Grant_us_eyes
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Grant_us_eyes
25d ago
I was about to say that I've never used AI, but then I realized that would be a lie - I've used AI before to put together a long string of fluffy bullshit for work in order to save myself the aggravation of putting together said fluffy bullshit.
...and I will likely use it again this week to, yet again, put together a few paragraphs of fluffy bullshit to appease the MBA types in my office.
Grant_us_eyes
28d ago
The wonders of Hoe_math. The gift that keeps on giving.
Grant_us_eyes
29d ago
...you just split suicides/suicides attempts into gendered groups, not political. Men tend to be more successful, women tend to attempt it more.
What I had one person point out that's always stuck with me, however, is that an 'attempted suicide' moment for a man is going to be different for a woman. 'Attempted suicide' in that case is going to involve a man taking out a loaded gun, staring at it for an hour, and then quietly putting it away.
The crux of the argument being, 'attempts' in this situation are going to be manifest differently and trying to measure them scientifically is going to be messy and lossy as the result.
Grant_us_eyes
29d ago
Having friends - even close ones - is a different experience from having a girlfriend/fiancé/wife you come home to every evening.
There's also the other side of this equation, when some friends get married(and have children) and the rest don't. Even worse if they move away. You're still friends, you still talk alot, but circumstances change when you can only see each other face to face once or twice a year.
Grant_us_eyes
30d ago
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
Apartments are literally built different in America compared to Europe.
All the urban issues most cities have come down to onerous requirements. You want European urban centers? Then start using European regulations.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
I was curious if there was something I'm missing, hence my question.
Granted, we're in completely different locales, so pricing is likely rather different; for me, injections of Semaglutide come at around 200$ a month(tax included).
And I won't even go into the recent scam prices they're now charging for Ozempic.
Supposedly, you can get Semaglutide even cheaper than my pricing from the same outlets pharmacies get it, as long as you're not afraid of doing a little mixing on your lonesome. I may go that route, once my prescription runs out.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
Exercise.
That's it.
Both I and my brother are on semaglutide, and we're both consistently working out, and I've not noticed any loss in muscle mass.
If anything, I now have much more energy, allowing myself to push harder and faster, but that's just with me.
Just out of curiosity, is there any reason you choose oral over injection?
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
It's the classic 'Your need several years experience to get an entry-level job' problem.
No wonder people compare dating nowadays to job-hunting.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
Operating under the assumption that all 50 are somehow equally interested in me for some inexplicable reason, I'd work on narrowing them down to find the one that's most compatible with me in terms of personality, outlook and life goals.
And then marry her.
This assumes that I'm actually aware of your theoretical scenario. Otherwise, I'd probably come to the conclusion that they're just being nice, and nothing would come from it.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
There's also the slight issue that Hollywood has deformed the idea of what 'natural' and 'roided out' looks like.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
Ah, thank you for this. This looks to be the exact article I recall reading, as well.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
It's mutually beneficial for the teenager down the street to spend some time with a toddler.
Wouldn't this also have an unexpected knock-on effect of female teenagers having an elevated desire to have children?
I'm very not certain, but I seem to recall a study they did on female teenagers back when they attempted to educate them on the benefits of abstinence by making them carry around a toddler-like doll for the entire day. IIRC, the result backfired, as the teenagers reported wanting to have children more afterwards, not less.
I could be completely off on this. I'll have to research it later.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
Given all the horror stories I've casually heard regarding chinese sellers and re-sellers on Amazon, I doubt they care at all.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
The issue with rationalist communities is that they arose at the point in time where there still existed a remnant of Gatekeeping for the internet at large, even as the midwit hordes were beginning to clamor over the gate.
As such, everyone who got into said movement existed in an environment where most of their peers - the remnant of the old guard - were still very much on the far end of the bellcurve, if not in intelligence, then in terms of habit, mannerism, or philosophy. Things such as the (comparatively)early gay rights movement, aethism, polyamory, ect, ect - factions that were far from mainstream yet still had an active, often intelligent voice on the internet, because the people speaking about such things were often very intelligent and/or industrious, creative, and self-motivating. They had to be. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been there.
