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psivchaz

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  • To be clear, I'm not using attractive here to mean "physically beautiful" but instead "possessing qualities the other person wants in a partner." Weird was a word choice for humor but I was essentially saying, "have more attractive qualities than unattractive qualities." While recognizing that what one person finds unattractive, another might find attractive, and vice versa. By definition, simplifying a complex interaction of human wants and desires into one dimension, rendering it intentionally useless as advice, for the sake of trying to be funny.

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  • Nah I think it's a pretty simple algorithm still: don't be weirder than you are attractive. It's just that there's really wildly varying ideas on what's weird or attractive.

  • Greenland and Denmark unite against US advances before White House talks

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  • I think that's called "appeasement." It's worked great throughout history.

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  • He went on an unhinged racist rant about Black Lives Matter in 2023, ending with something along the lines of "white people get as far away from black people as possible." More details on his Wiki page but that's the high level.

  • Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator and conservative commentator, dies at 68

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  • It was a wild character arc. Paraphrasing heavily...

    90s "Corporations are stupid and abusive to employees"

    2001 "What if we're all just fragments of God? Why do we fight each other?"

    2009 "Place bets on the people you hate most, they always seem to win."

    2023 "Black Lives Matter is a racist hate group."

    2025 "Trump will fix everything. Also please get me into a medical trial daddy."

    I was really holding out for the redemption arc but alas.

  • Scott Adams, 'Dilbert' creator and conservative commentator, dies at 68

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  • I'm a little sad about it. I liked his writing in the late 90s/early 2000s. Very anti-corporate. Imperfect but fairly progressive. It seemed like he was just a hippie at heart. I wish I understood what happened to him. From the outside looking in my best guess is falling victim to his success, he began to think too highly of himself, and maybe a bit too much paying attention to Fox News. It was a wild turnaround from my perspective.

  • ‘It’s completely out of control’: Scientists warn bird flu could spark a human pandemic in 2026

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  • I'm sorry, you're still being too optimistic. Protecting the economy COULD include things like "free vaccines" or "wearing masks" to keep workers from getting sick. What I learned was "don't trust doctors or vaccines, all your body needs is Natural Immunity and veterinary medicine" is a real take shared by an alarming number of people.

  • Fellas... Is it gay to be concerned about the state of the environment? Well "Some men may downplay climate change risks to avoid appearing feminine"

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  • The big issue I don't see talked about enough is how the image of masculinity is set by advertising. There are traits that have been traditionally masculine for generations, sure, but linking those traits to actions is a role western society has abdicated to advertisers.

    There's no genetic reason a big truck is masculine. That was sold by advertisers. For a while there actually, conserving nature was viewed as a masculine responsibility.

  • Observed → Tested → Revised

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  • I wonder if I could become a big Antivax YouTuber but just leave in little oopsies to try and convince people subtly that I'm wrong.

  • This stupid system that everyone hates has been like this for decades

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  • There was a movie about this called John Q.

  • 🎶 Spider plant, spider plant, does everything a spider can't 🎶

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  • It's not exactly that I wish to harm any of them. It's just that they all believe in strong individualism and I'd hate to help them when they have made it very clear that needing help is weakness in their religion. I'm sure they'd feel much better burning than receiving help from anyone.

  • What are some of the worst code you have seen in a production environment?

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  • There's a part of me that kind of feels like this could work if you just do it right. Like the idea is kind of cool, in a way.

  • Valve confirms Steam Machine will be priced ‘like a PC with the same level of performance’

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  • Had a Windows PC hooked up to my TV in I think 2008, before streaming boxes and mass adoption of Netflix. Then it was dualboot for a while starting in I think 2015, originally with Ubuntu. Now it's full time CachyOS Linux as of 2023.

    It's always been great. Wireless keyboard with the built in trackpad, plus originally 360 controllers but now 8BitDo Ultimate controllers. Plus I use it for homelab tinkering.

  • On a 2025 Tesla? Quit your bullshit rule.

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  • Sure, absolutely, but then people shame people for having a used one too so it's just hot potato.

  • On a 2025 Tesla? Quit your bullshit rule.

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  • I don't get the "just sell it" crowd. Your solution is playing hot potato with a car. Like someone is still getting that car. Unless you manage to sell it to Tesla themselves I guess, but it's my understanding that they only take them on trade-in.

    So the choices you're proposing are: Sell a car so it's now Someone Else's Problem, which isn't a great look for you. Or scrap a perfectly usable car creating a bunch of waste, which isn't a great look for you.

    Just let people have their old cars, geez.

  • You can always emulate Call of Duty for the DS

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  • There's definitely something to this. Like I'm often scared to be part of any group because inevitably someone in that group will be an asshole. I have played video games for a long time but I refuse to refer to myself as a "gamer" because of the associations.

  • A place for conservatives

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  • It's not the homosexuality, it's the hypocrisy. I'm hypocrisyphobic

  • Trump's bright view of the economy doesn't match what voters are seeing

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  • If I could make one wish to fix things, it would be to eradicate all externalities. Don't get me wrong, I'm aware this would absolutely suck for a while. Without some kind of matching increase in wages or subsidies, it would ruin a lot of people that I don't think deserve it. But when you have to pay for the cost of recapturing the CO2 you produce, when you have to pay for the actual cost of producing the plastic you throw away, we would very quickly get better alternatives. Biodegradable packaging would become more common. Alternatives to gas would explode. Interest in walkable areas and public transit would grow. Industries that really need disposable plastics are also rich enough to afford proper disposal, like medicine and electronics. After enough time, we'd just live in a better, cleaner world with less waste and more care put into our distribution networks.

    We only have all the bullshit because they've been pushing the bill along to the next generation and the next and the next, and we are seeing the bill come due.

  • Trump Says He’ll Defy Court Order, Withhold SNAP Until Dems Drop Demands and Reopen Gov’t

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  • The Secret Service should be trained to arrest or assassinate the President if he openly violates the constitution.