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  2. Comment on Reddit CryptoSnoos NFT Auction has ended; The average sale price is 131.67 ETH in ~tech

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    an incredibly rare and desirable holo, except without the holo

    an incredibly rare and desirable holo, except without the holo

    1 vote

  3. Comment on After Pop, We Dematerialize: Oscar Masotta, Happenings and Media Art At the Beginnings of Conceptualism by Ana Longoni and Mariano Mestman in ~arts

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    A history of the art portion of Argentine Lacanianism. It's fun, I think.

    A history of the art portion of Argentine Lacanianism. It's fun, I think.

  5. Comment on Reddit CryptoSnoos NFT Auction has ended; The average sale price is 131.67 ETH in ~tech

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    I love how all these months after NFTs entered the public consciousness, nobody understands why they exist still.

    I love how all these months after NFTs entered the public consciousness, nobody understands why they exist still.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Donald Rumsfeld, influential but controversial George W Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 in ~news

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    I know what you mean. My dad's already talking about him in the same way he talked about both Bushes once Trump got elected.

    I know what you mean. My dad's already talking about him in the same way he talked about both Bushes once Trump got elected.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Playful Participatory Culture: Learning from Reddit, by Adrienne Massanari in ~humanities

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    Have any of you ever had that sense of "I desperately want these badges and for my karma point balance to go up" when you first began using Reddit? I'm sure if you use the website regularly that...

    Have any of you ever had that sense of "I desperately want these badges and for my karma point balance to go up" when you first began using Reddit? I'm sure if you use the website regularly that it fades with time, but from time to time the urge to jump in and try for the Bellweather badge will hit or I'll lament over my banned 6 year old account.

    Anyway, the article is pretty short. You will need to download it, though.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Was Wilhelm Wundt a "Nazi"?: Volkerpsychologie, Racism and Anti-Semitism by Adrian Brock in ~humanities.history

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    Here's a link to the PDF If that doesn't work (because it probably won't), check for PDFs on the Google Scholar page here As for the paper itself, I'm not a fan of how similar to a New Yorker...

    Here's a link to the PDF

    If that doesn't work (because it probably won't), check for PDFs on the Google Scholar page here

    As for the paper itself, I'm not a fan of how similar to a New Yorker article it seems. It's properly cited and makes interesting statements (even if it stops short of entirely explaining what exactly Volkerpsychologie and German communal society looks like), but academics ought not to be polemicists. So says me, some rando, which means it's a supreme truth.

  11. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    My psych teacher recommended Odd Taxi to me a few weeks back. He called it a "perfect representation of the postmodern condition." It's a wonderful show, and the minute I get more than 30 minutes...

    My psych teacher recommended Odd Taxi to me a few weeks back. He called it a "perfect representation of the postmodern condition." in fact he would say this literally any time the show was mentioned

    It's a wonderful show, and the minute I get more than 30 minutes to myself, I'm going to binge the episodes I need to catch up on.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Haruhi in USA: A case study of a Japanese anime in the United States by Ryotaro Mihara in ~anime

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    A direct link, if you'd like. P.S., it's way more than the 606 words that Tildes scraped. Well worth it for the transnational considerations, though. I'm not entirely sure what to comment on when...

    A direct link, if you'd like. P.S., it's way more than the 606 words that Tildes scraped. Well worth it for the transnational considerations, though.

    I'm not entirely sure what to comment on when it comes to this paper. It feels more like a cooked steak than a living cow, if that makes any sense.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Amazon destroys millions of items of brand new, unsold stock each year in ~enviro

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    This reminds me of the opposite feeling I had when I learned about a Spanish parking lot filled with cars never to be sold. I hate the idea of things being left to rot, but I also hate the idea of...

    This reminds me of the opposite feeling I had when I learned about a Spanish parking lot filled with cars never to be sold. I hate the idea of things being left to rot, but I also hate the idea of destroying them.

    Am I weighing these equally? Is there a solution within capitalism?

    3 votes

  15. Comment on What did you do this week? in ~talk

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    I graduate HS this week. I know you all must be thrilled to have an underagie here.

    I graduate HS this week. I know you all must be thrilled to have an underagie here.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Truth and Native American epistemology in ~humanities

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    I will use this paper to start researching the topic further (once libraries are open again...)! Thank you for contextualizing this for me. With that said, I wanted to clarify that the author of...

    I will use this paper to start researching the topic further (once libraries are open again...)! Thank you for contextualizing this for me.

    With that said, I wanted to clarify that the author of this paper slices the world between Western and Native, without considering the Orient. Or at the very least, that's my understanding of it. The pagans in my family similarly play with stories (not just religious ones) in order to act "best". Speaking from my gut, the paper does sound like the authors are overexaggerating the "otherness" of Natives.

    My eyes were set on the "responsible truths" creating a world to abide by even if it's not necessarily true, because it reminds me of Campbell's thesis in the Power of Myth. Being raised alongside Catholics with a very WWJD mindset leads me to believe that it's a bit strange to claim that Natives are unique for loosely interpreting (there's a better phrase) these myths and stories.

    /wordsalad

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Suggestion for another label beside Malice in ~tildes

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    Tildes is currently a pretty small site. It's a community as opposed to Reddit's more city-like structure and organization. Plus, each user had to make an appeal to enter the site. There will...

    Tildes is currently a pretty small site. It's a community as opposed to Reddit's more city-like structure and organization. Plus, each user had to make an appeal to enter the site. There will rarely be bad-faith actors (something you mention).

    What this means is that I don't think having any administrative mediation for arguments will be necessary. It would feel foreign and maybe a little patronizing. Every conflict here can either be moved past or worked through with the people in it should they choose. Alternatively, members of the Tildes community could call them out and say "Hey, you guys should really work it out."

    Hell, I think that the labels are worthless in general because you could just comment "high quality!" and make a greater impact on the person you're complimenting.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Truth and Native American epistemology in ~humanities

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    A very interesting read. I'm not well-versed in epistemological canon (irony intended), but I notice that this article oversimplifies the world into a glob of "Natives" and "Westerners". Is it...

    A very interesting read. I'm not well-versed in epistemological canon (irony intended), but I notice that this article oversimplifies the world into a glob of "Natives" and "Westerners".

    Is it really true that all Amerindians use "responsible truths"? Is it true that all of the rest of the world believes that they've got it all figured out with only occasional disturbances from philosophers?

    To me the article seems just a bit premature, I guess. I could be entirely misled. I would love to hear more about this topic.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period in ~humanities.languages

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    i thought only foreign language speakers did this because i had never met anyone outside my family who two-spaced

    i thought only foreign language speakers did this because i had never met anyone outside my family who two-spaced

    3 votes

  20. Comment on List of all game release dates announced during E3 2021 in ~games

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    i don't own a switch, but i'm happy for zelda fans (being one myself) i am VERY excited for slime rancher 2, though

    i don't own a switch, but i'm happy for zelda fans (being one myself)

    i am VERY excited for slime rancher 2, though

    3 votes