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  • EU elections 2024 live: Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections after huge far-right gains

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  • I agree with you, and yet... It's winning them elections. We can be upset about it all we want, but it's increasingly clear that bigotry and xenophobia are winning arguments in this era. We're fucked if we don't adjust. I'm not proposing we abandon migrants, but the one thing myself and the person you replied to likely agree on is that the left is increasingly losing sight of home and the average citizen, not in terms of rhetoric but in effect. We're about to lose the EU and possibly lose support for Ukraine, see even more immigration restrictions, and see an empowered global far-right. The voters are telling us they have different priorities, which we need to focus on in a more altruistic way than the right. We have to be introspective here if we ever want to accomplish our goals.

  • Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody

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  • Support? Nah, that's rare to the point of non-existence. I completely agree with your second sentence and I think people who are not willing to make the concession from the first half because of the second, substituting Hamas for ISIS, are doing themselves and Palestinians a massive disservice. Explanations are not excuses, and the behavior of both Israel and Hamas in the modern era cannot be excused.

  • Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody

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  • I’ve never said that people should ignore any attempt at logic and just focus on their passions, but the modern cult of rationality and stoicism is ironically hugely lacking in self-awareness and rationality.

    I've never said that people should ignore any attempt at passion and just focus on their logic, but the modern mobs of righteous indignation and fury are ironically hugely lacking in empathy, tolerance (not of intolerance, before that gets tossed at me), and pragmatism.

    I agree that we mostly seem to be on the same page, but I really need to stress that I have not asked people to be soulless and I think that's a mischaracterization of my asking for people to set their passion aside as much as possible as an exercise which is inherently temporary. We're both just looking for balance here.

  • Biden Uses Trump 'Muslim Ban' Maneuver to Cap Asylum Seekers

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  • Genuine question, does anyone have any better suggestions that can be implemented in a reasonable timeframe? Immigration is a bad economic target for so many reasons, but Americans overwhelmingly view it as a critical issue. When 1 in 5 of your citizens, regardless of party, considers it the most pressing issue right now in an election year and it is the thumping drum of your opponent, you're going to be under a lot of pressure to act. I don't want this EO to happen but I kind of have to be willing to say I'm in the vast minority in my country, evidently. This is a social/educational problem to solve first, I think.

  • Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020

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  • No closing quote??

  • The Textbooks Were Wrong About How Your Tongue Works

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  • I read the article you posted here (great read btw, thanks for posting) and I think just to quibble, that idea of lift (Bernoulli's Theorem) is not wrong, just insufficient. It sounds like that mechanism definitely contributes to the overall generated lift, but doesn't tell the whole story.

    I really enjoyed the bit about Einstein designing an aerofoil and when it was tested, the pilot said the plane "waddled like a pregnant duck". Really interesting to see one of the smartest physicists to ever live just kinda give up on aeronautics and consider it a "youthful folly".

  • Any LinkedIn alternatives?

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  • Ugh this sucks, but no, not really. LinkedIn isn't just a platform, it's the people on it. No other site exists that will get you the same amount of exposure. There are definitely other sites and non-internet options for networking in general though.

  • India Election Results: Modi Poised to Lose Majority, Need Allies to Keep Power

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  • Big win for non-Hindu, non-nationalist people in India. This is going to do a lot to blunt the worst of Modi's intent. Also, the polls proved to be super off-base. I wonder where that discrepancy came from? Could just be heightened enthusiasm on voting day or something, but it's always interesting when polls miss the mark heavily.

  • After the supposedly final flourish of 1.6, Stardew Valley creator says 'I could keep working on the game forever' and is 'not going to say the book is closed'

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  • This guy is living the game dev dream. Built his project that's relatively simple as far as upkeep goes (which is full credit to him for building it that way), a darling in the industry, and he's just independent. He's working on other cool stuff at his own pace with no need to placate any audience or publisher. It's beautiful.

  • Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody

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  • I'm just not sure I've gotten my point across to you bc93. I'm not asking anyone to become an emotionless automation. That's of course a nightmarish outcome. That's full logic, no passion. Bad. In that same exact manner, all passion, no logic is also horrible. The history of people who have done that is also extremely dark. Nobody is advocating for either of those though!

