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Comment on How Bill Gates is reframing the climate change debate in ~enviro
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Comment on Is 67 just brain rot? in ~humanities.languages
papasquat Link ParentI'm not sure if culture in general is becoming homogenized, or if it's just regional culture. In some cases, culture is actually going the opposite way. 15 years ago, you could talk to anyone...I'm not sure if culture in general is becoming homogenized, or if it's just regional culture. In some cases, culture is actually going the opposite way.
15 years ago, you could talk to anyone about The Office. Even if they didn't watch every episode, basically everyone in the US had seen an episode, and failing that, they were at least familiar with it. 30 years ago it was Seinfeld. 50 years ago it was Cheers, and so on.
Now? I don't know a single person who watches For all Mankind, despite it being a great show. I have a single other friend in real life who watches The Chair Company.
There are plenty of people online who watch those shows and sometimes I look at subreddits for them, but we no longer have huge shared cultural artifacts like the office. Same goes for games, hobbies, music, and so on. The references that I make to these things are only understood by other people online who are familiar with them, not to my real life friends or family.
So yeah, in some aspects there is a huge big monoculture, but in others, there are tiny little microcultures everywhere, completely divorced from geography.
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Comment on Is 67 just brain rot? in ~humanities.languages
papasquat Link ParentIt's not novel at all though. It seems pretty obvious to anyone who is paying attention, it's just a way to signal in group membership by being intentionally nonsensical. It's literally the exact...It's not novel at all though. It seems pretty obvious to anyone who is paying attention, it's just a way to signal in group membership by being intentionally nonsensical.
It's literally the exact same meme as "E", which was a decade ago.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
papasquat Link ParentUse raider hatches. The keys are very common, can be crafted very easily, and allow you to extract with virtually no chance of being killed in the process.Use raider hatches. The keys are very common, can be crafted very easily, and allow you to extract with virtually no chance of being killed in the process.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
papasquat Link ParentHelldivers 2 would be pretty similar. It's not technically an extraction shooter, because you don't bring loot in that you can lose every round, but that may be a good thing, if you want to play...Helldivers 2 would be pretty similar. It's not technically an extraction shooter, because you don't bring loot in that you can lose every round, but that may be a good thing, if you want to play more casually.
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Comment on Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested as scandal over video leak deepens in ~society
papasquat LinkI'm struggling to think back to a similar atrocity that my country, the US undertook at Abu Ghraib. I seem to remember the US public almost universally condemning them, but I might have been in a...I'm struggling to think back to a similar atrocity that my country, the US undertook at Abu Ghraib.
I seem to remember the US public almost universally condemning them, but I might have been in a bubble at the time. Was there a significant push from the right at the time to defend the soldiers involved in the abuse, similar to what we're seeing now with Israel?
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Comment on Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested as scandal over video leak deepens in ~society
papasquat Link ParentThe word libel in blood libel inheritly requires falsehood. Is the argument that she fabricated the footage or something?The word libel in blood libel inheritly requires falsehood. Is the argument that she fabricated the footage or something?
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Comment on Body time and daylight savings apologetics in ~life
papasquat Link ParentWhat about individuals whose health deteriorates from having to work during all of the daylight hours? You're not going to come up with a solution that works for everyone or even most people. We...What about individuals whose health deteriorates from having to work during all of the daylight hours?
You're not going to come up with a solution that works for everyone or even most people. We do so much hand wringing about this thing that's mostly a slight annoyance to most people. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with daylight savings, but also if I HAD to choose, I'd prefer to do away with it, just because of the two days of confusion per year it causes, and this same endless discussion it brings up that we have to have every year.
As far as personal preference of whether it's better to wake up in darkness, or drive home in darkness, I don't really care. It kinda sucks either way, and there are advantages and disadvantages to both. I'd imagine most people are in the same boat, and some people feel strongly one way or another. I doubt there's an overwhelming consensus either way.
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Comment on How do you survive time change? in ~life.pets
papasquat Link ParentI kinda lucked out with my dog. I give him his food in the morning, and he picks at it all day, and is usually done by mid afternoon. He doesn't expect it at a certain time, whenever we put his...I kinda lucked out with my dog. I give him his food in the morning, and he picks at it all day, and is usually done by mid afternoon. He doesn't expect it at a certain time, whenever we put his food out, he'll just walk over and take mouthfuls every so often.
