿̿̂̊͑̌͜ ̷͕͕̤̻̥͈̇͂̿͗͐͋͒͠ç̸͔̹̬̹̖̥̥̲̀̊̍̂͑̓͊̚o̸̥̥̔̀̈́̽̏͂̉̏̒̀̿̊m̷̛̘̝̖̻̻̰͎͓̩̙̈́͒͗̒̊̉̽͌̂͘̕m̶̧͚̼̱͛͐̂͒͛͗̏̾̔̈͑̽̚u̶̧̡̧̟̬̜̻͚̩̻̞̱̹̓̃͗̄̐̍͋̕ͅn̵̟̳̿͑̈́̽͒̒̀̾̎̓̏͝ę̴͓͈͙͖̅́̈́̐̓͑͗̈́͜ͅ ̸̢͓̦͍̯̩͈͒̆͑͜w̵̯̗̤̘̺̯͉̤̻̘̖̤͕̰̫̄i̴̧̛̘͔̞͙̫͉͇̲̋͗͌̓̏͋͆̑͜t̶̟̳͚͎͔̰͈̦̥̩̹̫͔̀́̇̇͜͜ȟ̷̨̛̛͓͇̖̅̏̍͛̉̅̔̈́̀͐̎̿ ̴̘̱̘̘̤̐͗͊͌̓̓͑̑̉̚͘͠o̷̰̘̝̗̯͇̯̩͂͝t̶̖͇͍͚̀̓ḫ̷̡̡͙̺̹̖̩͇̞̗͍͕̥̑͊̀̊ͅĕ̴̠̭̫̳̀̔̂̇͗̐̈́͛̈́͌̊r̸̡͕͖̜̮͂̈̈́̈̈́̔̚̚͠͠͝ȇ̶̙͖͈̘̟̻̲͓̮̖̙͓̮̹͐̂̕.̸͈̜͂̈́ ̵̤̀̿I̶̳̖̩̎̑̂͊̔̾͊͘t̶̘͎̣̻͌͊͗̿̉́͌̆ ̷̟̪̺̦̤̣͕̩͙͚̜̰̣͒̊̇̌̌̍͆̓̓̕m̴̲̈́̌̅̆̋̇̊̎͝ą̵̡̆̂́̃͛͆̐̔̓̐̏̀̉͒͆y̸̹͎͖̓̎́́̒́͊͝͝͝ ̸͙͚̭̲̩̭͈͚̹̪͚̙̦́̂̈͜͜b̶̲͎͋̐͒͊̓̃͗̽̒̉͠ͅe̵̢͕̖̥̱̫̫̒̈́͑̈́͛̀͑̏̆̋̕͜ͅ ̵̙͌̾̽̽̈͑̅̈́̅̕i̴̧̿̓̓͑̔̊̋͑͠n̸̨̧̦̠̦̼͙̥̓̉͜ͅ ̸̜̥̘͇̤̲͉͙̪̝̮̖͑̂̏̌ͅc̵̙̰̗̤̬̔r̵̜̗͇̬͇͔͙̞̠̟̱̰̜̠͊̐̍̋ȧ̶̧̳͚̗̗̫͇̰͕̙͔̗̬̂̓͊̃̆̽̅̎̀͐̚̚̕͘f̷̢̡͓͉̪̮̻̪̦̭̭͎͎̽̔͐̅̑̈́̚͘͝ẗ̸̡̹̗̲̣͎͇̮̳̟́̈́̒̍̓͐͒͋͊̾̕͝ ̸̡̫̩̩͈̣̳͈̯̘̻̫͗̚(̷̛̰̩̭̠̩̋͑̽̀͊̏̓̋t̷̨̡͖̯̙̜͎̑̒͌̍͐̿̆̆̋ḫ̸̈̎͑̕͘̕͠͝a̵͈̖͇̪̦̲̥̱͔̭͓͐̿̎̈́̇͊͊͗̈́͂͘͝ẗ̴̛̛̗̗̺͙͚̫̪̦̦̮̤́̌̊̈̎̾͘̕͠ͅ ̴̧͍̖͎͇̀̇̄̇͐͒̈́̄͑͊̒ḯ̶̹̼̲̪̦͗͒͑̐̓̉̚͜ş̶̛̝̭̰͉̈́̍͐̾̎̽̃̇̽͝,̶̢̠̝̹͓̰͒̈́͋ ̴̨̤̪̻͕͍̫͚̳̣̻̝͕͋̾̔̀̔̄̔͂̇͑̀̃̾̈́ͅͅp̵̯̱͇̳͍͙̥̩̖̳̰̄͒̌̊̇̃̉̚ͅṛ̴̡͉̜̟͖͓̀͒̒̐͌̕ơ̸̢̢̧̳͚͕͔̠̫͍̇͗͐̋̓̈́̊̋̓̈́̈͘f̴͉̣̦̅̐̄̏̏͐̏̐̉͋͛̌̑͝e̵̛̤͆̑̔̒͗̄̀̄̾̎̕̚s̷̢͖͚͕͚̻͖͑̉̈́͋̈́̎͒̈̏̔̊̉͝s̴͈͇̭̲̻̠͐̈́͛͐̕į̶̥͈̗̰̬͇̜̤̳̺̆͆̿̓͆̇́̽͜͠ơ̸̬͎͍̬̬̻͙͙̩̏͑̋̈́̓́̿͂̐̈̀͝n̷̹̣̝̟͔̝͐̿͋͒͆͝à̷̛̻̖̹̗͙̳̈́̆͒̍̍̈͐̓͜ļ̸̹͖̙͙̲͖̹̱̰͌͂́̓̉́͒̊̏̊̄́̀̕̕ ̸̗̈͛̏̂̒̎̒̈́̐̇͘͝w̷̛̛͕̼̑͌͠͝ī̴̻͚̀͗̑͒͛̄̿s̷̨̛̝̬͓̳̲̘͎͕̅͌͊̊́̿͐̈͊́̽͆ë̸̡̨̖̯̳̣̼̖̲̭͈̝́̑̓̎̄)̶̨̣̟̰̣͍̦̝̆̀͐̎̓͂̄̎͂̐̑͐̚͝͝,̶͔̜͎͇̗͈̜̖̺̤͔͙̍̃̒ ̸̡̝̳̩̈́͊̒̈̉͒o̴͈̼̯͓̜̫̬̺͕̥͇̼̙̅̄̀͆͘̚͝r̶̨̩͉̊̇͑̒͘ ̸̢̦̽͒̈́̔͑̾̾̋̆̽̏͘͝ȉ̸͎̈̇͌̈́̇̑̈́̃͗́̂͌̂̎n̴̻͙͔͒̋̄͗̈́͆̚ ̶̛̹̪͎̖̬̳̟̃́͋̒͂́̉͌̏̽͝ľ̶̨͉͖͖̞̯̑̈́̈̈́̇͋͐ḭ̸̟̐̊͊͋͆͒͗̓̍g̸̨̧̖̬͍͍̘͋͐͗̈́̈́̐̚͠h̷̛͚̙̻̺͌̽̾̇̎̅̈̃̾͑͝ţ̴̯͔̥̗͓̝̹͍́̓̃̈́͂͊̓ͅn̶̙̞͔̺͖̻̙̪̮̻̟̪̈̑̓̓́̕͠ȩ̸͇̞͎̖̞̞̞͉͖̹͉̇͆͘s̶̰̊s̸̙̆́é̶̛͖̩̣͈̭͍͍̳̖͚̞͇̣̣̱̈̈́̊̓̉͗̓͠ ̷̞̐̾͌͒(̸̧̝̜̞̮͙̤̹̙̗̿̂̊͑̍̿̕c̵̡̛̥̳̙̥̭̬̞̟̼̱̟̀͌̇̕̚̕̕͝͠a̶̧̢̰̺͓̳͔̬͚̣͇̠̋̐̉͆̑́̊̕̕͜͝͠ş̵̛̛͚̭̱̯̂͐̊̓͋̃̏̓̑̅ư̴̦͉̹̭̩̞͔̟͖̥̘̿͗̒̊͒͛͆͑̍͠a̴̞̿͆̉̋́͋̌̒̊͆̐̈́̚͝l̶̢̨̲̯̱̤̺̻͈͉͎͎͕̜̣̂l̷̛̥̮̹̺̏̽͊̒̍͊͂̍͊̃̎̀ẏ̵̢̨͔̤͕̻̲͈͙͎̳͛͗́͒͝ͅ)̷̨̧͇̮̼̬͖̐͆̂̑̑͐̊͊͛̀̓̌̓͝͝,̶̨̟̖̲̰̠͚̳̖̘̉͒̐͒͐̍̈́͗̑̈́̓̈́͘ ̸̨̬̣̙̦̝̭̼́͜͜o̴̥̝̘̫̱͈͐̓́̌̆̏͊̉̚͘͝͠ř̶̨̨̳̰̬̙̞͔̬͌̈́́͌̉͑͋̔̀ ̴̢̧̳̦͈͔̲͍͎̳͎̗͋̒͒́̀w̶̨̢̯̣͖͎̳̞̲̮̩̙̯̆̐̏̍͆̀̿́̆͐̑͂͝ī̶͇̭̣̭̙̈t̴̡̛̬̙̝̭͉̰̳̟͍̿̓̄̃͛́̌̓̔͊̋͘̕͜͠h̸̝̞͝ ̶̫͗͋̏̽̓͋̌̈́̃̽̋̊f̸̥̔̔̾͒̑̀̌̃̎̀̀̕̕͝ē̶̛͙̘͓̗̟͕̪̘̺̼̣͐̾̀́̆̂̿̍͂̈̿͝l̸̨̗̯̠͓̂͒̆̈́̚ͅḁ̸̡̨̛̛̳̰̞͈͉̳̩̟̈́̃̓̈́̏̀̒̋̍̃̎̆́w̶̧͕͎͔̞̃̊̑͛͌̄̊͂͜͝é̵̖̦̖͚̼̩͇͙́̇̂̋̉̏͝ṣ̵͎̩̺̘̲̰̖̱́͛̄͆̓̈́̇͆͌̓͑͘͘̚͜ͅ ̷̮̪̜̪̥̰̖̤̬̰̬̫͇̒̎͐͐̄̑͗͘͜͝a̴̰̺̻͋͒̽̿͗́̍̉̈͘̚ͅņ̶̧͉͖̰̫̗͖͇̹̪͊̏̒̀͐d̸̛̛̛͖͕͓̫͍̩̋̐̍̈̊̚̚̚͠ ̷̢̖͍̥͚̮̱͈̩̰̰̬͆͛̀̋͛̋̉̍͂͌̔͝ͅf̵̳̈̐͐̿̂͆̆͠r̴̞̻̦͎̜͓͕̝̈̕̚͠ͅe̷̢̗͇͈̪̹̳̮̝͕̬̹͇̖̓́̚ͅn̵̡̬͔̠͈̮̘͕̞̘̹͚̳̠̈́̿̈̑̈́̀̅͑̑̇͘͜d̵̖͔̰̣͕͇̼̲̝͓̅͜e̶̛̳͋̉͌̾̈̇̅̌͊̏͘s̵͎̠͚̹̫͖̬͙̾̐̽͜ͅ.