The discussion around Soma always annoys me because people tend to get really worked up and take its premise as fact, like this must be the way it would really work and there's no other possible way for things to go.
Like, for example, what would it be like if they maintained a perfect shared stream of consciousness between the original and the new body with the new body also having a copy of your memories up to that point?
They do show the main character being able to inhabit another body like his at the same time, but never really expand on it iirc
Would you lose your sense of "self" and experience something like phantom limb but it's an entire body? What would "you" experience if the original body died during this hypothetical experiment? Who knows. ¯(ツ)/¯
I strongly believe some countries feel the need to support Israel through their worst decisions simply because they (Israel) have nukes. It would most likely be preferable to have a friendly nuclear power rather than an unfriendly rogue one, even if they're frequently uncooperative.
The idea that refraining from masturbating builds up some kind of internal energy is pretty popular in the incel community, a kind of modern take on conservative daoist sexual energy beliefs. Once you start really looking into it, this stuff feeds directly into the manosphere since they talk all the time about it. It's also not really a new thing, just reworked to be algorithm friendly.
it's not irresistible and the people who do dumb stuff just haven't learned restraint.
Just want to point out Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder (CBSD) is somewhat recognized depending on who you ask. The topic of sex addiction is a bit controversial and I believe usually gets lumped in with gambling addiction. This doesn't really invalidate what you said, just tries to add some context around why people might be driven to self-destructive actions like that.
I miss the old images of the batshit crazy homemade Beowulf clusters people used to throw together that looked like something straight out of Serial Experiments Lain.
What's crazy is how inconsistent the problems seem to be. I've got a 4080 Super and a decent processor, and I'm getting 120-140fps with most settings as high as they can go with frame gen on at 1440p. Only crashed once in about 40 hours of gameplay.
Good point. What if the word was mother or father instead of mom and dad? There are definitely more generalized uses of that, like fatherland or mother nature.
Do you also feel uncomfortable when people use the words adopt and foster when it comes to pets? They're also child-related words but I feel like those aren't as controversial to people.
It's a little bit different in Korea. You notice it even more if you watch newer K-dramas. They've (mistakenly? Unintentionally?) started calling what you'd normally consider a latte an americano. It's become extremely trendy at cafes to offer americanos that are definitely not just espresso and water.
The implication is that I don't have to worry about any of it because I just don't drive in DC. Public transportation in DC is perfectly fine when there's at least one functioning escalator.
This is a man who didn't believe Lesotho was a real country. Odds are someone suggested this place and he thought it was a "wink wink nudge nudge" way of saying they're going to disappear these people.
Check again. If you've got a pixel, you might have to go into your apps and use the search function to find it. It installs and hides itself as of some recent update.
The discussion around Soma always annoys me because people tend to get really worked up and take its premise as fact, like this must be the way it would really work and there's no other possible way for things to go.
Like, for example, what would it be like if they maintained a perfect shared stream of consciousness between the original and the new body with the new body also having a copy of your memories up to that point?
They do show the main character being able to inhabit another body like his at the same time, but never really expand on it iirc
Would you lose your sense of "self" and experience something like phantom limb but it's an entire body? What would "you" experience if the original body died during this hypothetical experiment? Who knows. ¯(ツ)/¯