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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 1m

Holy shit this response is fire. You're cooking mate 🔥🔥🔥

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 12m

I once did a presentation about this in a university biochemistry class. Afterwards, everyone (including my 70-year-old professor) looked at me kinda funny. Needless to say, I did not get a good grade :)

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 36m

Ahhh, I see.

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 37m

"...estimated total worldwide membership of up to 1.5 million." Huh. Interesting.

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 39m

But surely *my* protein powder of choice is exempt from this, yes?

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 42m

Feh, pretty sure most Jews (at least who I've talked to) look at the concept of Messiah (and especially a Messiah who will save us) with skepticism. Definitely not enough to prefix in importance the "Messianic" prior to the "Judaism"

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 55m

It'd be great if you could just smash your fingers against the piano and produce great sound

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 3h

6) If any of the above works, congratulations. You have successfully made it to the ~mysterious~ interview stage. Only two people in the history of the world have ever gotten here. Some whisper that to pass this stage, you need only bring a block of swiss cheese to entice your future employer. Ooo~

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 3h

5) Go online for advice in desperation, only to find a conflicting mishmash of nonsense. "Do this," one Redditor says confidently. "Doing that has never worked," another replies. "Both of those suck. I worked in HR for 500 years and would shoot someone on the spot if they did that."

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 3h

How to look for a job? 1) Networking, i.e., nepotism, 2) Algorithm slop from Indeed, LinkedIn, etc., 3) Cold-calling/emailing specific companies, being unnable to find any available phone numbers or emails, instead sending resume to cobweb-covered dropbox, 4) Repeat until hired.

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 3h

Picturing a "live, laugh, goblin mode" sign in your home

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 5h

People advocating against peace without strategy or tactics do not want you to *win*. They want you to be delegitimized.

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skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 7h

a lot of the pushback against anti-AI sentiment reads like "oh you hate car-centric development but you don't even know how an internal combustion engine works? ok 🤣"

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 6h

Definitely. The fans are... eh, I dunno. I try to avoid most fandoms when possible.

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 7h

Admittedly, when one guy genocides everyone on a planet it's hard to think "mann, he's just acting from his own set of beliefs." A great 40K writer (Aaron Demski-Bowden comes to mind) will be able to make you (somehow) understand why they do the evil shit they do.

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 7h

In 40K, no one is the good guy. But, though they may be cruel and callous, adhering to standards of morality that are alien to us, a good 40K writer tries to make them ultimately understandable. Everyone still thinks of themselves, at the end of the day, as the good guy.

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 7h

The fans who lionize the imperium are dumb. Rest assured that good writers in the 40k setting do not hold that view. If you're trying to get into 40k, I'd recommend starting from the books.

The de facto starting point is Dan Abnett's Horus Rising, the first novel in the Horus Heresy series.

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 17h

Fuuuuuck. That's not good. Mentally adding this to the "things I cannot change but hopefully someday with collective action we can but until then try not to think too hard about it lest I spiral" list.

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 17h

Uhm, as another quirked up zoomer I mind ☝️

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 22h

Sure, Charles Bukowski's writing is Really mysogynistic--but he inspired a generation of post office workers. And at the end of the day, isn't that what truly matters?

Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 22h

Now as an adult man, my brother has a framed Time Magazine photograph of Trump on his wall. He wonders (if it can be said that thought occurs in his brain) why I ridicule his political beliefs.

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 22h

When I was 13, my older brother claimed he did not believe in the moon landing. "If it was real, why haven't we been to the moon in thirty years," he would say. I had to remind him that there were, in fact, multiple moon landings. He was... surprised, but firmly pressed the point again.

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 22h

When I was 11, my dad saw a documentary on the internet and then believed that the moon was hollow. I then had a discussion that involved, among other things, reminding him about gravity. We have had many such discussions over the years.

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Defenestrator @irrationalwisp.bsky.social · 23h

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Illiterate Autodidact 🇵🇸🙂👍🇮🇱☹👎 @cigaretteliker.bsky.social · 2d

The virgin AGI existential risk vs the chad global warming

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