̷̨̪̻̮̥̹͑̽͛̀̽̌͝ ̴̯͚͈̳̘̬͖̰̱̠̊̒̈́̐͊̇̀̕ͅW̴̡̧̼̞̦̟̜͍̹̹̤͇͙͂͆̃͊̒̓̇̊̀̚͝ḭ̶͚̹̣̳́̄͜t̶̛͕͕͈̜͖͈̻̆̅̓̋̈́̋ͅh̴̢̢͇̰̯̪̳̖̼̮̥̞͊͂́̈̾̄̎ ̶̢̙͙͎͔̜̮̰̳͔͔͖͈̻̏͗̑̏f̴̰͍̀͊͌̀̏͗̂̎̅̅r̸̤̭̪̻̥̍̇́̏̽̊͆̕ę̷̧͖̲̉̾̓̂̐n̵̢̦̮̳̊̽̒̿̽́̈́̄̕̕͘͝͠d̸̢̡͕͇̔͑̉͗̈́̕͝͝e̴͚̾̄͋͐̄̕͝ś̸̘͌̆̂͑́̆̄̀,̷̪̲̩͉̙̤͎̝̰̯͔͒̊́͠͝ ̵̦͕̙̞̤͓͒͛͘m̵̡̛͉͈̘̳͚̞̭͙͖̺̱̉͋̆́̈́̊͂̂͆̔̚̕e̷͔̰̠̪̠͉͉̘̳̎͋̈́̽͐̑̅̋̾͗͗̚̚ͅn̶̛̛͎̟͎̬̘̺̫͈͈̂̓̓͗͋͌͜͠ ̶̪̓͑͐̌̀̽͐̽̓̈́̚͠m̷̥̘̠͖͙̣̘̩͚͔͔̣̝͎͂̍̅̔̌͂̋̕̕͝ͅo̴̧͈͑̒̈̽̉̓̃̆̋͠w̸͈̙̻̯̳̳͔̬͚̼̮̖͕̎ͅe̸̢̢̙̬̳͙̪͉̮͐͝ͅ ̴̢̛̰̭̳̞̤̭͙̍̋̔̎̐͆͊̎̕b̶̛̟̈́̓͛͜͜ͅe̴͉̫̺̣̼̬͚̟͙͚̾̂̇̀̇̔̋̅͆͑͘͝ ̶̬͕͕̖͉̞̘̝͙͖̟̄̓͑͛̉͜ͅf̶̧̡̢̦͉̮̹̼̹͙̜̩̪͚̱̊̀͌͘ṳ̴̢͚̥͖͎̼͔̖̲̻͇̺͖͌̽̾͑͊ͅl̵̤̠͔͖͎̱͍̖͙̓̑̉̒͛̂̅̏͂̂̾͋̇̍͝ ̵̧͎͙͇͙̪̈́̍̈͒͛̏́͌̕u̴̮̻̩̣̿͗͌̀̓̕͠n̷͓̗̦̮̞̙̜͍͋̋̂c̸̛̰̓͗̄̅̈̈́̌͗̋͛̚͠ͅe̵̡̡̧͔̝̺̱̻̞̯͕͉̔̀͗͆̅̃̇̓̄̂͐̅͊͘͝r̴̢̨̺̯̫͓̥͖̦̤͈̬͆̃̊̿͑̑̂̋́̋̽̚̚ȩ̶̨͕͓͓͇̓̿̂̆̿͂̓̀̔̇͘m̶̧̨̧̧̻̻̦̣̠̮̘̝͇͉̩̐͋̎̅̐̀̾̕̕̚͝ơ̸͉͐̍̃̃̚͝n̷̥͔̔̀ǐ̵̢̛̲̮̟͉̜̠̲̮̥͓͎̳͇͌ͅǒ̶̫̼͓͍̹̻̗̯͌̍̄̿̿̆̅̅̓̓͒͗̓̕ú̵̩̤̦͎͕̙̞͛̾̔̃͐̅̄́̇͂̈́͝s̶̨̜̯̻̲̪̼̝͖̭͖͈̠̓͌,̷͖̤̣̫́̈̉̒͑̿̾̇͝ ̷̲̻̺͙̟̩̺͐̄̌͂̓̀̀̚͜͠a̸̧̢̧͈̬̞͔͙̤̩͚͒̊͋̇͂̒̓͆̊͐͊͒̀͆n̶̞͐̎̋̈́͌̾̽̇̚ḍ̶̨͉̻͖͎̺̯̣͛́̋̌͊ ̸̫̜͙̭͔̝͖̳̺̜̖̮̤̑̂͗̅͂̃̽͋̕͜͜ỵ̵̲̹̘͕͙̩̠̈͂̔̓̐̀̈͆̋̉i̵̢̧̦̟̪͖̜̫̥͓̭̙̦͍̘͆̆̄͋̌̚͝ḟ̶̢̓̓̂͌͑͒́̄͘͝ ̸̢̨̹̮̰͍̻̱̲̻̾͐̾̍̓̕ï̷̛̘̹͖̿̆́̄͌̈́̕t̶͖̙͖̪̪͖̖̓̒ͅ ̷̡͖͈͖̬̣͍͔͇̥̪̜̰͚̿̏͂̈̎̎̿̀̈͒̈̍͠b̷̮̟͔͎̭̤͎͚̗͎̼̲̫̖̎͜ě̴̻̝̜̺͙̼͎̣̜͛̒͆͆̀̃̐̍̌̏̅̽ ̶̢̲̯̰͚̫̹̦̪̘͑̍̎͝t̴͈͈̀h̵͖͈̭̭̗̤͙̯̱̀̓̕̕͠ͅỳ̵͓͇̤̟ ̷̮͓̫̣̰̟̮͖͕̀̃̚w̴̛̟͙̤̮̟̝̙͕̓̊̾͐̍͒͛̐̕o̵̧̱̪̟̙̗̪̹̫̥̱͉̺̹̊̐̈̈́͒̓̽͠n̵̛̘̤͇̩̤̙̐̈́͂̎̉͌̿̅̏͗̃͛͜͜͝͠e̴̜͉͖̲͓̦͉̽,̶̨̛̦͚̫̜͕̙̥͆̿̍̀́̅̔̇͌̈́͗͘͝ ̵̛͇̝͇̆͑̈́̐̆͒̂̇̾̚̕͝ṯ̵̢̛̛̼͕̣̝̤̙̬̘͍̲̞̫͖͊̂̈́̃́̂ḫ̸̢̥̮͌̍́̑̏̋̿̆̍̏̚͠͝o̵̢̺̯̖͓̘͔̘̩͔̜̐̌̊u̷̢̲͚̜͔̰̱͙͖̼̺͛̈́̂ ̴͇̩̭̤̽m̸͇̉͆̄͋̚͜ì̵̭̤̳͖̆̉͜ḡ̴͔̳͚͒h̴̨̢̛͓̗͇̱̗͑͌̀̈́ţ̴̜̲̪͍͓̼̯̖̼̒̀̌̉̇̉̉̓̔̏͒̉͂͠ȩ̶̼̥̫̯̣̻̘̑̇̈̄̈́̓̄̅̽̾̀̇̀͌͘s̵̛̛̮̝̞̻̪͓͚͚͈̘̪̯̖̭̿̈͑͆́̈̑͝t̴̨͙̺̞̮͇̻̠̬̰̲̃̏̾͂̏̈́̀̎͘̚͜͠ ̷̧̛̜͖̞̄̓̕s̶͉̱̳̐̍̑̇͋͌̊͐̏̉̚͠t̴̛̬͍͕̬̙͎̤̤̺̹̅̆͑̃͌̅̍̂̒̽̚͝ṙ̴̛̯̟͖̗͚͖̟̼͈͈̒̓̅̃̚͝ͅó̶̤̫w̵͚͉͙̾̇͆̔̌̅̚͘̚ḛ̵̢̢̮̙͙̣̫̲̀̽̿́̓̇̽͂̉̌͂̽͋̕͘ ̵̨̡͓̪̹̅̅̔͘ẗ̶̨̗̟͔͖̪̙̝͔́̇̓͋h̸̪̲̺̤̬̦̺̹̤͍̋̊̔̑̂͂̈́̈́̍͒͘͝y̵̡̤͈͖̪̳͈̋ ̷͖̖̩͇̝̳̲̘̭̺̺̣͍̾ẅ̶̡̫͎͗̒̅́͠ŗ̴͚̰̜̯̱͈̻̞̤͈͑͌̀̂́̀̎̈́͌͋͐̚͝͝i̸̧̱̤̓͑̇̉̊̒̊͑̾͜t̶͎͎͙̼̑͐̊ ̷̣͓͉͍̐̀̊͆̈́̅̿ŵ̸̡̥͙̝̣͔̽̆̈̆̍͘͝ỉ̷̧̨̧̨̢̻͙̣͎̳͉̆̔̈́̉̇̓̒̎͝t̴̨̢̢̹͉͖̭̰̯̳͎̟͈͕̀͜͝ḥ̶̢̛̮̹̭̹͙̝̈́̀̈̈́͗̇̋́̄ ̶̡̬̥͛͌́̓̈́͐̀̃̐̃̕ś̶͚̳̙͔̝̟̖̫̫͚̳̼̩̮̻̎͆͂̓̿͘i̵͈̭͙̦͈͇͍̓g̵̝̏n̴̨̡͇̭͕̦̘̺̩̱̣̭̳̽̎̾̓̚͜͠e̷̱͎̺̻̯͔̱͛̄̂̿̄s̷̘̣̞̬̮̘̰͕͙̎͂̐̋͐̈̌ ̵͔̠͚̦̫͊ͅã̴̢̲̰̰͍̞̍͒͌̔͐̾̌͛͊͝n̸̝͉̪̻͖̺̥̍͑͂̂́́͐͆̎ͅd̶̩͇͉̳̭̰̠̭̹̯͔̍͋̈͗̑̀͊̌̈͆͆͝ͅ ̵̛̻̦̳̤̀̃̑́̑́̃̀̚̕͠ÿ̴̧͈͎̫̞̖͇̜͇̫͚͙͖̳̘́̀m̶͈͔̗͉͕͚̼͔̣̬͌̾͝a̵̧̡̛̖̞͓͚̜͙̳̯̖̰͖̳͌̔̋̈́̍̈́̽͝͠͝g̵̡̨̢̧̤̦̳͖͓̫͎̩͓̤̽͊́̈͛̽̓̆̒̍̿̄͝͠e̸͉͇̳͇̝͖̻̠͎̐̂ͅş̸̡͎̱̲̞͉̫̱̣̦̘̘̹͖̔ ̴̛̞̝̯̺̝̳̀̈̔̇̏́͘͘(̶̧̧̢̫̭̬̥̙̘̮͉̓́̍́͊̇͂̒e̸͚͔̔̉͌̂͠m̵͚̫̈́̎͑̉̈́̆̈́ǫ̵͙͕͔̯̼̬̹̫̩̼̗̅̌̃̋̄̎̿͆͗̇̐̌̀̒͘j̸͙̖̠̙͍̍̿̿̈́͘͘ḯ̶̡̝̙̞̹͉̌s̸̬͉̠̟̣̀̈́̃͂)̸͙̬̜̬̼̻̑̆̈́́̀̕̕.̸̖͉͛͌̍̍̒̿̂̑̇̆́̎̾̎́͜ ̷͖̤̬̘̗̆͛̈́̍͝͝Ǹ̵̢̧̨̦̻͎̬̥̺͇̙̲͒͊͒̽́ͅa̵͖͔̬͔̘̩̙̩̯̪͔̣̺͎̓͗͋͆͌̊̆̔́̚̚͜͝͠͠t̵̛̳̣̙̞̣̫̤͓̎̇͛h̵̨̺͔̖̦̅̎̑̋͆̕e̸̡̱͆̋̎ľ̵̡̧̛̠̗͎̤͈̬͖̋͠ę̷̧̡̣̥̻̱͇͎̘̪͈̯̼́̽̃͆͆̅̆̔̈́̌̎̂̕ͅs̶̬̰̰̰̝̙̩̼͎͖̝͖̈́͠s̴̨̬̯͕͐͌̽͝,̴̝̥̺̩̳͕͉̋͐̀̿͊̓̈̔͐̾̔͘̕͠͝ͅ ̶̧̢̣͙̪̹̅́̌̉̉͗̐͜ͅͅî̵͕̜̝̥͈̥̳̞͖̈́̈́̂̌͊̏̽̽̕͠n̶̨̡̨̛͎̰̰͔̺̖͑́ͅ ̵̨̧̮͖̼̜͕̟͕̓̄͐̔́͗́̎̿̓̒͘̚͠c̶͇̙̮̺̺͖̱̤̳͔͖̝̻̟̃̈́̿͊͒͗̅͘̚̕͜͝͠͝ą̷̛͇̝̟͉̝̖̠̠̾̽͗͐̃̾̑͌͆̎͠ͅs̷̛̞̼̞̦̪͇̖̳͓̯̍̿̃͛́̓̎͊̏̇͆̀̔̚ư̴̦̖̥͖̭̣̯̱̯̇͐̑̿̓̐͋͜á̷̟̐̀̋̊́̈́̌̃̃̄̈́͋͐͘l̸̙͉̫̾̿̎̈́́̂͗̏̕͘͘ ̸̡̹͉͇͐̉w̴̼͚͖̺̣̹̟͙̱̹͆̊̆̑̎̎͋̈́̓̿i̴̟̻̩̤̩͙̠̝̟̣͎̯̞̎̚͜s̶̗͎̮̰͍͓̝̻̦̎̓̾́̍́̓̓̐̋͗̿͘͘e̸̛̮̝͔̙̫̿͗͊͆́̆̂͌͐,̵̧̨͍͎̬̬̗̭͙͋̊ ̸̖̳͇͉͖͍̓̊͊̀̋͊̔͊̀̒͒͠e̵̛̳͍̪̗̝̝̱̯͉̒͋̋́̎̍͠é̸̯͈̲͋̾̈́̉̽̂̀̅̅̌̈́̃̕k̸̢͓͚̻̼͖̝͈͂̌̊͒̌̇̊̿̄̀̅̄̉̐ͅ ̶̛̛̰̦̣͛̋́͆́̿́̿͊͊̏î̷͖̪̞̹̺̞̯̞̟̀̄͐ͅṇ̶̤͙̦͖̣̩̖̠̣̎̽̂͜ ̶̰͎͔̪̭͎͉͎̺͍͇̈́͋̈́͋̿̚w̶̡̛̜̠̘̤̪̺͇̭̎̊͛̽̅͆̀̅̓͝ȓ̵̡͔̜͕̜̞̚i̷̧̨̗̘̞̟̠̺͝t̵̟̐̈͋̈́̑͌̄̑̈́͑̐͘̚̚͝ę̶̻̳̥͔̜̤͙̥̺̪̺̭̖̲̋͛̉͊̊̓̏͝n̵̢̪͓͔̝̮͕͒͜ͅ ̶͈̭͚̟̣͉̦͂͒̂̍͋̆͜w̴̝͒o̴̱͋̐̋̇̒̋͌͜r̴̛͇̪͎̩̺͓̜̗̙̘̿̀̂̈́́̏̓̐͛̆̽̕̕ḍ̸̿̃̔̆͠è̷̢͓͖̻̜̬̻̦͖̳̃͆͌̍̓̀̄͛͒͛͒̍̕̕s̵̼̲͚̐̾͂̈͑̍͊̈́̚ ̶̗̹͚̙͚̙͚̩̺̗̩̿̀̈̊̄͐̎̅͘͜͝u̸̢̖̣̬̳̹͒́͋͛́͛̄̓̀̒̈́ṗ̵ͅo̴̫̻͙̺̰̬̟̲̅̌̔͂n̵͈̞̫̙͕̬͍͓̘̏̆̎̉͗̃̊̽͋̍̿͆͐̿͜ͅͅ ̶̧̟̺̦̖̫̩̼̫͓͕̹̬̲̍̽̍̄̂͑̔͜t̴̨̡̢͕̘͔̞̩͉̫̹̲̄̃̌̇͂͆̇̕̕h̶͓̥̯͖͙͆̀͊̎̿̍͑̓͒͑̚͜͝e̷̡̗̰̖͎̣̱̼͎̤̲͐́̃͗̓̿̋̌͛̐̄̌̃ ̸̨̝̦̈͐̋͗̌͜n̷̨̗͉̳̭̝̻͍͉͚͎̆̀͐e̶̡̨̘̩̫̦̰̒̅́̋̔͆̈́͆͋̀́͘ͅt̶̳͈̺̬̫̯̎͛̂̐,̶͚̱́͆̋̽̀̅̄̍̋̉͘ ̸̫͖̣͖̓͛̾͆̔̈͂̿̆̍̀̽̍͌̐͜f̶͍̬̤͗̐͊͗̏̈͂͂̈́͗̀͒͜ͅo̸̧̧̩̞̮̳͇̬͔̣͗̓l̷̘̻̤̲̤̗̊̾̂̃̓̏̒̋͘͘͝ͅk̶̢̧̭̙͉̠̙̃̑͌̐̀̾̓͘̚͠ͅ ̶̨̧̛̳̭̪̯͈̈̄̓̄͆̈͛͆͛̄̃̃̆̀ŏ̵̦̮̖͈̮͖̥̫̟͙̣͊̃͋̅̽ư̴̪̦̱̇͊͂̀̈́̃͌͋͒̀̿̈́̍͠ͅg̴͍͐̃̎̍̄̀̈͒͗̎̚͠ḩ̵̛̭͕̗͋̂̌̒̃̋͗͂̈́͊̔̐̚̚t̵̡̧̛̤͓̥͍̯͔̘̗̟͍͆̇͌̂̾̄͛̚é̵̢̩̮͕̠̯̗̎͛ņ̴̢̧͙͍̲̦̼͉̙͆̒̍̕ ̷͇̖̭̌̐̎̅̈͋͗̐̕͘͜f̵̨̺͎̠͈̜̹̊̎̆́̎͋͊̌̅̈̋̓̽́̕͜͜i̶̦̼̪̒͒̃̌́͑̕͝r̶̛̹̖̔̽̊̓̏̇̐̾́͝s̷̬̩͕͖̝͉̗͐̒͆͂͐̉̅̊̽͐̌͠͝t̸̢̻͙̣̗̪̝͙͙̠̟̜͒̽̊̄̄̔͆̍̀̕͝ͅ ̴̧̳̤͓̜̺̤̫̀͌̀͘͠ͅt̶͍̅͆̀̌̂͘ơ̶̭̈̉̋͂̀̓́̑̑͂̓͘ ̷͇̟͕̦̮́̋͂̒̐́̓̽ự̶̹̻̝̱̮̖̍̃̀͑̈́̈́̊͌̈́̓̿̆ṡ̵̤͕͎̼̗̪̇͒̒ͅe̵̮͆͒̓̐̎̒̅̇̆̃̔̀̌n̴̨̲̭͇͍͂̓̊̅̆̎̏̂̔͘͝͠ ̷̡̹̲̹̺̺̙͉͓̭̜̠̆̇̂ͅm̸̱̾̋̃͛̾̑̒̀̂̚͝o̵̻͗̊͐̋r̷̡̜̻̗̰͉̰̘͍̠͖͌̔͜ę̵̞̰͚̐̔̆̅͂̒͝ ̶̢̛̼̖̦͕͂̎̐̌̈́̍̈́̈͗f̴̛͇̠̪̲̮̖̦̫͔͉̟͕̪̜̈̉̀͋̓̃̊͋͑̒̎̎̋̔͜ơ̵̛̰̼̙̳͈͔̬̗͙͓̜̼̝͌͊̍̋͂̿̐͂̾̊r̷̡̤͖̭͈̗̹̠͗͗̏͜͝͠m̴̲̝̖̮͍͇̓̈́̕͘͠a̴͇̼̳̜̩̜̺̲̋̔̔̍̅͗̍̾́̎́͜͠ļ̷̡͇̜̞͕̙̪̗̥̞̣̻̘̉͌͊̐̅̓͒ ̶̧̻̝̙̙͓̟̣̗̃̾̍̽̏s̸̡̨͕͇͇̪̘̠͎͇̻̞̮̅͜͝͝t̵̹̓i̴͓̱͓͓̦͈̐l̵̹̱͇̣̱̝̰̟͌͜e̴̛̯̹̻͓͔̼͍̳̙̒̌̂̔͜,̸̫͉͔̈́̿͗̅̋̍̿̀̄̈́̓̋̈́̊ 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Your example is the very reason there were attempts to standardize the language.
I want the bad-grammar version of Old English.
Reminds me of Stephen Fry's Language monologue.
Fondant isn’t icing and is cheating when making a cake. It also tastes gross.
Fondant can be good, but it takes a hell of a baker to do so. A friend of mine's mom made my wedding cake and the fondant she made was fucking bomb as hell. I was really skeptical of the fondant until she made the test cake, and I'm disappointed every time I have anything with fondant because I know it will never live up.
Ask her for the receipe and post it here, please.
Bootstrap CSS is the cancer of web development and its use implies a misunderstanding and ignorance of your craft.
All billionaires are evil people that decide to accumulate wealth instead of distributing the surplus and living off enough to not have to worry about the future. All. Of. Them.
Yes, even Taylor Swift and Gabe Newell. They have enough money that they could set 100m aside, live off that and charge break-even prices for their products so more people could enjoy them or they could charge the same thing and redirect their share of the profits into charities, they choose not to.
You are completely correct. There are so many exits before becoming a billionaire that any normal person would take.
