So I need to preemptively wear anti facial recognition makeup if ever called for jury duty. Gotcha.

It seems somewhat realistic to expect an actual punishment for this, even if not properly scaled. It’s worth fighting for. But being prepared alongside that is important.

My initial reaction is to be thankful; now the unknown thousands of people who don’t see the toxicity of their own dependence can begin to be free. The subsequent models seem to be less prone to inducing that kind of deep infatuation.

But then I realize most of them will probably never recover, as long as this technology persists. The base model will be wrapped in an infinite number of seductive agents sold in an app, with a subscription, as a loving companion. Capitalism smells blood in the water. If I was a hedge fund manager witnessing the birth of a new market demographic with a lifelong addiction that possibly hooks harder than cigarettes, which is not federally regulated, and won’t be for the forseeable future; I would be foaming at the mouth with this opening in the market.

Flat earth. At the point we’re at now when it comes to personally accessible technology, anyone still believing it is 100% making a choice to do so, because it makes them feel better about things for some reason.

Man that chart has not aged well at all, just in the last few years. Also the artist’s motivations are pretty visible.

Most of these are hyper-exaggerations of what real people believe. Or purposeful misunderstandings of the underlying point. Take ‘Jet fuel can’t melt steel beams’ for example. Used since its inception as a meme to undermine 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Ultimately this is a tactic in itself. My conspiracy theory is that all the antisemetic theories, insane-sounding theories, theories that have no attachment to reality, rothschilds etc, are not perpetuated by ordinary people (though they unwittingly participate). They are perpetuated by the very parties the conspiracies are about. If someone hears that being a 9/11 truther is inextricably linked to antisemitism, and they think of themselves as a good person, they’ll shy away from ever looking into it any further than that; it’s a normal reaction if someonebis already stressed, busy, or otherwise precluded from more critical thought.

Edit: Yes some of these are totally insane, I am just referring to things that have roots firmly in reality.

Thanks for the new rabbit hole! :D

Right, I know this from experience. I was talking about the genes thing which I have been informed is Epigenetics (thanks Crankenstein!)

Ah how I wish to live in Germany. Or anywhere off this continent.

Why? If they’re too stupid to comprehend that very fact, that if there were no customers the business would have no reason to commit scheduling. Critical thinking in the US has intentionally been eroded by the ruling class, from every possible angle.

Sometimes people understand this, and yet they still ask, in the name of ‘making conversation’. I appreciate their motivation but disagree with the approach.

It’s honestly weird to take this as “hostile towards the players”. Reads as incredibly entitled to be honest. I’ve been playing Factorio for the better part of a decade now. These developers are literally among the most player-focused on the planet. No DLC for years, just free updates, because they worried about the ethics of how to do so responsibly, whether they should make a 2.0, etc. Years of consistent blog posts showing community engagement and investment. Get a grip and look at a company with actual anti-consumer behavior like ubisoft or activision.

Also I’m sorry but has the word “achievement” changed its meaning over the years? Achieving something should be hard. If achievements were all easy they would be meaningless. As someone who didn’t even know about this before it was patched, I’m happy they’re keeping the achievements as hard as they should be, and not leaving open a hidden backdoor for those who want to cheat. I’ve only ever 100%'d one game, and it was Hotline Miami. I don’t want shit to be an easy breezy walkthrough.

No. Statistically impossible means that according to statistics it canNOT occur. Extremely unlikely means that in a given percentage of cases, it CAN occur.

I had no idea it could change over time, that’s really cool. Makes me wonder what other genetic factors can change like that.

Joke’s on you brother, I just wanted to die in the flames together lmao

I am that guy and I get exactly what I ask for ayyyy

So, posting a (gold classic) copypasta and adding an extra sentence makes a “best of lemmy” post, apparently. Cool cool cool. Sure glad I left reddit’s inane bullshit behind.

I’ve been thinking this too for a little while now. It fits too perfectly. Throughout my adolescence, I hated the French. Proudly, openly, I thought it was funny and edgy for some reason, because I’ve always been disgusted by racism and I am a tiny part French. Edgy teenage bullshit. As I aged out of teen years though, there came a point where something caused me to investigate my own bias with honesty. And when I did, I found it to be totally empty and devoid of substance. I had absolutely no real reason to dislike the French, and these days I feel nothing but love for them.

I’m convinced the only reason I ever hated them was because of propaganda. Never had a bad personal experience. And Parisian ‘rudeness’ is revealed to be, in my opinion, simple straightforward bluntness. The propaganda is incredibly effective. Americans would benefit greatly if we could all take just a few notes from them; they have a cultural understanding that the government works for the people, not against. And if it’s not doing it’s job, take whatever action needed to restore balance. Seeing footage of their protests starting a few years back really opened my eyes to what could be done.

That’s always been my issue with them. I’ve been trying to expand my palate continuously, and this sounds wonderful. Definitely giving it a try.

For just a moment I thought it said ‘deported’. For just that moment, I felt elation like I haven’t known in years.

I’m still hopeful.

Neither is sadness, voila!

It’s an interesting situation. SPD has plenty of issues, but it’s very territorial over the people it’s abusing. I could see this potentially working out as planned.

Potentially.

Took a second to understand why it’s called “leaf cremation” since it involves neither leaves nor fire, and the article doesn’t explicitly say, but wow that’s pretty cool. Leaf cremation referring to the fact that all of “you” ends up in the leaves of a plant pretty quickly. That’s what I would like for myself for sure. Really beautiful.

What a unique looking lil guy, wow! I am terrified of spiders except for the jumpers (fat stubby legs so cute), and apparently this guy! It looks so different from any spider I’ve seen before. Very neat.

Can we not do this appearance slandering shit? Criticize him for his choices (like the coat) not genes. Plenty of short people out here who fucking hate this guy.