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  1. Comment on How To Train Your Dragon | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    Is this a good way to live though? Should we be irrationally angry at everything we don’t like because it represents wasted potential of things we could have liked? That just seems like a recipe...

    Is this a good way to live though?

    Should we be irrationally angry at everything we don’t like because it represents wasted potential of things we could have liked?

    That just seems like a recipe for disappointment in and bitterness towards everyone around you.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Benn Jordan on how bots have come to sow disinformation in ~society

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    I don't watch a lot of video content, especially political video content but I randomly checked this out and it was pretty good and aligns with some of my own thoughts on the subject. Thanks for...

    I don't watch a lot of video content, especially political video content but I randomly checked this out and it was pretty good and aligns with some of my own thoughts on the subject. Thanks for sharing!

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Maybe Bluesky has "won" in ~tech

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    Well I'd argue "don't have to leave" has been pretty convincingly shown to be of a near mythical quality in just a few short decades. Platforms are controlled by humans and across a long enough...

    Well I'd argue "don't have to leave" has been pretty convincingly shown to be of a near mythical quality in just a few short decades.

    Platforms are controlled by humans and across a long enough timescale it's inevitable the digital empires will rise and fall like their real life counterparts. Protocols are not immune to this either but decentralized ones ought to have a great deal of staying power.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Maybe Bluesky has "won" in ~tech

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    Not a great analogy because the alternative to "easy to leave" in the digital world is "pretty much impossible to leave".

    Not a great analogy because the alternative to "easy to leave" in the digital world is "pretty much impossible to leave".

    2 votes

  5. Comment on How well do you cook? in ~life.men

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    Both my parents are good cooks and I grew up cooking and baking with them. I enjoy cooking and have started cooking with my kids — I think it’s a great life skill to have.

    Both my parents are good cooks and I grew up cooking and baking with them.

    I enjoy cooking and have started cooking with my kids — I think it’s a great life skill to have.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    Pistachio pudding makes me sick I've only met one person who knew the reference, in a game of Squad of all places.

    Pistachio pudding makes me sick

    I've only met one person who knew the reference, in a game of Squad of all places.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Tracking who US President Donald Trump has named to serve in his cabinet and administration in ~society

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    I think Musk is obviously offering Trump a lot more reasons to keep him around this time. I'm guessing he will, at least for the near future. It seems inevitable there will be a clash of egos though.

    I think Musk is obviously offering Trump a lot more reasons to keep him around this time. I'm guessing he will, at least for the near future. It seems inevitable there will be a clash of egos though.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Tracking who US President Donald Trump has named to serve in his cabinet and administration in ~society

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    I think these appointments beyond one or two are designed to create a background noise of Trump furor and everyone is falling for it again. I get it, most of these are bonkers and deeply unserious...

    I think these appointments beyond one or two are designed to create a background noise of Trump furor and everyone is falling for it again.

    I get it, most of these are bonkers and deeply unserious picks. It's understandable people want to talk about that. But the picks themselves aren't the actual and very real problem we'll be facing in a few months. I think the media (well, really it's readership) needs to show more restraint in covering Trump. It seems obvious that this kind of stuff is deliberately aimed at creating a background noise and temperature in the media space that's going to cause Trump fatigue again. Save the coverage and editorials and all the commentary for when it matters.

    The people in charge of these picks aren't dumb -- I don't think this is 5D chess or anything but it seems like the strategy is pretty well defined at this point. Report bluntly and move on imo.

    8 votes

  9. Comment on Tracking who US President Donald Trump has named to serve in his cabinet and administration in ~society

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    What I have heard (not sure if it's true, but it seems reasonable) is that Musk is basically offering / threatening to fund primaries for any Republican Trump opposition in congress. So as long as...

    What I have heard (not sure if it's true, but it seems reasonable) is that Musk is basically offering / threatening to fund primaries for any Republican Trump opposition in congress. So as long as Trump and Musk remain on good terms we should expect him to remain in Trump's orbit and 'opposition' to Trump to somewhat cowed.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Donald Trump nominates Fox News host and Army National Guard Major Pete Hegseth for US defense secretary in ~society

  11. Comment on I've added ~society for topics related to politics, law, policies, and similar societal-level subjects in ~tildes.official

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    I realize that, but I just think we shouldn't assume that to be true especially if we're trying to over-filter a topic.

    I realize that, but I just think we shouldn't assume that to be true especially if we're trying to over-filter a topic.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on I've added ~society for topics related to politics, law, policies, and similar societal-level subjects in ~tildes.official

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    I agree with you but I don't think that's a great example. EV tax credits affects a lot more people than just people in the hobby automotive space. We should also not assume everyone is subbed to...

    Like, if the Dept. Of Transportation is putting out a new rule around EV tax credits I’d put that in ~hobbies.automotive.