Once you have millions you can live comfortable. Tens of millions and you're set for life, you can live in luxury without ever doing another day's work.
Hundreds of millions and you can buy anything you ever want or need. The only reason to continue accumulating money is because you get some fucked up pleasure from it.
You can claim you "earned it" through "working hard" but it's a pathetic assertion. The simple fact is money is only gained at the expense of others.
I agree and it's pretty obvious if you think about it for a short while.
Even religions know this, it's just a simple fact of life.
I'm a Taylor Swift fan (not a Swifty) but I'm 100% with you.
I pirate her music (tbf all music). I've gotten into heated arguments on Lemmy on how she's one of the "good" ones.
No such thing as a good billionaire.
You also HAVE to exploit people in order to get there.
Isn't Gabe's net worth literally just the value of Valve? In order to cash his money out, he'd have to sell Valve.
I don't want him to sell Valve. I like him being in charge of Valve, he's doing a decent job.
Buy, Borrow, Die. Rich people don't sell shares. They take very low interest loans banks are more than happy to lend them. Use their shares as collateral. Then pay no taxes and only a small amount of interest. They do this forever until they die.
It's why everything is associated with "make number go up".
He's got a yacht collection, six of them, costing him more to maintain a year than you and your children will ever be worth.
Being neuroatypical isn't a fashion accessory. Growing up in the 80s and 90s and not being "normal" was marginalising and hard for everyone around. You're not special or trendy because you self-diagnosed autism using an online questionnaire in 2023, you're just an unbearable twat and you want to not have to take accountability for your own shitty attitude.
like honestly, maybe you have some trauma to work on?
They only got the Predator's mandibles right in the first movie.
American cakes, cookies, and breads have waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much sugar. (Eating American white bread hurts my teeth.)
As an American, yes they do and it sucks. Especially since I'm trying to lower my sugar consumption due to my family history of type 2 diabetes
Its not just baked goods, we put sugar/corn syrup in everything! sausages don't need to be sweetened! Vegetables don't need to be sweetened!
And then we add excessive amounts of salt to counterbalance the sweetness.
It's not just the baked products either!
I just bought some lemon pepper seasoning.
Now you'd t think that the top ingredient would be either lemon, pepper, or salt right?
