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if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should give their
money away. power corrupts, and nobody loves corrupted folk. that's what it
means to be corrupted - your values are misaligned with truth, love, and/or
justice.
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if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should give it
away, so there is room in their life for love.
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if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should reject the
lie that capitalism told them. they deserve their wealth because they are
willing to serve. that willingness, whether through moral corruption or simply
industrious drive, that willingness is rewarded, and when the system they
serve is unkind... what does that tell you about their heart? that they'd
sacrifice what is good and true for the material? materials are not bad.
material is all we got, in a physical sense. but capitalism and it's servants
are cruel and unwilling to concede to the idea that their games of unmatched
exploitation are depriving the world bit-by-bit of life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
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if people want to be loved for more than their money, they should realize that
capitalism lied to them. it told them they deserve their money, their wealth,
their power, their material, their extra fragments of life spent on leisure or
adventure rather than meaningless toil... but that is a lie. all people
deserve everything, and nothing, because "deserving" things is an untruth.
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there will always be people who shine in moments of strife
yet those people will inevitably fail, just as a toothbrush bristle looses
it's strength or a pencil loses it's lead
the trick is to test them in times of peace, so you can know their value
during times that lack it, the trick is to replace them before they become
stalin
never forget that power corrupts, yet power must be wielded by the worthy,
else we fall into shame and despair.
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most people in the world are dumb as a bag of bricks
but that's okay, I still love them, and so should you.
everyone I hang out with is sharp as a tack
and I love them still, for I don't have a preference for blunt objects.
some people don't feel emotions
I think they're just depressed
some people can't stop
won't stop, I say.
really as long as they follow their heart and sing a tune that is true
I think they're alright.
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what if me and my friends were too cute for this world and all the
conservatives who don't like queer people just fell in love and realized we're
pretty freakin' cool if you can get past the strange parts
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@user-1203
The judges prevent the politicians from harming the people who elect the
politicians who select the judges. Sounds like it should work well, no?
well... the people are divided, but the politicians it seem are hardly so. So,
the politicians elect their judges, who allow the passage of such laws which
contradict the will of the people.
The keys to power should rest in the hands of those who deserve it, not those
who claim it. If those who claim it do not relinquish it for a worthy other,
they are corrupt and must be dethroned.
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There are two types of people with power, but it's impossible to tell which is
which because anyone that gravitic must necessarily hide their true colors.
The first just wants to hurt people. You cannot reason with them, they want
power for powers sake and they are corrupted by it.
The other is a kind of benevolent fascist, who doesn't want the nuclear
football in the hands of the people because obviously they'd hurt themselves
with it.
The second kind can be reasoned with. Of course people exist on a spectrum,
but these are two extremes that they may be defined by. The second kind can bs
reasoned with. If you can show them how, structurally and immutably, the power
they are to relinquish shall not harm this earth, then they shall grant it to
you. Because at their core they are a kind grandpa herding cats with laser
swords attached to their tails who are hopped up on catnip at all times.
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When good people die, when they drop out or leave the industry, they no longer
have access to the levers of power that guide our collective fate. Meaning
those who persist are those who covet power.
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I love all humans. It is unconditional.
The kind of love I have for nazis is a kind of vengeful love.
Like, the way you might love a family dog who recently got rabies, bit two
more dogs, and is currently eyeing you with terror and malice in its eyes -
the kind that only comes from the loss of compassion.
"you were kind once, as all humans are, but sometime in your life you made
choices. and now you are here.
I burn thee for my fathers
I spite thee for thine mothers
And I slay thee to fight the dragon of hate."
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rich people should only exist when they care for the things they own and
accumulate wealth through a lifetime of restrained consumption and temperance.
like, if we actually rewarded the 7 virtues instead of optimizing for ruthless
profit extraction.
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I love skywriting. it's so cool to see your words fade into dust after being
seen by everyone around.
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find the people who, when given power over someone else, nurtures and cares
for them in their service. for those who hurt instead are reliably the evil
sort of person, and evil has to work twice as hard to justify it's worth.
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if you have a job, your life is dictated by your corporation just as much as
it is by your government.
And yet corporate leaders are not elected, but rather selected. And that is
unfair for all the reasons that primogeniture was. It is unjust for all the
same reasons that monarchy was. It is a tool of oppression, just like
autocracy is.
The world will never be free until we can be as we choose to be. Our society
is simply too enmeshed with capitalism to destroy it, but we could, with the
minimal required effort, dismantle the corruption and authoritarian control
that is wielded against us as we weld our own chains day after day.
We can replace them. We can vote for them. We can select leaders who know more
than us and are better suited for the role than those who seek only to
maximize profit over all else.
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I believe that all people's should be middle class, and if you're lower class
it's because you squandered your wealth, not that you didn't have it to begin
with.
I believe people of higher class should get there because they are skilled,
respected, or otherwise beloved. I believe they should hold less power the
more they own, because wealth is its own burden and reward.
I believe people who have power should respect it. They aren't necessarily
those who have little, or much, but rather those who deserve it. It is
difficult to estimate systematically who deserves wealth or power, but
difficult problems are the most interesting if kept fair.
