it_is_so_weird_to_be
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it_is_so_weird_to_be
5mo ago
Personally, I know several people who work at an FQHC who have suddenly been cut off from their funds and are in a state of disarray at this time. Although too soon to tell, if this continues for long, the network of dozens of clinics in the area will have to shut down. They provide medical and psychiatric care for many people in the area. This definitely would be a negative ramification.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
2yr ago
I put "victims" in quotes because I do not believe them to be victims in the context of Alex Jones's actions. They are victims of a great deal of other grievances, namely the brutal murders of their children. But Alex Jones's actions do not seem to rise to the level to which I'd classify these parents as victims. And I do not believe they deserve the outrageous numbers ($) that are thrown around left and right in this context.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
2mo ago
No judge is going to undo a done deal for the benefit of some strangers
... Well at least one would as it seems in this case
it_is_so_weird_to_be
2yr ago
Men in the 17-45 range are responsible for like literally all violent crime. I'd wager 18-25 is the heaviest represented too.
Clearly OP is bringing up "military-aged" because they have the highest propensity for crime and likely least beneficial for society to import. I don't know how this is some kind of gotcha. It's literally the whole point.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
4mo ago
It's a good point.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
5d ago
There's paranoia and then there's simply asking what a man would get out of it, and in particular a billionaire in his 60s.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
5mo ago
If one truly believes that it's a human rights violation, then following it through to jailing those who practice it seems like a reasonable conclusion regardless of what cultural practice is hung up on doing it.
Human sacrifice was a much more common religious practice at some point in history too. Eventually practitioners were jailed or exiled enough to greatly reduce its prevalence. I'm sure there were people asking, "do you really think the Aztecs are committing human rights violations by sacrificing to the sun god?"
The only way to answer it is with the chad yes.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
5d ago
This is honestly the most convincing theory.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
4mo ago
It was really clarifying to me to be able to codify concepts that I intuitively knew. Which then made it easier to quickly "get" logical arguments and follow lines of argument, identify flaws quicker, etc. These were things my 20 year old self I was fine with before, but learning the formal rules, abstracting arguments into variables, and doing tons of proofs changed the way I engaged with arguments.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
6mo ago
To add onto this, my understanding is that there is some percentage of the population for whom oral vitamin D supplementation does nothing unless you also supplement vitamin K. I took D3 for a year every day consistently and it had no effect on serum levels. Once I started taking a D3/K2 supplement, it rose to normal levels and I feel great.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
8mo ago
They'll still take local housing and compete with local businesses. My point is only stopping employers from hiring them isn't enough.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
2yr ago
Can we have a thread about Alex Jones? Apparently the "victims" of his actions are pushing for something like a trillion dollar award.
I get it, he spoke some really shitty things about some people that just lost their children in a horrendous event. I can't imagine what they're going through. But I can't get past this mental block of "Yeah he said some shitty things, but he never directed his followers to do harassment, and the parents essentially just got cyber bullied, like just walk away from the screen, seriously. There were like two incidents of real life harassment, which have been prosecuted, and also were inflicted upon the parents who chose to engage with the public media."
Am I missing something here? Why is he being destroyed so thoroughly?
it_is_so_weird_to_be
2yr ago
That's a thought I've had as well. Maybe the heroine's journey is the way it is because of the fact that women are different from men. Struggle for women is different from struggle for men.
When I go through a breakup or a death or a struggle, as a man, I deal with it. I sit in the pain, I learn about myself and the world. But I also am likely to engage in self-destructive behaviors. My experience is such that I am forced to grapple with the thing on it's own, on my own. Often with a great deal of examination of why I'm shitty, how I contributed to said bad thing.
When women I know go through a bad thing, they call upon their network, they have endless supporters (even if said supporters are superficial and transactional), but they have their support that insists they are great and the thing is actually horrible and not their fault. Women struggling involves them calling upon their vast social network of mostly female supporters. There isn't a concept of loneliness in one's shittiness for any women I know.
The heroine's journey simply resonates with women, and men think it's asinine. Women probably don't resonate with the hero's journey in the same way that men do either.
