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-> file: fediverse/3546 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1218 teehee online gives you lots of practice! short conversations can be useful. But they're hardly effective if your goal is to change someone else's mind. More casual talk is useful too! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3547 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1218 well, if your partner doesn't want to change their mind, they won't. And if someone's mind is being changed, or if someone is attempting to change someone else's mind, then there must always be a changer and a changee. So it's okay to be the changee sometimes! In fact, that's my default state. I only change someone else's mind if they're wrong and hurting others. But that's rare. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3549 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: video-games-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────┘ if the choice is between working on your game / mod and playing a game / mod, always work on your game / mod. your work will outlast you. your time spent in a state of pleasure will sustain you. sometimes there's not a choice. sometimes you need to play, and that's okay. to play is natural, it's one of the first things humans do. we also work. children build sand castles. adults build stone castles. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3550 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ republicans vote based on culture, which is unfair to the rest of us with our own cultures that melt together in this melting pot. they can go down the street and eat vietnamese food, and yet they vote for their own culture in isolation. voting for those who represent you is fine, but those who represent them have non-cultural agendas as well. their plans are designed to hurt others, an act which grants them power over others. usually financial power, but there are many kinds of power, and all of them are unethical when applied non-consentually. and if you vote for a democrat, you do not consent to them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3551 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ liberalism is capitalism with a dash of globalism. they are of the right, and it is important to have a right-wing party because a one-winged bird cannot fly. there are legitimate benefits to their philosophies, and they may be applied to all kinds of systems, even those that do not utilize currency at all. however, in modern america, there is another party, a party farther to the right, a party which is voted into power based on culture, something unassailable and inalienable and yet always perpetually under threat. or so they make it seem. this "farther-to-the-right" party is duplicitous in it's ideals. their persona is that of businessmen, familymen, and journeymen. they claim to be farmers, pastors, and step-fathers. but they are something more, something behind their mask, that those who vote for them cannot see. for they were all of them, deceived... another plan was made. a project, if you will, to be implemented posthaste, in merely a single-year's time. it's cruelty indeed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3552 ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-1074 │ ║ │ ║ the humanity they hate is that which outnumbers them, for they are scared first │ ║ and foremost. │ ║ │ ║ the boot they love is that which they claim to wear, but unfortunately for them │ ║ they wear it as a necklace. │ ║ │ ║ the white liberals are misguided, often well meaning, but generally oblivious │ ║ to issues beyond their sphere. They will go where they are led, and that's │ ║ okay, as long as they are led correctly. │ ║ │ ║ the marginalized people are stronger than they know. too bad they don't share a │ ║ common language they could use to talk to each other. too bad they don't share │ ║ common spaces where they could spend time together. too bad they don't tend to │ ║ have similar jobs based on white-liberal biases and the struggles of recently │ ║ immigrated families. │ ║ │ ║ ... the metaphorical gun to their head is significantly more metaphor than gun. │ ║ there's very little they could not do if they did not decide not to. │ ║ │ ║ conservatives fear this above all else. they let fear rule their life, and it │ ║ imperils their world. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3553 ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-381 I have this notion about a math/CS curriculum where students build and program their own calculators. Once you make the calculator do it you never need to do it yourself again. for the same reason that "writing is thinking" is true, so too is "programming is calculation" true. by working through the steps required to produce a result, and fully understanding each step, they have a much more solid understanding of what's going on than if they practiced rote memorization (worse) or continual computation (better, not best tho) especially if every step of the way is accompanied with visual elements which show exactly what is happening. Some people are more visual, some people are more algorithmic, and finding a way to teach all types of people is a truly difficult and rewarding part of teaching. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ |