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self_made_human
Kai su, teknon?
9m ago
I fucking hate it. They removed the anime cartoon style and replaced it with something that is NOT Pokemon. Now I just look like some kindergartener who bites people at school
My gut hurts from laughing, but to be fair, I think the kind of 10 year old willing to go engage in dog-fights and clobber wild animals senseless probably did bite people at school.
WestphalianPeace
23m ago
They don't think it's ugly. They actually prefer it. They are the ~1% approve at the end of any poll about do you prefer building A or building B.
People like Ozy really exist. They really do have actual disdain for things a statistically normal person finds beautiful. From Ozy's own self-description:
"One could very reasonably make the case that the natural human aesthetic sense prefers realistic paintings of beautiful landscapes with water, trees, large animals, beautiful women, children, and well-known historical figures"
"However, art of this sort leaves me cold"
"The first time I saw it, Joan Miro’s The Birth of the World moved me to tears from its sheer beauty. I make a special effort to visit it every time I am in New York City, including taking my husband to see it on our honeymoon so he could understand my aesthetics better. "
This is Joan Miro's The Birth of the World
To them uglyness isn't ugly. It's genuinely mindnumbingly beautiful.
In Malcolm & Simone Collins "A Pragmatist's Guide to Sexuality" they model sexuality with two polarities, one for intensity and one for Yes/No. So most people have an inborn strong intensity towards Bloated Corpses and that is often paired with a disgust reaction. Makes sense evolutionarily. But evolution is a blind idiot god without context. So sometimes the intensity meter stays the same but for the Yes/No marker the 1 becomes a 0, and they become sexually attracted to Bloated Corpses with all the intensity that most people are repulsed.
TowardsPanna
27m ago
Sorry about the late reply. I meant to get back to you sooner.
Thank you for the advice! This reinforces the belief I'm starting to have about this stuff; that there is no need to settle for being one of the herd. Opportunities keep showing up in the world, and the average person is either not quick enough to react to them, or overreacts or underreacts, or simply stalls and sticks with their well-trodden path. That last one is still my biggest weakness, being risk averse from a previous monetary loss many years ago, which led to much bigger errors of omission than comission.
The market is not fully efficient, because people are often not efficient. I'm reading a finance book that covers cognitive and emotional errors, and there are many, and they are highly prevalent. I recognize many of them in myself. As long as human nature remains more or less as is, Mr. Market will probably remain significantly irrational and bipolar. Like with NVDA as you say, if the growth was already 'priced in' almost immediately, it wouldn't have gone up another 400% from the point where ChatGPT powered by Nvidia chips was clearly a success, in Feb last year or so, until now.
"Buy the rumor, sell the news" is the old quote... Might work out for me too soon. I'm already decided on staying away from daytrading and leverages.
GJ on sticking to your thesis through the deep red time. That makes me smile. :D
If you don't mind sharing more - what is a thesis you are currently formulating or acting on? I'm not going to blindly follow anyone, but getting some food for thought from a successful investor might be fun.
functor
30m ago
There is a niche for a third tier university to accept autistic weirdos who are kicked out of tier one institutions. This is far from just a wokeness issue, a lot of geniuses are difficult people. By creating a safe space for researchers who don't see what is wrong with asking a woman if she is pregnant or fat and giving them long term research grants, a university can increase the chances of getting groundbreaking research. If a university punches high above its weight class in research, it could compensate for other issues.
It wouldn't surprise me if a university in Asia adopted this strategy. Find deplatformed westerners and build a top tier research facility that rivals famous institutions with several times the budget.
ArjinFerman
Tinfoil Gigachad
31m ago
To me, this is a bonus: I welcome most if not all animal sounds
It would be nice of dogs could STFU somewhat, but otherwise I agree.
self_made_human
Kai su, teknon?
36m ago
I'm already digging into Fish's Psychopathology and the Oxford Handbook, but I certainly will visit libgen again to pick me up a copy!
Now I am very pleased to hit you with "bruh it's your field, get a bit ahead of it."
Talk dirty to me daddy, I still can hardly believe it myself lol.