    When I tell someone to "put yourself in someone else's shoes", I am not asking them to lose their sense of self or to base their final decision entirely on that other person. It's a thought mechanism we use to emphasize our sense of empathy, which gives us a new perspective that we fold into our amalgamation of ideas.

    I'm not asking for anyone to turn their emotions off forever, or even deluded enough to think you can do that fully at all, in the same way that I don't expect anyone to fully convert their brain into another person's to empathize. It doesn't matter, it's still a useful exercise in part.

    That's all I'm asking for. There is a lot of nuance and complexity to all situations, and passion is blinding. I'm not a Buddhist, but they have a concept of Bonno, those passions that inspire us to actions that harm ourselves or others. I don't think Buddhists are quite on the same level as Ben Shapiro and the Nazis just because they recognize that passion can be blinding.

  • Biden to sign executive order to close southern US border to asylum seekers

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  • It usually is! We put way too much focus on the presidency for our woes. Thanks for the dates, that's helpful context.

  • Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody

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  • I don't think we should completely neglect our passions. They make us who we are and define our truest selves! Passion is blinding though. Anyone who has ever felt true passion about anything knows this. It takes both passion and cold logic to achieve truly good things. Passion is inherently the stronger of the two though, so you have to set it aside (temporarily) to truly indulge your logic. Then put those together.

    I definitely do not agree with using passion as the center of your political movement. That's demagoguery, by definition. It's common and we're all susceptible to it, but it's not a good thing.

    I agree with you re: the origins of Hamas. It truly could not matter less right now. Hamas exists, and they're doing terrible things to Palestinians and Israelis alike, just like Israel is. They're both issues we need to solve and I'm not willing to set one aside for the other.

  • No one should have to “grow a thicker skin”: Valorant studio commit to harsh penalties for harassment

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  • I mean... I don't disagree with your original point (within reason) but the guy complaining about the free chicken sandwich kinda sucks too? Idk about yall but I would never say that to someone who gave me free food. Think it's just a rough metaphor for this situation, where Valorant is still trying to make money from in game purchases.

    So if someone gave you a free sandwich but then also offered the exclusive place to sell mayonnaise, seasonings, and pickles, you're fairly entitled to say "eh, this base product is kinda lacking and doesn't entice me to come here".

  • The American People

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  • We're all trying to be SpongeBob, but we're all subject to being a Squidward some days.

  • Biden to sign executive order to close southern US border to asylum seekers

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  • I'm with you here. I don't like this EO, but wtf else is he supposed to do? It's the number one issue for a huge chunk of the populace. We're gonna have to do better than complaining about it to give any government official options that aren't just restrictions. People are hurting and dumb, and they blame immigrants. Solve that at the root, but you can't ignore it in the meantime.

  • Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody

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  • I'm just a member of the LGBT community. But also, I am an American, which means kinda, but not directly. Hamas does not have a rosy view on people from the US.

    But also... Hamas terrorizes Palestinians as well, so not sure what point you're trying to make here.

    Edit: Not sure who replied, but I have you blocked. Just didn't want you to have to wait for a response.

  • Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody

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  • Yknow, I won't even say it's not hard. It can be so hard when you're bombarded by horrific images and stories every day. It sucks and it puts people into very passionate mindsets. Passion is the death of reason though, and we'd all be better served engaging our super ego a bit, taking a deep breath, and saying "Hey, I'm upset right now, but I need to try to look at this objectively". You don't have to shove anything under a rug. You don't have to make excuses for anyone. Just... try to think separate from your feelings. It's a useful exercise.

    Israel is committing war crimes and genocide in Gaza. Hamas committed horrific acts of terrorism on Oct 6 and had continued to commit horrific acts concerning the hostages. We can keep going and listing every little thing going back millenia, but we cannot lose sight of the fact that both of these groups are religious extremism writ large, deserve condemnation, and are actively persecuting the Palestinian people.

  • State of S3 - Your Laptop is no Laptop anymore

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  • To be fair to you, I thought they were talking about AWS S3 at first and was very confused until I read the article.

  • Four more Israeli hostages have died in Hamas custody

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  • Lol whoops, saw the mod tag and just assumed since you're also a pretty prolific poster.