drgnmn

1755 pts ยท April 1, 2017


Americans don't know how what we had was built. There is no real education about what it took to get there or keep it. There's no understanding of what we had to feel motivated to fight for it; we have just enough to feel like we always have everything to lose and nothing to gain.

What I wonder is: at what point will people in the US largely feel like they have nothing to lose and everything to gain? At what point do we realize our neighbors aren't enemies, but allies?

1 week ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The issue is that most people in the US have *just enough* to keep going but never enough to be safe enough to really push change. It is a purpose-built, house-of-cards, mirror-trick scenario designed to keep people from having the resources, knowledge, or community to collectively push back and demand something better.

Americans also just have no appetite for discomfort. We have been taught to villainize struggle and consider it a moral failing TO struggle. 1/2

1 week ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Is that a Pioneer FLX-4? It looks like one, but I wanted to check.

If it is, how do you like it? I have been looking at getting one of them to start with myself, but I tend to be an overly cautious buyer and love getting candid feedback from people about the things I buy before I do.

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

"See, the map says it's ours, right there where I wrote it!"

4 weeks ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I do understand the difference between causation and correlation, so I can't say being conservative makes one a pedo, but the distinction here seems to narrow daily.

1 month ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's in the same ballpark as companies requiring experience with their own proprietary programs that no one else has access to use to gain experience.

3 months ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

And tack on ranked choice as well so no votes are wasted.

4 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I was delivering food one day and the front door was at the opposite end of the building from parking (srsly wtf). Someone walked out a side door so I decided "phuk walking that far" and just walked in past them.

Turns out, it was the nuclear research building with a micro-collider, dozens of controlled substances, and access to data that typically requires lots of clearances exceeding background checks. I wandered around for a good 10 minutes unchallenged before some Prof asked me who I was.

5 months ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

I mean, it's compulsory anyway, so it isn't really changing anything besides not being fined and/or arrested for forgetting to do it when they turn 18.

5 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Nah, BMWs at least still have to put in the effort of being a douche; Teslas are just BMWs for people to use ChatGPT. It really sucks the soul out of the artistry of douchebaggery.

5 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Neat. I've never seen a CPAC video before.

5 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Does anyone know what that song is called btw?

5 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Grats bro

6 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

"mood management" also seems disingenuous; I think what they are actually seeing and either are either unable or unwilling to see is that it is motivation driven. We prioritize things we feel motivated about, and if we are driven to not care about a thing, or are depressed or otherwise in a bad mood, our natural prioritization wants those things addressed first before we seriously consider other external work.

Motivation to not be unhappy > motivation to work.

6 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I'm assuming they've now done away with any way of turning off the AI? Is it still possible to disable it?

8 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I'm still working that job, but I am paying off the mortgage tomorrow and realizing my living expenses will go down enough that it means I can seriously look at pay cuts to get away from my now toxic office.

8 months ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Its more of a "I don't jump to doing this at every opportunity, but this is a thing that is important enough to do even for someone who typically does not." It isn't a "do so I don't have to" but rather a "even if you don't you should, including me".

9 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Damn, I miss that place. Every turn of the head is another image of overwhelming beauty. Even the damned farms look pretty in a way.

10 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Which poll numbers? Their poll numbers, or the ones on the ballots?

11 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

That'll be a point for Bruno

11 months ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Yea, it's insane over here. Still hoping to find a good way to come back there permanently.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I felt really bad for our server one Thanksgiving; we did our best to GTFO ahead of them closing, but just as we were leaving (about 30 min before close) a group of 12+ just showed up and insisted they be seated.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I'd be tempted to learn to drive one of these monsters if it got me a visa invite.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I would trade a kidney for NZ residency.

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

False advertising! I don't see Ms Daniels anywhere in this video!

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Let me get a visa with PR to relocate first, then, by all means, boot away.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

One of my favorite statements from a professor (paraphrased): "Statistics don't lie. People lie with statistics."

1 year ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

As an American, I would trade living here and getting some free Harvard classes for living there and having access to TAFE. (Zero chance I'm actively trying to make that a reality)

1 year ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

But what intern on shafted with proofreading this to make sure he didn't miss one?

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There is a non-zero chance I read the title like a guess in a game of Clue.

1 year ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0