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Apophenia is the “make it ‘your people’ spicy” spice of life.
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Alex Kosma
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It's kinda insane to me how different the same food tastes in the UK. Even when buying the same brands, it's very different.
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History is written by the writers.
Compulsive diarists shall have inherited the past.
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@lunar_light3 Two weeks’ PTO is, in practice, far more than unlimited PTO.
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I get 14 days PTO a year, not including fed holidays. This is considered pretty generous for an entry level employee in the USA.
I don't understand 5 weeks. If I'm gone a day, people start to panic.
Ｊｅｆｆ 🇻🇦🏴🇲🇹@jeff_of_norwich
I refuse to believe that Americans only get two weeks off a year That's bloody criminal You should get at least five, NOT including public holidays
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@JoshFerme The wilderness makes you strong in a Darwinian way. The palace makes you weak without strict asceticism.
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This might not be a popular opinion, but right-wing twitter was more articulate before Elon took over. It is a shame that this culture could not have been preserved alongside the free speech measures and monetisation changes. You cannot have it all, I suppose.
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@Strangeland_Elf Outlaw Star magical-woman-in-a-box nod is certainly there.
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Apparently the Cowboy Bebop inspiration is just a myth I’d heard a lot? Still it’s similar enough in style that an animated series seems like a good fit.
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Firefly took inspiration from Cowboy Bebop. An animated Firefly series seems to make perfect sense.
Michael F Kane@MichaelFKane
Okay seriously. The folks disappointed with a Firefly revival because it's animated. Do you not realize how incredible a medium animation is for sci-fi? Have you not seen Titan AE? Or Treasure Planet? Americans have such absurd biases against animation when many, MANY properties would be better served being animated. 🙄 (I mean the revival will probably be bad, but animation won't be the reason...)
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@PabloPeniche The intellect and the soul can wait, but the Skinner Box is forever.
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There are only three visions for a permanent settlement in space:
- Research University
- Space Casino
- Space Cathedral
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@pegobry_en A metaphysical war on distinction in being per se.
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A Gotterdammerung of human extinction is the endpoint of leftism. Logical and historical endpoint.
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@lukeburgis That psychological freedom qualifier is a gargantuan asterisk.
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Not all speech is prudent. But to the extent that it is free—including psychologically free, not compelled or performative—it is a gift to the world, because it has been spoken by an unrepeatable soul.
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Transaction costs being significantly higher than zero turns out to be a load-bearing pillar of human society thus far, and we are becoming increasingly acutely aware of this the more that gap narrows.
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Lmao they were already coping and seething about their inferiority 800 years ago
VEIN 🔪 🩸 || free 🇵🇸@SO0u0o
Thinking about this
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@PabloPeniche One of my favorite places in SF. The city needs more like it.
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@BReviewez Broadly philosophically, yes. But it also depends on the cut. Ribeye cap peaks at 1 or 2. New York strip at 2. Flat iron is at a 2 or 3. Picanha hits at 3 or 4. Filet mignon is ideal at 5.
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This feels like a ripe time for a reminder.
Alex Kosma@AlexanderKosma
You can’t derive an “is” from an “ought.”
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Observation: more people need to familiarize themselves with the term, “xenophilic restrictionism.” This is a supremely useful shorthand for a nuanced, but common and markedly non-stupid position that isn’t proclaimed often enough.
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24 hours left on this fast. Then I am getting a $40 prime rib from the winery where all the cute GenZ girls like me.
I'll wear my best denim jacket.
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@AlexanderKosma Gonna need a better word, but there is such a thing as a mindset of individual excellence over collective cohesion.
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Controversial opinion: the celebration of mediocrity is an in-group virtue signal for the communal belonging. No one is trying to be better than anyone.
The opposite of this is atomization, which lacks a lot of the communal benefits, but does allow a person to thrive to their fullest. Rugged individualism and all. I am open to the idea that social cohesion and tribes are becoming an antiquated social technology and that individualism is the future. This of course means the complete displacement and death of the weak who cannot cope with being individuals. Marxism is a last gasp against individualism, as the weak attempt to stop the future.
Lords who don't need serfs.
David Parker@DavidJPba
Why are there so few ambitious Canadians? Why does no one dream big in Canada? Why has it been so long since it built anything impressive or interesting? What happened?
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