Well uh, no. It's sugar for some reason.
Had my boss bring over twinkies from the states because I was curious. Holy moly that stuff is sweet, it's like distilled sugar or something.
Most people in the States don't like Twinkies either, I've got no clue who is buying them.
The Petty One: Optical Media is Bad. It has always been and always will be. We used it for as long as we did because there was no better choice. But when it came to music I went straight from tape to mp3 because I never trusted CD's, and I will continue not to trust CD's.
The Serious One That Might Ruffle Feathers: The entire school curriculum of every country should be wiped out -- And replaced with fifteen years of nothing but reading comprehension. We live in an era where information is extremely cheap but knowledge is priceless. And to go from information to knowledge, one needs to have a well developed reading ability and bullshit filter. There's no point memorising a bunch of nonsense when it is easier and faster to use technology -- We stopped doing recitations when we invented writing, you know? -- What IS important is understanding what you are seeing and recognising lies for what they are.
That's correct. In school the most important thing you can possibly learn is to learn. Information is abundant and easily accessible, the school, university or even research labs are no longer gatekeepers of information. But knowing HOW to find resources, HOW to filter it, HOW to use it, HOW to sit your ass down and work with information in a meaningful way is a specialized and rare skill.
It didn't ruffle my feathers. It just made me laugh.
Everybody has an opinion on education. Most of them are single-issue. Almost all of them are wrong.
I would like to congratulate you on choosing the most assholish way you could have possibly phrased that :>
Go on... so what's the right one? I can't understand why anyone would go to attack others without offering a superior alternative. Like, you may as well just not say anything, then. If you don't have a better idea, then theirs isn't worse because you didn't even provide a rebuttal.
I'm not even on the side of the person you responded to, but why would you not want to state what would work better? That's just trolling.
Reading comprehension is incredibly important. Bullshit filter also sorely needed. I get very frustrated when I see people falling for obvious false information. I've been shown AI videos that are clearly fake but they believe it.
I think my favorite are conspiracy theories who won't believe something backed with like, facts, but will believe this 30 seconds tik Tok from someone they don't know quoting someone they also don't know.
I don't think I can put into words how much worse my life would be if we followed your second suggestion. There are a great many things I never really wanted to learn about, but I'm incredibly glad I was still taught them - starting from basic stuff (like maths etc) over arts (especially poetry and literary analysis) to sciences (especially physics and chemistry).
I would understand far less about the world, I could never engage as deeply with media as I love to, and I couldn't have built so many things that require holistic insight into our world.
I'd be a far less developed version of myself, because I wouldn't be able to follow my interests the same way.
I must wonder why not. Like, clearly those things are enriching to you, aren't they? Why wouldn't you have learned them on your own terms? Assuming nothing was stopping you? You seem not to be an incurious person? Again, information has never been cheaper, you just have to look for it.
Like I'm not trying to make fun of your explanation or even say you're wrong. Just... Genuinely wondering how come
Fahrenheit is a perfectly cromulent unit of measure when the use case is for referencing human comfort.
The rage it incites in others on the internet is just a side benefit. It's hilariously awe-inspiring just how wound up some people get over a personal preference for a unit of measure. Mr. Fahrenheit should be proud of what he accomplished.
The best is the one you're used to.
You feel like Fahrenheit is good enough because it's what your used to. Just say that and it's all good.
I use Celsius for weather because a) I'm used to it and b) where I live, knowing the temperature relevant to the freezing point of water is extremely relevant when considering the weather. You use Fahrenheit for the weather only because you're used to it. There's no benefit other than that.
I do use Fahrenheit for cooking, but not because it's better in any way, but simply because I'm used to it. I know the effect setting the oven to 400, 350, 300, etc, will have. It's not a better unit of measure, I'm just used to it, and in the context of using my oven, it's not worthwhile to me to learn the equivalents in Celsius.
It's ok to say you prefer something simply because that's what you're used to using. But Celsius is a better unit of measure, just you're not used to it. You know what 70F, 80F, 90F, 100F feels like from experience, ie. you're used to using that scale. It's fine... just weird to say something is better simply because it's what you're accustomed to.
The problem with Celsius and it's relation to the freezing and boiling point of water is that water is a rare chemical that is less dense as a solid so it will freeze AND boil at different temperatures depending on pressure.
Freezing temperature isn't 0 at 1500 meters and it doesn't boil at 100 either.
Edit to add examples:
On Mount Everest water boils at 72 degrees
In Denver, Colorado water boils at 94 degrees
I never said Fahrenheit was better, just that it was perfectly acceptable for use as a measure of human comfort.
I'm not going to get into what I usually go into because I only commented to answer OPs question, not start a(nother) internet flame war. A lot of people who use Celsius go absolutely NUTS when someone so much as hints that Fahrenheit has some usefulness.
The issue is not in the accuracy, ease, and convenience of describing and being compatible with the human experience. It has never been that.
The issue is Fahrenheit's/imperial units' compatibility and division factor of 10's compatibility with other units, and all of those scales and units being consistent and predictable.
It's literally just two philosophies of going about seeing the world.
To disclose my bias, I was brought up with imperial units. The problem in most discussions of these two ideas facing off is that nobody discusses the real topic: The pros and cons of unification vs. the rote arbitrariness of the human existence and whether or not we want to stand behind yet again another self-centered description of the universe.
Measuring horses with hands is fucking weird, but because we experience horses from our own perspective, which is limited to our physical body, measuring in hands is a really easy way to understand that unit of measurement, as opposed to decimals of meters.
However, I must point out, Celsius is not metric. It's been adopted as the step-child of SI, but it's not metric. You can't meaningfully multiply and divide degrees Celsius; 100°C is not ten times hotter than 10°C Celsius. Sure. you can use the metric prefixes, just like i could measure things in kiloinches, that doesn't make it metric. It's just as arbitrary as Fahrenheit, and people have to make arguments regarding water and life to try to pretend otherwise. True, it's officially defined in terms of Kelvin, but then, so is Fahrenheit.
I was watching a video just before where an american measured two impact craters on a piece of steel, read off some gibberish fractional inches for each one then commented "my math isnt great, but i think that one is about double". My dude, your calipers read off approximately 5mm and 10mm, your life would be so much easier if you toggled it to metric units.
Analog media was better and more fair to artists, and easier to make money off of (why sell an album when people will stream it), and allowed people to become more intelligent and involved music fans. The digitization and non stop consumption of media cheapened it. Not to mention, I'd bet 90% of young Americans have never heard a good home stereo that actually represents how the music is supposed to sound.
And no, I'm not 80 years old!
Not till next year right?
I'm going to add to this to call out earbuds, they suck. To truly experience some sound with headphones you need ear covering.
Also not 80.
Haha!
Yeah unless you get good quad driver in ears, I'd rather have any speakers over headphones. I get that they take up space and not everyone can have them, but there's also so many good headphones out there i cringe so hard when I see people wearing sony or beats.
Canada will NEVER be the 51st state.
Yeah, Puerto Rico and DC first.
So Canada can be the 53rd state?
(/s, we shouldn't be annexing anyone for any reason)
Starship Troopers isn't a smart movie pretending to be a dumb movie, it's a moderately intelligent movie with pretensions of being a smart movie pretending to be a dumb movie.
Robocop, on the other hand, is a masterpiece.
Agree 100% on Robocop.
With Starship Troopers, it all hinges on what you feel when Dizzy dies. Personally, I was legit angry at the bugs when that happened, and then had the realization of "oh... so that's how fascist propaganda works." I think it had to be on the nose a bit for the message to come across.
The movie ends with a guy in an SS uniform saying they've made the enemy afraid and everyone cheers, and still a lot of people didn't get it. So it may not have been dumbed down enough for a lot of people to get the message.
Both are quite entertaining.
RoboCop remake, though, sucks hairy donkey balls, I'll dienonnthst hill with a smile
We should be using soap and water after popping, toilet paper alone is barbaric
Bum gun or Bidet. The humane way to toilet.
I have yet to experience one but bidets seem like the dream.
You just gave me a really good idea for a portable bidet actually. I normally use a little squeeze lotion bottle but it doesn't have the required water power... Now I gotta find some of those tiny water guns we used to have as kids.
Tf is a bum gun
Hard agree. Bidet + soap is the most hygienic way. I was actually surprised to learn that even some bidet users don’t use soap and literally just blast their ass and hope it washes away everything. You’re already halfway there, might as well use soap and be completely clean.
No idea if it's barbaric but it certainly is not as clean as it should be. At least, I think so.
I sort of agree, but I also poop 5times a day. That would take up a lot of my time.
Have you checked with a doctor?
That doesn't sound healthy
I do several rounds as well and I can tell you washing with soap and water using a bidet is much milder than wiping yourself raw with toilet paper. Washing once per round also takes the same amount of time as wiping several times until you feel “clean”.
