Throwaway05
19hr ago
WoT?
Throwaway05
21hr ago
To me this is a Trump-esque kill shot.
Nothing has changed from the BLM days - with sufficient media cover you can do whatever you want and it will be painted as both good and not what it actually was.
Meanwhile our country spirals apart from a preponderance of failures of institutions and people being allowed to and encouraged to believe total absurdities.
OP just wrote a lot of words that are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, and we upvote that because that is what we do while Rome burns.
Throwaway05
22hr ago
Most therapists are middling, but a middling therapist can still be great if most of your processing comes from friends, and a great therapist can be life changing.
I believe I indicated this last time but many of them are good at not being good progressive soldiers in the room even if that's what they are outside of it.
Best of luck!
Throwaway05
22hr ago
Any idea if we are getting more Cinder Spires? Last I heard he was going to decide based off sales.
The sword moment in the last book was peak and I want more.
Throwaway05
1d ago
Use case is a little different but I hate in-ears and ended up buying some Powerbeats Pro 2s for my commute and they've been great and don't really irritate my ears the way most in-ears do (by virtue of not actually being in-ear).
Throwaway05
2d ago
Eh, as others have noted a lot of these people are in healthcare or identify themselves as having interest in healthcare related topics like mental health.
You'll see aftercare mentioned in all sorts of therapy culture and misc. soft stuff.
Throwaway05
2d ago
It is so bad that some disciplines (ex: Peds) have an explicit and public pro male affirmative action for residency
Throwaway05
3d ago
You aren't a bootlicker.
During the Civil Rights era the protestors did maximally nonviolent and safe protests to exhibit injustice.
During the BLM era the protestors engage in violence, harassment, rioting, impair communication, and overall behave in such a way that low likelihood fuckups become impossible to avoid. They then blame the right/police for conditions they created.
It's the same basic tactics as Hamas and its abusive behavior, victim blaming.
Throwaway05
3d ago
Almost certainly.
Trump did what he always does - say a bunch of shit that causes people to freak out and in the process gets something done.
It's pretty clear his complaints are real (re: China, Russia), so......
Throwaway05
3d ago
Exactly, I've been in a situation where someone removed a weapon from a patient and shouted that he had done so multiple times but we just didn't process it because of the chaos.
And that was in a much quieter more controlled situation.
Throwaway05
3d ago
You may or may not find it heartening to know that this is almost always a choice.
Every hospital has regulars, people who have medical, psychiatric, substance use problems. Sometimes (but rarely) nothing at all.
We see them once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day. We know them. Sometimes they disappear and it's because they moved on to the next hospital or stop on their rotation.
Sometimes they pass away.
Always. Every time - we make offers. During winter or especially days like today we make many, many offers. Do you want to stay the night? Please this time go to the shelter. Etc.
Scores of bright eyed and scores of burnt out social workers emerge from the offices like lice, all trying to get the patient help.
They usually refuse.
Living on the street is a choice. That choice is often complicated by drugs, and the way someone was raised. Sometimes it's complicated by medical or psychiatric problems and we can often intervene in those.
But most people on the street are there because they made a choice and our society lets people make choices.
They may regret it in the moment in the cold, but they will make the same choice again.
It sucks.
Throwaway05
3d ago
I wonder similarly about pants on fire if it gets reattached - I gotta imagine that they'd be very aggressive in um, reappropriating, but last I saw they had "suspects" so it might have gotten torn off and then thrown somewhere.
Throwaway05
3d ago
Apparently someone also bit off an agent's finger.
Don't see that widely reported outside of Fox.
Throwaway05
4d ago
Same.
Before typing: why would anyone get mad on the internet?
After reading the responses: &%#@.
It is the way of things.
Throwaway05
4d ago
Protein stuff is this year's fiber stuff, lots of food content creators have bemoaned this or celebrated it. If you go to a store and look you'll see shit tons. I'm pretty sure you can even get protein fortified Starbucks right now.
Throwaway05
4d ago
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/386/
It is both our blessing and our curse.
Throwaway05
8d ago
It is not a belief system, I am expressing known facts.
If you'd like to provide a reputable source indicating that China is not an oppressive regime please do so. Same for my other concerns.