    I agree with you but I don't think that's a great example. EV tax credits affects a lot more people than just people in the hobby automotive space. We should also not assume everyone is subbed to all groups either.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on What are your favorite “chore” games? in ~games

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    I've been playing through RDR2 again and trying to 100% it. I've just been chilling in chapter 2 unlocking all the outfits, satchels and camp upgrades while working on the challenges. It's...

    I've been playing through RDR2 again and trying to 100% it.

    I've just been chilling in chapter 2 unlocking all the outfits, satchels and camp upgrades while working on the challenges. It's definitely a chore simulator, but in a great way. The environments are just too good. As someone who has spent a lot of time in some the biomes found in the game, they did a really great job at nailing them.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Who is allowed to practice identity politics? in ~society

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    What? She's expected to finish with around 75-76m votes, 5-6m less votes than 2020. Almost all of this drop will probably be outside of swing states, as in most swing states she's meeting 2020...

    Even if that's not the case, she lost around 5x as many votes.

    What? She's expected to finish with around 75-76m votes, 5-6m less votes than 2020. Almost all of this drop will probably be outside of swing states, as in most swing states she's meeting 2020 vote counts or modestly exceeding them.

    I'm imploring people to stop coming up with these half baked narratives until we actually have all the data in front of us.

    9 votes

  15. Comment on Who is allowed to practice identity politics? in ~society

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    This is false. He will probably have added 4-5 million votes when the count has finalized.

    This is false.

    He will probably have added 4-5 million votes when the count has finalized.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Understanding the leftist that didn't vote: "Everybody else gets one, but not me" in ~society

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    People are building all sorts of narratives about this without even having the basic facts in order. Consider that Harris added votes relative to Biden in many swing states — she got 37k more...

    People are building all sorts of narratives about this without even having the basic facts in order.

    Consider that Harris added votes relative to Biden in many swing states — she got 37k more votes than Biden did in Wisconsin for example. She lost because Trump added even more. Same thing for Georgia and NC. MI and PA were very close to 2020 totals, but Trump added 100k more voters in each state.

    This election wasn’t lost by disaffected leftists sitting home, where they did do that was largely only in non-swing states where it didn’t matter. Trump was just able to turn out a bunch of low propensity voters.

    And I’m not sure why you’re singling out leftists as being uniquely disaffected — I think you’re not really doing a good job of putting yourself in the shoes of other people. There are plenty of people who are also disaffected by the direction of the Republican Party who unfortunately still voted for them for one reason or another.

    9 votes

  17. Comment on Girlfriend and I bought plan B at Costco yesterday, pharmacist said they'd already sold more than 100 since the election in ~society

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    There are other benefits to an IUD as well. My wife and I are done having kids and I have a vasectomy now but she still got an IUD put in to help manage (eliminate) her periods that were starting...

    There are other benefits to an IUD as well.

    My wife and I are done having kids and I have a vasectomy now but she still got an IUD put in to help manage (eliminate) her periods that were starting to become life impacting.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on How Donald Trump won, and how Kamala Harris lost in ~society

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    I'm not so sure this is true. From what I've seen, Harris did better in swing states relative to the rightward shift seen everywhere else, i.e. in the states where a) these ads were playing and b)...

    It shifted the race 2.7 percentage points in Mr. Trump’s favor after viewers watched it.

    I'm not so sure this is true.

    From what I've seen, Harris did better in swing states relative to the rightward shift seen everywhere else, i.e. in the states where a) these ads were playing and b) she was campaigning she didn't do as poorly.

    Not to say this didn't hurt them, it probably did. But there are a lot of variables to unpack here. Personally, the rightward shift among most demographic cohorts tells me it's probably mostly related to something pretty foundational like affordability.

    3 votes

  19. Comment on Thoughts on a Democratic postmortem in ~society

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    Yea it's just not a good environment for incumbents right now. From the data we have available so far, she ran a good campaign. E.g.: https://x.com/Redistrict/status/1854613790345904302

    Yea it's just not a good environment for incumbents right now.

    That being said, there's something to be said about sheer magnitude of the loss. I definitely think that a better candidate and campaign from the democrats could have kept the presidential race closer, and flipped the house.

    From the data we have available so far, she ran a good campaign.

    E.g.: https://x.com/Redistrict/status/1854613790345904302

    Latest numbers: across the seven battleground states, the '20-'24 swing towards Trump was ~3.1 pts. Across the other 43 states (+DC), it was ~6.7 pts.

    Bottom line: the Harris campaign swam impressively against some very strong underlying currents.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Thoughts on a Democratic postmortem in ~society

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    Yea the right has a virtual stranglehold on non-traditional media, especially among men. Everything is vibes-based these days, and it's easy to manufacture vibes on social media. Unlike, say the...

    Yea the right has a virtual stranglehold on non-traditional media, especially among men.

    Everything is vibes-based these days, and it's easy to manufacture vibes on social media. Unlike, say the NYT, social media is inherently fungible as well. You can get someone saying whatever you want and if they burn themselves out in the eyes of the public by scandal or whatever you just replace them with the next person.

    4 votes