He may have been part cow or something.
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Comment on Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Edison film captured it in action in ~transport
papasquat LinkI'd still be amazed by this. Moving sidewalks are usually only ever seen in theme parks and airports, and they're usually boring, escalator like, closed off, straight line, short distance deals. A...I'd still be amazed by this. Moving sidewalks are usually only ever seen in theme parks and airports, and they're usually boring, escalator like, closed off, straight line, short distance deals. A gigantic moving sidewalk over two miles long that spanned an entire city center would still be incredible to see today.
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Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society
papasquat Link ParentTrust me, I completely agree with you. Trans people existed 20 years ago and people didn't spend a whole lot of time thinking about them besides an offensive joke in a movie here and there....Trust me, I completely agree with you. Trans people existed 20 years ago and people didn't spend a whole lot of time thinking about them besides an offensive joke in a movie here and there. They've used the bathrooms that match their gender identify for... probably forever and it was never controversial. I very much realize that it was never an issue for most people until the Republican party stumbled on it as a winning strategy, and it's something the Democratic party never particularly advocated for.
However, in the world of realpolitik, it now is an issue. It's not something that Democrats can afford to just ignore and pretend that it's 20 years ago. The perception from the general voting public that swung to Trump is that Democrats strongly want kids to be able to identify as whatever they like, get surgeries behind their parents backs with no oversight, that we LOVE drag queen story hours, and so on.
It doesn't matter that they're not actually advocating for any of that, it matters that that's the perception, and all of those things are deeply unpopular, so if they continue to have that weakness, they'll continue to lose elections. People are voting solely on that basis in some cases, usually entirely against their own best interests. -
Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society
papasquat Link ParentThe general population was never there. They just never thought about it before, because there was never a concerted, massive political effort aimed at attacking trans rights. The Republican party...The general population was there until the propaganda hate machine targeted trans people in general and there was no counter-messaging.
The general population was never there. They just never thought about it before, because there was never a concerted, massive political effort aimed at attacking trans rights. The Republican party made it an issue, so it's an issue now. It doesn't matter why it's an issue, it still remains one.
I'd love to see where you think the democrats 'lashed their entire strategy to that horse'
I never said they did. I said that doing so would be a mistake.
And yeah, my post was about the Democratic party's strategy with regards to trans rights because... That's what my post was about. If my post was about other things I'd be talking about other things. I'm not sure what you mean by cataloging what proportion of the post was talking about things other than what the post was about.
This is literally the only time I've posted about the Democratic party's strategy with trans issues. I promise you, this isn't what I spend most of my time on. -
Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
papasquat Link ParentThere are pretty good reasons why humans started wearing clothes though. I'm curious which negative health outcomes you're referring to, because just the increase in skin infections from minor...There are pretty good reasons why humans started wearing clothes though. I'm curious which negative health outcomes you're referring to, because just the increase in skin infections from minor abrasions and pathogens seems like that would kinda push it the other direction
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
papasquat Link ParentIn a similar vein, when I was in the army, I would absolutely HATE when people would say "alright, come up and orientate yourself to the map" ORIENTATE. God just hearing it makes me mad. It...In a similar vein, when I was in the army, I would absolutely HATE when people would say "alright, come up and orientate yourself to the map" ORIENTATE. God just hearing it makes me mad.
It apparently is a word, but it's just a very stupid sounding synonym for orient.
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
papasquat Link ParentNot quite. "You guys" would also be used to refer to a group of exclusively women. My fiance has definitely said to a group of her (female) friends "You guys wanna get something to eat?" "You...Not quite. "You guys" would also be used to refer to a group of exclusively women. My fiance has definitely said to a group of her (female) friends "You guys wanna get something to eat?"
"You girls want to get something to eat?" Would feel a little cutesy, and "you women want to get something to eat?" would feel like you were an alien wearing human skin on her first assignment.