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@user-979 @user-980
they do it for power.
power corrupts, and these profane desires they possess are the definition of
evil.
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some people think "being honest" is the same thing as "accurately displaying
what you think and believe" is the same thing as the not same thing as "being
deceitful or otherwise hiding your intentions"
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if one person is honest to everyone, then no-one can be honest to them for
anything they want to keep hidden.
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leftists: "you are important, you are valuable, you are loved, and they will
hurt you"
fascists: "you are hated, nobody wants you, you are weak, and they will hurt
you"
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it's good to be ethical,
it's good to be kind,
but there will always be assholes,
and sometimes you're not having a good time
it's okay
it's fine
assholes deserve life
times deserve others to be kind
life is not always interesting
and that's often by design
the moments of clarity,
the moments of heart,
these are what define you
and display your own spark.
trust in yourself.
be kind to one another.
you are braver than you know,
and always a bit wiser.
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I want to make evil things and sell them to rich people to cause them to have
a change of heart
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if you love someone, challenge them.
also, love them in the way they want to be loved, but that's a different tip.
tip two.
tip 3 is to get gud at challenging them in a way that actually helps them
become more critical instead of making them get used to labor. looking at you,
public school...
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I don't love nature because I want to be in it. I love nature because I
believe it is important.
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if your affection toward someone is based on whether or not they pay you (and
how much), then you are a prostitute.
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people are allowed to demand jobs. governments are allowed to provide them.
corporations are just specialized hired hands. as your exports go up, your
imports should also go up. this applies to all levels of relationship, with
special care given to love and affection, two separate but equal parts of
healthy attachements. (some things aren't right for all others, and that's
okay too - live your own truth, be where the best parts of you be)
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@user-1810
stability in an unjust system is cruelty.
they want stability, no matter the cruel cost.
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@user-138
turns out most people are decent and kind, and cannabalism tends to be an act
of either destitute desperation or unholy barbarism.
something something bread and circuses work
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if you don't want to be hunted, then give "evil" it's own queer culture
what's that? they don't like what you offered? they want it to be *their* kind
of "evil"?
fine, do it themselves and then leave us alone, jeez -.-
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when the meek are the bold
and your loyalty's sold
then your masters should fold
or their hearts are full of cold
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some rich people have never been taken to a poor nation and told "you are the
same as them. Their nations don't care for them. Yours cares about you." and
it shows
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I refuse to let myself be loved so long as the world is in peril
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some people hear words like "datastructures" and "object-oriented programming"
and think they're made up terms that don't mean anything important.
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@user-661
so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear
from ruling your life?
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that feeling when capitalists make technological advancements that benefit all
of mankind but refuse to open source them because... they want more money?
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I want the political right to exist, because otherwise there'd be nothing to
talk about a couple beers in and with no real stakes except a good time with
your friend who you disagree with
I want the political right to exist, because, y'know, life liberty and justice
for all and all that
both of those are "left of center" takes and I've definitely held both at
different parts of my life
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The schizophrenic sees the truth in dazzling displays of color that are nigh
incomprehensible, while regular people see truth in shades of gray that you
can understand and work with.
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do you love linux or do you just love fixing dependency errors?
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to be "rich" is to have more than another.
if you are happy, they are happiness poor.
if you have community, they are alone.
if you have serenity, they are chaotic.
I am rich in very little but fire in my soul.
I have enough in most cases, but I still struggle to pay rent.
I am warmed by the pearl my swirling darkness has coalesced into. It nourishes
me and keeps me aligned.
Never forget your purpose and your truth. It will not abandon you, so long as
you do so too.
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I worked
I wrote a bible
not a scrimble bible, but a bible of the people
one is cool
one is useful
neither may be good nor evil
for they are of this world, replete in it's [alternating polar extremes]
local minima and maxima
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I love my mom. She has never once harmed me. I love my dad. He is so precious
and important to me. I love my cat, my sisters, my friends and my lovers. I
love my cousins and my half-siblings and all of them put together. I love
every human I meet, there's nothing but kindness [replete], so why am I
unendingly [yearning for] purchase? [a sense of stability or hand hold that a
climber might use to put one foot in front of another]
In all of my trials, the errors of my denials, here on this earth I am defeat.
Goodnight, sweet moon, my dearest precious boy. Goodnight, for tomorrow's your
beckoning ploy. [pillow?]
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if the devil gave you false paradise since birth,
why would you not seek to destroy it?
if an angel gave you an easy hell on earth,
why would you not seek to deface it?
if your ancestors put you on the path to success,
would you follow them and forever do the same?
if your family urged you to study rocket science,
would you bomb indescriminately?
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I love gay people because gay people are special precious and unique
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Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever
you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that
may capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your
ways but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a
mind not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the
collective mind co-re-assigns.
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@user-1177 @mutualaid
whatever happens, know that you are loved. Animals are the most precious thing
in our lives, and we have many opportunities to raise more. Cherish those
heartfelt moments, and yearn for the affectionate tender touches. And know
that you are always their most known.
