guy
19d ago
I guess I figured they're just investing in shills that will appear "real" when day when they need to express some activist opinion/astroturfed movement. If you try to spam bot comments on [current political topic], they can fairly easily be flagged as new/inactive/low effort accounts. If they've all been posting about random tech news for years, perhaps there's more cover.
guy
20d ago
(Just got through the Schooner section, still have more to read.)
There's no constitutional basis for arresting Maduro, right? Sovereigns are considered equal and independent? Or is the move "well he didn't really win the election, so he's just a citizen."? I can't imagine threading the needle such that an(non-military/diplomatic) anchor baby is not subject to US jurisdiction, but a foreign head of state is.
guy
22d ago
The "opportunity" to tip in advance is all over coffee shops, and in more and more quick take-out places (ice cream parlor, etc). You order your drink, they punch it into their tablet kiosk, then flip it around to you and it asks how much you want to tip before you swipe your credit card. It's pretty awkward to tap "other amount" and enter "0". I've seen on the internet (i.e. no idea if true) baristas saying they'll spit in drinks where they don't get tipped.
guy
29d ago
What's easier? Going out on a friday night with the boys (expensive, requires planning and effort, payoff uncertain) or playing some games and then scrolling tiktok until you doze off?
This is still answering on a personal level, but I think Scott's take on "micromarriages" is a nice framing here. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/theres-a-time-for-everyone
That is, frame going out with the boys and being around girls as a win in and of itself. The attitude is the same in poker: praise yourself for making the right move (probabilistically) even if the pot doesn't go your way.
I wonder how we can encourage that attitude as a society. Maybe celebs start #nophonefridays where everyone goes out without their phones. Maybe establishments start offering some sort of stamps for showing up to events, which can somehow be turned into actual clout or gain.
I'd like to see better public social spaces. Bars are kind of the default, but they feel like a particularly economically extractive kind of space. It does feel like a waste to go to a loud, crowded bar, and buy overpriced drinks for a woman just to get the chance to socialize with her. Where's a place where someone can just drop a $25 and have a nice environment to chat and meet new people?
But can't he sue the city itself?
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