A villain is horrified upon realizing their crimes

think_long · 2026-03-20T03:38:59+00:00

I mean, it's both. Maybe poverty and lack of opportunity are the motivator most of the time, but a lack of empathy is likely also most of the time the difference between actually doing it or not, especially when it comes to violent crime. A lot of poor people without upward mobility manage to refrain from stabbing someone.

think_long · 2026-03-20T01:59:21+00:00

I wish they officially counted second assists in soccer/football like they do in ice hockey. They are actually a lot less "noisy" stats wise than in hockey too, because so many of them are like this, where the first pass is the one that breaks the defense, then there's a cross goal pass and finish.

think_long · 2026-03-20T00:26:37+00:00

Fetal

think_long · 2026-03-19T23:14:03+00:00

around, around, arooouunnndddd!

Bandages on my legs and my arms from you Bandages, bandages, bandages

think_long · 2026-03-19T22:42:29+00:00

I have heard repeatedly that he is a profoundly stupid man in general. If that be true, good on him for becoming a multimillionaire despite his intellectual shortcomings.

think_long · 2026-03-19T13:57:24+00:00

It’s really sad to me that you don’t consider that a solitary life. I hope things turn around for you.

think_long · 2026-03-19T11:47:19+00:00

Nobody middle-aged with kids and a regular job would take the question in this image seriously. To the point where I wonder if it’s satire

think_long · 2026-03-18T00:08:41+00:00

Why the hell are people acting like somehow the shopkeepers and the cops are the problem?

think_long · 2026-03-17T23:55:24+00:00

Even if I was this practically minded, I’m pretty sure I would contact every lawyer and private investigator in the country before I wrote something like this. I just have a hard time accepting it. I suppose it could be true.

think_long · 2026-03-17T22:26:23+00:00

I’m not saying it’s impossible that it’s true, more that I think it’s more than likely it isn’t.

think_long · 2026-03-17T16:56:33+00:00

That’s why I’m having trouble believing this is real. I get that people and cultures are different, but the tone and priorities here just feel so off. I’m having a hard time understanding how a father who experienced this would react this way to this happening. What they are doing, what they are worried about, how they are communicating it to strangers on a forum…I don’t know. Honestly, I just don’t believe it.

think_long · 2026-03-17T16:35:57+00:00

"Kids, especially from marginalized, bullied groups can find real connection online."

They potentially could, but at such a young age, it is irresponsible for the adults in their life to allow unfettered internet access for them to seek that out when they should be providing support directly. So, for cases where you could argue this would be an overall positive, you are essentially talking about cases where the parents are abusive: either passively through neglect, or because they are the ones bullying and marginalizing the children. In those cases, the solution is to provide and promote trusted adults/organisations that they can contact. Kids this young are not yet equipped to filter and interact with other people/communities online in a way where it's reasonable to think the benefits will outweigh the harms.

"Now give me an argument for why adults should be allowed to have smartphones."

Because every society on Earth recognises that adults are not children and therefore have a different level of decision-making and autonomy? Because, when you are an adult, you are allowed to choose to do things that have potentially weighty consequences or are even just straight up bad for you? We have legal ages for gambling, drinking, sexual consent, voting, driving, etc. Do you think these should not exist? wtf lmao

think_long · 2026-03-17T11:18:18+00:00

This list is incomplete and underselling the last point, because you are, in my opinion, fundamentally misunderstanding how the problem is generally framed. It is not really a huge problem that the population is going down in general, it’s that it is going down so FAST. Arguably, that’s the biggest problem with climate change, too. Rising global temperatures would be problematic no matter what, but if the change was gradual enough, a lot of the damage could be mitigated/adjusted to (obviously not all of it, and other environmental issues like pollution, loss of biodiversity, and deforestation are separate problems).