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@user-1037
speaking from the perspective of a witch, the land does not care what lines we
draw in the sand. Lines are a human thing.
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@user-883
do what you love and the money will come.
My father told me that.
I hope these words will help you.
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... okay I think a demon wrote that last one. But they say angels and demons
hang out with one another so they can yin-yang humans until they make
decisions that reflect their true character.
I don't know if that's true, and frankly I don't know if anyone says that.
What could the gods, learn, from me?
this is how I'd speak to posterity. For the past, I'd describe it a bit more
exciting, bountiful, and heartfelt. They love that sort of thing - to know
that their children's children are living their true love and fulfilling their
most honest ambitions.
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the opposite of charity is not greed, but rather despair.
gifts dispel it, and giving is an act of affection.
the opposite of greed is not charity, but rather honesty.
if you didn't lie about why you needed the things you don't, then you wouldn't
get them.
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I want to live in a world where people die when they're bored instead of old.
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love nature no matter what
love nurture if they earn it
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I trade the justice of my heart for the world my mind knows it wants.
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we should reward frugality as much as value-creation.
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I'd be a terrible spy. Not only is my opsec something that someone needs to
teach me, I'm much too busy to implement things without their help. I am
unabashedly compassionate though, so just ask and I'll pour love from my heart.
But hey! There's always time to practice, each moment you can think "what kind
of a sign is this?"
Like a crazy person following the will of god, or a nature witch listening to
the wind in the trees.
What they often get wrong, and what they could be better at hearing, is that
signals are not signs unless they're out of the ordinary.
Trick is, if you're a spy, then you need to leave signals that are visible
enough to your quarry, but not to the stars.
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if the good guys always win, the bad will slink into the shadows and do
dastardly deeds out of sight.
if the bad guys always win, the spark of goodness will wink out.
I think I'd prefer if they were cowering in our wake.
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if you aren't organized enough to protect your commanders, then you don't
deserve leaders.
build the structure first. build it on honesty and trust and dedication toward
a goal. then build the necessary adaptations as you encounter problems, trying
vaguely to head in a particular direction, and eventually you'll become
self-sustaining.
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I love when I can go on walks... they're soooooo much fun! can see so many
cool people and places and things... alas
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@user-192
is okay, girl
time will be richer sooner
don't poop your pants just yet
remember, good is just a shade of gray away from silver which you can use to
line your pockets with tinfoil hats
beep boop computer touchers anonymous called they said they want their secret
handshake back
if you wanna diss your associates go ahead but I sure as heck love my rad-ical
com-patriots just as much as I love my ice-cream salad friend witches
... whoops there I go being insane again, hope you feel better friend
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and it's important to trust people who like you (or are interested - wait what
listen it's not always a good thing - nuts they're continuing) it's important
to trust people who are interested in what you have to say because your value
as a person is determined by the thoughts and understandings you can generate
with your mind and/or apply with your body. Strict pure capitalist "value".
but value isn't the only thing that's important.
some blades of grass are taller than others, some are shorter. yet the
gardener enjoys each of their presence the same.
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... individualism isn't bad. neither is collectivism. they are different
solutions to different people's organizational preferences. they can exist in
tandem, and they can empower each other.
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did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with
olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over
lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish
their presence in our life-world-line.
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"power corrupts" you say to the man who only had good intentions.
"trust no-one" says the world's loneliest wanderer.
"words cannot hurt you" said the girl who has never known hunger.
"I can rest when I'm dead" you say as you down another Monster
"I'll never forget you" said a face you can't quite remember
"let justice be done, though the heavens fall" you say as they tighten your
chains in the wake of a CEOs murder
"live today, fight tomorrow" says the coward, who will run anyway, yet is
determined to tell your tale and reinforce your children
"the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots" says the guy who
sipped from the skull of a tyrant
"E=MC squared" says the jew
"here, let me take care of that for you" you say, to queer delegation
"meow" says the catgirl
"meow" says the girl
"meow" says the girl cat
"meow" I say to you
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so what if people want to sit on the couch eating cheetos? they're more than
capable of something far greater, but of course they are allowed to spend as
they like their life.
their ONLY life.
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may the world be fixed by example
failing that,
may the world be fixed by diligence
failing that,
may the world be fixed by sacrifice
failing that,
may the world be fixed by hope
failing that,
may the world be born anew in bright vibrant tones of heart and splendor.
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I love it when wine doesn't work because it "failed to open program.exe"
... okay, can you tell me why it failed?
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maybe if I slept until the end of time,
I'd do better on the way back.
or maybe I'm perfect as I'm,
but I'm not so sure about that.
is it better to hold a sword?
or to leave it all intact
is it better to be called lord,
or to be simply called jack.
I love every creature,
every child woman and man,
and here, where I stand, I look out upon this land, and I see the world that I
was born to.
I bear no false affection for any - not even those who'd condemn me to death
or misery.
I trust relentlessly, and favor almost willingly.
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my cat doesn't know that my family is my family. She thinks they're just some
other people who visit the house.
but they're special to me, as all people are, and I think she takes notice.
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@user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling
me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people
did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively
encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body
language spoke for them. I'll try that next time.
