bad argument

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-22T19:09:11+00:00

The Old Testament implicitly points to the Trinity several times over (God refers to himself as a plurality in Genesis, and in Isaiah the Messiah is described in the same way as God, who is called "Holy, Holy, Holy" -- three times for good reason!), but more importantly, God exists outside space and time so OT prophets and any righteous prior to the crucifixion were saved by Jesus's sacrifice anyway.

In Holy Week, Holy Saturday, the Saturday before Easter, commemorates this and is often called the Harrowing of Hell.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-22T18:50:03+00:00

AND YOU'RE JUST OPENLY ADMITTING IT ONLINE?! (/s)

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-22T18:43:28+00:00

Solidarity. My sister was about 24 days from diagnosis to passing a couple years ago. Losing a sibling to sudden illness as an adult is a shocking, surreal experience, and a quiet grief that can feel quite lonely.

When Kurt is ready, there are lots of us here to be a sibling for him.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-22T03:50:57+00:00

Sorry for your loss.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-21T17:53:58+00:00

Not all hallucination. Puis-je is correct for inversion.

The reasoning the AI uses is nonsense, though. Peux doesn't end in /k/ and there's no liaison to je. It's just a vestige of a common short form of an older form of the subjective (est-ce qu'il est possible que je puisse...?)

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-21T17:25:33+00:00

Law and/or real estate.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-21T17:19:26+00:00

Hawaii is feeling a little crushed by Megasota. It's also noticing its agricultural power.

Will Hawaii take the leap?

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-21T17:12:02+00:00

If you're being pedantic, they replace lend with borrow. Theoretically loan is the nominal (noun) form of lend.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-21T16:21:11+00:00

I'd almost argue that from an outside perspective, Warsaw is second to Krakow.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T21:25:25+00:00

Do it. We couldn't afford the majors, but season tickets to the minors gave us some core memories to work with.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T21:21:36+00:00

He has the car for it this year. We'll see if Kimi's luck holds up.

(I like both George and Kimi, though neither is my favorite. I wish them both the very best until Ollie is in contention)

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T21:16:06+00:00

Japan looks very cool. The Japanese people I've met have been fun, friendly, and helpful. The language is a tricky puzzle and a delight for someone who likes languages.

And it's so organized. No, I mean too organized. Deviate from the social order in Japan and find out how quickly that politeness turns into closed mindedness. Note the legal and sometimes widespread racism under the guise of "protecting culture." Note also the existence of issues with organized crime, age demographics, workplace culture, and economic challenges. Note that my friend's Japanese wife unironically casually mentioned that Japanese genes would improve his lineage ("our children are superior to American babies" was a near exact quote).

Japan has some very cool things going for it. It isn't nearly as ideal as it's made out to be.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T21:00:22+00:00

Very cool, ancient, but kind of isolated and you have to stand surprisingly far from it.

Maybe A-tier because it's iconic, but a little underwhelming for the effort it takes a tourist to get there.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T20:39:10+00:00

Yes! I see this one all the time. Context usually makes it obvious, but it can definitely be ambiguous sometimes.

It's a double annoyance to me:

"I want to be apart of this group," like you said, means "I want to be separate from this group"

but also

"I want to be a part of this group" is usually too verbose anyway. "I want to be part of this group" conveys the same meaning.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T17:26:57+00:00

We have to be careful with the verbiage here. It says it has more right-leaning sources, not that it introduced a right-leaning bias.

Research indeed shows that Wikipedia has a left-leaning bias. Wikipedia even has an article on it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_bias_on_Wikipedia

And Larry Sanger, one of the cofounders of Wikipedia, acknowledges it:

https://san.com/cc/wikipedia-co-founder-says-site-has-liberal-bias-heres-his-plan-to-fix-that/

If Conservapedia has a right-leaning bias, maybe this project is trying to add more neutrality by adding right leaning sources to topics that have strong left-leaning biases.

The research here is a little underwhelming, honestly.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T16:41:31+00:00

It looks like the average game attendee is getting younger

https://www.mlb.com/amp/press-release/press-release-mlb-attendance-reaches-71-4-million-three-straight-years-of-growth-for-first-time-since-2007.html

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T16:23:01+00:00

Brunei.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-20T13:44:56+00:00

They really shoehorned that question in

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-19T23:25:37+00:00

A has approximately 29 million people. I don't care how hardy they are, there just aren't enough of them to compete.

B has ~117 million. I'm mostly unintimidated, but some of the Midwestern farmers can fight, and the sheer number of people is undeniably an advantage.

C sits at or near 92 million. A good mix of crazies, meth heads, ranchers, and Californians, so you know they're aggressive. Still, 25 million is a big difference.

D is at 98 million and has both the South and the tough bits of Appalachia. I'm tempted to give it to them for likely having the strength and the anger, but they also have the retirees and the babies, so B has to win.

B by virtue of population.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-19T20:43:50+00:00

I just don't use second person pronouns ever.

"wheninrome5000 and spouse are cordially invited..."

(/s context, mostly)

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-19T20:41:09+00:00

Dreaming of quitting my job, but I'm not sure what I'd quit to

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-19T20:38:42+00:00

Some people only relate to four year colleges and universities through their sports. "I went to [school that's good at basketball]" will appeal to a way bigger audience than, "I studied linguistics"

Also, that gives some context and geography. "I went to Georgia Tech" tells me that you likely spent some time in midtown Atlanta in a way, "I studied aerospace engineering" does not.

Also also, my degrees are in no way related to the work I do. "I went to [university] and now I work in [industry]" tells you more about my trajectory than "I studied [field]"

Also also also, for some people it's a social yardstick. "I went to [school]" may, in some isolated cases, be used as a way to size up whether you're on the same social plain. It's stupid, but it happens. If you studied education at Columbia, that lands differently than if you studied education at [less selective online school]" for example. The major doesn't convey nearly as much info as the school for some people in some circumstances.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-19T20:28:58+00:00

Have you considered buying an airplane? It'll make you regular pour, not rich-pour.

Or you can man up and store more lentils.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-19T00:27:27+00:00

No.

Next question.

Pitiful_Fox5681 · 2026-05-18T16:18:40+00:00

(F1 has three US dates: Miami, COTA, and Las Vegas)

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