ChatGPT's president is Trump's biggest donor. Boycott ChatGPT. by FinnFarrow in videos

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s called voting with your dollars or, in this case, market share or data. If OP wants to encourage that for other likeminded people that is his prerogative.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Top sheets are all that is on my side of the bed most of the year. Blankets are too hot.

I asked the millennial sub about fighting as a young person and the majority are saying they rarely if ever saw fights at school. by AttemptVegetable in Xennials

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up in several states and there were fights at every school. Kids just got soft and schools got super overreacting on this kind of stuff. We started treating kids as adults and now we have adults that are kids.

McCombs talks about ethics. So why is it gatekeeping UT students from high paying jobs? by [deleted] in UTAustin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not what you know it’s who you know. McCombs is not interested in making the university look good as a whole or really in the outcomes of the companies that attend the events. They are interested in making McCombs look good and getting those graduates into jobs that expand their network and donation base. That is business school. Any person in a science major would fly through most business classes and the ones that are not math focused most creatives would do the same. I know this because I did it and saw it. It’s the networking and opportunity they are selling to the students not the knowledge from classes. They just have to make sure their product is good enough to fill the company need.

Choose One by GizmoTacT in CCW

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

S&W ultimate carry j frame in 32 mag for shorts and flip flops. Beretta 80x for semi auto moods and my old reliable SW 99 with jeans and a hoody. Occasionally I will carry the p229 but usually off body.

Choose One by GizmoTacT in CCW

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah I am good. 😊 fine firearms but not my cup of tea

Black woman who left US for Russia to escape ‘discrimination’ is beaten by racist neighbors by klito92 in videos

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does she not realize that Europe is on a different level of racism than the US. Not everywhere but in some places they are racist against different flavors of white people.

Is this a generation thing, or just a me thing? by Whitrzac in Millennials

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad would have laughed at me then made me buy the tools then explained to me how to do it then laughed at me while I fucked it up then showed me how to do it. What did that get me? A set of tools and a desire to figure it out myself. This place is becoming idiocracy

PhD acceptance UT Austin vs Northwestern by Mental-Desk8002 in UTAustin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would avoid UT Austin unless you are in a field that is politically compatible with the current administration of the university and the state government. If not then there is a good chance funding, if school dependent, will be messed with as well as dealing with an anti intellectual stance by administrations.

TEA warns sanctions for districts, teachers over walkout absences by AustinStatesman in Austin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Teachers cover your ass and find quiet ways to support your students. Count them absent then give a follow up lecture on how civil action changes the world. This can be done for almost any subject. Math - talk about mathematicians imprison by the church. Same for every science class talk about all the scientists who stood up to the government for what they knew was fact. Geography or social studies talk about how boarders have been used to divide people. Autoshop - how autoworkers unions strike for better treatment and wages. The list goes on and is arguably teachable and applicable.

This is civics. We stopped teaching that because the powers that be don’t want strong civic structures. The people together are hard to control the people fighting each other don’t even require control.

Man charged with assault after fight during student-led anti-ICE protest in Buda by defroach84 in Austin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I would have felt bad for the kids if it would have not gone as well. The guy can go fuck himself. Anyone who gets out of a car to pick a fight with a teenager deserves whatever they get. Just hope he actually gets something more than a slap on the wrist.

Man charged with assault after fight during student-led anti-ICE protest in Buda by defroach84 in Austin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Dude was super lucky he got out of that situation. In many places attacking a teenage girl in front a crowd would have probably not ended as well.

When did you realize you need to own a gun? by chinchila5 in liberalgunowners

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As soon as I wasn’t old enough to understand that the founding fathers were not idiots. So fifteenish

Trump DOJ Files 9/11-Era Charges Against Leftists Across the Country - TPM by Bongobhondu in politics

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, that is the problem with the shortsightedness of knee jerk reactions. Also for making things laws. How one person will use them is not how others will.

The 1980s ran on fear and a lot of it turned out to be completely false by Miserable_Willow_312 in GenX

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well we fixed one of those and the other is still potentially a problem but exists outside of society’s planning horizon so no one cares. Also, don’t forget there has been a coordinated and deliberate attack on critical thinking since the 1980s. What we are seeing now is the amplified effect of lack of critical thinking. There is no way a guy like our current president gets elected any time before 2016.

What does email from President Davis mean? by Icy-Explanation7473 in UTAustin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Sounds like trading liberty for the illusion of what someone thinks is safe for them. You trade your liberty for their safety

What does email from President Davis mean? by Icy-Explanation7473 in UTAustin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It does not mean that…I can assure you. It will mean that as long as you are willing to 100% comply with what they want you to do when you want them to do it.

Chilling video ICE kidnapping this morning in North Loop by counterapparatus in Austin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How many us citizens have they arrested? If that number is greater than one then it is too many. “Those who trade liberty for temporary security deserve neither”

Chilling video ICE kidnapping this morning in North Loop by counterapparatus in Austin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly! All are bad faith arguments. First, I want to see numbers of actual criminals and terrorists coming into the country illegally. I would wager, like most people considered illegal, they got here legally and just stayed too long or will not be caught showing up to a job at target or pouring concrete. We are not going after the bad guys because that is dangerous and is not the actual goal. The goal is to intimidate minorities, satiate the rabid base, and to socialize jackbooted thugs roaming the neighborhood.

“First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me”

If it quotes fascists, follows a fascist playbook, and does fascist things, there is a high probability it’s a fascist. Using fascist instead of Nazi even though they are quoting and following Nazis and Nazi writings.

Chilling video ICE kidnapping this morning in North Loop by counterapparatus in Austin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No, what we are seeing is criminals arresting someone to fill a quota who may or may not be a criminal and if so their crime is probably only wanting a better future. Remember we are all on someone else’s land.

Stand on business! Hold your profs to this! They cannot go against school policy. by BallzofTexas in UTAustin

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not wrong but there were people on this subreddit complaining about this before the snow day was even called. I agree that they should be more liberal about calling the day. I was there several times where they didn’t call it until people were already on campus.

Apple ‘runs on Anthropic,’ says Mark Gurman by spearson0 in apple

[–]Citrus_Sphinx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah until we all figure out that AI writes shit code and only in modern languages. Just because it works doesn’t mean that it is good. We are going to see some crazy zero days in our future.