2D3D
39m ago
Rufo actually seems to possess brain cells still, unlike the weird degradation of Peterson and the embarrassing emotiveness of Alex Jones, Glenn Beck and other frothing conspiracists. I did harbour hope that DeSantis wouldn't pussy out and Rufo would be a czar with teeth, but DeSantis turned out to be the spineless Rubioesque shrinking violet I feared him to be, and Rufo does not seem to have kissed the o-ring of Trump so far to get a spot in any circus cabinet there.
f3zinker
Its A/B testing all the way down
40m ago
22 is fucking terrible. Way too many filters.
- Lower IQ filter down to >120 (80thp) as opposed to ~135(99p).
- Attractive.. okay keep this one, but don't be a k-drama protagonist about this
- Politics - For the most part, drop this.
Also I doubt this woman meets all these filters. I mean what are the odds right? You have rose tinted glasses on.
ulyssessword
1hr ago
Care to provide counterexamples? Preferably the official policy of a multibillion-dollar system.
Different strokes I guess. I mostly enjoy the following you’ve listed:
I've lived in villages, and it feels so isolating, it's awful. I like hearing people around me, even, and in fact especially because I have no interest in actually interacting with them. Then there's the other side, where instead of being isolated, people will try to be friendly even when you don't want that.
To offer the perspective of someone else I know, my dad grew up in a village in Malaysia (that has significantly modernised since) and spent his childhood riding up and down forest trails. He views himself as having had an exceptionally idyllic childhood.
Similarly, I enjoy being isolated, I enjoy proximity to natural spaces, and vastly prefer the “depression” of the outskirts compared to my daily experience of being shoved in with hundreds of people in a tube, packed like sardines. That’s how my morning commute is, and I always come out of the experience mildly frustrated.
When I’ve stayed in the outskirts I’ve always enjoyed when people have been friendly to me, or the odd local has tried to make conversation. It’s felt welcoming without being utterly and completely overwhelming the same way the city centre has been.
And at least in my experience, villages are not quiet. There's lots of animal sounds, especially bugs which I personally despise.
To me, this is a bonus: I welcome most if not all animal sounds, including those of insects; crickets and even cicadas do not bother me. Birdsong is especially welcome. I find it much harder to ignore ambient noise in the city, which is far louder in general and much more unpleasant in terms of timbre.
I live in a very small city, so it's not a good comparison to Sydney, I can take the bus and be in a big forest in 15 minutes, but I would never go live rural.
Perhaps I should’ve been more clear as to what I have defined as a city, which is a major urban hub. I find small cities somewhat fine as long as they offer adequate outdoor recreation in close proximity. But I think you’re underestimating just how much density my partner prefers - he actively enjoys going downtown, and his idea of “depressing and isolating” is living in a suburb of a major North American city. He has some level of flexibility around this, but he does enjoy the density of urban cores quite a bit, and doesn’t enjoy when he’s too far distanced from it.
edited to clarify: i am at zero level claiming my surfing of telegrams or field reports is in any way substantive evidence. please do not under any circumstance in any conversation or discussion here or outside say 'hey this pervo didn't see to many Ukie hookers around so they're all chaste damsels' or whatever.
Unedited text: I am, in all an explicit seriousness, appreciative of any sincere longitudinal or latitudinal 'study' proving that slavs - ukrainian or russian or whatever - are present in greater numbers to disrupt relationship or, more specific to my curiosity, sex worker markets.
Intuitively it makes perfect sense that we SHOULD see more hot single Ukrainians seeking comfort in the wallets of generous men within the new host countries they reside in, others have accurately noted that infidelity and hypergamy seem to be more present in Eastern Europeans sui generis.
BUT In my own explicit attempts to canvass the issue, I have observed zero uptick in Ukrainians in any of the markets I am aware of, including the ostensible hotbed of Dubai. I recognize that the physical distance means I'm not seeing refugees, but a quick gander at punter boards all don't see a surplus of Ukrainians at all.
