@glamdemon2004 Because the culturally dominant aesthetic for American Protestantism became cornball televangelism and megachurches with cheesy rock bands. Not such a good fit for someone who wants to look "elite."
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Been reading a lot of old books satirizing traditional WASP culture and I would love for someone smart to explain to me why Catholicism became the aspirational right wing trad country club aesthetic instead of Protestantism…? 🤔
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@zal01 @TheBigReginald @glamdemon2004 It's true in the organizational sense in that if you disagree with the Catholic hierarchy, abandoning it and starting your own church is never an accepted solution. Whereas that's just the whole history of Protestantism.
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Seeing writers try to justify using AI “just to brainstorm” is like watching the death of creativity in real time.
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@patreekshow Really weird. Like, most 250 pound couch potatoes Larry's age could go to a track and sprint 100 meters right now. Wouldn't be that fast, but it would be a sprint.
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This is a really silly take. Why would you need 4-6 weeks to complete a basic 100m sprint as a fitness influencer.
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Let me give my take on this. Larry can pick up running anytime and be able to complete a 100-meter sprint in 4-6 weeks. But no one can 6 weeks their way into a 400 kg deadlift.
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@DeathToSlop @Klutch38263144 @Nedao454 I ment this more is the sense that I think deciding to change the name of Tuscan to Italian is stupid, not that most people don’t speak it
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Not qualifying for a World Cup that is going to be played in New Jersey is the most 9/11 moment for italoamericans since James Gandolfini's death
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Let me give my take on this.
Larry can pick up running anytime and be able to complete a 100-meter sprint in 4-6 weeks.
But no one can 6 weeks their way into a 400 kg deadlift.
Larry Wheels@LarryWheels
Natty or not, stay locked in 🔐
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@UtdEje @LarryWheels Runs like he's holding in diarrhea trying to rush to the toilet.
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@tumelo_kganyago @LarryWheels Lol, except Wheels is like twenty years younger than that guy. How do you get such restricted range of motion at thirty?
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@LukeAmendolara @zemacplayer @Michael_Druggan Savants are usually good at raw calculation types of tasks (calendar tricks, roots, etc.), not the kind of abstract stuff on the Putnam.
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@zemacplayer @Michael_Druggan Probably not THAT good unless we’re talking about some kind of savantism.
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@dhjhdwq @Michael_Druggan Don't really see how that would be possible. The Putnam isn't some kind of mental calculation test that would be accessible to an idiot savant.
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@Michael_Druggan you could still very well have an IQ of 95 or even below that if you actually knew what it measures
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@HenryMorgan3721 @thusspokepurcel @avrilbradley23 @MattZeitlin About one fifth the US population and almost the same number of Fields Medals. Impressive.
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slightly goofy take i'm trying out: american culture structurally overrates physics and its importance because it's the "good" "liberal" science, meanwhile chemistry is german and therefore bad and we're less knowledgable and appreciative of it
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@JLLiedl Meanwhile: "A new survey shows that for every 100 new Catholics, more than 800 people leave the Church." (crisismagazine.com/opinion/cathol…)
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Lohse thinks young Americans are at a cultural crossroads. “Gen Z men face a time of choosing,” he said. “It’s either porn, drugs, gambling and debt or truth, beauty, discipline and meeting a pretty girl at Mass.”
Well when you put it like that...
washingtonpost.com/style/trends/2…
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@panamamanaplan @StolenDans Now that the use/mention distinction for words is dead, maybe the performer/character distinction is next on the chopping block.
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@StolenDans The funny thing about that song is the singer is supposed to sound like an idiot. Knopfler heard some yokel talking about how being a rock star is easy money and thought, hey, I worked damn hard to get where I am and wrote a song making fun of him.
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you sorta forget until it's playing at a party but mark knopfler says that word THREE times in money for nothing
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@cam_doode @hopfiIms Thought that was a dead animal on his head.
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who the fuck shows up to a wedding dressed like that 😭
♡@glindaupland
RUE AND JULES AT NATES AND CASSIES WEDDING IN EUPHORIA SEASON 3 😭
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@Ekvn_ @travismillerx13 Catching up from a staggered start *in a straightaway* like she did here means she's way faster than the rest.
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@travismillerx13 People act like catching up in a staggered race is some superpower 😭 it’s literally how the race is designed
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Sha’Carri Richardson chasing down other runners after the staggered start
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@TheLincoln Does anyone read avowedly AI-written books? Even AI "authors" themselves?
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Didn't have any issues with this piece except it skirts headline question--easy answer is "no" as long as you're honest about it, which Shy Girl author wasn't--and the central rub of AI vs other tech: that it can in theory replace the entire process.
newyorker.com/culture/open-q…
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@kentuckygrl @esjesjesj A new straw breaking the camel's back every day.
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This is literally a video from now. Are you stupid
Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol
Somewhere along the way we decided this wasn't worth saving. I want my country back.
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@aGuyOnMyPhone @nikicaga Yeah, I think there's a decent chance it could work in the far future, but it would just be two different "humanities" running in parallel like you said. With the "new" one having a far inferior quality of life for a really long time.
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@nikicaga Planetary colonization is just absurdly unfeasible and even if you grant that it might just work, the idea of a connected interplanetary network as opposed to just like “earth 2 running in total parallel with zero economic or cultural connection to earth 1” then you’re delusional
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They should do something like this on The Pitt just to send "the fandom" into a death spiral.
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