... I don't think that's normal bud
Would it? Paper is nice and dry but washing your ass at the bathroom sink and towel drying is faster in my experience. It's just more of a hassle, but it does feel a lot cleaner.
Colitis Ulcerosa? My sympathies.
Had a bidet. Had to get rid of it.
The toddler thought it was hilarious.
It should be illegal for vehicles so noisy that I can hear from kilometers away to drive inside cities and close to people.
It is illegal in most places. Enforcement is the problem.
Yes but the icing is what i want.
I posted a comment on Reddit telling about how the word racism really means a person who is a subscriber to the pseudoscience that is race.
Tons of people downvoted me then reddit admins removed the content for harassment, of all things. (None of it made sense to me)
I'm sad that people still think that people are different races, and to not be racist you just have to not put one over or under another, when the crux of the problem is fundamentally that people don't get that race was made up because long ago dumb people thought that people that looked different were a literal different species but couldn't prove it so made up the word race as a subcategory in the taxonomic system, but finally scientists realized it's complete bullshit since it's impossible to define, total bullshit, wildly inconsistent, and massively harmful... and I'm sad that people there literally couldn't comprehend that, and got so mad or offended that they censured the information and thought I was arguing against the existence of systemic racism or something that only a dumb piece of shit would misinterpret.
I linked the Wikipedia page for racism which explains all of it, including history and stuff.
I was triggered for like a week trying to figure out what I said wrong, and honestly still kinda bothered.
But, that is what race is: a bigoted idea that different people are different races and shouldn't/can't interbreed. And that's the stupidest bullshit that MOST people don't understand, and I'll die on this hill, explaining that we gotta stop all being racists. Yeah, fix the problems like systemic racism, but stop thinking of people with darker or lighter skin as different - they're just warm weather humans or cold weather humans, the same way buff or skinny humans are. Fuck. We're all literally just humans, an amazing species, capable of adaptation and survival.
If you're smart enough to know all that, you're smart enough to know that being suspicious of differences is how our species survived, and we're not going to evolve out of it anytime soon.
You are absolutely correct: “race” is a social construct that is created along artificial lines (pigment, facial features, etc).
The truth is that we share ~99.9% of our DNA with every other person, a gene pool so small that there is more diversity between troops of Chimpanzees.
I think you're right, but imo the disagreement i feels like really stem from the way you put it, as you talk about race in a biological science while they think you're talking about ethnicity(social science?), and then there's this odd fixation with no compromise which kinda what caused the friction, even though i think both party might agree with each other.
Also reddit and online forum is mostly made up of weird people so idk.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)
Read the introduction. It's complicated but mostly race is arbitrary. But that's the whole discussion I want to bring to people for awareness of concept and language.
Man.. I got banned from a kink community sub because I edited my comment with a automagical editor..
It replaced my text with gobbledygook and then was going to delete it..
The mod came across the text said something to the extent of "this makes no sense" and banned me under their "because we can" rule.
I sent the mod a message with links and an explanation.. he came back with your original post is gone. So you are too.
My reddit account is 14 years old..
It bothered me for a while too.. and still dones I guess since I'm here talking about it.. but honestly mods are gonna mod.. they are small people with a smidge of "power" you could have said hope "you folks have a great day!!" And gotten banned.
It happens. Sucks tho
Yeah I'm stopping using Reddit because of how fascist things are now around the world, in hopes of keeping access to my similarly old account because there may be a lot of porn on there, but there's also a ton of good resources and important things.
Maybe if things turn around in a few years, I'll consider resume using reddit. But the more-intelligent-than-a-rock part of me knows otherwise.
Too many people getting banned for fascist and sketchy reasons. So instead of participate there, it's now just an archive to me.
I've been thinking like that for a long time but recently I've been thinking about it in terms of internalized opposition. One of the most pernicious elements of the fight against stupid and bad ideologies is when their framings gain dominance even in the minds of their opponents.
At some point, someone said 'black people are blah, white people are bleh,' and the person next to them probably said 'What do you mean black people?' because the concept was new but the ideology of race turned into such a common one that people who were oppressed by it were forced to consider what the powerful thought about it, like an atheist prisoner being forced to think about how to convince a Christian jailer to be less awful to them. They internalized it. And now even people who are 'anti-racist' often treat 'blackness' and 'whiteness' as if they were real, and not just conceptually different in the same way you can live in a different country without moving because the lines on a map change. Even as they battle the concept, they try to do it from within the system, prisoners demanding to be free without acknowledging the world outside the prison walls.
Can't see what your original comment was, so missing a lot of context here.
I agree with what you said, but race as a biological thing is not how most people think of it. Most people interpret race in the context of skin color and ethnic groups, i.e. in a sociological context, and within that context it makes absolutely no sense to claim that race does not exist. It would be nice if it didn't exist, but that's not where we are right now as a society.
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We are all different, I don't know how you can deny that. And some differences can depend on where your ancestors are from.
If it's not "race" then is there another way of describing it?
In animals we call it breeds. Sounds weird.
I think as an advanced species we should be capable of ascending beyond the descriminating behaviour based on origin. I know it's possible as I can. Seeing other people first reactions to meeting people get described with race undertones is alien to me and feels disrespectful.
Well the problem with trying to subdivide humans is that
A) it's actually really really hard to do, so hard in fact that it's impossible and is a pseudoscience B) it basically always results in comparison. Which gets bad REALLY quickly because suddenly there is a better or worse, an inferior and superior.
I'm not saying we aren't different, I'm not saying that.
But, as far as species, we ARE all the same. You, your sister, your neighbor, your great great great grandfather. We all have our differences and generic differences, but they're infinitesimally small, we are just VERY good at telling the differences because we're so used to staring at the same face over and over.
There's just so much crossover and mixing and volatility. People can change from one to the other or halfway and stuff, there's no clarity. Like, me, for example: I'm a mix that people look at me and get very wrong 95% of the time. And then if I have kids with somebody that doesn't have the exact same mixed heritage with me, it's like... Wtf do you even call me?
And then if you learn some anthropology and learn that long thin limbs and people are from hot climates close to the equator, and short ratioed people are from further (surface area to mass ratio, keeping warmth) away from the equator where it's cold.
Like.... You can be vague and descriptive a little about it, but when you realize that reality is just that we're all the same species, with no limits to interbreeding, it makes so much more sense.
Let's say you take a pale-ass white guy and strand them near the equator for ten years outdoors. Does that guy suddenly become a different breed or race or whatever you want to call it? No.. it's the same person, the same species, even if he looks different - he just adapted and his body is like "holy fuck it's hot and I'm trying my best to not get skin cancer and the right amount of vitamins from the sun".
And same thing for brown skinned people (let's just say Mexican natives). You take a young couple with darker brown skin, and move them to norway or somewhere cold with VERY little sun (latitude). They are going to lose melatonin in their skin and become paler. Let's say they have kids and you inbreed them for a few generations. They will get progressively more pale, and start to look more adapted to the region, likely even take on regional issues.
And the reason why is because we're all the same type of monkey. (Not actually monkey because that's a different offshoot, but primate; we're great apes!).
Breeds are defined by organizations that determine breed based on lineage, followed by conformation. They do not align across different countries. Dogs have the AKC, CKC in America. They don't follow the same definitions. It also causes lots of issues to classify things like this and leads to bad decision making by lots of people. Even as it is now, there's no clear definition for things like Pit Bulls. There's also a ton of health issues that arise from defining breeds and trying to follow this logic.
Humans are not controlled and bred based on these things so a Breed Standard would not be possible. There is simply a continuous line of people.
Perform a cluster analysis on dogs - they will kind of fall into clusters because we bred selectively for them. But humans, which have not been selectively bred even in smaller geographic regions, would not provide decent clustering results based on race categories.
Without good clustering, whatever groups you make have more inaccuracies than accuracies in your grouped statements. (Border collies are high energy, greyhounds are lazy > 65% true at best) this is because of the insane complexity of DNA and the lack of selective breeding artificially limiting the DNA diversity. Plus other stuff.
You've never had infants around other infants.
We all have the same child. They all act the same behavior is the same.. Patterns are the same Etc..
Humans don't really start to develop in different directions and speed until they are like 18 months old.
Our coloring and physical features might not be the same.. but the basic operating system and internals are all the same across humanity.
Sexuality is the point.
We spend a lot of time pursuing staggeringly and self-evidently pointless and stupid shit while suppressing and teaching being ashamed of sex and sexuality, to the point many just categorize their sexuality under potential trauma if engaged.
If we spent a lot less time grinding for nothing of import and more time fucking one another rather than fucking one another over for paper simulacra of supposed value, our species would be far more well adjusted. Even the difference between less prudish Europe and the puritanical US in general mental health is extremely apparent.
