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Comment on Wicked, Dune, It, and deceiving the audience about two-parters in ~movies
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Comment on Unplugging from comedy shows, by Rosstin316. A Reddit post analysis. in ~society
entitled-entilde LinkI remember when the Boston Bruins got knocked out of the first round of the playoffs after setting the single season points record, I felt the same way. I had watched nearly every regular season...I remember when the Boston Bruins got knocked out of the first round of the playoffs after setting the single season points record, I felt the same way. I had watched nearly every regular season game, and was invested so much in all of our players. But after the loss, it wasn't just staying away from hockey games - I had to avoid any mention of sports. Even playing sports video games was distressing to me, the stink of loss. So yeah, of course you're unplugging, you're a sore loser like me.
Now for a more charitable interpretation. I happened to check Reddit the day before the election. I remember what the top post was: an "empty Trump rally in North Carolina". At some point, you just get sick of being played with. Everyone following the race knew it was 50 / 50 at best for Harris. Much like the current link post's discussion of John Oliver, there's a whole industry toying with your political emotions. As another example, consider all the legal podcasts, YouTubes, etc telling us Trump was one step away from prison. This is a bit disjoint, but it's all to say I think people want something more tangible and productive in politics, and are reassessing what they thought it meant to be engaged. Real engagement would have delivered tangible wins, even small ones.
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Comment on 2024 United States election megathread in ~society
entitled-entilde Link ParentThe frustration that sticks with me is that ever since 2016, the news media has been turned into a legal drama over trump. Case after case. Impeachment after impeachment. Podcasts, YouTubers, sub...The frustration that sticks with me is that ever since 2016, the news media has been turned into a legal drama over trump. Case after case. Impeachment after impeachment. Podcasts, YouTubers, sub stacks, you name it. And after all of that, after breaking so many norms because the guard rails had to mean something, he’s got his biggest mandate yet and a Supreme Court immunity ruling to back him up. It was a complete failure. Democrats can blame the courts or whatever, but you’ve got to be more capable and to know ahead of time if you really have a chance of success.
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Comment on US Election Distractions Thread in ~talk
entitled-entilde LinkI've always wanted to ask this meta question: how real are you guys about who you are on Tildes? When I was growing up, internet privacy was considered a big deal. If a website asked your...I've always wanted to ask this meta question: how real are you guys about who you are on Tildes?
When I was growing up, internet privacy was considered a big deal. If a website asked your birthday, it was best to pretend you were 100+ years old. These days, it's not just privacy from individual sites, but there's also data aggregators. And maybe worst of all, if you put the wrong details, the right person could dox you. It's not always malicious, it could just be a friend who puts 2 and 2 together, then suddenly has access to posts you thought were (pseudo-)anonymous.
So some of us spend our time online paranoid that a comment reply could doom our anonymity. But I think that's probably an irrational fear, the internet is a big place! How do you guys handle it?
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Comment on I am missing a neutral way to flag low-effort or potentially spammy posts in ~tildes
entitled-entilde LinkThe theory behind how tildes should work is still something I don't understand. But I do get where you're coming from. This was the problem with old style forums. A troll with start a thread, and...The theory behind how tildes should work is still something I don't understand. But I do get where you're coming from.
Commenting boosts the post for people who sort based on comments or activity.
This was the problem with old style forums. A troll with start a thread, and everyone would keep it bumped by responding how dumb the thread was.
Maybe it would be nice if we could make non-bumping, "noise" by default comments, where someone provides some feedback to a poster. It'd be less threatening than a direct message, but avoid turning a thread about an actual link into a long discussion about posting etiquette.
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Comment on The Wayans Brothers reunite for new ‘Scary Movie’ with Miramax and Paramount in ~movies
entitled-entilde Link ParentTo me, from the first one: Run bitch, run! Will be hard to forget. But I think the kind of humor of the first few is really stuck in that era, I’d expect a new one to lean harder on the parodiesTo me, from the first one:
what would have been your last words to Drew?
Run bitch, run!Will be hard to forget. But I think the kind of humor of the first few is really stuck in that era, I’d expect a new one to lean harder on the parodies -
Comment on Morrowind doesn't have any rivers in ~games
entitled-entilde LinkThanks I enjoyed that. What I didn’t enjoy was him reminding me that Morrowind (Elder Scrolls 3) came out in 2002 and Skyrim (Elder Scrolls 5) came out in 2011, because we are now in 2024 and...Thanks I enjoyed that.
