Mendicino looks like he's about to sell us a used car that has a bunch of problems with it he doesn't want to tell us about.
I chose to live somewhere with a sane housing market, and even now it's still barely sane...
The two big housing markets are a total nightmare. The only thing worse than the housing markets is the fact that they keep trying to make more people buy million dollar houses.
"It was terrible.... He just kept saying.... 'd is for dickgirls!'... My resistance only made his penis harder!"
I was on voat for a while, but it was just as you said. I don't find such a thing interesting -- We need free speech so people can be free to discuss all kinds of things, not just so we're free to say one tiny thing.
The nice thing about fediverse is that one site doesn't make up the entirety of the space. There are all sorts of people on all sorts of websites. I like that about it.
The nice thing about fediverse is that one site doesn't make up the entirety of the space. There are all sorts of people on all sorts of websites. I like that about it.
"We don't quite look like literal supervillains yet, so we want to start adding poison to the water supply."
Reminds me of Islam, to be honest. Their main theology sees their texts as unmoving, so anything that looks different must be wrong, even if it's reality.
Keeping in mind I don't have a horse in the race so this is just opinions of a heretic, I don't think literalism is sustainable long-term. If you just say everything is perfect and it clearly isn't, eventually the scales tip and there's nothing you can do about it. If you instead can focus on allegories and lessons, then the core of the work can remain even as the literal facts of the stories end up cast to the wind.
Keeping in mind I don't have a horse in the race so this is just opinions of a heretic, I don't think literalism is sustainable long-term. If you just say everything is perfect and it clearly isn't, eventually the scales tip and there's nothing you can do about it. If you instead can focus on allegories and lessons, then the core of the work can remain even as the literal facts of the stories end up cast to the wind.
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Jesus Fucking Christ. This is genocidal.
Jesus Fucking Christ. This is genocidal.
The chapter on dating in particular was the moment you could see her starting to snap. She started off all cocky, like "Oh, I'm a woman so this is going to be simple. I'll show those stupid men" and she was shocked at the fact that the rules were completely different once the gender she presented with changed.
The woke like to say "privilege is invisible to those who have it". You have to respect her for seeking truth and not looking away when it wasn't what she wanted it to be.
The woke like to say "privilege is invisible to those who have it". You have to respect her for seeking truth and not looking away when it wasn't what she wanted it to be.
When you get to that point, you're a lot more invested than a typical person.
That's the truth of people like CEOs that most don't want to accept: They're not like everyone else. They dedicate an unimaginable part of themselves to leading something meaningless like bed bath and beyond. Yes, they make a lot of money, but they also have their lives regimented into 5 minute chunks.
Imagine the roller coaster ride this guy's been on. BBBY was struggling like many brick and mortar retailers, and investors were acting on that and shorting the stock, leading to it becoming a meme stock, leading to the stock exploding which I'm sure felt like a second chance, then the meme died down and all he was left with was a dying company, and ultimately he had to make a choice that would result in probably thousands of layoffs.
I bet that roller coaster ride ended up feeling like a major personal failure.
That's the truth of people like CEOs that most don't want to accept: They're not like everyone else. They dedicate an unimaginable part of themselves to leading something meaningless like bed bath and beyond. Yes, they make a lot of money, but they also have their lives regimented into 5 minute chunks.
Imagine the roller coaster ride this guy's been on. BBBY was struggling like many brick and mortar retailers, and investors were acting on that and shorting the stock, leading to it becoming a meme stock, leading to the stock exploding which I'm sure felt like a second chance, then the meme died down and all he was left with was a dying company, and ultimately he had to make a choice that would result in probably thousands of layoffs.
I bet that roller coaster ride ended up feeling like a major personal failure.
You know, if you put it out every year, eventually you've got a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right!
It's easy to get sucked in and start thinking one group is the devil and another is purely good, and lately I've been reminding myself that it's not the case.
If you're driving down the road, you need to be able to steer left and also steer right.
If you're driving down the road, you need to be able to steer left and also steer right.
Hate to say it, even as a tech guy myself (I run most of the services I use ffs) sometimes it seem most sensible to just stick with low tech. Gadgets and gizmos seem to have caused more problems than they've solved.
With respect to stolen elections, it's immaterial either way, and it'd be easier if everyone could just get that. We have a name for people who get elected president through cheating: "The President". At worst, they'll get fined a slap on the wrist by the election commission.
Thankfully, the past 6 years has been an eye opener for a lot of people. We used to trust institutions, now we know we shouldn't and people are building their own decentralized systems, processes, and the like. That's a good thing no matter who ends up in charge.
With respect to stolen elections, it's immaterial either way, and it'd be easier if everyone could just get that. We have a name for people who get elected president through cheating: "The President". At worst, they'll get fined a slap on the wrist by the election commission.
Thankfully, the past 6 years has been an eye opener for a lot of people. We used to trust institutions, now we know we shouldn't and people are building their own decentralized systems, processes, and the like. That's a good thing no matter who ends up in charge.