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Comment on Brazilians don't get dry, minimalist literature. A bit of a rant. in ~creative
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Comment on Medicine’s AI knowledge war heats up in ~health
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Comment on No evidence of disease in ~health
paris LinkI remember reading a comment during the fad of people online self-diagnosing with DID/Dissociative Identity Disorder that basically said that healthy people do not invent having psychiatric...I remember reading a comment during the fad of people online self-diagnosing with DID/Dissociative Identity Disorder that basically said that healthy people do not invent having psychiatric disorders. The gist of it was “They are sick. Not with DID, but they are sick.” I hope this woman gets the help she needs.
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Comment on Why does this happen? in ~tech
paris Link ParentBut the first half of the comment is accurate to the post, which (as far as I can tell, having seen the post minutes after it was posted) never said anything about Kongjian Yu.But the first half of the comment is accurate to the post, which (as far as I can tell, having seen the post minutes after it was posted) never said anything about Kongjian Yu.
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Why does this happen?
A photographer I knew passed away, and I was trying to see if there was any information. This was the top result I got on google. The part after the ellipses says “killed in a plane accident in...
A photographer I knew passed away, and I was trying to see if there was any information. This was the top result I got on google. The part after the ellipses says “killed in a plane accident in Pantanal.”
He did not die in the plane accident! That’s another piece of Brazilian news, about the architect Kongjian Yu. The search result is even tagged with Yu’s Sponge City/Cidade Esponja.
So why is this showing up for a post summary about José Bassit? There’s nothing in the post comments or the post itself saying anything like this.
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Comment on Brick | Official trailer in ~movies
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Comment on Brazilian comedian sentenced to eight years over discriminatory jokes in ~society
paris Link ParentLins has a piece where he says he got on a plane going to the Northeast, and that while “obviously there are human beings who aren’t 100% human,” “not one Northeasterner there on the airplane was...Lins has a piece where he says he got on a plane going to the Northeast, and that while “obviously there are human beings who aren’t 100% human,” “not one Northeasterner there on the airplane was more than 72% human.”
This is the kind of absolutely disgusting speech that people do say, and it’s illegal, and it’s extremely fucking racist, and I say this as gently as humanly possible, if you don’t understand why it’s been tried in a criminal court, then maybe you should reserve your judgment on the matter until you understand a little better how fucked up this is within the context of Brazil and our relationship with the northeast, and especially in the relationship between Rio de Janeiro (where Lins is from) and the Northeast. The things that have happened to Northeasterners by whites like Lins, by cariocas like Lins in our history isn’t something anyone should just pooh-pooh away under the passive umbrella of “free speech.” This is an incitement to violence and an apologism for the crimes committed against the poor in our highly hard-coded class stratified society. It is egregious, it is evil, and it is wrong, and it absolutely should be punished in a criminal court. Which is what it has been. Thank god.
What if he said this about Black people in the US? If he said this about people who are Jewish? About any other minority in the states? Would that not be criminal? Would it not be seen as an incitement to violence by groups who barely need any prompting to go after people they already see as sub-human? “Hey, [insert favored minority here] are subhuman LOL”
This is some of the most vile and disgusting speech I’ve ever heard. He should absolutely be jailed.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
paris (edited )Link ParentI was going to write a bunch of spoiler-tagged things, but markdown apparently doesn’t work with spoiler tags the way I anticipated (the discord || spoiler here || method) so I’ve deleted the...I was going to write a bunch of spoiler-tagged things, but markdown apparently doesn’t work with spoiler tags the way I anticipated (the discord
|| spoiler here ||method) so I’ve deleted the section because the idea of a single dropdown full of spoilers was a little too much I wanted to put, in case.Anyway.
This game is legitimately a masterpiece. I’ve never in my life come across a work so perfectly realized within itself, refined to the point that this game is, absolutely wholly true to its own vision, worldbuilding, lore, and internal logic. It’s absolutely breathtaking sometimes, thinking of the sheer work and dedication.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
paris LinkStill playing Blue Prince though by now I’m reasonably sure I’m about 99% done. Without spoilers, the two major puzzles I need to solve are ones I can, well, ruminate on outside of the game, and I...Still playing Blue Prince though by now I’m reasonably sure I’m about 99% done. Without spoilers, the two major puzzles I need to solve are ones I can, well, ruminate on outside of the game, and I don’t really know what the implication-slash-consequence of either would be in-game. Oh, and the Observatory. IYKYK.
Not really sure what I’m going to do with my free time after this! 😅
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
paris Link ParentOh my god, this is incredible. I’m absolutely going to try this!!Oh my god, this is incredible. I’m absolutely going to try this!!
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
paris Link ParentThis is great, thank you. I’ll see if I can find a copy of this book!This is great, thank you. I’ll see if I can find a copy of this book!
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
paris Link ParentWe eat a lot of bread. 😅 Thanks for the tips, fresh jalapeños sound amazing!We eat a lot of bread. 😅 Thanks for the tips, fresh jalapeños sound amazing!
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
paris Link ParentI hadn’t realized there was a difference! Thank you!I hadn’t realized there was a difference! Thank you!
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
paris Link ParentThis is great info about the gluten-free. I’ll take a look at the machine I have in mind. I hadn’t realized the bread would dry out quicker: it might do for my use to make smaller loaves daily....This is great info about the gluten-free. I’ll take a look at the machine I have in mind. I hadn’t realized the bread would dry out quicker: it might do for my use to make smaller loaves daily. Thanks!