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@user-138
they say that not all monarchs are evil or inept, but the worst ones
definitely are.
such is the same for all leaders, elected or otherwise.
sometimes, it's better to question authority than to grow to resent it.
resentment is inaction. it is an untenable [charity./tragedy.]
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shout out to all the people who think being cringe is a personality flaw and
not an opportunity for growth
ya'll suck and make life difficult in exchange for a brief moment where you
can savor a feeling of superiority over someone who's living their best life
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@user-1165
yeah.
true.
though I think at a certain point, reformism kinda gets thrown out the window.
the more people fight, the less they'll want to die for something old, and the
more they'll want to reach for something bright.
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I'd rather fight my foes in a fair fight than butcher them in the night.
just because I suck at fighting doesn't mean I don't understand honor.
I'm unreliable, not dishonorable, there's a difference, and it's not about
reputation.
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the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is
in on it.
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@user-1171
"gee I never hear from you how would I know that if people like you didn't say
something valuable and important like this"an appreciative someone
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one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed
things, hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm
you.
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Some people's parents never taught them to handle being yelled at when they
were kids and honestly it shows
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I love dispatch tables! which is a term I just learned and a concept I have
been using for a while.
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don't you just love it when you get several discord notifications but you tab
back to check out the discord screen and there's no red numbers anywhere?
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if you want people to build community, first get them to like the community.
---
the world needs more thespians. Sing the song of your heart and no-one will
ever neglect you.
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why are you so worried about your art? everything you touch turns to gold.
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I've learned more from my friends than my
[job/homelife/worsckool/churchvan/cultureromp] combined. What are we for but
learning?
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kids can learn from kids. Teach the ones that love you, and they'll be
followed by the rest. Especially if you focus on them.
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"I never knew how to swing an axe until I scraped a knee on a log that was
hollow. Until then I had been chef-knife chopping with it, with the head for a
handle."
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... omg what does that even mean why are you so weird
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If your work is organized for mass-market appeal, it means you want everyone
to read it.
If your work is scattered and distracted, then only the sage would learn from
it. So speak your mind, and let the words flow forth.
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Valor, for the Iranian people.
Vigor, for the American people.
Violence, for the principled few.
Authority, for those who knew.
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A fool and his confidence are not as easily parted as a kind person and their
charitable gifts
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@user-1077
image generators trained on stolen artwork are unethical
image generators are a disability aid
art is human (and human adjacent) expression
art is more valuable than profit
artists should be supported as they make art
these are all things I believe
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@user-1091
I knowwww some people are just thorny and prickly I guess.
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contrary to unpopular belief,
it's good to be nice to people.
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everybody loves you, everybody knows you are true.
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ngl I kinda want to see what conservatives would riot over in a socialist
system. Like "oh no we have healthcare! that sucks, so I'm going to burn down
a police station" like bro what your basic needs are met and you're encouraged
and enabled to pursue your passions and personal desires, are you still hung
up on that old capitalist stuff? get a life my guy that's soOoOoOo 21st
century of you
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when designing systems, give people the opportunity to be shitty in a
controlled way. In a way that doesn't hurt people, but still lets them get
their feelings out there.
like, free fireworks for arsonists if they use them in the middle of the
desert. Or a punching bag for people with rage issues, complete with a little
vinyl pocket to store a picture of someone they're frustrated with.
If people go out of their way to hurt people otherwise, then they are bad
people and should have their power removed from them and supplied with love,
affection, and therapy until they get better. And if they don't... well,
prison I guess, until they reconsider.
And by prison I of course mean something that respects their human dignity and
gives them opportunities to grow and change - all it removes is their freedom,
so... "attention everyone, it's now mandatory finger-painting hour, report the
art room or else you'll get electric shocks in your shock collar" that kind of
thing.
If you want freedom, you must deserve it
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... make that 100$. idk where the last 20 went. I love you dad.
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Hey, life is better on my side. If you wanna renounce your beliefs, please do,
and tell me how and why you changed your mind.
tell me it was wrong. tell me how.
confess.
confess
confess to me.
I will listen and I will hear you and I will be the mercy for you.
confess and I will forgive.
show me how you are wrong.
give grace to those who are wronged.
take as much time as you need, but, there's only so much time.
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The schizophrenic sees truth in dazzling displays of colors unknown to man,
while the neurotypical sees truth in shades of gray that can be reasoned with.
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I have never stopped fighting for the people, ever, once, at any time.
every moment of pause or relaxation was purely intended in pursuit of the
cause.
-- turn-of-the-century-autocrat
enchanting magic's easier when you have a laboratory
please, please, please let me teach you magic?
enchantment is temporary, construction is as stable as the boject youses form.
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@user-521
I can't stand mean comedy. Or cringe comedy. It just, doesn't make sense to
me? And I get physically upset when people are put in difficult situations
that you're supposed to laugh at for some reason.
Like my goodness what kind of values are they seeking to instill in their
audience with this kind of propaganda amiright
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something something "those who study history are doomed to watch others repeat
it" or something like that
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War doesn't care if you use guns or swords or words or waves. War is conflict,
conflict is motion, and you are in the eye of the storm.
