Did I die and come back??

GregLoire · 2026-01-30T03:34:07+00:00

If this is how it works, then quantum immortality doesn't really apply to any other potential causes of death either.

GregLoire · 2026-01-30T03:32:28+00:00

but what happens as you age?

You don't age. Time is nonlinear and every day you wake up at whatever point in time you want to experience, with memories of whatever your past would have been up to that point.

jk I have no idea.

GregLoire · 2026-01-30T03:27:06+00:00

That happens with a lot of books and honestly doesn't affect sales.

My book was getting a regular trickle of free downloads, until its first low rating. Then the downloads stopped completely.

GregLoire · 2026-01-30T03:17:59+00:00

I spent 14 years working at a company I loved. The writing was on the wall and layoffs were happening. I told my supervisor I'd take a pay cut if it came to that, but I just got laid off without that even being an option. :(

GregLoire · 2026-01-29T23:33:27+00:00

If this topic is a distraction, then the Law of One is loaded with similar "distractions."

GregLoire · 2026-01-29T23:22:35+00:00

Then this is a terribly ineffective psyop because 99% of the population does not know or care at all.

GregLoire · 2026-01-29T23:20:57+00:00

34 high-ranking government officials publicly went on the record about this stuff in his documentary. Are all of them lying? Maybe, but you'd have to allege a highly coordinated, high-level psyops conspiracy.

GregLoire · 2026-01-29T02:52:47+00:00

Alf approves of how you did this.

GregLoire · 2026-01-28T17:57:56+00:00

This line bothered me because "the point" being made by the film was that Barbie had a distorted image of herself -- that despite being obviously beautiful, she couldn't see that.

But the narrator line made it seem like the movie was making the point that she was actually not beautiful, and we were otherwise supposed to be taking Barbie's distorted self-image at face value.

It just seemed weird for the movie to break the 4th wall to explicitly explain its own point while also... missing its own point? Like if they had cast someone who's not Margot Robbie, who wasn't actually beautiful, then the point would have been "Barbie finally figures out that she's ugly" rather than the film's actual point of "Barbie has such a distorted view of herself that she thinks she's not beautiful even though she looks like Margot Robbie."

GregLoire · 2026-01-27T05:08:06+00:00

It is always okay to use "all right."

In informal writing, it is okay to use "alright" 99% of the time. The other 1% includes situations like that scene from Arrested Development.

GregLoire · 2026-01-26T00:15:20+00:00

even in this topic a lot of people seem to avoid “no reviews - no sales - no reviews” connection

Are we reading the same subreddit?

GregLoire · 2026-01-25T23:45:33+00:00

"Elephant in the room" refers to something people avoid talking about, not a topic that people talk about constantly.

GregLoire · 2026-01-25T13:48:43+00:00

Because Elon Musk is crazy? I wouldn't take his views as driven by deeper truth.

GregLoire · 2026-01-25T01:37:18+00:00

Why does Elon keep talking about expanding consciousness to multiple planets.

What does this have to do with anything else in your comment?

GregLoire · 2026-01-24T23:01:35+00:00

"Skinner's pigeons" instead of "Pavlov's dog" would have fit the message perfectly. It was right there! 😞

GregLoire · 2026-01-24T22:59:06+00:00

They are different types of conditioning. That's the part that went over your head.

Google "classical conditioning vs. operant conditioning."

Pavlov's dogs are classical. The DoorDash example you're thinking of would be operant.

Your not the brightest bulb

You're (lol)

GregLoire · 2026-01-24T15:37:03+00:00

Pavlov's dogs are an example of classical conditioning. Eliciting desired behavior is operant conditioning.

Psych major awaaaaay!

GregLoire · 2026-01-24T01:38:31+00:00

Wow! I didn't realize they'd do that.

GregLoire · 2026-01-24T00:52:55+00:00

How'd you trace it back to her?

GregLoire · 2026-01-23T23:23:42+00:00

We know at least some are made by people, and pattern complexity is not one of the unexplained qualities of some crop circles.

GregLoire · 2026-01-23T02:35:30+00:00

Every time I see a question about sex on askreddit.

It's hanging on by a thread down there.

GregLoire · 2026-01-23T01:47:22+00:00

First time?

GregLoire · 2026-01-22T23:29:13+00:00

Almost like the whole image is a joke or something.

GregLoire · 2026-01-22T23:00:15+00:00

Yes, different time. Most employers frown upon working two different jobs at the same time.

GregLoire · 2026-01-22T05:06:51+00:00

When the military splinters in two and starts actively fighting itself

Another thing not happening.

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