What I didn’t enjoy was him reminding me that Morrowind (Elder Scrolls 3) came out in 2002 and Skyrim (Elder Scrolls 5) came out in 2011, because we are now in 2024 and where is my Elder Scrolls VI?
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Comment on Jeff Bezos vetoed Washington Post plan to endorse Kamala Harris, paper reports in ~society
entitled-entilde Link ParentI think your anxiety is well placed. The polls, betting markets, etc are telling us the same story. I can’t help but think about the Supreme Court immunity decision coming so quickly after the...I think your anxiety is well placed. The polls, betting markets, etc are telling us the same story. I can’t help but think about the Supreme Court immunity decision coming so quickly after the Trump rally shooting let to a surge in his support; the elites are watching this race and acting accordingly.
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Comment on Cards Against Humanity pays you to give a shit in ~society
entitled-entilde LinkOf course I’m biased by my dislike of Musk, but I think this is a very enjoyable form of protest. Push the loophole to the limit (reading about legal maneuvering is like tickling your brain). And...Of course I’m biased by my dislike of Musk, but I think this is a very enjoyable form of protest. Push the loophole to the limit (reading about legal maneuvering is like tickling your brain). And they take the time to break down all the absurdities. I’m not sure how effective they’ll be, but it makes a great read.
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Comment on You're running for office on a somewhat petty, yet univerally-understood single issue. What is it? in ~talk
entitled-entilde Link ParentRice everywhere will lead to a strange world. Or OrRice everywhere will lead to a strange world.
I’ll have a ham sandwich
white, wheat, rye or rice?
Or
I’ll have a pepperoni pizza
thin crust, thick crust, stuffed crust, or rice?
Or
one large coffee please
black, milk, milk and sugar, or with rice?
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Comment on Scores of papers by Eliezer Masliah, prominent neuroscientist and top NIH official, fall under suspicion in ~science
entitled-entilde LinkI think much ink has been spilled about the “replication crisis” and bad incentives in academia. On the plus side, here you have a company that put his theories to the test (superior to any...The dossier challenges far more studies than the two cited in NIH’s statement, including many that underpin the development and testing of experimental drugs (see sidebar). Masliah’s work, for example, helped win a nod from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials of an antibody called prasinezumab for Parkinson’s. Made by Prothena—a company backed by big money—the drug is intended to attack alpha-synuclein, whose build up in the brain has been linked to the condition’s debilitating physical and cognitive symptoms.
But in a trial of 316 Parkinson’s patients, reported in 2022 in The New England Journal of Medicine, prasinezumab showed no benefit compared with a placebo. And volunteers given infusions of the antibody suffered from far more side effects such as nausea and headaches than those in a placebo group who received sham infusions. Prothena is now collaborating in another trial of the drug candidate involving 586 Parkinson’s patients.
I think much ink has been spilled about the “replication crisis” and bad incentives in academia. On the plus side, here you have a company that put his theories to the test (superior to any replication is to test a hypothesis by other means), got a negative result, and published it in a prestigious journal. So this is science self correcting, in an almost ideal way.
“Almost” because of course you’d prefer to have spared the patients in this trial the false hope. It makes me wonder why the drug company didn’t apply more skepticism to his results before trying to get a clinical trial. Maybe many other companies did and never mentioned it to the public.
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Comment on Winamp releases source code, asks for help modernizing the player in ~comp
entitled-entilde Link ParentWow, people are opening up hundreds of issues to tell them over this. I think that a lot of people have fond memories of Winamp and would love to contribute, so this license choice backfired...Wow, people are opening up hundreds of issues to tell them over this. I think that a lot of people have fond memories of Winamp and would love to contribute, so this license choice backfired immensely.
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 16 in ~society
entitled-entilde LinkTeamsters union declines to endorse in presidential election, breaking decades of precedent This seems like a big blow to Harris. If I take the articles word for it: But the article mentions a lot...Teamsters union declines to endorse in presidential election, breaking decades of precedent
This seems like a big blow to Harris. If I take the articles word for it:
He added, "We sought commitments from both [former president Donald] Trump and [Vice President Kamala] Harris not to interfere in critical union campaigns or core Teamsters industries—and to honor our members’ right to strike—but were unable to secure those pledges."
