Gentle nerd freak of the pacific northwest. All nation states are vermin.

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  • And if you want to make your writing suck, that’s all the better for me. One less person outshining me.

    Meh, it’s a fun argument to make: ai sucks so if you use it your writing will suck more and i’ll look better by comparison.

    It’s just not true. Someone who creates 10 boring, generic pieces of mediocre writing will always look better than someone who produces one good, interesting, error-free piece in the same time.

    Only tradespeople pride themselves on the quality of their craft. Editors, management and bosses just want close enough and cheap as possible.






  • Messengers of state and embassadors were considered sacred, sacrosanct or had some kind of official immunity in most states throughout history.

    It was a fairly common practise because it’s just really hard to conduct affairs of state if anyone you send fears for their life.

    When you want to provoke someone into war, killing their messengers is a tried and true method. I believe that was the goal of the khwarizmian shah when he killed those mongol messengers.