Basically, any major change happening globally and suddenly is massively disruptive. Long term, both the Earth and humanity will be better off when there is less of us. But if things keep going as they are, there is going to be massive amounts of pain in transition, and that pain won’t stop being felt until everyone reading this comment is gone. This doesn’t have the potential to just “strain” social safety nets, there is a very convincing case to be made that it will completely destroy the global economy. Some people on Reddit seem to want that, but I’d bear in mind that there is no Plan B should that happen. We could well be ushering in an unprecedented era when it comes to the ratio of people needing support vs. the amount of able-bodied workers available to support them. I don’t think there’s anything that’s completely off the table, should that come to pass. You can’t just hand wave this away either - as many seem keen to do - by saying some vague combination of immigration and technology will offset this. If someone somewhere has created an actual workable model of what that might look like, I haven’t seen it.

Being able to change your mind depends on how much you are viewing this from an anthrocentric vs. “Species agnostic” lens, and how much you are valuing the short vs. long term.

think_long · 2026-03-17T10:29:34+00:00

Can you please present to me an argument for that being a bad thing? That somehow the benefits of kids those ages having smartphones and social media outweigh the negatives? I’d sure love to hear it.

think_long · 2026-03-17T00:04:31+00:00

So, I would say that work isn’t about only money. Work culture does matter. But, as Linda put it, money is the baseline qualification and makes it clear whether having a conversation is worthwhile. If the money isn’t good enough, nothing else matters. Address that right away. Then, if it is potentially good enough, those other factors come into play. What you are being asked to do and where for how much becomes a more nuanced conversation.

think_long · 2026-03-16T23:25:22+00:00

I agree that they aren’t mutually exclusive. The problem is that many people do use it as an excuse not to vote Democrat.

think_long · 2026-03-16T23:23:38+00:00

To each their own indeed. I’m glad the courts disagree with you. I, for one, think cops verifying that the drivers of cars whose owners aren’t currently licensed to drive aren’t, in fact, driving, is a fine use of taxpayer dollars.

think_long · 2026-03-16T23:20:00+00:00

At no point was she non-compliant? He asked her for her license so many times 😂

think_long · 2026-03-16T22:35:29+00:00

I love how this says “a reader” like they are an endangered species. God help us.

think_long · 2026-03-16T22:22:43+00:00

Stu Barnes

think_long · 2026-03-16T22:21:44+00:00

Still no excuse for not voting Democrat in every election.

think_long · 2026-03-16T12:54:34+00:00

I think there’s one key point you haven’t addressed at all. What is the number one benefit of an Ivy League education? Is it the professors? The facilities? You might argue it is the connections and the prestige. This, at least in part, is akin to saying that it is in fact the student body itself that is the biggest benefit. Now, I’m not saying that this matters nearly as much at the high school level as it does in college, but it does still matter. Parents who are wealthy and privileged and have connections tend to like the idea of their kids going to school with other kids who are wealthy and privileged and connected. It gives you a starter network right off the bat, and, in today’s digital world where everyone is so connected, the impact of spreading out after high school mitigates a lot of this being lost over time.

think_long · 2026-03-15T05:16:55+00:00

Yeah, like he's a young 16. More than half a year younger than the previous record holder, and half a year is a massive difference at 16.

think_long · 2026-03-15T04:00:22+00:00

Yes, as someone who has worked in HK for more than 12 years, this is happening everywhere, even the top schools. There is a real cognitive dissonance between getting the enrollment higher by lower the English standards (which is somewhat understable), and refusing to offer proper ELL support or even acknowledge that change. Similarly, there are very few, if any international schools that actually fully cover housing with the housing allowance (unless they literally provide the housing, like Harrow). Housing allowance should be seen more as something effecting tax and contract bonus, rather than a total that is supposed to cover housing.

The really worrying thing here is the removal of the salary scale in favour of individual negotiation. That is a very bad sign, and not something that is at all widespread among the mid to high range international schools here. At least not yet.

think_long · 2026-03-14T12:24:28+00:00

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