The rationalists did not - could not - understand that they were the johnny-come-lately to the various alt/punk/counterculture movements of the time, or that they were(imo) ultimately a transitory movement as a whole. They sought to mimic their betters in alot of ways, striding through open fields where chesterton fences once lay, not questioning where the rocks under their feet came from. The constant flow of individuals taking up the shield of rationalism continued to be watered down from the first moment it was established, as each successful wave of people brought an overall shift in the environment, both internet and IRL.
And so here we are. We've seen the alchemical crucible at work, we've seen the results. People have wandered the field until it's barren and the only thing left to do is dig, only to stumble across the base of all those fences and realize they were present for a very good reason. That while certain and single individuals might be able to hop across said fence and even deal with the consequences thereof, that despite looking up and admiring those people for various reasons, the horde wandering said field now has to contend with the revelation that they are not those people. They are not their heros, they are not special, and those rules existed not as a way to restrict or punish them but to tell them what to have for breakfast tomorrow.
Or, even worse, they have to come face to face with the revelation that despite them handling the trials and tribulations of no fence to be seen, that other people cannot.
So, now we've seen the end-game - a group of people with a very tenuous relationship on sanity whom carry the shield of rationalism by murdering their enemies, and the same people whom have considered themselves rationalists are now stuck in a very uncomfortable position with some very awkward questions to answer. This was an end-game that no one could have foreseen - had someone wrote a book about this, said plot-arc would likely have been received as 'cute, but unbeleivable'. Or, if you like, 'boo outgroup'.
As for where we'll go from here? Well. I don't know. I guess we'll see.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
Coming in really late. Thank you, Quality Contributions, for bringing this to my attention.
Okay, first off - thank you. Sincerely. Cologne has developed into an amateur passion of mine, so while I was cognizant of alot of these terms, I like how you went a bit more indepth and explained the origins. For example, I knew that 'blue' was a term for a daily driver, but I never knew where it came from. Interesting.
Second -
Maison Martin Margiela Replica Jazz Club
Yoink. Sample ordered. I've been looking for a good tobacco-heavy scent to try out, and this looks perfect. Again, thank you.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
There actually is a commercial resort in Antarctica. Going by the rates, they look comparable to about what you'd have to pay to climb Mt Everest.
Not something I'd spend money on, though I'm not sure how it would rank in terms of whale territory.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
Proximity to the NY Stock Exchange, among others, I'd venture.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
They keep repeating it because it's true.
tg has basically become a sterile shell taking over by various tranny jannies and/or Big Business shills(When you have 4chan of all places defending the female Custodian debacle in Warhammer threads of all places, you know things are fucked up), whereas k has turned into constant Ukraine spam where any bitching about that will have people calling you a zigger.
Now, that doesn't mean that other boards haven't taken up the slack - vt is as schizo as ever - but there's been a significant decline in alot of old boards with nothing to replace it.
Grant_us_eyes
3mo ago
Bioshock Infinite has to be the first video game I ever played where the story kept getting in way of the actual game.
I consider Bioshock 2 superior.
Grant_us_eyes
3mo ago
People have completely forgotten that Musk and Trump have worked together before, had disagreements, and parted amicably.
Grant_us_eyes
3mo ago
I will always have a particular weakness for Claude Debussy's Arabesques.
Grant_us_eyes
3mo ago
...because that's what houses cost???
Not where I'm at. I'm seeing houses in subdivisions for as low as 175,000, and that would still be stupidly over-sized for what I'd need.
I'm reminded of Demolition Ranch.
For those not aware of the name, Demolition Ranch is a guntuber who's been doing gun-tubing for quite a while, and recently stopped to focus on his family.
People have commented on how his later content diverged quite a bit from his early stuff, with sensationalist activities and click-baity titles and zany video cards.
When questioned about that, he basically replied that what was getting the most view count, hence the pivot. In other words, that's what getting him the money.
The attention and engagement economy, it seems, says alot about what the mass of humanity demands.
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