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  • there is true talent though, that comes from having something that others in a given role don’t have. Think about Kareem Abdul Jabar, Usain Bolt, or Tiger Woods. Kareem is ultra tall, immediate advantage in basketball. Having even a modicum of hand eye coordination is an immediate jumpstart that others just wouldn’t have, and the innate advantage of being tall isn’t something someone can get with practice. Same with Usain Bolt, long legs, genetics that make him innately faster. Tiger Woods was golfing incredibly well at age 5. He of course would have been good at several sports, but the hand eye coordination was there, the skeletal structure that allowed these movements to be trained more efficiently.


  • tyler@programming.devtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldhe loves his bribes
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    9 days ago

    Also, remember how Israel rigged theatrical disputes with Biden administration, only for us to discover later there was zero pressure from the Biden administration on the Israelis whatsoever. The Biden administration literally was in on the genocide as much as the Israelis. The Israelis like to play along and pretend they lack enough support so they can suck even more western resources.

    source please


  • if you’ve heard about Alfred Hugenberg you would know that this is currently going exactly the same as Nazi Germany, down the exactly how Musk is influencing the media. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-alfred-hugenberg-the-elon-271993970/

    like it’s almost to the letter the nazi playbook. saying this isn’t as bad as Hitler is just ignoring history.

    “One of the great ironies of how democracies die is that the very defense of democracy is often used as a pretext for its subversion. Would-be autocrats often use economic crises, natural disasters, and especially security threats—wars, armed insurgencies, or terrorist attacks—to justify antidemocratic measures.”

    “Because there is no single moment—no coup, declaration of martial law, or suspension of the constitution—in which the regime obviously “crosses the line” into dictatorship, nothing may set off society’s alarm bells. Those who denounce government abuse may be dismissed as exaggerating or crying wolf. Democracy’s erosion is, for many, almost imperceptible.” ― Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future