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Comment on Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks? in ~food
paris Link ParentUnfortunately I have arthritis in both wrists, so making my own bread — something I used to tremendously enjoy — is no longer an option.Unfortunately I have arthritis in both wrists, so making my own bread — something I used to tremendously enjoy — is no longer an option.
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Bread maker recipes? Tips and tricks?
I’m finally making the plunge to getting a bread maker, now that the price of bread has gone up to a stupid amount and I finally realized four months of buying bread every other day will pay for...
I’m finally making the plunge to getting a bread maker, now that the price of bread has gone up to a stupid amount and I finally realized four months of buying bread every other day will pay for the machine itself. (Flour is cheap, yeast is cheap.) There are only really three machines available where I live, so I’m pretty set on the machine itself.
Since I’ve never had a bread maker, do y’all have any advice, favorite recipes, suggestions?
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Comment on What's the most feasible way to exit modern society? in ~talk
paris Link ParentIf I try to maintain hope, there are a few things that come to mind. Certain fields don’t seem like they can become utterly meaningless, all of which require human interaction: luxuries of...If I try to maintain hope, there are a few things that come to mind. Certain fields don’t seem like they can become utterly meaningless, all of which require human interaction: luxuries of hospitality and service; performing arts such as theater, dance, live music… I legitimately struggle to think of other things over which genAI won’t run roughshod.
The fundamental issue here is that the things I value most are the things that are explicitly at threat. This isn’t about some people “see the same things” and “come to a different conclusion”: there are ideals and morals that I hold that are incompatible with the proliferation of genAI. With full confidence, there is absolutely zero way for someone who holds the same ideals or morality that I do to think this isn’t an obliteration, and I realize many who read my words now will have a smug little chuff at the idea of me proving your point.
In a poorly suited analogy, think of this as a cultural shift in which all foods must now contain animal products—meat, cheese, etc—and everyone is gleeful at the prospects of new kinds of foods and new recipes and new restaurants, meanwhile myself and the few other vegans are finding ourselves decrying something that seemingly everyone else has no issue with. (It’s a terrible analogy, but in something as unprecedented as the proliferation of genAI, I find myself unable to find a better one.)
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Comment on What's the most feasible way to exit modern society? in ~talk
paris LinkIt’s a little distressing how most comments are pooh-poohing your words as simple anxiety, as if the existential threat AI has already proven to meaning, truth, humanity, art, politics, etc is all...It’s a little distressing how most comments are pooh-poohing your words as simple anxiety, as if the existential threat AI has already proven to meaning, truth, humanity, art, politics, etc is all just something that can possibly fall under the concept of Generalised Anxiety Disorder. “Talk to your doctor.” Sure. The last doctor I went to, had to god, had ChatGPT open while talking to me about symptoms.
For myself, who asks myself the exact same questions, who feels very much as you do, @heraplem, there is no answer. I work in a field made precarious by other means (hospitality) but fancy myself a novelist: that’s not going to survive this time period in the slightest. I try to fixate on physical experiences—being out in the city, in nature, amongst other human beings—but all this is not going to change the fact that the world as we know it is not going to survive the death of truth and human meaning in any recognizable form.
I wish it was different. But look at the other comments and see how little credence anyone is giving to what is actually going on.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
paris LinkBlue Prince has devoured my entire life. It’s all I think about. I’m near the end (day 140something) and still discovering new things every day. Absolutely one of the best games of all time.Blue Prince has devoured my entire life. It’s all I think about. I’m near the end (day 140something) and still discovering new things every day. Absolutely one of the best games of all time.
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Comment on Which challenging book was worth the effort for you? in ~books
paris LinkTerrorist Assemblages, by Jasbir Puar. She’s hard to read, but absolutely so, so worth it. Terrorist Assemblages talks extensively about the concept of “homonationalism,” which, to diminish an...Terrorist Assemblages, by Jasbir Puar. She’s hard to read, but absolutely so, so worth it.
Terrorist Assemblages talks extensively about the concept of “homonationalism,” which, to diminish an extremely complex and multifaceted theory, is the idea that some groups get folded into acceptability at the cost of others. An example would be how Ellen Degeneres, a white pseudo-masc (but still identifiably female) lesbian, with a white blonde high-femme wife, is “acceptable” to a normative audience, but a Black (or brown) gender-nonconforming trans person will basically never be afforded that privilege.
This book gave me the language to understand so much of what I was seeing around me about what kind of queer folk were permitted to be a part of society, and which were not, and why. I’m not giving the text its full due respect: it’s really about brown bodies post-9/11. (Her second book, The Right to Maim, is excruciatingly relevant to the current moment.)
This is partially why I write in english tbh. …This and the depressing fact of the cost and inaccessibility of the written word to most brazilians.
Coming from academia, I have observed the label of “good writing” being applied liberally to unreadably bad texts: overwrought and flowery prose; smug overusage of “educated” words no one, not even professors, not even other academics, know; stupid sentence construction that seems to think flexing complexity is a marker of “good.”
In seems (at least in academia) it has calmed down somewhat in the past couple years as post-doc books become more readable, but there’s still a long way to go. I don’t know why this became the case, but my usual scapegoat is viralatismo.