Whether one or the other is more or less "good" depends on the audience.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
4mo ago
One of the most valuable courses I took in college was formal logic. I took two of these classes in community college before transferring to a university and to this day remain the most impactful. Basically Modus Tollens and such.
It fundamentally transformed the way I think more than anything, up until getting into software engineering, which I view as an extension of formal logic.
It would be so great if more people had exposure to such topics. But I don't have any faith that it would make a difference. Most of the people in my classes lamented it, viewed it as incredibly boring and hard, and did the absolute bare minimum to not fail the class.
I fully support the idea of a poll test. Too many of our countrymen are just downright idiots. They should not have a say in what we do as a nation.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
8mo ago
You'd have to criminalize renting to illegals, both residential and commercial. And selling property to them too. Setting up a business entity/LLC. They can and do just set up entire mini economies in some areas of cities. You'd have to criminalize so many different things to make moving here unappealing. And I'm sure even then there'd be a way for them to enjoy their lives here more than in whatever country they came from.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
2yr ago
Raised catholic here.
The molestation scandal was such an unprecedented breach of trust that went high up into the leadership of the church. To recover from that evil requires unprecedented repentance. And that has not happened.
I will never support the Catholic Church in its current form because of that. It is institutionally corrupt. Perhaps it always has been.
And perhaps the teaching have nothing to do with the leadership. In that case, I will not listen to sermons from the priests who prop up the evil institution. I'm perfectly able to read the Bible on my own.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
20d ago
Schopenhauer "Essays and Aphorisms"
it_is_so_weird_to_be
1mo ago
I like making stained glass. Cutting the glass, grinding them, foiling, soldering them together. It is such a great and unique gift to give to people, and really exercises my brain in multiple ways. Precision is very important, also thinking ahead multiple steps, plus it stimulates my appreciation of aesthetics. It's a great hobby.
I've had some challenges to overcome specifically at the grinding step. During this step you grind the edges of the cut class pieces to ensure you have a consistent surface to adhere the copper foil to and ensure your pieces are the precise shape you want them to be. But I've had issues because my template pieces I've typically printed out on sticker paper using a regular printer. Problem is during the grinding process the water involved causes my templates to loosen and shift around. I've tried smearing vaseline on the pieces to make them a bit more waterproof, but it's not a great system.
So I've purchased a cutting machine akin to the popular "cricut" machines, but without their walled garden of paid software. The idea is that I can use waterproof vinyl stickers to adhere to the glass instead of paper. The precision of the machine will also help because there's some leeway when cutting using scissors that leads to weird gaps later in the process. I've been having trouble figuring out how to use the thing though. It's called a silhouette. I'm sure I'll figure it out at some point.
Anyway, I just wanted to see if anyone else has this hobby.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
3mo ago
In her 70s with health problems. She has decent health coverage with medicare and a private supplemental.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
6mo ago
Once again, the whole of society must reorient so that parents aren't mildly annoyed with their toddler.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
9mo ago
SSRIs
it_is_so_weird_to_be
1yr ago
My big thing with voting machines is why the hell is their firmware/software NOT open source? That shit is what fuels the conspiracy theorist in my head. At this point, I want to be dying peoples thumbs blue or whatever the fuck they do in Africa, because there are just too many inconsistencies for me to be comfortable.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
5d ago
It's interesting because eating food "just for the taste" is in a way affirming the evolutionary reason. Our taste buds evolved for a reason. Just because we've figured out how to make some tasty foods that lack nutrition doesn't mean we like to eat doritos despite our evolution. Our bodies literally think we are getting nutrition when we seek that out.
Likewise, a woman painting her face and dressing scantily may tell herself it's for her own confidence or whatever. But it doesn't refute that she's doing it for male attention and reproductive success. I think the audience discussion is a bit of a red herring, although there are some interesting points to be made there.
it_is_so_weird_to_be
27d ago
Man - bring in credit card rewards and we're almost back to the glory days of points churning
Do you think you're on reddit or something?
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