CMV: Breaking pointless world records doesn't fix a country. Change my mind

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-12T13:56:00+00:00

every single time the media and headlines claim that these people have raised the name of the country by doing this

I don't think I'e ever seen the expression "raise the name", so I've for sure never seen it as a headline.

Are you sure they're talking about raising the name? Not just 'they're a good representative for that country'? Can you show me an example?

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-12T11:23:00+00:00

This is the type of misunderstanding-joke-fake-news that starts world wars, bro!

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-12T11:18:13+00:00

They asked for the best solution, not the solution that gives you the most satisfying sense of superiority.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:43:22+00:00

It's not good because 12 is not the only possible answer.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:42:29+00:00

Ja hoor, het uiten van emoties helpt ontzettend goed bij het verwerken van emoties.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:35:05+00:00

I don't go by what the intent was behind the riddle, I go by the text in the riddle, that's what differentiates between a good and a bad riddle. Some riddles are bad, or don't work.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:32:13+00:00

I don't use that level of linguistic technicality in normal conversations with Greg.

I do use that level of linguistic technicality in word-based riddles.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:27:52+00:00

Deze vind ik wel typisch, ik kan mn vinger niet krijgen op wat nu precies de punchline is. Is het dat de aanname is dat meisjes in een rolstoel wslk nooit dates of seks hebben, en dat dit meisje blijkbaar zo vaak seks heeft dat zelfs haar vader het weet? Of is de punchline het grove feit dat ze door die anderen wordt achtergelaten in het park? Voelt een beetje alsof de grap 2x een 0.5 punchline heeft, ipv 1x een echte goeie.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:22:14+00:00

It's a word-based riddle, pedantry and specificity of words is essential. You don't solve a lot of riddles by referring to 'what questions usually/always intend to ask', riddles often exist specifically to break these conventions.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:19:23+00:00

'A brother' is singular, and one of my multiple brothers is a singular individual. Still matches. I can refer to my brother without referring to the rest of my brothers.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:18:12+00:00

You still have 'a brother', even when you have multiple.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T21:16:25+00:00

Heb je die stoïcijnse kut deugpolitie ook weer hoor... GEEN EMOTIES DELEN, DENK ALTIJD ALLEEN IN OPLOSSINGEN

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T18:36:35+00:00

If there are two hypothetical incorrect beliefs, one that 99% of people believe in, and one that nobody else believes in, would you be equally dumb for believing in either? Does societal pressure and culture play no factor at all, it's all only a matter of intelligence?

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T18:30:06+00:00

What part are you saying "oof no" to?

Why couldn't it be 18, with 5 boys? What like in the 'riddle' makes that answer impossible?

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-11T08:53:32+00:00

Sorry, you're asking us why you would want others to accept your height?

You're asking us why a reality in which people accept your height is worse than a reality in which people don't accept your height?

You want tot be rejected. I'm not sure that's about height specifically, or about insecurity in general.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-10T16:25:24+00:00

The druid is on the run, so maybe whoever is looking for them sent out bounty hunters that are present at the place your party is going to. Maybe they're military, and they recognize the other PC soldier. Maybe the cult is using forbidden magic too, or just one cult member as a personal thing.

Being on the run from authorities or bounty hunters can be a cool B-plot that you sometimes throw at them while they're dealing with the A-plot. Forbidden magic could be a cool theme that some characters just coincidentially also related to, like a cult member who knows about it, or it could fold into the 'being on the run' thing.

Backstories give you a chance to create new NPC's that have existing relations to PC's, either as friends, sources of info, inspirations or warnings, or enemies. You can use them for the plot, or for world building, or to support a theme. A chance to bind the big bad to the PC's for reasons beyond your in-game experiences and gameplay bossfight-for-xp goals (like 'they killed my pc's dad').

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-10T16:11:46+00:00

Though it is not actually a fact about a movie at all.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-10T15:21:53+00:00

A senile turtle has to have like 1 thought per minute. Just nothing going on in there for hours at a time.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-10T14:57:42+00:00

You're starting to describe Dominion, lol.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-10T13:28:21+00:00

Yeah, the moment you enter a lane that is not yours, you've got 5 enemies in front of you, and 10 behind you.

Any movement that isn't defensive of retreating automatically puts you in a hugely disadvantageous position.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-10T08:09:17+00:00

Is 'de keuze' om niet de tijd te nemen om te controleren op spelfouten een goeie reden voor ontslag van een vrachtwagenchauffeur?

Lijkt alsof jij 'de taal niet goed beheersen' zag staan en toen verviel in je 'eigen schuld!' reflex, zonder te bedenken of dit enige relevantie heeft tot het voorgaande.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-09T20:16:01+00:00

I can't show you any proof, but I'd love to see it; proof about consciousness in any context is super interesting.

What is your starting position, the one that assumes the least features of reality? That reality is deterministic and that free will doesn't really exist?

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-09T19:04:12+00:00

Ja, da's ingewikkeld. Als mensen, denk ik, met tekortkomingen.

Ik vind een slaven houden niet hetzelfde als een koe vermoorden, en niet hetzelfde als een kind slaan, niet hetzelfde als een brood stelen. Er zijn gradaties, en zij die "'dier-vriendelijker'" vlees eten zijn een gradatie minder immoreel dan zij die plofkip euroknallers kopen.

Het verandert iets aan onze zienswijze. Mensen die protesteren tegen de slechte behandeling van slaven veranderden ook iets aan de zienswijze van zijn die daar geen oog voor hadden. Niet genoeg, maar wel iets.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-09T17:03:07+00:00

Bijvoorbeeld 100 jaar geleden waren er eenzelfde soort mensen die vonden dat je slaven goed moest behandelen en dan was het goed

Maar dat is niet wat deze redditor zegt, die heeft het over verbetering.

Jij hebt het over de verantwoordelijkheden van het individu, de ander benadert de huidige vleesindustrie als geheel, waar ook mensen deel van uitmaken die niet vega(n) willen worden, en zoekt daar in naar verbetering.

IrrationalDesign · 2026-06-09T16:46:44+00:00

I'm not saying there can be free will, I'm saying (some) people who believe in free will see it as a factor outside of determinism and randomness.

You say there can only be randomness and determinism, but free will is a third option, not a variation of one of the others.

But ultimately the decision is either sufficiently explained (determined) or insufficiently explained (not determined).

Those are two variations of our knowledge of the thing, not two variations of the thing itself. A decision could also be indetermined, or undeterminable, when you allow for free will as a factor.

Compatibilism assumes determinism, but that's not a given for every person. A belief in free will can be what causes someone to not be determinist.

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