If I am forced to drag this back to the culture war, where we boo Ukrainian men for being so stupid to die for NATO while their women shack up with lecherous exploitative Germans or Finns or whatever, I can confidently say I have NOT actually seen this in my depraved circles. Admittedly my own research for that is EXTREMELY low grade, but come on surely we would have at least a shitload of Polish or English forums complaining about Ukrainians stealing their blokes!
BlindDeafRat
1hr ago
I agree with your partner that rural places feel like they're dead and depressing. I've lived in villages, and it feels so isolating, it's awful. I like hearing people around me, even, and in fact especially because I have no interest in actually interacting with them. Then there's the other side, where instead of being isolated, people will try to be friendly even when you don't want that.
And at least in my experience, villages are not quiet. There's lots of animal sounds, especially bugs which I personally despise. And if you have a house and some land, there is always work to be done.
I live in a very small city, so it's not a good comparison to Sydney, I can take the bus and be in a big forest in 15 minutes, but I would never go live rural.
Incanto
1hr ago
If it turns out that that she rates you as highly as you rate her, why not go with her?
Stefferi
Chief Suomiposter
1hr ago
ArjinFerman
Tinfoil Gigachad
2hr ago
OTOH, this makes a mockery of conservative opposition to cancel culture.
How long do you have to warn people "don't do this or the same tactics will be used against you when the tide turns" before it's ok to make good on the warning?
Pasha
Defend Kebab
2hr ago
Do you normally refuse to entertain any opinions based on your own experiences as long as someone did not go through the trouble of collecting or locating almost impossible to find data? Or is this an isolated demand for rigour you are applying to this specific subject?
Pasha
Defend Kebab
2hr ago
You can have your way. It serves as a warning to other countries wanting to “insist upon their sovereignty”. Does this make it any better?
jkf
2hr ago
The rise in property taxes has nothing to do with the rise in property values, and everything to do with bloated & useless municipal governments spending beyond their means. If more boomers understood this, maybe we would have less cities run like Toronto and Vancouver.
I have a partner who likes cities. He has always seen himself living in one, and feels affinity to the culture and outlook of many city-dwellers. I am having trouble understanding or sympathising with his viewpoint, and vice versa.
So, I went to the Blue Mountains over Easter - for the unacquainted, it is a large wilderness area outside of Sydney and a World Heritage Area. It’s probably one of my most frequented excursion spots due to its proximity to the city, yet it’s a completely different world out there.
The first thing I noticed, as is the case virtually every time I leave a major urban area, is that the silence and solitude is palpable. You can leave the window open and not be assaulted with a windmill of noise (which occurs here even in the 13th floor of a building, I can testify to that). It’s quite a good way to clear away the mental clutter that accumulates when you are overstimulated for a long period of time. I’ve done this whenever I get the chance, and it never fails to reset my brain. I listen to music a lot in my normal day-to-day life, but here it just felt wrong to do so.
Another thing that stuck out to me is that you can actually see the stars come out at night. As I get older, I appreciate this feature of being outdoors more and more. The ability to look up into the heavens on a quiet night and see the universe above you is something that just doesn’t get old.
The natural environment is breathtaking, too. There are rainforest-lined valleys and canyons, beautiful little waterfalls and mossy creeks that swell after rain, and so on. One night when I was there, I did a night hike to a place called Cataract Falls with a headlamp, and when I turned off the light there were glow worms all over the place. It was like a natural amphitheatre covered in these shining little blue lights, and it was hard to tell where they ended and where the stars began.
I think this, along with many other experiences, has led me to an inevitable conclusion: I really detest city life.
They’re overwhelming, impersonal, noise-filled, cluttered environments, where you’re virtually forced to rub shoulders (in the literal sense) with people if you want to leave your house, and which are incredibly aesthetically alienating, especially ever since the utilitarian commodification of architecture that Bauhaus and other such design schools put into motion.
Mind, Australian cities are probably less “vibrant” and less dense than, say, North American ones, I routinely hear Australians complain that they have no real cities, that everything closes early and that the nightlife is nonexistent, they consider Australia a country you go to for the outdoors and not the city life.
