Wave_Existence
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Wave_Existence
18d ago
The product is called waves
I didn't pay attention to that. shit i regret my jump straight to bitchy comebacks, i thought you were implying i was a big fan of recording people. Sorry for that.
That said, I still don't see how this, used in public, is an infringement upon your right to privacy as the current US legal structure exists. The problem, and what makes your privacy tangibly less whole, is the panoptic media aggregation and distribution services like Facebook Tiktok Youtube Twitch etc, those are what we should be up in arms over. Not a guy with a tiny camera strapped to his face.
The government using info they shouldnt have via parallell construction or similar is a different issue, but trust that i'm no fan of it. I just see these glasses as a small, nearly insignificant advancement that in no way changes the dire underlying situation with personal information rights.
Wave_Existence
19d ago
Not a lawyer of course, but invoking the constitution in a situation where people could absolutely use this equipment legally seems insane to me. When the government demands i dont do something that is currently legal because it makes you feel a little uncomfortable, yeah thats pretty close to when i would start calling it a nanny state.
existential concern
i hope you haven't wasted any mental bandwidth forming an opinion of me, i certainly haven't of you.
Wave_Existence
19d ago
is it just the discrete/covert nature of the device that bothers you? because 90ish percent of people on the street already have a HD camcorder in their pocket at all times.
People are becoming more and more aware that using these cameras to record any manner of material can result in either financial gain and or positive notoriety. There is clearly a market for these always on recording devices and i just wonder why the nanny state needs to get involved on this one.
Wave_Existence
26d ago
Rice and beans can be incredible but there is a canyon between well prepared rice and beans with all the fixin's (some fatty pork stewed in the beans, lots of spices, maybe some hot peppers) and plain ass rice+ plain ass boiled beans.
I would eat "fancy" rice and beans as a meal any day of the week. Simple rice and beans is at best a side dish and it would be pretty unfulfilling to subsist on it.
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
This is very similar to my opinion, which leads me to believe that at one point or another you drove a lot, possibly even paid to do so.
my opinions;
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no, although i do see the sense in the habit formation arguments others have raised. In my opinion though as long as you always signal when that signal is needed, then nobody cares if you dont signal when wildly changing 4 lanes on an otherwise uninhabited stretch of highway.
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generally you have to stop to assess whether you needed to stop so i essentially agree you should always stop.
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id ammended to say speed limit + 5MPH up to 45 and limit+10 for over 50, then yes everybody should be going no higher than that range of speeds. maybe speed limit +30 for low density highways.
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i think i disagree? the left lane is the most sensible place for people who want to go fast and arent planning on changing lanes for a long time. If you are in the left and you dont want to go somewhere fast you are in the wrong place.
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this is a tough one because generally needing to merge under duress is caused by a failure to plan your route. "oh crap i should have been in the right lane a quarter mile ago but now i need to dangerously merge immediately" is a bad excuse in the age of freely available GPS on every phone.
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in general i think people that are better drivers than me can probably get away with breaking way more of these rules than i do, and people with less experience should probably try to follow much more closely than i. I guess this just boils down to "as long as you dont fuck anybody up with your bad driving then godspeed"
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One of these happened to me just the other day. I needed to turn left at a big intersection of a 6 lane road with a 4 lane road, and im coming from the 4 lane. I need to cross 3 lanes of traffic to complete this turn, and the left turning signal is the evil RED ARROW of DO NOT TURN LEFT.
Normall, i respect the authority of the red arrow, its color a warning of the dire consequences of failing to comply with its mandate. But today, both sides of the road i needed to cross, all 3 lanes in each direction, were fully bricked up with stopped cars waiting for their light to turn green. I waited for 30ish seconds as no cars went anywhere and then drove in solitude across the forbidden zone. I imagine at least someone in the waiting traffic saw what i did, and i wonder if they saw me as kindof an awesome defiant paragon of truth, or maybe as some sort of rule breaking dastard who belongs under the jail.
But in reality i was just a guy who didnt want to wait 5 minutes to turn left, and i saw a situation where nobody else would be harmed by breaking the rules, so i took it.
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
they likely wouldn’t be silent on motive
Who is "they" supposed to be? The police who have possession of the manifesto? What makes it likely that a police precinct is carrying water for the dems by hiding the political affiliations of an assassin? Is the idea that Tim Walz, governor, is behind the scenes threatening to cut their budget if they dont play ball?
Homogenizing the motives of every possible leftist actor from journos to bored spinsters to protestors to the local PD does give the impression that somebody is fantasizing though, ill give you that.
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
see i was commenting on the object level bawwing from aella, not the underlying causes that people are seeing elsewhere. On the object level, from the tweets, shes sad that people are being mean, not that she cant find a husband or is sad that shes a whore or whatever.
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
Confused further by the fact that the pointing out essentially IS the consequence here. This is a very similar line of reasoning to "freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences".
Odd how this argument seems like an annoying aphorism exactly until you (royal) pick it up and throw it at somebody else
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
hope nobody tells him how heroin addiction correlates with dying with Alzheimer's
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
i used to be somewhat of a sam hyde defender, i definitely see him in a more forgiving light than most leftists. It would take me 30 minutes to put together a reel of clips that would make someone think he is double mega hitler. The guy is utterly radioactive in a leftist political context.
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
This seeeeeeems like a tongue in cheek pantomime of anti woke media preferences, but ahem.
If you think The Northman is pozzed then i literally dont know what you want out of movies. That actresses eyes arent quite far apart enough to make her diverse.
