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LovableBastard

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  • Not sure I’m surprised. Besides the reasons other people mentioned, I think there’s another factor influencing it.

    I suspect a lot of “Yes AI” voters are really thinking “well, it’s kinda neat”. But us “No AI” voters are really thinking “HELL NO!!! Under no circumstances do we want AI!”

    I’m guessing that makes us a lot more motivated to respond.

  • Day 407 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

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  • The last time you posted about Galaxy, I remembered how much I enjoyed the game. So I’ve been wanting to pick it up again ever since.

    Finally did yesterday. So it was really wild to see your screenshots this morning of the levels I was playing last night.

    Really appreciate your posts and the inspiration you bring to just go back and enjoy some of our favorite games.

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    Why does Trump want to remove our 14th Amendment?

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  • So… a prerequisite for being POTUS is birthright citizenship isn’t it? That’s what the birthers claimed made Obama an illegitimate president. If the 14th amendment is removed, I’m assuming that being the POTUS would just require U.S. Citizenship after that?

    I might be way off. But I feel like this is something that could be done in the name of fighting illegal immigration in order to get people onboard, while also quietly opening the door for Musk to drive from the front seat in the future.

  • Highly enjoyable things require concentration too

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  • Not necessarily. I definitely go through waves like this, and it doesn’t feel like depression to me.

    I’ll have a couple of days (or weeks) where I want to do things, but not enough to actually motivate myself to start any of it. Then I’ll bounce back for a while and be so focused on something that I’ll forget about taking care of basic needs like eating and sleeping.

    I’ve kinda learned to embrace those extremes. What I hate is the middle ground where I want to focus and get something done, but I realize about every 5 minutes that my brain is off topic again.

  • Fellow MSTies, what is your all-time favorite episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000?

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  • Tough question, because there are some great ones.

    A recent favorite from the Netflix era has been “Cry Wilderness”. The movie was laughably bad in the first place, but that just made it great for the MST3k treatment.

    So many great lines in there. Like the old man talking about how all the animals and nature are his family and friends and they voice the bird responding with “He’s not my friend. I’m not indigenous to this area. Please call the police.” That cracked me up so bad the first time I didn’t hear anything else for at least the next few minutes.

    And also the running gag around terribly unsafe firearm handling: “BANG!”

    That now goes through my head whenever a show just waves a gun around like an obvious prop instead of at least pretending it could be dangerous.

  • Horses are smart enough to plan and strategise, new study shows

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  • previous theories that equine brains respond only to immediate stimuli and are not complex enough to strategise

    Who held those theories? And have they ever been around horses?

    Just this weekend my spouse and I had to move our mare and almost 4 month old colt. She’s quite used to riding in a small horse trailer, but the little guy was terrified of getting into it. When his mom realized it, she started getting on and off the trailer several times to show him it was fine. Then she went behind him and kept nudging him towards the trailer. Seemed pretty obvious to me that she knew what was going on and was trying her best to help the little guy understand it was all ok.

    I’ve certainly met some horses that could have made me question the species’ intelligence if they were the only ones I knew. But there are plenty of intelligent horses out there. I’m really surprised that the prevailing theory was that they only respond to immediate stimuli.

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  • I think the hard part is, almost no one realizes that they felt that way until they are finally on the outside.

    I remember a really interesting article I read a few years ago that indicated the best way to change someone’s viewpoint was to welcome them into your community or group without requiring a change of mind first.

    Turns out our social and emotional needs will trump our rational or logical side almost every time.

    So you’re 100% right. What people need is a caring group of family and friends who encourage each other to question themselves in an effort to learn and grow.