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“The thought that has haunted me while writing these works—that it is not human beings who will be my most conscientious readers—is indeed full of bitter irony”
US Sumali Nisan 2008
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@SandyofCthulhu I was told by more than one West Virginian that they needed a public service ad campaign to tell people to not put Mountain Dew in their toddler's sippy cups.
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Clear back in the 1980s a national news team decided to do an exploration of Hunger in America and went to Appalachia, rural George, etc. looking for hunger. They found none. Zip. There WERE and ARE malnourished kids, but it's not because there's a lack of available food - it's because the adults in their lives don't prepare it for them. Kids with dysfunctional adults have it tough, but the solution isn't "provide more food" or at least that's the shortest-term solution imaginable.
Sassafrass84@Sassafrass_84
I'm seriously confused on how children are still going hungry in American schools? Our schools in Florida give every single child breakfast and lunch free. They even give kids baskets of food to take home on the weekends when there is no school. During summer they send food baskets. Why are children still going hungry? (Yes, I know this is on the parents. But our schools take care of these children. So why isn't this happening in other states?)
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@christopherrufo Both of those books are essential in large part because they disprove Maslow's hierarchy: The starving and brutalized still seek dignity and self-actualization. This however isn't even the biggest reason those books are needed today: We have forgotten about societal entropy.
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I read the first hundred pages of The Road last year, and read the first hundred pages of Blood Meridian this year, and in both instances, gave up, because the books never clicked. Lyrical writing, but the characters are reduced to way down Maslow's hierarchy, and the tone is so relentlessly bleak, with almost no humanity breaking through, it was difficult to feel anything besides the flint clicking against the cold steel in the overwhelming darkness. I know many of you love it, but to me, it's overwrought, overstylized, and overhyped.
Kristen Rudd@kristenrudd
About to start Blood Meridian for the first time. Give me all your best advice.
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Obviously not denying that it happened, but that teenage boys were blithely unaware of this deranged discourse
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the thing that's crazy about this is I don't remember any of it, I just remember in the locker room guys talking about how they thought she was hot and wanted to have sex with her.
Throwbacks Crave@throwbackscrave
Women were really held to impossible standards in the 2000’s… These tabloids are brutal 😭
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it's honestly crazy that jello and yellow don't rhyme
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@iruletheworldmo because I respect you and value your contributions here I will refrain from saying, "DUH"
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i probably should have known this but this absolutely blew mind
pls no frame mogging if people already knew about this.
honestly, make sure you read this.
Sharbel@sharbel
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My friend Kevin told me about this page of Unparalleled Misalignments by Ricki Heicklen and it will be one of those web pages I turn to for years and years and just chuckle with deep pleasure.
TED Talk —> Edward Said is just 🤌🏼
rickiheicklen.com/unparalleled-m…
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@pdrmnvd @Miles_Brundage My particular pain point is that I’m limited to using a Vertex server for work and we’re at least 5 months behind on both the models and cc versions. Don’t know if you have any ability to increase adoption rate for providers of secure servers but it’s definitely a pain point.
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@Miles_Brundage We are unfortunately very online, and feel it every time something breaks. If there’s anything you noticed feel that we haven’t looked at, feel free to DM me anytime
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I'm a bit worried Anthropic has an org-wide case of AI psychosis that makes them think Claude is good enough that they can ship random product features without breaking things, but in fact they *do* keep breaking things, and they're not online enough to notice people complaining
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It’s silly for anyone to think the world would be better if everyone was just like them. Of course we need all sorts of different people; I recognize the world would fail if all had my limited abilities. What we need is a diverse population that does everything the *way* I want.
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@ShamashAran The first time I got a Wi-Fi printer, I thought printing from my phone was a stupid feature that I would never use. Now I use it more often than printing from any of the computers in the house.
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okay imma say something weird.
Do the wifi/network thing for your printer. If its new enough and supports mDNS/bonjour, your computer should configure it almost automatically.
Nathan Halberstadt 🧊@NatHalberstadt
I really need a printer that has zero screen, wifi, or bluetooth connection. I just want to be able to plug a usb cord printer --> computer Hit print, and have it actually work every time
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Expertise is the 1. Automation is the 0's that follow it.
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Schumer tells press Democrats are *not* opposed to photo voter ID.
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@shaggysurvives how else are my pet flies going to get their exercise in their little cages
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@Duderichy seems paradoxical but yes one can hold these two ideas in their head at the same time:
1) The obligation to respect and care for others applies universally to everyone (including you)
2) You are not entitled to others' respect or care (even from those subject to the obligation)
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