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
Lower tier males isnt necessarily what we're talking about here though, a genetically excellent 12 year old could absolutely be put down by a group of older but genetically deficient guys. Being able to cope with the aftermath of avoiding terrible martial engagements is probably an advantageous trait to have for anyone who isn't part of an overwhelmingly forceful collective, whether male or female.
I did just watch a movie called The Northman about a badass little viking child that escapes a raid on his village, and thats probably coloring my current thought process on the matter. I dont know how common of a plotline that is in reality.
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
policing the content of millions of videos
so yeah heres me playing my guitar AND THEN I PULL MY GIANT DICK OUT WOOOO
Wave_Existence
2mo ago
what evolutionary advantage self pity-ever carried
maybe its there to counter our natural thirst for revenge at wrongdoings, perceived or real.
imagine a scenario where one tribe wipes out all but one member of another, a young man who ran away. His choices are either to flee forever (and maybe survive) or die trying to enact some token revenge against his enemy. Running from something like that likely foments guilt and self pity, but its also the only path towards survival in some situations.
Wave_Existence
3mo ago
WW2 mythos
WWII's monolithic cultural universality is definitely waning as we approach its centennial anniversary, but i don't think kanye's tweets are some sort of canary for us to look to for signs of danger.
The guy, and i kinda feel bad for him even though he only has a few songs i really liked, seems to have actually lost his damn mind. People speculate as to the cause of this, was it pete davidsons giant schlong, was it his mom's death, was it his divorce that broke his tenuous grasp on reality? Nah. the guy has been doing rich people levels of the wrong drugs, hes been talking a lot about inhaling nitrous. Bro has prettymuch all the symptoms of inhalant induced brain damage and his cultural relevance will quickly fade for the normies as he transforms in real time from an avant garde rapper to a terry davis-esque lolcow insane guy yelling schizo word salad about nazi's and jesus and sucking dicks.
the hippies and their ideological descendants
idunno if this even exists at a meaningful scale, Hippies were all about free love and radical acceptance of others. Free love, the idea that fucking whoever you want to is fun and healthy and something only prudes get upset over, has fallen pretty far out of favor (probably for the best) and instead the left scrutinizes power dynamics and racial biases in sexual preferences (probably not helping anybody)
Radical acceptance has likewise given way to oppression power level science which i'm sure we can all agree is fun for everyone involved.
The most direct ideological descendants of the hippies i know of are the "rainbow family", which , surprisingly, arent all gay people. Theyre a group of turbo wooks that try as hard as possible to make burningman style commune parties across the country and "ban" the use of money at their communes. I don't think they have any pull in leftist political circles.
Wave_Existence
5mo ago
Are you certain there wasn't some form of de facto splitting into higher and lower performance PE classes? How it worked back at my highschool was that there were multiple tiers of phys ed offered, and on paper the most advanced course was intended for senior students, but in actuality any sports team members and anyone who just wanted to participate was in this more demanding "just train with the football team and their coaches" tier as soon as they wanted to be.
Wave_Existence
6mo ago
shit i got 4/5 and i was convinced that the copyright question is where i screwed up. guess ill never know now because im not signing up for their email list to get the answers
Wave_Existence
6mo ago
Lastly, who really believes that Trump will not tire of Musk in four years?
I do wonder what becomes of their alliance once the honeymoon phase of this term cools down. Imagine trump eventually does something that musk doesn't love being associated with, does musk have the ability to grin and bear it, or would he be tempted to resign from his thankless government job to be a humble private sector executive again?
Wave_Existence
9mo ago
While i do appreciate that mcdonalds uses real beef patties in their staple burgers, they also peddle a lot of weird stuff that kindof pretends to be something else. If you look at their website that describes a hamburger you may notice that the line where they say they dont use fillers/preservatives etc has an asterisk next to it. The asterisk is because this claim only applies to their nationally available permanent hamburger menu items. Chicken nuggets for instance do not adhere to a strict chicken and breading philosophy.
I agree that the hippyish mindset of mcdonalds being made of dead pig anuses is a fantasy, but i dont think the mc rib is what i would consider "honest" food. Their french fries contain Hydrolyzed Wheat, so a usually gluten free food is not gluten free at mcdonalds.
I guess my point is that while i dont hate mcdonalds i would be wary of lionizing them with the word "honest"
Wave_Existence
11mo ago
Imean, I know two individuals who each basically tanked their careers to be full time rock climbers, should i view rock climbing as a vice? The world essentially lost a talented engineer and a medical professional because these people wanted to climb on rocks more than they wanted to grind, and neither use drugs or alcohol. You can't criminalize apathy for productive work whether its in the "fuck it just dont care" form or the "i want to enrich my soul by hiking across europe for a decade" form
Wave_Existence
1yr ago
i dont care if the guy takes whatever steps he sees fit to protect his anonymity, but if you want to seriouspost about how the fundamental fabric of society is crumbling around you it becomes really easy to just make shit up if you are talking about a vague area that may or may not be in north america.
For all i know i live in the same exact town as that guy and the way i see it he's being a big baby about non-problems. Of course i'm not calling him a sky-is-falling chicken little, because i don't know whether i'm his neighbor or not.
Wave_Existence
1yr ago
unblockable ads will be a firehose level revenue surge either way, imagine being in sales for google adsense and being able to pitch your product as one of the only unblockable ad spaces on the internet, its gonna print money
Very true, and in some states it's a cliff on both sides of the coin. In some states that didn't adopt the medicaid expansion portion of obamacare you can't get government insurance in a situation where you don't have a job yet if you had anything other than the very lowest paying job possible you wouldnt qualify anyway.
I understand the reasoning behind not wanting to subsidize jobless bum's insurance, but it isnt hard to imagine a case of a non bum falling into this crack and having to go into medical debt over a broken arm or whatever.
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