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Comment on What is your favorite type(s) of cheese? in ~food
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Comment on How a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacist in ~health.mental
warlock LinkA tale as old a freaking time. I've known many young people that ended up surrounding themselves with the wrong ideology, and were swayed by it. I shudder to think what kind of mischief and...He leaned liberal in high school but got sucked into white nationalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he joined a fraternity mostly composed of conservative Republican men, began reading antisemitic conspiracy books, and fell down a rabbit hole of racist, sexist content online.
A tale as old a freaking time. I've known many young people that ended up surrounding themselves with the wrong ideology, and were swayed by it. I shudder to think what kind of mischief and trouble I would get myself into if I grew up during the smartphone internet age.
I conceived of my relationships with other people not as distinct boundaries with distinct entities, but more as we-are-all-one. I realised I'd been fixated on stuff that doesn't really matter, and is just so messed up, and that I'd been totally missing the point.
I honestly think this sums up a lot of people that hold alt-right conservative ideologies. I come from an incredibly conservative family, and the vast majority of my family lack the emotional capacity to connect with other people outside their own bubble. Even siblings of mine and their partners treat their most intimate relationships as intensely transactional instances. If we all conditioned to feel a little more, instead of feel less, maybe things would be different.
"There are moments when I have racist or antisemitic thoughts, definitely," he said. "But now I can recognise that those kinds of thought patterns are harming me more than anyone else."
Sounds like my dude may just be sad he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
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Comment on Reddit users who tried to delete all their posts during the blackout inadvertently left behind everything inside the temporarily-private subreddits in ~tech
warlock Link ParentThis is exactly my take as well. I’ve been a forum nut since the early days of the internet. It’s how I choose to interact with the net. The vast majority of my distaste comes from how Reddit...This is exactly my take as well. I’ve been a forum nut since the early days of the internet. It’s how I choose to interact with the net. The vast majority of my distaste comes from how Reddit leadership has acted recently. They’ve been belligerent and uncompromising at every turn. And the few times they’ve been asked to reconsider a change, they always doubled down like a spoiled child. I don’t understand or agree with this rationale. And It’s become enough to make me want to reconsider where I spend my time online.
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Comment on The second generation of school shootings in ~life
warlock Link ParentIt blows my mind that we have parents, and maybe in some places grandparents, that have lived through this trauma and have to watch their own children live through the same thing. I can’t imagine...It blows my mind that we have parents, and maybe in some places grandparents, that have lived through this trauma and have to watch their own children live through the same thing. I can’t imagine the anguish and fear that must cause them. Not can I comprehend the failure of our society in supporting them.
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Comment on Making new gaming friends thread in ~games
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Comment on Microsoft has been temporarily restrained from buying Activision Blizzard, US judge rules in ~games
warlock Link ParentThey voted last year to give all the executives a golden parachute. I think I remember reading that Bobby's is a measly 15 million if Microsoft tries to release him without cause. That's pennies...They voted last year to give all the executives a golden parachute. I think I remember reading that Bobby's is a measly 15 million if Microsoft tries to release him without cause. That's pennies compared to the half a billion he's going to get in stock if the merger goes through.
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Comment on Low stakes fantasy recommendation in ~books
warlock Link ParentI’ve been a lifelong Eddings fan, and read all the books when I was a kid. I’ve always encouraged people to read their work - even if they haven’t aged the best. But I never knew this happened,...I’ve been a lifelong Eddings fan, and read all the books when I was a kid. I’ve always encouraged people to read their work - even if they haven’t aged the best. But I never knew this happened, and it makes me profoundly sad.
I absolutely adore any kind of pasta made with Gorgonzola cheese. It adds a creaminess that I can only explain as 'just a bit of twang.' Failing that, I could eat a brick of Extra Sharp Cheddar without blinking.