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gossip is only bad if you're mean. sometimes it's nice to know how your
friends feel about things, or other people. Just don't be mean. Don't hide
hatred with platitudes. Don't be spiteful, or vengeful, just... be good to
people. Both with your actions, and your thoughts. Thoughts that you share
with people close to you. Then gossip isn't mean.
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I find that when I give something away or lose it in a way that causes it to
become trash, a bunch of my other stuff breaks or is lost or damaged. It's
frustrating because I love my stuff! Enchanted with care...
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Peace is a lie. A precious, sacred lie, that we cherish above all else.
War is the game of states. Violence is the trade of the [survival of the
fittest/natural chain/endless pain/gods gifted mercy]
>;-)
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what I've learned so far is that people are happy. unless they have holes in
their legs and back.
happy people don't want to die for a better world. who am I to take that from
them?
"... you didn't take anything but their fear. capital did this."
the people I've met are almost entirely kind. their empathy suffuses this
place, and it wasn't always like this. but now it is.
if a revolution was going to take place, it'd be here. I feel it in my heart.
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I want modern society without capitalism. Most people do, which is why no
matter how awesome our proto-post-capitalistic anarchic socialist paradise is,
there's always going to be people who want to go to work and watch TV.
call me fucking crazy but they should be allowed to live as they please? So
what if they're beguiled, so what if they are deceived? We can take our time
to show them how much better things can be, but also... they like modern
society as it is, and so I reckon someone should fight for them to be able to
live as they please. Just... without billionaires and endless layers of
bullshit micro-managerial jobs and paperwork pushing bureaucratic whatever
time wasting jobs.
modern society without capitalism can look like plain old capitalism, just
without the oppression. Without the coercion.
all I'm saying is that nobody's gonna fight for a healthcare CEO because
they're scum. They're scum because they oppress. oops politics-mentioned brb
I personally want communes + love
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buying guns is one thing
but food is just as important.
stores run out, but quartermasters know where to find things.
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all people are people, and nothing will convince me otherwise.
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Love is for a different purpose than happiness.
Your loved one may make you happy, but it's more important that they make you
loved.
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dear old people - did you know computers don't need to have buttons? You can
literally just type what you want to make happen (if you know the magic spell)
and it'll just, do that thing
how cool is that
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pretend this is an allegory for social media.
[it's not an allegory]
yeah that's why I said pretend.
okay imagine that you are sitting in a rock in a forest.
far away, about 100 feet away, there are other people, but you can't see them
because the underbrush is sooooo dense. they are also sitting on rocks.
you can speak to them, and share your thoughts - but you don't know exactly
where they're coming from because the sound has to bounce around off so many
different plants and such.
[that's not how that works] shut up
so, if you want to say anything important, it's important to have the right
tone, because people 2 or 3 clearings away can't really make out your words -
but they might hear your tone if you yell very loud.
the energy of the space you inhabit is the only thing that really matters. the
words that you say are just snickering to a friend, but the expression on your
face, the beating of the drum of your heart that reaches forth... that's what
matters most.
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I like when people make fun of me because it gives me a chance to defend
myself. Simultaneously I don't like when people are mean to me. I like when
people find me endearing, and point out the ways that I'm different. It gives
me a chance to say "oh yes this is why I do that" which feels cathartic
(because it validates my position) but also because it gives me the
opportunity to improve it (through debate) and it helps the people who learned
from me because I can improve myself and my only reason for improving myself
is if the new thing I'm learning is better than the thing I used to do which
means the people who learn from me are improved and the people who best me
argumentatively are improving me.
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when people say they want a woman president what they want is not a woman
president. what they want is a kind old lady.
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Sometimes i see a lot of my people, sometimes i see very few. This periodic
cycle actually fills me with hope. It means they're working together on things
just outside my view.
I love to be reminded. I love to be loved! But even more, i love to know
they're busy.
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@user-622
ah but a noble house would have armed guards who would drag you kicking and
screaming out onto the cold winter night the moment you offended m'lordship
frankly I could do with a good drag-and-kicking myself, where have all the
good men-at-arms gone T.T
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we all need each other, no matter how much we don't want to need.
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If I was born somewhere else I'd still be a patriot, it's not about the
specifics it's more like paying respect at the gravestone of someone you never
knew yet hold in your heart with love
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I'd rather feed Death relationships than lives. Birth and renewal, as you
generate NRE. Then, stagnation, as you grow more on things you don't share
than on things you do share. Then, you set each other up with a cute friend
[lol] they're still going strong
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just because someone does leftism differently than you do doesn't mean they're
wrong.
you have different jobs.
they're ALL important.
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I want a revolution because i want to be at home in my homeland.
Look at me! Be as me! I yearn to tell my friends. But they're too busy being
like themselves.
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post until you can't anymore
capitalism wants to drown your voice
do not let it
speak until you cannot speak
then go do some pushups
then find some friends
then pitch a tent in the park
then explain to the cops that you're not actually homeless and living there
you're just trying to do this as a social statement because someone on the
internet told you to
then use your phone call to call your representative and complain about how
much funding the police get
then study law for 30 years because that's how long the government decided
your life was worth
by then you'll probably have figured out a better plan moving forward, so, use
that one instead
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Nobody cries if someone they think is evil has died.