The way we treat sex, as something to shame behind close doors rather than celebrate, as we glorify plastic and silicon garbage, is beyond ridiculous and leads to shame and trauma in girls who become women and anger and resentment in boys that become men. We aren't economic value producing machines, we're fucking machines. We denied that at our peril, and now very few are happy with the state of things. Breathtakingly bad priorities.
I'd extrapolate this priorities conversation from "sex" to pleasure. Hobbies, video games, casually socializing, and sex as you said. Obviously different people enjoy different activities to different extents. But this greater conversation is the hill I will die on.
USAmericans society has retained this conservative/puritanical idea that your work is your life, "idle hands are the devil's plaything", and everything else: vacations, video games, hobbies, sex... is a way to "unwind" so you can get back to work. The way we talk about these endeavors is truly depressing. We categorize and judge people based on "What do you do for work?", and hobbies and other entertainment is reserved for those truly close to us. Steve, who works in Accounting, might hate his job and only live for MTG Arena, but most conversations will steer toward How he survives rather than Why. Even sex and romance has been relegated to a systematic process, talked about and hijacked by consumerism more as a way to advance social standing, than for love or pleasure. Date (buy food), Engagement (buy ring), Marriage (fund ceremony, buy ring). And this is without any legal framework that requires that or prohibits casual hookups/co-habitation.
This whole "side-hustle", "grindset", "become the brand" extremist capitalist bullshit grates my sanity every time I hear it. That is what I believe creates the mental health difference "less prudish Europe" and "puritanical US", as you pointed out. I believe the idea vision of society is where we automate as much of our necessary processes as possible, implement a comfortable UBI, and pay people a good amount for filling those positions. Why the rest of society doesn't think that is beyond me.
After all, human society is made by humans, for humans. It should not be geared for labor machines.
The point of what? Life? Humanity? Existing? Existence?
I get the anti-anti-sexuality, but doesn't this boil life down to.... Not even procreation, but ... Sex?
What about asexual people? What about... Wonderful moments or beautiful things or cake or socializing beyond sex? What about WORDS and complex thought and ideas and puns and coffee and art and adrenaline and naps and music?
I can't say I entirely disagree with you, but I also don't agree, primarily because I'm not sure exactly what the hill you're dying on is. Can you elaborate a bit to help me/us understand exactly what you're trying to say?
I'm saying that human civilization, and especially puritanical societies of this civilization of which we are one in the US, have walled away the core of what we are, animals that want to fuck, trained us through a prism of shame to loathe that part of us, that we darkly call being civilized, and filled our days generating things that will provide us no meaning, as the closest thing to meaning that can be derived by our biology is getting as much dopamine and serotonin as possible through physical human connection, and we spend most of our time being told the greatest lever for that is shameful and harmful usually because it doesn't make strangers richer, which is ridiculous in an age where if we had the correct priorities we would be able to do for fun as procreation that comes as a result is now chemically optional.
My point is humanity spends a whole lot of its time being miserable, toiling for widgets, to pursue or accept sexual partners in a roundabout way because we've made that that a small, token, conditional cookie for doing the "important" stuff, which I find sad and fascinating to observe. The point being used as a bargaining chip for the pointless, and then all parties wondering why they're still anxious and depressed because they either didn't come to terms, or because they did and it turns out all the plastic, silicon, and tea in china can't provide even a passing shadow of the fulfillment of genuine, physical human connection can, and even that physical human connection is tarnished being turned into just another form of currency or coercion for stuff that doesn't matter at all. How much does humanity toiling for that does not matter instead of fucking?
Tldr humanity would be happier if we were trained to see sex as connection with one another and not that dirty, evil thing of which we rarely speak and if we do it is with the utmost sense of serious danger. It's too late for most existing humans though, as you can't go to full grown adults steeped in that cultural stigma and say "oops we fucked up, our sexuality isnt some taboo evil thing with no place in society." The damage is done. My hill is that shouldn't continue that harmful culture going forward, but I recognize I'll die on that hill as a tiny minority that sees the harm it does.
Unless the post itself is a commentary, posters should put their own opinions in the comments, not the title or description.
That way they can be up/downvoted and discussed separately.
Yep I should have thought
No worries, it's just a hill I'll die on :)
Ironing clothes is stupid and useless and shouldn't be a thing. I haven't ironed any of my clothes for decades now and they never look any different than the clothes that were ironed. It's a scam! And humanity won't be able to progress if we keep doing it!!
Ironing clothes became a thing when all clothes were made from 100% natural materials.
Today, unless you specifically go out of your way to make sure, chances are that none of your clothes are made from 100% natural materials.
One of the advantages of plastic fibers is that they don't wrinkle as much.
True for jeans and hoodies, not true if you need to wear nice pants, button down shirts and blazers to work.
There's a hill I'll die on: screw that 19th century-ass business dress crap.
Nobody gives a crap outside of a bunch of boomers who are still arguing about how offended they'll be if you don't put on a monkey suit to sooth their egos, so like, we should just stop that crap.
Also: ties. Who the hell came up with the brilliant idea of wearing a noose?
I have a handheld clothes steamer! Changed ironing for me forever I fucking love it
It really depends on the garment. I've rarely ever ironed my clothes, only random occasions where the item I want to wear got wrinkled and I didn't have the time to fix it any other way. I've also never had a job that required anything fancier than business casual, so that could be part of it.
I've only ever ironed work clothes. I had an ex that used to iron my jeans. I thought it was insane but they enjoyed it.
Yes! Give me some bullshit supermarket cupcakes all day over one of those dumb boutique shops, and homemade over that but who's got the time these days.
While I'm here cakenuts != donuts, donuts require dough not batter and all dunkin style "donuts" are a big ol' lie which would be ameliorated by admitting they're cakenuts.
I applaud this
Spanish food sucks! Although I think I already died in that hill today.
Oh crikey that's controversial
That's at least a very controversial opinion! Wanted to downvote you so bad ;-)
You don’t like tapas?
There should be a general speed limit of 20mph/30kmh on city streets.
Also no parking on public space for any vehicle that isn't for deliveries, emergencies, trades, or people with disabilities.
If you want to park your car at home, or want your customers or employees to park near your business, you need to buy or rent space for parking privately.
Any citizen documenting a parking infraction with photo evidence should have the option of giving police their bank details and will then receive part of the paid fine.
Of course there will be valid exceptions, like a private emergency, moving, a woman in labor, and such.
Just imagine what our cities could be like if there weren't long rows of cars parked along every street.
The freed space could be turned into bicycle lanes, wider sidewalks, outdoor seating for cafes, green lanes, urban gardens and so much more.
Car lanes could be separated from bike paths and sidewalks by hedges in most places.
Children could play and move safely in public.
I've had to use privatized public transport for a few years, and also driven car for a few years.
Unfortunately public transport is unreliable af. I can tolerate the occasional delay, but if you need to get a connection and miss it, it often was at least half an hour of extra delay. Plus this often happened when its either exceptionally hot or cold, while I had to wait outside. And don't get me started on strikes. Yes, workers should be paid appropriately. But if thousands of people suddenly can't get to work because their line is canceled, what else should the people do? Take there non existing cars? Take the overbooked car sharing, uber and taxis, none of which can handle the surge in demand?
So as a first step, I'd rather start with improving public transport. Streets are owned by the state, why can't rails be? Make it so good that I prefer using it. Because unless that happens, you won't get the majority support for making things worse (even if it is to make things better overall)
It's a catch-22.
There is no room and no funding to expand public transport, cause all the room is filled with roads and parking, and all the funding goes towards road maintenance.
Honestly, personal ownership of cars should just straight-up be illegal. Commercial vehicles are fine.
I am a farmer living on the edge of nowhere; this just wouldn't work in a lot of situations.
Not really a fan of allowing corporations 'control over the means of transportation'.
I bet Marx could come up with a great explanation of why its a bad idea.
But i'm not him so i'm just gona go with Dennis Denuto's, "its the vibe".
God damn tomato slices in everything from hamburgers to toasted sandwiches as if everyone is supposed to like raw tomato by default is pure discrimination against the non tomato eating populace.
Yeah. Tomato goes on pizza. Why the fuck are we not putting pineapple, something that doesn't belong on a pizza, on hamburgers instead?
We do in Australia. You can get a hamburger with the lot that often includes an egg, bacon, beetroot and a pineapple ring.
Tomatoes are notorious for being impossible to remove from a burger. 6 children died last year trying to remove them. So many vegetable-adverse people put through incredible pain having to ask for it to be held. When will this injustice end?
Imagine a world where all hamburgers are custom and properly made.
I want a burger now.
Harvey’s baby!
This, but about onions.
Han Solo shot first.
Wrong. Greedo never shot. Han murdered him in cold blood.
Isn’t this the original canon? Wasn’t there an edit in the 90s or early 00s that changed it? I feel like I remember downloading the original cut project that went around a while ago and in it Han shoots first. I think it was called the “Despecialized Edition”.
Yes, in the original hon shot first later on in the 90s it was edited so Guido shot first then in the early2000s when it was released on DVD it was edited so they both shot almost at the same time and I believe it was edited again-to where it looked like Han shot slightly after and he also somehow managed to dodge The shot with his head. You can look it up on YouTube all of the edits and it’s hilarious. I love George Lucas, but sometimes I don’t know…
Controversial
Ketchup has no place in the world except to cover the taste of spoiled meat.
Especially in the US, a third of the bottle is sugar. Hot dogs? Put ball park mustard on it, the spices in the mustard complement the dog.
Ketchup is a fascist condiment. You start with a little, then it drowns out and dominates everything you put it on and all you’re left with is a sugary tomatoey bullshit taste in your mouth.
I don't like mustard, so I'm supposed to eat my hot dog without lube simply because you're too delicate to learn a different entity has different tastes than you? Well now I think everyone should be forced to put ketchup on everything howboutdat?
Ketchup is used quite often in asian cuisine.
I would mostly agree, but Currywurst (grilled sausage with, usually, ketchup and curry is an absolute banger of A dish.
You start with a little, then it drowns out and dominates everything you put it on and all you’re left with is a sugary tomatoey bullshit taste in your mouth.
Use less ketchup dude. Feels like you got served/made something one time with a crap-quality ketchup that was sauced to the same level other condiments should be, which is a mistake
Ketchup AND mustard (Dijon or similar, I get a stoneground German one for my shit) is a great combination, that's why it's the classic hamburger condiment combo choice
good hill, but the acidity of the mustard and the sweetness of tom sauce on a dog is dream like
Probably a literal one, I like hillwalking and am clumsy
Metaphorically, it's guitar tonewoods. If you've got a solidbody electric guitar you can make the body out of a goddamn breezeblock and it'll sound absolutely fine. Whatever difference the body/neck material makes is negligible compared to strings, scale length, pickups, resistors, and amps. Acoustic guitars are another matter, but for solidbody electrics it is 99% delusion and marketing
Worth saying that different woods can look really nice and that is probably worth something if youre not going with a paintjob.
Oh for sure. I'm not against someone going for flame maple because it just looks great. That's still honest about what it is and why
Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt doesn't deserve the praise it gets. If anyone else recorded it, no one would care. His singing sounds bad.
And to add to it, it's a song about drug addiction and depression....but the music video is a highlight real of how awesome Cash's life was.
Just to be a devil's advocate, his life was pretty full of heavy amphetamine addiction from the late 50s to the 90s. His recording sounds like a man singing about the hurt he no doubt caused to himself and those he loved during the decades of drug abuse, no matter how shiny that life looked from the outside.
Songs still sounds like shit and the music video i of still a highlight reel
CDs are better than vinyl.
Not true, everytime i put a cd on a record player, it ends up all scratched up.
For Linux to be a considerable contender for the average user, they need to make it more simple and like a Windows or Mac os.
I used Windows my whole life pretty much. Switching to Mac for a 5 year period was easy. Switching to Linux was easy. Using it was not. Installing a different distro was easy, using it was not. Rinse and repeat 3 more times and hello windows 11, looks like I'm using spyware. Because it just works.
My hill is that whatever os you're already familiar with, will always feel easiest. Everything that does something differently, will feel more difficult no matter which one is easier for someone who has no prior experience of either one.
I could tell you how painfull it was when I had to start using windows at work knowing pretty much only Linux beforehand, but that too would be just an useless anecdote.
I think the most effective approach to increasing Linux userbase would be to adopt the same strategy Microsoft is using: Push for using Linux in schools, so that it would be the familiar OS for new generations.
Maybe. But switching from Windows to Mac, and again the opposite wasn't an issue. The learning curve was just changing the way my hands work with keyboard shortcuts. Functionality was so similar. Until Linux can get away from using terminal it'll be an issue. It may be anecdotal, but my anecdote is significantly more common than yours when you reach past Lemmy. Everything about Linux is awesome, except for the user experience itself and ease of use and it won't be mainstream until its structured in a way that makes it so. I'm very much pro FOSS and pro decentralization but I also only have so many hours in the day to be Sisyphus, pushing the rock up the hill of trying to understand Linux only to be in the same position and more frustrated than when I started.
And putting Linux as it is right now in schools will do no good. Kids are on phones. Right now, more than ever. They are used to and demand the easy os/app/website/etc.
I switched to fedora (with no nvidia or however you spell the company I avoid) and everything mostly worked as it should, and when I had questions about how to do X or Y I could actually find answers online like I could on old windows (after like 7 it became "reinstall for every little issue" any time I searched for windows help. Great.) Did I have to learn how to access my com ports to use CHIRP to program a baofeng? Sure, but now that I know my user needs to be added to the dialout group, I've both learned something and solved the issue within 10min. Did I also have to figure out how to install the drivers for the CP210X to UART bridge on windows? Yes, and Fedora came with them (or somehow didn't need them.) And don't even get me started on fixing a broken flash drive with Diskpart instead of gparted or KDE partition manager, ugh. At least windows is insecure and let me mount my drive bypassing my windows pin through a live booted linux distro to save my data when w10 decided it can't get past the login screen anymore, so that's something!
Ymmv, but your experience isn't universal (nor is mine) and windows can also come with it's own headaches (and spyware, and resource hogging to run said spyware...)
Oh, man, as the network admin for several hundred machines, "Windows" and "works" in the same sentence is hilarious.
Yeah, that's fair haha. I'm talking home use for sure
The problem has been that Intel and Microsoft engaged in anticompetitive strategic execution to ensure that each would be a winner over the course of most of our lifetimes. That’s why “Wintel” became a household term over the late 90s.
Now, if you’re building any sort of hardware, why would you pay developers to write drivers for Linux, a hobbyist operating system that had no money flowing around it? Absolute saints cobbled together drivers for video, audio, modem, and other hardware just to make things barely usable, often with buggy behavior. Without insider knowledge of the hardware and firmware design, nor the sheer manpower to do development, Linux floundered in graphical user environments for a long time.
There were proprietary codecs, browser plugins, winmodems, and all sorts of things tailored to Windows user environments that were difficult or impossible to get working on Linux. Linux experts became surly and inaccessible due to the heavy burden of helping newbies just get the system booted and their VGA settings properly set. And so, Linux remained a hobbyist operating system for a long time. User groups finally got companies like NVIDIA to help write drivers for their hardware, and now, getting to a working Ubuntu desktop is arguably simpler than Windows 11.
IMO the problem remains collaboration, engineering, and gaming. The new Winmodem is AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, and BG3. Until the Linux user base grows to a point that it can’t be ignored by the companies developing these products, it’ll remain a very niche OS.
These, while all probably true (I lack the technical chops to evaluate), don't matter for most people.
What matters to most people is having a computer that doesn't actively interfere with their ability to do their work. And that's where Linux fails, regardless of the reason.
Nobody cares that their machine doesn't do X on Linux because of some cabal behind the scenes arranging it. They care they can't do X on Linux, but they can on Windows.
Touchscreen laptops, and by extension "two-in-one" laptops, are an absolute abomination of a form factor that should not exist.
its been almost 20 years now that people have been using smartphones where touching the screen is the only way you can do anything. when you notice fingerprints on your phone's screen you just wipe them off. why would that suddenly be an issue when it comes to laptop screens?
they are convenient for me. would you deny me this?
I would deny you that a surface that's designed to tilt when touched and collects fingerprints as if that's its primary function is anything but abominable. Let alone the models that are designed to operate with a keyboard and touchpad facing down and making contact with whatever surface they're resting on!
Mostly agree, but my thinkpad x220t with the full spin and flip screen and stylus is just fun to use!!
Calling Buddhism or Confucianism not a religion is a political claim which the speakers usually have zero knowledge of and I’m sick of it. The history of what is religion in China from the republic onwards with the very Protestant understanding of what is a world religion is very important to understand this question. But most people either claim this for their hippy means or to be derogatory
I mean, it really comes down to how you define religion. A lot of people's conception of religion is grounded in the Abrahamic traditions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam), and other traditions don't fit neatly into that framework. It's useful to identify the Christian/Abrahamic lens through which various traditions have been historically seen and to reexamine whether the actual reality is in line with the picture we have of them. Whether such traditions are ultimately classified as religions or not is semantic, but it's worthwhile to examine them as they are and to question assumptions about them.
You’re 100% right. Religious studies went through exactly what you described. Thinking of religion as Abrahamic, opening up to world religions through the former lens, opening up to more that would have been considered cults or bad, then now I think quite open to most religions. Defining religion is a boring but important part of the field that many monographs feel it’s their duty to do.
It doesn't matter which side you put the toilet paper in. I'm poly-dextrous and it is the way
That this question has been posted every single day for the last week.