state-sanctioned baby

@nazzobetweeting So many of these comments have unnecessarily vitriol. I don’t think anyone should feel entitled in this situation, learning to be humble when people express themselves honestly (a cultural affect) will help. It is immensely fucked here, why attack people who grew up in it lol

@nazzobetweeting People just don’t become gentrifiers, they’re gentrifiers when they treat the city like a convenient costume. NYC has always welcomed people from all over the world. Be an active part of your community, not an indiscernible volume of people that leave when things go sideways.

whenever nyc salary discourse comes up people are like “you’re not owed an apartment in a trendy neighborhood! you need to be willing to live outside manhattan!” but then will call them a gentrifier for moving a cheaper neighborhood in an outer borough lol. deeply unserious discourse every single time

@GenBellisarius @sfali789 @nazzobetweeting @ameetpadte Contribute to the communities, talk to and understand the locals. Become a part of the fight against the many injustices in the process of being committed, get educated on the losses. Leave communities better than when you entered them. Shape commitments based on that.

@sfali789 @nazzobetweeting @ameetpadte Just tell me what to do!! I’m white and upper middle class, where should I live

@ridersof_BROhan @sfali789 @nazzobetweeting @ameetpadte I know people on both sides, and I think that’s why one of the previous commenters used the word tourist. Sure, you live here - but if you’re just going to move out in a few years and don’t participate with meaning in the community, you just enable predatory housing practices

@ridersof_BROhan @sfali789 @nazzobetweeting @ameetpadte You can’t just move to New York without acknowledging how many injustices have been/are being committed in and not being politically conscious or active in that fight (bc these are all active fights) As a New Yorker I am actively mourning and fighting. This is not a fairytale.

@OrevaZSN That book for me rn

@OrevaZSN Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class - Catherine Liu

I hate when people at work ask you what books you are reading for professional development. I am reading books to counteract the effects of being professionally developed. I am reading books that bring me back to being human.

@markfersh @gothichijabi (Surprise we don’t actually live in a free market)

@markfersh @gothichijabi There’s empty affordable housing and more being built that are out of range for those who live in the neighborhood. The housing situation is nefarious in NYC right now

yall want your blank street coffee and trader joe’s groceries the ppl who work there should be able to afford to live here dpmo

@darthvadertube @averykimball I think it’s fair to say that just because the logic remains the same, it doesn’t mean that someone would choose the same answer. Below makes a good distinction (active vs passive choice, or whatever rationale would be relevant to a decision maker) x.com/myhandle/statu…

Everyone has to put a loaded gun to their head and decide whether or not to pull the trigger. If you do not pull the trigger, you live. If more than half the people do not pull the trigger, then only the people who pulled the trigger die. If more than half the people pull the trigger, then everybody lives. Do you pull the trigger? This is just simple game theory. The logic is exactly the same, the question is just framed differently to play on people's emotions.

‘why i would choose blue’ is legible and understandable, and uses common-enough reasoning- but it’s not obvious that the people who would choose blue understand why red-pickers might reject that reasoning of course, some red-pickers also claim their reasoning is the only sense

@JesseLucasSaga @bookofflesh @averykimball I see, thanks for clarifying. Yeah? I guess someone do go on with life, other people also push to advocate for change, which is why we have so many laws named after victims. It does weigh heavily on people and they usually let that hurt define them (for the better or worse).

@SlowlyAmbiguous @bookofflesh @averykimball You asked to imagine a world where it wasn't hypothetical, and I gave you an example of where it isn't hypothetical, and the families of those people who "pressed blue" and got run over are still mourning them and we go on with life.

@JesseLucasSaga @bookofflesh @averykimball I live in New York City - if people voted for it, it would be the way it would be. I think the reason we don’t have it is because of businesses, but it is not an unpopular position here.

@SlowlyAmbiguous @bookofflesh @averykimball The fact remains, that if 50% of people in a municipality voted to ban cars - that's a democratic vote, some have done this - the number of car fatalities would drop to zero. There are complications beyond the scenario but that's the world we live in.

@JesseLucasSaga @bookofflesh @averykimball We also have a ton of laws specifically in relation to children to create safer conditions, like laws about children in front seats or speed limits near schools. If you can think of an argument that is actually proportional to the hypothetical, I’d consider it - but car/kids, eh

@JesseLucasSaga @bookofflesh @averykimball There are plenty of arguments for/against cars, especially depending on where you live, different models, gas or electric, etc. that have large implications beyond the safety of children. I don’t think your argument to equivocate that is fair.

@JesseLucasSaga @bookofflesh @averykimball Personally, I not only do not run over children, I also do not drive a car and would not advocate for running children over with cars. And, usually, people who do face consequences, if not legal definitely social. If you care to explain your position clearly, let me know!

@SlowlyAmbiguous @bookofflesh @averykimball But this is a world where that scenario is not hypothetical, and we drive around on residential roads and kids get run over and it really is tragic but we're not stopping.

@Canadada5 @Aella_Girl I wish we had free markets 💔

@Aella_Girl I always love these because it shows the wisdom of crowds and why free markets end up being pretty damn effective at allocating capital.

Imagine a circle, with a little spinner on it that you can flick. The circle is 80% red and 20% yellow, like a yellow pie slice. You flick the spinner. It spins, and slowwwly stops. Where did it land?

@SlickMacDaddy @venus_weeping I am grateful for the post-cringe model

@venus_weeping no, they discovered that monitoring your own sense of identity for signs of inauthenticity was pathetic and rooted in cultural commodification of the self. it’s way more fun and healthy to pose. When Zizek says we should start identifying with our mask he is 1000% right

Kinda crazy how the concept of a Poser doesn't exist to gen z because they are all posers

@bookofflesh @averykimball A part of this for me also stems from a metaphysical place - imagine a world where this scenario was not hypothetical? It would be devastating if people overwhelmingly picked red and some people picked blue. That’s a tragedy that I imagine would weigh heavily on some choosers.

@bookofflesh @averykimball Red is the only guaranteed outcome for yourself, sure. But no one is making any demands - I’m not arguing others chose blue, just that in the event that we could save everyone or just ourselves, I would rather save us all. The former world is not worth living (in this scenario).