Lenoxus
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He/him (exactly the 50 billionth such human to be born).
If it reached the point of a joint resolution I'm extremely uncertain they would
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If it reached the point of a joint resolution I'm extremely uncertain they would
In 2016 it was extremely obvious Trump could never become president. People keep wildly overcorrecting since then
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
In 2016 it was extremely obvious Trump could never become president. People keep wildly overcorrecting since then
Sometimes I will watch something along those lines and think "This would be okay for me but they forgot the part where they explain that it's fucked"
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sometimes I will watch something along those lines and think "This would be okay for me but they forgot the part where they explain that it's fucked"
I mean, if nothing else they're probably used to being surrounded by people for whom 'fascist' is inherently too strong a word regardless of circumstances. They're signaling that they oppose Trump to a degree they assume is broadly abnormal (and in a lot of ways they're quite correct)
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I mean, if nothing else they're probably used to being surrounded by people for whom 'fascist' is inherently too strong a word regardless of circumstances. They're signaling that they oppose Trump to a degree they assume is broadly abnormal (and in a lot of ways they're quite correct)
The future, as a concept, is woke. Not enough liberals or leftists get that
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The future, as a concept, is woke. Not enough liberals or leftists get that
(If Europeans could have inflicted the same proportion of death onto Africa, they would have, but they couldn't.)
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
(If Europeans could have inflicted the same proportion of death onto Africa, they would have, but they couldn't.)
Another thing that practically everyone overlooks is that as much as white Europeans very much exhibited genocidal intentions (with details varying in time and place) the story of Native American devastation is still largely a story of smallpox. That's not happening again, covid notwithstanding.
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Another thing that practically everyone overlooks is that as much as white Europeans very much exhibited genocidal intentions (with details varying in time and place) the story of Native American devastation is still largely a story of smallpox. That's not happening again, covid notwithstanding.
Oh, wait, you said kilometers. Now I have to think about whether my point still applies
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Oh, wait, you said kilometers. Now I have to think about whether my point still applies
Like, it's famously the case for air travel that the dangerous moments are takeoff and landing. Planes can and do go arbitrarily large numbers of miles between then. Does this make air travel safer? In a sense, yeah, but what about the fact that many people otherwise wouldn't have bothered to go?
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Like, it's famously the case for air travel that the dangerous moments are takeoff and landing. Planes can and do go arbitrarily large numbers of miles between then. Does this make air travel safer? In a sense, yeah, but what about the fact that many people otherwise wouldn't have bothered to go?
This is complicated by the ways in which forms of transportation can extend the number of miles traveled
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is complicated by the ways in which forms of transportation can extend the number of miles traveled
In contrast to Trump 1, there's no way for the advisors to express the problem to each other without sounding to each other like "But remember, he breathes oxygen"
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
In contrast to Trump 1, there's no way for the advisors to express the problem to each other without sounding to each other like "But remember, he breathes oxygen"
I think Vance has walked right up to that line and basically crossed it
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I think Vance has walked right up to that line and basically crossed it
Within the show, there's actually no discourse about whether the character is sentient, just the economic matter of which jobs (and which emotional relationships) it's replacing. Ultimately it's just an outlet for every other character to be reflected in, which I think kind of works as a technique.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Within the show, there's actually no discourse about whether the character is sentient, just the economic matter of which jobs (and which emotional relationships) it's replacing. Ultimately it's just an outlet for every other character to be reflected in, which I think kind of works as a technique.
I was mildly impressed by how Only Murders in the Building season handled its AI character -- not one-note, not particularly deep either, definitely not realistic but only because no corporate product would talk the way it did (well, also because every character in that show is a cartoon anyway).
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I was mildly impressed by how Only Murders in the Building season handled its AI character -- not one-note, not particularly deep either, definitely not realistic but only because no corporate product would talk the way it did (well, also because every character in that show is a cartoon anyway).
I remember the point made by a Bernie Sanders supporter back in 2016 that if he were to win the nomination, the most important reason to elect him by miles would still be "not being Trump", for the very simple reason that no imaginable amount of good he might do would exceed the evil of a Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I remember the point made by a Bernie Sanders supporter back in 2016 that if he were to win the nomination, the most important reason to elect him by miles would still be "not being Trump", for the very simple reason that no imaginable amount of good he might do would exceed the evil of a Trump.
You are an idiot and I sincerely hope you don't die as a result
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You are an idiot and I sincerely hope you don't die as a result
The difference is that when I get out of the way of a human my brain tells me I got out of the way of another me
I think that's most of what it comes down to
I think that's most of what it comes down to
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The difference is that when I get out of the way of a human my brain tells me I got out of the way of another me
I think that's most of what it comes down to
I think that's most of what it comes down to
So if the topic is emotionally charged, it's gauche to call for nuance because that sounds like saying "Your emotions about it are incorrect"
And, to be clear, the exact inverse happens constantly as well! Centrists wrongly assume that because nuance is desirable, intense categorization is not.
And, to be clear, the exact inverse happens constantly as well! Centrists wrongly assume that because nuance is desirable, intense categorization is not.
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So if the topic is emotionally charged, it's gauche to call for nuance because that sounds like saying "Your emotions about it are incorrect"
And, to be clear, the exact inverse happens constantly as well! Centrists wrongly assume that because nuance is desirable, intense categorization is not.
And, to be clear, the exact inverse happens constantly as well! Centrists wrongly assume that because nuance is desirable, intense categorization is not.
"Nuance" itself entails complexity which a lot of people don't realize
One big one I've thought a lot about lately is the assumption that it goes hand-in-hand with reducing judgement. People bristle at applying "nuance" to evil (or good) because they think that means it can't be evil/good anymore
One big one I've thought a lot about lately is the assumption that it goes hand-in-hand with reducing judgement. People bristle at applying "nuance" to evil (or good) because they think that means it can't be evil/good anymore
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"Nuance" itself entails complexity which a lot of people don't realize
One big one I've thought a lot about lately is the assumption that it goes hand-in-hand with reducing judgement. People bristle at applying "nuance" to evil (or good) because they think that means it can't be evil/good anymore
One big one I've thought a lot about lately is the assumption that it goes hand-in-hand with reducing judgement. People bristle at applying "nuance" to evil (or good) because they think that means it can't be evil/good anymore
I suddenly had a flashback to when I was quite young and my decade-older sister was somewhere in the process of getting her driver's license. I noticed the car's manual in the glovebox, so I took it and deposited it in her room. I was being helpful!
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I suddenly had a flashback to when I was quite young and my decade-older sister was somewhere in the process of getting her driver's license. I noticed the car's manual in the glovebox, so I took it and deposited it in her room. I was being helpful!
It has yet to not amaze me that, in complete contradiction to everyone's natural assumption before the past five years, Lore is massively easier to build than Data.
And there I go saying it abstractly. But I had to! You can't express this stuff any other way, sometimes! I think!
And there I go saying it abstractly. But I had to! You can't express this stuff any other way, sometimes! I think!
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It has yet to not amaze me that, in complete contradiction to everyone's natural assumption before the past five years, Lore is massively easier to build than Data.
And there I go saying it abstractly. But I had to! You can't express this stuff any other way, sometimes! I think!
And there I go saying it abstractly. But I had to! You can't express this stuff any other way, sometimes! I think!