Someone in another thread recommended the book "dying of whiteness" and it's absolutely horrifying. We all know conservatives vote against their self interests. Well, they know too. Many of them know. They're happy to die for their beliefs if it means no {slur} gets anything nice.
jtrek
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I'm not here to watch a movie. I'm here to take this axe and hit monsters with it.
I'm sure bloodborne has a very deep story. I had a great time just hitting stuff with that axe and occasionally shooting things. That's the bulk of the content.
We are the weird ones. But the only thing that changes people mind is in-group pressure. If people trust you, they'll at least humor you. Plant those seeds.
I tried so hard to get things done at work at first. Everything just grinds along through meetings and "research spikes". Things that should take 30 minutes take months.
So, I guess that's what they want.
Except they also want us to use AI to go faster. The problem isn't generating code too slowly. It's the numbing void of meetings and "process".
Also I checked this book out of the library today and 10 pages in I'm extremely mad at conservatives.
People may have heard of these things, but I don't think most people could give an accurate description of what they are.
Most people don't know, aren't paying attention, and don't understand. It's our thankless task to try to educate and convince our less savvy friends.
I'm reminded of the 1/3rd pound hamburger thing ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-pound_burger ) . People, and it feels like especially americans, are kind of stupid with money, math, and value.
I'd be happy to let them, if they didn't insist on taking everyone else with them
But he just says if you can make the argument from the Bible then no matter what it must be true.
What about the part where the devil cites scripture to tempt Jesus? Does he think the devil was correct? Or Jesus? They can't both be.
Americanism? Force them to say they're anti-american? On the other hand, they say they're anti-anti-fascism, so maybe that won't work.
But I think there is something to the idea of taking progressive ideas and wrapping them in a thin layer of american exceptionalism to get certain kinds of people on board. Don't say "recycle to save the earth". Say "only in AMERICA can we turn trash into COOL SHIT. FUCK YEAH! AMERI-CYCLE YOUR SHIT"
Sometimes I get really depressed when I think about problems that could be solved if people would just behave slightly differently.
If people would just stop buying lootbox slop, it wouldn't be a problem. it's not asking a lot. It's not asking you to change your diet, or ride a bike twenty miles in the snow. Just stop buying that shit. I just want to smack impulse buyers on the nose with a newspaper, or squirt them with a spray bottle. Stop it!
But that's not how people work. We barely function at all.