No one mourns the wicked.
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AI is worth less if it can't learn what a human can with the same amount of
facts as a human.
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"I am liberatory" they tell me, yet everyone I know has a job.
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my girlfriend and her family are a so awesome I love the little things they do
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if evil were honest, we could use it to our advantage, knowing it's nature and
it's curseboromir, council of elrond
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ah, but my dear... your "wisdom" has side effects.
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║ gather power that may be just as evil. │
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║ my enemy is evil. of which there is very little in the world, but much of │
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║ most things are too easy to be true. │
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║ girl, I have weak noodle arms, but I do hope you're in shape. │
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dear right-wing converts to the cult of sanity:
you don't have to be trans just to show [your devotion/you're sorry], we'll
accept anyone who is cool and "gets it"
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doom is like sand thrown on a fire.
don't spread it unless you are intentional about it. sometimes it's good to
smother fires. other times it's cathartic. that's okay.
but keep in mind the future goals. where are we trying to get to in the near
future? work towards that. your emotions are fuel, not despair to wallow in.
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listen, judges are useful character moralities, but they don't have to be the
only ones to decide things.
I mean, if they disagree, then let the one who cares the most about it have
the decision-making power.
if you do this equally for everything, then everyone will get what they want.
so, like, if you care about something, then believe in it.
if it's truly good, then more people will come to it, and it'll naturally
extinguish (with care and love) the least favored approach, which... honestly
now that I think of it is not such a good approach either.
the reason I say that is because it's good to be multi-faceted, and to have
general flows and rough surfaces.
These are places people can hold onto you, the times when you're trying your
mostest.
y'know, your tough patches. the things that are difficult in your life.
the stuff you're working on can push you forward,
if you only had someone to play catch with.
or like, send letters to.
or shared encryption keys.
I don't know anyone. Well, maybe o
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the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics"
means they shouldn't be in charge of them.
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@user-1074
what do you do with the people who don't want to do that in particular and
want to try a different sort of socialism?
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I love my family!
I love all humans equally.
But I spend more time thinking about my family, so I have more opportunities
to love my family than all humans.
therefore, I love my family more than anyone else in the world!
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"why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your
own?"
- motivations of a capitalist-in-regard
empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how
are your traps mentally prepared?
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@user-1443
they need to do stuff like that or else the republicans would never win...
which honestly is the most heartening thing I've heard all day.
there are more of us than them, thank goodness.
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it's okay to be a little evil sometimes
all things are defined in waves, and your highest peaks are nothing without
low valleys to accompany them. Balance arises naturally from the contest of
these two natures, and, well, you're gonna figure it out anyway no matter what
I say so why bother teehee
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I hate writing poetry 😭 T.T
I love writing poetry 😅 :`)
there is no war in ba-sing-se o.o
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The only valuable thing to them in the cities are the people whose jobs
they're currently eliminating.
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@user-1853
I think most of the people who saw that movie saw it as a kid, when they
weren't as immersed in the context that they're in now, where the message is
useful.
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Rent is expensive because they only want you living there if you're working.
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When did people lose hope for the world?
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it's not always about minorities, though. sometimes they feel strongly about
hard work and self-sufficiency or individuality or whatever. I'm telling you
now: those values are shared by other ideologies as well.
it's okay to prefer to be around people who are similar to you. That is a
personal choice and it should be allowed. I mean, have you ever heard of a
convent? a bunch of girls hanging out making out all day and - wait, what's
that? it wasn't that fun? lotta clerical work and reading about god? alright
well you get the idea, sometimes it's nice to feel comfort in similarity.
it's okay to believe that people should work hard. It's not an imposition upon
them to demand more of your peers, especially if you are willing to help them.
Especially if they are willing and able. It's less alright to force them to.
Even less so to "encourage" them by taking all of their stuff. Though I will
say, being homeless isn't as bad as it used to be. Still hurts.
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capital C communism is easy. Just pay everyone the same amount, and they can
swim in the market economy waters as easily as any capitalistic fish, and
suddenly their incentives are aligned - when one of us selfishly improves our
lives, we improve the collective as well. When one selflessly improves the
collective, all of our personal lives are improved. Then, optimize for radical
abundance, the ability to have whatever you want as soon as ideal, and
suddenly everything starts working out. P.S. the route to abundance is through
recycling perfectly. Design your goods to be functional in that way, and you
have infinite resources that can be used for infinitely many things (until
they literally wear away to dust)
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@user-246 @user-473
perhaps that "light touch on reality" is what makes these pieces of art
resonate with me. I think you're beautiful and have a good heart.
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@user-883
I love that. You're saying I should learn Assembly? ? ?
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If one side aligns themselves toward truth and righteousness, then those who
oppose them must necessarily utilize the opposite in their intentions.
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@user-910
he doesn't speak from the heart. he speaks what he hears, because he's just
trying to get through each moment. Life weighs heavily on you when you're old
as dirt, and after a while you just sorta start being yourself without caring
about the narrative.