If your argument is that the Chinese are moral aliens then I suppose that's fine, but then also arguing that at the same time everything is a lie and propaganda isn't reasonable, you have to pick one.
Throwaway05
8d ago
A central theme I see in a lot of the pro-China comments in this thread is "well the U.S. sucks too" well yes. We don't dispute that, but just because the U.S. has DEI does not mean that disappearing people is anywhere near the same scale of oppression.
The same goes for dysfunction, the environment, and questionable reporting of economic health.
The fed is somewhat unreliable at times is not in the same universe as cooked Chinese economic numbers.
Throwaway05
8d ago
At this point (at least in gaming) we've hit a weird point where the west refuses to make the original recipe and therefore China is starting to overtake a bit.
What you are saying was super true for the longest time but Wokeness has left an opportunity and Asian produced and flavored things are taking over because the West is ass.
See: Kpop Demon Hunters for one. The amount of money made by Genshin et al for another.
Throwaway05
8d ago
I don't understand how someone can look at how the U.S. and Europe tried to walk off a cliff for environmentalism and say with a straight face that China is the same.
It's not credible.
China refuses to make costly economic decisions to protect the environment and is doing things like massive pollution, destroying local ocean fauna, and so on.
You can argue that this is economically a good idea, but it.....is happening.
The U.S. has chaotic moments but the overall arc is to make costly decisions of questionable efficacy to try and solve the problem. This has yet to be massively effective but they are trying.
Throwaway05
8d ago
I'd be more amenable to this if it wasn't for the industrial espionage and IP theft - I'm not complaining about VK here.
You also have a difference between likely popular versions (like Korea and Japan have) and state enforced ones.
Throwaway05
8d ago
You do realize that a large amount of the IP theft was literally using state espionage resources to seize and repurpose information from Western companies while instituting significant protectionism domestically?
"We will use all of our powers to compete unfairly against you and will prohibit you from competing at the most basic level" is a pretty central criticism.
China only does what they do because of the manufacturing prowess, otherwise they'd be a pariah state.
Throwaway05
9d ago
They are absolutely still engaged in state sponsored industrial espionage, and in a way that is pretty much unmatched given the way the state and companies over lap.
They still engage in a lackadaisical approach to international copyright (not that I am that mad about it).
Still continue to basically ban foreign competitors of various tech things and then make their own version.
One of the biggest ethical problems of the country is also its strength - state power and totally unfair business practices.
Certain you can do that, and you can get away with it if you are China but it is deeply unethical.
Throwaway05
9d ago
I have put vastly more effort into this than you did, but admittedly it's also mostly assertions that can be dismissed (I could support every one with a citation if I cared though). Just irritated at how easily people in rather mediocre societies can rattle off some half-baked condemnations.
You wrote more but that does not mean I'm convinced about most of your points:
RE: Lying - The West typically attempts to have objective reliable processes outputted by the government and corporate sectors that represents various things. China does not. For a recent and important example consider COVID policies, statistics, and information.
RE: IP Theft - I don't believe your statements on this are factually accurate.
RE: International Society - The U.S., Western Europe, and the weaker countries all at least pretend. China acts like the other "evil" countries. That is not good company.
RE: Genocide - Meh, I'm not particular excited about this one but the genocide people seem to argue that it counts.
RE: Oppression - You can get disappeared just as easily in China as Russia. You can get welded into your home during COVID. From the rich to the poor nobody has any rights unless they are an in favor party elite, all it takes is to get noticed. To add to the angst is an anarcho-tyranical element, petty corruption is everywhere and the country just sweeps through areas every once and awhile to execute or imprison anyone misbehaving. The superficial competence of the regime makes it worse not better.
RE: Taiwan - In the case of Russia/Ukraine the national pride aspect is somewhat countered by other somewhat compelling reasons such as the ports and agriculture. In the case of China/Taiwan it seems to primarily out of imperial angst, as the high tech industries that give Taiwan are fragile and would likely not survive kinetic action. If some democratic process occurs obviously it will be a bit different.
RE: The environment - While China does contribute to some renewables I challenge you to find a reputable source indicating Chinese is better for the environment than the West. This perception is not driven by mere propaganda effort.
You didn't listen to me. I did not come here to win, I came here to kill you.
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