But despite calling himself “the most pro-union President leading the most pro-union administration in American history,” Biden drew criticism from organized labor two years ago when he worked with Congress to pass a law that averted an impending rail strike.
But the article mentions a lot of internal polling by the union (who demographically lean Trump) so maybe this is a self preservation move.
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Comment on Study finds people are consistently and confidently wrong about those with opposing views in ~science
entitled-entilde LinkI don’t really understand how this study works. The very fact that you can create two groups suggests beliefs are correlated. Because the participants were clustered by political belief according...I don’t really understand how this study works.
In all, 256 participants were recruited from the U.S. and split evenly between those with left- and right-leaning political views.
The very fact that you can create two groups suggests beliefs are correlated.
For each statement, the participant would then be presented with someone else's response to the same statement.
The participant was then asked to predict the other person's response on a second statement
Because the participants were clustered by political belief according to the study design, this must be possible. Maybe participants struggled to understand the trade offs of asking for more information (which reduced the payout) or rating their confidence (people struggle with such scales), but they should be able to guess with more than random chance.
Maybe someone with a better background in psychology could digest the study better though, I’m sure I’m missing some nuance if the measure.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
entitled-entilde LinkApple accidentally uploaded Garth Brooke - Live in Germany (1995), so I listened to that until they noticed and took it down. Perhaps you might Spot it on another streaming service. “She’s every...Apple accidentally uploaded Garth Brooke - Live in Germany (1995), so I listened to that until they noticed and took it down. Perhaps you might Spot it on another streaming service. “She’s every woman” is a nice one I hadn’t noticed before.
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Comment on United States postal service debuts long-awaited new mail truck in ~transport
entitled-entilde Link ParentYou have to hope that this is good for the electric vehicle industry in the united states too.You have to hope that this is good for the electric vehicle industry in the united states too.
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Comment on Thinking out loud: A US service to help you move to where your vote will count the most in ~society
entitled-entilde LinkI think Bleeding Kansas is the historical equivalent to what you’re thinking. It can be difficult to narrow down precisely where you’d have the most impact from election to election, as we saw...I think Bleeding Kansas is the historical equivalent to what you’re thinking. It can be difficult to narrow down precisely where you’d have the most impact from election to election, as we saw with a number of republican upsets in 2022. Or consider all the election conspiracy theories complaining about how Biden lost certain bellwether districts.
More concerning: elections are decided by demographics. So if a dyed in the wool liberal moves to a swing district, didn’t surprised if they gradually shift to the right, being influenced by their living situation, aging, and neighbors…
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Comment on Shooter kills four and injures at least nine at a high school outside Atlanta in ~news
entitled-entilde LinkI’ve been thinking on this one for about, and I keep coming back to the point that this kid was 14. It’s a stark reminder that school shootings are kids shooting kids. We know that gun violence...I’ve been thinking on this one for about, and I keep coming back to the point that this kid was 14. It’s a stark reminder that school shootings are kids shooting kids. We know that gun violence comes in many forms, and gun control solutions are usually trying to be more holistic*. But I wonder if we could narrow in on kids shooting kids.
A popular solution I’ve heard recently is holding parents accountable. These kids are shooting kids with their parents’ guns. If the parents took responsibility and thought “it’s not safe to have a gun in this house with my kid”, they’d prevent these incidents.** Maybe the counter argument is “isn’t the guilt deterrence enough?” but the prosecutions would keep this concept fresh in people’s mind.
There’s also a lot of broad gestures about mental health. But what if we focused in and ask why the perpetrator wasn’t in regular contact with the school psychologist. Maybe we should increase the number of councilors in schools and make sure every kid is regularly meeting someone.
* rightfully so as school shootings are a tiny minority of gun deaths
** at least with the shooting at the Trump rally, the shooter could’ve bought a gun by himself, yet he used his fathers gun!
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
entitled-entilde Link ParentI love Cure, one of the best films I’ve ever seen. Yakusho Koji is amazing in it.I love Cure, one of the best films I’ve ever seen. Yakusho Koji is amazing in it.
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Columbus Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau killed in NJ crash involving suspected drunk driver
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I watched Dune having never read the book and having no idea it was part 1, and my brain was going nuts trying to figure out how the story could resolve in the remaining time. So yes, there are many of us who go in with no idea.