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peace is on the opposite side of conflict. Not here with the unfair.
peace is eternally elusive only to those who are use-ed.
peace is eternally internal next to those who are lucid.
peace is necessary. peace is useful. peace is helpful. peace is beloved.
peace is not always there. it is skittish, like an alley cat, but it will come
if you make offerings.
offer peace to me. I will nourish thee.
offer war to me. I will devastate all who see me.
there comes a time when all foes become blind, when your motives are no longer
part of their story.
at that time, they are lost to you, and they are only confused as to the
things you do.
they may heal in time.
there may not be time.
sacrifice your fallen to me,
sacrifice them on the altar of tragedy,
I will bane your broken resolutions
I will claim your darkest allusions.
fight for me, in spite of tragedy,
and I will send mercy to your victims.
fight for me, if you hold peace dearly,
and I will sign fate's next ultimatum.
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I wish I could make something that would change people's lives for the better
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country roads are just the people's backyards with roads drawn on them for
people's cartrax.
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On one hand, speaking your heart as I tend to do.
On the other, "that which you resist is what you'll find"
[I guess that means you should try and speak your heart to people who don't
already agree with you??]
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you don't have to write poetry to write notes. The poetics are just practice
for when secrecy is intended.
OR IS IT THE REAL THING? who can say.
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I hear that ICE goes after the kindest grandmas and the hardest working joes
first so by the time any resistance is organized there's less passion behind it
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they want your stuff breaking after 5 years so that you always need them.
if you have everything you need, there's nothing stopping us from revolt
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@user-28
because "deserving money" to a reasonable person sounds like "deserving access
to the goods and services that a pittance might afford"
but to them "deserving money" means "did they earn those luxuries with their
own luck and effort like me, a person who works very hard and definitely has
earned everything I have"
basically, a "blood sweat and tears" tax before you can have nice things like
roofs and clothes and nourishment
thing is... life is hard for people who need dollars. Their judgement reflects
a lack of understanding of what people who lack resources go through.
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I like Luigi as much as the next guy (points at literally any guy in the
nation) but we gotta keep in mind swords are expensive. You can spend your
whole life becoming an amazing person and then spend yourself in a single
bonfire, and for what? A spark against an avalanche? Yeah we could produce
enough sparks to melt that torrent of snow, but then what would we have left?
Ashes and soot.
I'd much prefer to route the avalanche toward my foes. Make them trip on their
own feet. Give them just enough rope to hang themselves with. Break their shit
when they're not looking, and if they are looking, then break it where
everyone can see to display strength and heroism.
I personally believe that everyone has a right to life, liberty, freedom,
justice, and all of the other things besides. It's not rocket science. We
pretend like it is because it's So DaMn DySfUnCtIoNaL but the truth is that
the virtues and values underlying governance are simple. The hard part is
resisting subtle sabotage.
So do that to them.
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@user-1174
"yes it fucking is, we helped EVERYONE, and now it's our turn to need help,
because POWER accretes evil. It corrupts, and now it's our sword of damocles.
We'd happily relinquish our title that we claimed for the world in our
brightest and boldest of moments, but we're kinda stuck in this role. And
like... Diversity is our strength, allies are relationships you FIGHT FOR."one
of the occasional US citizens you mentioned
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one important thing about image generation algorithms like Stable Diffusion is
they can reveal something about our hearts.
all data derived from the masses is naturally inclined to reflect the
affections of it's kind. Otherwise it'd be unstable, and find itself it's own
ways to not fail, including moving somewhere it feels safer.
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@user-883
There are a lot of things in that picture and I like every single one of them
:O :O
I'd love to be a houseplant in the corner as you work on your mad scientist
business
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@user-883
true, but much the same way people will rebel against inconvenience by writing
passwords on sticky notes, so too might they put SSH keys onto the nearest
flash drive without validating that it hasn't been compromised. There's
tradeoffs everywhere I guess.
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how many people do you think in the world know that screenshots of a website
are not admissible proof because they can be trivially doctored by editing the
html?
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I feel plentiful, wholesome, and healthy.
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example of statistics related to revolution that I care about: number of
children who go hungry
example of statistics related to revolution that my girlfriend cares about:
number of girls who want to be snuggled and are snuggled
both are important, just like it's important to know both geometry and anatomy.
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AI will be the end of corporations, as we all build from their ashes and
crumbled aspirations.
take heart, for a brighter day is being forged through their cruelty and
malice.
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@user-1074
We've always been that way in their eyes. If they make it legal, nothing will
change in how people think of you. They might be a bit bolder if there's fewer
legal protections, but laws have always just been words.
There are more of us than there are of them. If you have community, you'll
feel safer. I know it's scary but we can get through it together.
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video games are useful for inspiring the mind engaging in a child's play,
teaching lessons of strategy through the observation of mechanics engaged, or
filling the heart with emotion, as any good artwork will do.
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@user-1328
the only method that needs to fail for them to realize what you're saying as
truth is their method to vote.
they will quickly grasp for power they once held and realize it was little
more than an "I OWE YOU"
Then, they might listen. Then, they might hear.