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
papasquat Link ParentNot that unsuccessful. I've called every female friend and every woman I've ever dated dude my entire life.Kenan and Kel fought valiantly to make "dude" a gender neutral term, but sadly they were unsuccessful.
Not that unsuccessful. I've called every female friend and every woman I've ever dated dude my entire life.
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
papasquat Link ParentI live in the south, and think I agree with you. Hearing white northerners saying y'all is incredibly cringe. I never say it because it would feel weird despite living here for my entire adult...I live in the south, and think I agree with you. Hearing white northerners saying y'all is incredibly cringe. I never say it because it would feel weird despite living here for my entire adult life. If you don't have the accent it just sounds very tryhard.
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Comment on What is your 'Subway Take'? in ~talk
papasquat Link ParentThat's a hard thing for me to wargame in my head because I have no idea what a world without ads would really be like. Like yeah, letting people know your product exists would be hard, but it...That's a hard thing for me to wargame in my head because I have no idea what a world without ads would really be like. Like yeah, letting people know your product exists would be hard, but it would be hard for the big brands too. Maybe when you're going around to shops demoing your speakers, they'd be more willing to take a risk with an unknown player with a better product because their customers won't just go into a store and say "I want the sonys".
It's a chicken or the egg thing. Is Sony, Sony because they make superior products at a cheaper price and are thus able to afford ubiquitous advertising? Or is Sony, Sony because they advertise so much so everyone knows about them and just defaults to buying Sony when faced with a decision?
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Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society
papasquat Link ParentThey don't need to back away from trans people, they need to spend more time reaffirming their positions, which aren't radical at all. Kamala didn't support trans girls in women's sports. She...They don't need to back away from trans people, they need to spend more time reaffirming their positions, which aren't radical at all. Kamala didn't support trans girls in women's sports. She didn't support transitioning without parental consent, but she rarely actually said those things. This, she let the right control the narrative and say whatever they wanted about her.
Saying screw it, we should double down and allow trans people to affirm their own gender in all situations no matter what, and our institutions will recognize that sounds good in theory, but putting that much emphasis on something that is still that unpopular will absolutely lose you an election, and how can you possibly help trans people if you don't get elected?
We're framing this as a blue collar white man problem, but those policies are unpopular with most demographics, so by supporting them you're not just saying "screw blue collar white men, we don't need them anyway, we'll rely on other demographics" doesn't really work. They're unpopular with most demographics.
That's not a comment on the morality of those politics. It's just the reality of where the country is at right now. The Democrats can't afford to adopt policies that only align with their personal morality. We live in a democracy and they need to pick platforms that people actually support.
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Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society
papasquat Link ParentDo you think that the same individual people who police language are the ones who are supporting Plattner though? The reason I ask is because I think there are a lot of liberals and leftists that...Do you think that the same individual people who police language are the ones who are supporting Plattner though?
The reason I ask is because I think there are a lot of liberals and leftists that don't agree at all with the constant, insane amount of language policing and purity testing that occurs on the left. I don't actually care that Donald Trump says fuck and retard and so on. He probably shouldn't do it since he's the president, but I'm not offended by it or think he's a bad person because of it.
I think he's a bad person because he's a corrupt piece of shit enacting racist, nonsensical, counterproductive, authoritarian policies.
I know there are a lot of people on the left that get very wound up with the latest batshit thing trump tweets, and become obsessed with things like whether Elon Musk did a Nazi salute or not, or who said the n word singing along to a rap song or whatever, but are those the same people overlooking Plattner's issues? I honestly don't have an answer to that, so if you know, tell me.
Personally I don't, and have never given a lot of emphasis to the way a politician speaks, or how they personally conduct themselves as long as their policy platform aligns with my beliefs, so I don't really see a contradiction there.
You're making it out like wealth is an intangable, trivial thing to be concerned about. It's the biggest impact on people's well-being out of any factor though. Billions of people no longer being in poverty means hundreds of millions of deaths avoided, and billions of people not suffering starvation or disease or other factors making their lives less miserable. If that's not the goal, what is?
Environmental destruction is primarily a problem because it negatively impacts those goals. But the world getting wealthier overall isn't a bad thing, it's a good thing.