jtrek

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website -1 points 5 months ago

I have no regrets from setting my editor to save-on-blur

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He's going to keep all his wealth and maybe stroll into a high paying "consulting" gig. It's unfair. it's unjust. People who are bad at their jobs and making the world worse do not deserve immense wealth and comfort.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago

They're still there for, well, I can think of three reasons.

People vote for them. Organizing people to vote is hard for various reasons, but that mechanism is still present.

They're not murdered. Always an option, but certainly an escalation that doesn't scale well.

They're not expelled. Wikipedia says "In the entire history of the United States Congress, 21 members have been expelled: 15 from the Senate and six from the House of Representatives. Of these 21 members, 17 were expelled for supporting the Confederate States in 1861 and 1862. ", so that's not a commonly used option.

Personally I worry that if non-violent options fail, more people will see violence as an acceptable option.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago

Match group should be broken up.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago

You're doing more harm to the environment and shared spaces than the person riding the bus.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 17 points 5 months ago

Misread the /s as is and was mildly confused.

Also yes, police have very poor or negative value for what they cost.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 127 points 5 months ago (5 children)

One of the reasons I like seeing smaller shows is sometimes you get more genuine interactions.

One time I saw Sincere Engineer and near the end someone in the audience shouted "play corn dog sonnet #7.

The singer was like "we played that one at the start "

The fan went, "I was late! I missed it!"

The singer asked the crowd, "Do you all want to hear it again?"

Everyone cheered, so they played it again.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 27 points 5 months ago

I remember okcupid had a question (back when their system was based on answering questions) that asked "is it possible for a partner to be too ambitious?"

I was like "clearly some of you assholes never read Macbeth".

Also, the CEO of my old job was on the dating apps at the same time as me. Despite us being about the same age, I'm confident very few people would match with both of us. "Never worked, just grad school and CEO founder" seekers don't also seek me.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 27 points 5 months ago (5 children)

I can't imagine why I'd want to put on an informational video and not pay attention.

I listen to music at work.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 40 points 5 months ago (10 children)

I think a lot of people are only semi-literate, and many of them don't realize it. They just think reading is kind of hard and uncomfortable, and don't know why anyone would choose to do it.

You won't find as many of them on a text-focused medium like here.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can't just listen to what they say. You have to listen to what they mean. For many people, and I think especially conservatives, the emotional level is the real one. Words exist to promote this hazy dreamscape of feelings.

So they say free speech but they mean "follow my standards of speech"

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 38 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I was on some website the other day and I opened the browser console for unrelated reasons. They had a giant message there that was like "STOP. If someone asked you to paste something here, you are probably going to be hacked. Do not do anything here unless you know what you're doing."

Which, admittedly, is probably good advice.

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