alexandertheokay
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alexandertheokay
1yr ago
I don't have any strong feelings about native american tribes until they ask for more than they've been given.
Yeah, they got the short end of the stick, but there is no limit to the number of things they could make credible claims for.
At some point its time to write off the losses and move on, which they have no incentive to do, but damn I have no sympathy left. It's as absurd as Poland's recent request for renumeration from WWII. This stuff is history.
Big exception: If a person was discriminated against, or of their parents were discriminated against while they were children, I'm okay with one time cash compensation for that event.
alexandertheokay
1yr ago
I don't think breeding and genetics are the future of human intelligence.
Bioengineering and AI will be the future of human intelligence, and the breeding idiots will be unable to comprehend the transition.
So... don't worry about it 😁
alexandertheokay
1yr ago
I agree with the conservatives, but here are some attempts to steelman:
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Martha's Vineyard is obviously not equipped to handle any number of migrants. If Florida can't take them, they should have sent them to an urban center that could.
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Florida has a duty to handle it's own migrants, and Martha's Vineyard has a duty to handle it's own migrants, the cause of the disparity doesn't matter, and dumping your problems on other people is wrong.
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Migrants can be accepted anywhere, and shipping them around as a political stunt is dehumanizing.
alexandertheokay
1yr ago
I'm continuing to read one chapter of deathworlders every evening. I feel like it is worthy of more discussion, but when I try to find depth I come up empty. I'm starting to think it's just a fun power fantasy.
alexandertheokay
1yr ago
I don't think it actually matters if it's a good movie or not. What matters is how effective the marketing team is and whether the material is acceptable in multiple major consumer markets.
It's clear that this movie has the favor of every major media outlet and social media site, so it will get "the shine" for a few months at least.
alexandertheokay
1yr ago
PayPal has "demonetized" the daily sceptic, both the business's account and the founders personal accounts he uses to receive money for his other work.
Another point for red tribe needs its own payment processors (and banks, and infrastructure, and DNS servers, and domain registration...)
https://dailysceptic.org/2022/09/21/paypal-demonetises-the-daily-sceptic/
alexandertheokay
1yr ago
I am white and I do not value my race. I value my culture, my morals, and my beliefs. You could say I've abandoned my genes and declared my loyalty to my memes.
Of the available ethnic groups in the US, the ones I most align with are East Asians (particularly Korean and Vietnamese) and Latin Americans. White people seem to either reject the culture I love or embrace a hollow parody of it.
If someone told me whiteness would die out tomorrow but my core values would resurge, I'd go to sleep a very happy man.
alexandertheokay
1yr ago
The format of media influences its form.
Books encourage 200+ pages of material with a common theme. That is the ideal format for deep exploration of an idea.
Blogs, articles, etc are optimized for their ability to draw in drive-by readers. At best they don't reward depth, at worst they punish it.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
The problem with communal property is it is usially poorly maintained and policed by hall monitor personalities.
I like my yard. I keep it the way I want it. My neighbors do their own thing with their yard. It is different and highly personalized.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
What's the problem here?
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
That's not a problem. The neighbor can just ignore his whining.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
Its very easy to find neighborhoods thay are 100% HOA controlled. If you look at a mixed development, its easy to buy a house with no line of sight to non-HOA property.
The people I sympathize with are the ones trying to find a home that isn't HOA controlled. That is very difficult if you live in a part of the country near major job centers.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
I'm neither pro nor anti-HOA. I just want people to have their pick.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
I give up my seat for elderly, weak, and pregnant people, but not women.
There are lots of reasons why, but the biggest reason is I want to be the kind of person that I like.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
I also give up my seat for elderly men, so ending that phrase with women would have been incorrect.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
How do I figure out the email address attached to my account? I forgot which email address I used when I signed up.
alexandertheokay
10mo ago
That worked, thanks!
One of my in-laws is an amateur elite athlete who ran long distances before Covid. She complains of multi-day periods of physical exhaustion that she attributes to long covid. I won't comment on her mental health other than it seems fine and we aren't close.
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