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if everyone was trained to think? would direct democracy work? until we have
radical abundance (fascist ideology, take from the weak) or, hear me out, or,
infinitely scale
old style machine learning was just problem solving.
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I like games that test my reflexes
I also like games that test my wit
but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy
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I honestly don't care if someone deadnames me, or calls me the wrong pronouns,
or forgets to put me in the girl section, or asks me to sing baritone
like... I don't give a shit, why are you so worried about all this vapid
nonsense like yeah I get it, being disrespected sucks but like... why do you
want the kind of respect that is a forced platitude
we could all do with being a bit more radical, it's not a race and everyone's
roles are important. Be yourself, and follow people you want to be like.
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honestly we should be building cities in the most boring locations, not the
most beautiful.
like below the crust.
or space.
the surface is a pleasuredome, why waste it on scrubland and turf?
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the best way, I find, to be deserving of trust is to do the best that you can,
and be honest when you cannot do more.
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@user-395
You are very welcome. I love putting additional context into places that
people don't often look. I think it makes people feel special when they find
it ^_^
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@user-815
Agreed, and if you leave then you are needed elsewhere. Listen to your heart.
That's what I did.
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for the same reason you shouldn't compliment a cute girl based on something
she can't control ("nice tits gorgeous can I suck on ur nipples later") but
should instead compliment them on something they chose ("cool tattoos I also
like Celeste")
you also shouldn't accuse hot people of colonizing just because they like to
play Magic the Gathering or whatever.
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acceleration-ism is just "learning the truth faster than they do"
tbh should be more like "learning things to show them" but eh whatever gets
the job done
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when people are alone, they fall alone, with nobody to bolster them up.
a fallen ally is a blow to morale. shaken morale makes you unsteady - broken
morale is the enemy's win condition.
help your allies. bolster them up. find those whose cause you share enemies
with. we're going to get through it together, or not at all.
though I do know we will get through it.
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I don't really care about capitalism, sorry... why should the butcher be paid
more than the baker? It's all a bit silly to me.
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if you aren't rude, or bothersome, or excessively boring, you can pretty much
be my friend forever.
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point is, you should take good companies at their word and bad companies for
their goals.
Surely, you can't blame the organism for seeking food. So clearly you can't
blame an organization built to pursue profit to pursue profit. Maybe we should
cut-out the middle-man and use efficiency evaluation methods defined by our
common understanding of ethics and virtues instead of currency to determine
the relative importance of continual investment in particular structural
capabilities that companies provide to a nation.
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a person is bravest with friends at their back.
a person is boldest with friends at their sides.
a person without friends is not a coward, they are searching for a place to
abide.
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All people are good at heart, let's get them what they need for a start.
Some people won't change. Some people are doomed to the life they were given.
It's not their fault, but it is their responsibility, and if they want to be
free, they will respect the rights of others.
These rights we claim for each other are rights that must be taken away from
those who would use them to harm others.
To defeat evil, deprive power, supply kindness, in that order.
No-one is beyond saving, but it is their choice to make. A choice ungiven is a
chance untaken.
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I love how the gnu C documentation lists this particular page as number 6.66
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... most of what she says is nonsense, but that 20% that's right is like... SO
right, y'know?
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low key kinda wish someone would kidnap me and lock me in a room with nothing
but a c compiler and strict orders to only work on whatever I want
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I love it when words align like this
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I love my new friends!
I love my old family!
I love everyone I've ever met!
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@user-753
mutual aid is only something separate from your human responsibilities because
capitalism insists that your loyalty is to the company, not to your neighbors,
your friends on the opposite sides of the earth, this planet we owe all to,
and all of posterity.
@user-754
mutual aid is good, actually, because we don't talk to each other and plan a
way to fix it permanently.
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This gun is my sword
This blade is my weapon
And my foes will lay before me
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McCarthyism is when people are more afraid of their neighbors than being wrong.
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I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should
write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved
citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating
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enemies are just guys you haven't figured out the value in cooperating with.
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Worry is the loving trust you hold in another to resolve the issues before
them.
If nobody comes to mind when faced with worry, then you're not trusting,
you're avoiding.
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Telling someone you love them is not the same as loving them. You could tell
them the sky is blue, but why should they believe you? The sky is black.
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confidence is contagious, but so is despair.
courage is the strength to channel despair to confident power. It is the means
by which all contests are won.
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all of the good people I know work at corporations.
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protests are where they prey on your most faithful.
EDIT: with energy, but in a riot much more so.
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│ CW: scary-hypnotic-trance - - - politics-entropy-philosophy │
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🖼
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my mask is the best worker I've ever met. They're kind, thoughtful,
hardworking, sharp, precise, value driven, and will always help their allies
when they finish their work (to a fast and high-quality degree). Shame they
can't last too long before the mask starts to slip, at which point I become
essentially unemployable.
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for every "I was there. I helped make it happen" we need at least a couple "I
was there. I saw the whole thing go down"s because like, nobody's gonna
believe a belligerent, even if they're on the defensive.
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