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				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
then how does this explain flying? maybe people choose flying because its faster at the cost of loss of control


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


An alternative is of course having your groceries delivered, which is still far cheaper than owning a car.




Not always. in the long-run a car is cheaper. You pay a huge premium for delivery.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Car/stroad haters seem to overwhelmingly be young, childless, apartment-renting city-dwellers. If you somehow aren't, then your critiques make no sense.




lol, on Reddit there is a nearly 1-1 overlap between childfree/fuckcars subs


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
And they also are denser or in other ways optimized for public transport. America , except for some cities, has never been optimized in this way.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
being stuck in traffic is offset by time waiting for the bus/train to come, stops, and so on.  Except for maybe BART during heavy congestion, it is  not faster.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Cars give convenience , which is close enough. Public transportation is slow and a waste of time even if it saves a small amount of fuel. Time wasted waiting for the bus, bus stops, and then walking too and from the stops.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Why is modern architecture so bad, and so common?




This is more like one person's opinion than a matter of fact


the WTC facade, composed of tridents situated above the square aqueduct-like arches of the foyer, was an example of visually  pleasing modern architecture. it does not always have to be bad.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
yeah AFQT is basically a modified IQ test


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
cognitive tests are already allowed and common: it's called the Wonderlic test. There of tons of threads on Reddit of people having taken it. The NFL has used the test for a decades and not once has been sued  despite blacks consistently doing much worse than whites.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of March 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
sounds like a copypasta or bad ai


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
yeah this is a ham-fisted way of doing it


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
yeah, but the upside is limited. no  'exits' or huge bonusses with park job. most of the waste is not from these jobs; it's medical costs when people get sick and cannot pay, for example. that is a big one.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 24, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
others mentioned , on twitter, that this selects for people who are the best at bullshitting.


how many people can the administration fire? i would like to see the TSA be trimmed,  but I would not hold my breath on that.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I know that Belisarius thinks I'm a far-leftist (lol), but I think that a fair reading my post history will show that I am what I present myself as, more or less a classical liberal who hates both the left and the right.




yeah being here and recent events pushed more towards the middle-right. otherwise, a decade+ ago I was often the most right-wing person in any social event




Accelerationists (the three or four actual ones for whom it's not just a funny pretense) must be rubbing their hands raw with glee right now. Things are moving very fast.




they aren't. the first 100 days are always hectic like this as the new admin  overtakes the departing one by hiring and firing staff, and so on. At some point,  the low-hanging DOGE cuts will be done, and Trump will have to legislate to enact any lasting change, which as his first term showed, is is major weakness and he risks spinning his wheels for the next 4 years. Also, people overestimate Trump's willingness or overturn the status quo; look how he punted on any decision regarding the Bitcoin reserve, delaying it by 180 days, which likely means it will not happen at all. Trump also is pro-business and wants to make inroads with tech; these are very much in keeping with the establishment.


The same people who in 2016-2017 predicted the demise of democracy were wrong then and I see little evidence they are right now. None of these criticisms are new. Trump is more competitive , which I think is misconstrued for wanting to subvert democracy for not accepting the 2020 results unhesitantly. Trump has visions of grandiosity but I don't see this crossing to fascism or other fears.


In terms of foreign policy, a case can be made Trumpism can make America safer. Under Biden, saw Russia invade Ukraine, China flexing its might against  Taiwan, Hamas attack Israel, Iran attack Israel,  etc. Foreign leaders perceive Biden as weak, compared to Trump. I feel safer under Trump compared to other administrations.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Of course it is ideologically motivated. is this a surprise?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
This is part of the unforeseen/unintended risk of making cuts. it creates added costs from the inefficiencies having to deal with the acute disruption to the system.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I also don't care for that lifestyle, but "engaging in risky behavior argument" as justification to deny care can be used for almost  everything. Car accident while going too fast and not wearing a seatbelt? Snowboarding? Downhill skiing? Smoking? Football in high school? etcetera .


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I heard they are tested a lot. . ironically it is safer than sex with a stranger


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
because making a new account means having to deal with twitter's default restrictions on new accounts , which are very onerous


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Rule Change Discussion: AI produced content
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
A holistic  approach is better. does the person have a history of only ai-assisted posts or a mix of both?  A lot of people use AI to assist with writing when stuck. An account that only posts ai-like content should be banned though.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I support his rehiring  because it's the ultimate repudiation of cancel culture, and about time the  right grew a spine.  You don't win a culture war by accepting the opponent's moral framing or terms.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Elez’s account, @nullllptr—a misspelling of a keyword in the C++ programming language—was deleted in December, but hundreds of brash, sometimes-sophomoric posts have been archived.






The deleted @nullllptr account previously went by the username @marko_elez, a review of archived posts shows. The user behind the @nullllptr also described themselves as an employee at SpaceX and Starlink.




How is this possible? Twitter specifically does not allow offline viewing anymore or archiving since Elon's buyout. changing the username and deleting the posts should have made the posts permanently and instantly inaccessible. AFIK there is no way to read a deleted tweet.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of February 3, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
yeah but  many of these people who are fired/quit are going to find other wasteful jobs , and also the severance  $ by your same argument adds up to billions of dollars over a lifetime compounded compared  to putting the $ in an index fund or something. DOGE will not put a dent in the national debt, but it does not need to. it's an effective rhetorical tool. Trump's successor in 2028 can cite all the cuts under DOGE as progress even if the national debt is still much higher.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for February 5, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If a waiter or delivery I give something


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 27, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Ai models cannot pick up up the subtle but important details that distinguish it from human writing, like internal consistency. Imagine in 2010 writing that you like in "X" . Unless you moved, it must be remembered that you still live there. So it must store all this information  and take it into account in a contextual sense.