Sydney itself is a reasonably well-maintained city, there are no seedy strip malls and it’s fairly walkable - but I still find it to be far too crowded and too noisy for my tastes, and find the culture and views of the cosmopolitan urban-dwellers anywhere from insipid to downright irritating.
The convenience of a city is nice. But I am frankly struggling to think of what massive conveniences are offered in a city that aren’t offered in a small to medium size town that offers far greater recreation opportunities. If you can get a reasonable range of food and lodging, and some medical care, I find that sufficient. If the goal is thriving nightlife, constant activities, cosmopolitan feel and being able to go places at any time of the day then sure, cities are The Place To Be. But I place zero value on any of these things.
Cities are a place I live in solely for work-related reasons. I have lived in many, and they are places I would never live in given the choice, and it makes it really difficult for me to even put myself in a frame of mind where I see it as the optimal way to live. Ask him about any of the things I mentioned, and he’ll reveal that none of it actually matters hugely to him. He finds these less urbanised places dead and depressing, a viewpoint which I could never understand - after you’ve lived in a city for any amount of time, it feels interminable - like an endless array of random generation of the very same hedonistic pleasures expressed in slightly different ways.
Perhaps it really is just tribal affiliation - he identifies more with the outlook of those in the city and less with those in more rural areas. For me, it’s the very opposite.
I’m not sure what the point of writing this post is, I suppose I’m sourcing hot takes. It’s a difference that we’re both somewhat adamant about, and that may cause issues down the road - so maybe I’m asking to understand, or maybe I’m asking if anyone else here feels the same as I do.
sun_the_second
2hr ago
99% iq looks like a major bottleneck. Are you that certain you can't be happy with 90%?
FistfullOfCrows
2hr ago
Eh its mildly different as it "triggers" the past-mra in me. The "male disposability" is a well cliched concern.
IGI-111
2hr ago
Since you yourself admit that this argument is restrained to humanist rule utilitarianism, shouldn't you edit the title to include the full phrase?
I clicked this post expecting a serious attack on the compromise between deontology and consequentialism that rule utilitarian offers, maybe some review of the contradictions in J.S.Mill and I'm treated to hackneyed criticisms of Sam Harris. Those are all well and good, but to hell with clickbait and false advertising.
MotteThrow
2hr ago
If it helps, Rufo is probably the singular winningest fighter against the progressive side of the culture war in quite a while. He's mostly working with DeSantis in Florida and the online front at the moment. I can only hope he gets a spot of power in a future GOP presidential admin where he can go after progressives nation-wide with some real teeth.
Unironic Chomsky-stanning should be an immediate warning sign of bad-faith intransigence. Manufacturing Consent is the first and definitely not the best book about mass media manipulation attempts within a fragmented yet saturated information ecosystem. He is celebrated for being among the first, thats it. That anti-west types latch onto this book is an appeal to (intellectual) authority that is wholly unearned.
A single pedantic disagreement with your otherwise wholly defendible read of Chomsky is the statement that Chomsky has
My disagreement is that Chomsky consistent moral creed is to ascribe every ill action in the world to the USAs omnipresent tentacles and to define every ill action as either fulfilment of US actions or someone stumbling in their own attempts to be a champion against the US. Chomsky should be mocked eternally for supporting the Khmer Rouge and Serbia, and his denial of both genocides is just the cherry on top of the incompetence shit cake he keeps insisting on eating. Khmer Rouge was perfectly capable of shitting itself after it antagonized the Viets and Thais and celebrating them as a bastion of socialism in his book 'After the cataclysm' is laughable since it supports the genocidal socialist failure instead of the victorious socialist success of Vietnam. Similarly Chomsky chained himself to the sinking ship of Serb ultranationalism simply because it was not liked by Nato, writing an entire book to whine about how evil NATO only acted because Serbia was continuing the dream of socialism. Even after his pets have been proven to be evil genocidal incompetents Chomsky still deigns to lecture survivors of socialism on why they had no agency, famously getting the entire nation of Czechoslovakia angry at him for claiming that they had things better under communism.
tldr Chomskys worldview is USA bad socialist failures good. anyone citing chomsky as a positive betrays an intransigent bias that is unlikely to be dissuaded.
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