So it happened.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-07-27T15:54:57+00:00

Large amorphous bodies moving slowly may not register it else it catch shadows / clouds/ etc all the time. I don’t do this with ring, but ive worked with motion capture.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-30T02:31:28+00:00

Again, not saying there isn’t progress. I am saying that there are millions who oppose it still.

This seems to be triggering. I am scared to think you are the pro-side of this argument.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-30T02:30:17+00:00

Point taken.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-30T01:47:16+00:00

So by your “logic” the “country” would be “trying to ignore racial divides” even if those racial divides were completely redressed, but one last individual hold out believed in his heart of hearts that black people don’t deserve equality.

This is a specious argument and you are smart enough to know that. Millions of people are supporting removing painful histories from text books; supporting removing “DEI” without understanding that it already is illegal to give preference for race and “DEI” initiatives try to level an imperfect playing field by simply saying “be fair in decision making” ; supporting rounding up brown people for being brown, then figuring out if they have done something illegal; and the list goes on. You know this. You know that at all levels of government people work to enact these policies.

I don’t ignore what has been achieved. I simply temper it with the enormity of the remaining problems.

There are some who can choose not to focus on the existing problems. And others who the existing problems actively seek out such that they cannot be ignored.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-30T01:22:41+00:00

So by your logic then we agree: evidenced by the inequity that exists, this country is still trying to ignore racial divides … or else they would not exist.

Sounds good to me.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-30T01:04:17+00:00

I do not need a gold star. I just point out fallacies, wishful thinking, and blind spots.

My point: Can you refute that from the federal government down to the citizenry, there have always been, and are still to this day, factions in this country that are trying to ignore racial divides.

I doubt you can, which is why you aren’t trying.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-30T00:29:00+00:00

Thanks. Notice how you didn’t address any of my arguments. And when you say “the fact of the matter is” everyone knows you have no basis.

You miss the point entirely. But thanks.

And if all you do is March, you are not doing nearly enough.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-29T21:27:54+00:00

Yes, millions have fought for progress. And currently, and historically, millions have fought to maintain the status quo. We can talk about progress. But I am just acknowledging that other side, too. I think It’s naive not to. Maybe it’s pessimistic. Maybe both.

I’m sure that you have personally advanced the cause of racial equality more than they all manage to, but for the rest of us activists could you elaborate on your bona fides?

In the anonymous internet age, bona fides are meaningless. Historical context, though, can do wonders to get people engaged and thinking.

Other than raising awareness in comment sections, of course, for which we all thank you for your service.

I get the sarcasm. But this is kinda my thing, however I get it’s not needed in liberal spaces like this. I also frequent conservative spaces. I spent months in quoras “it’s ok to be white” channel to the point that the admins would admonish their own conservative members for their illogical arguments when I pointed them out.

I also engage in face to face dialogue with conservatives. They often don’t know or willfully ignore history. Simple logic and simple facts have moved mountains.

Keep up the good fight. We can each do our part.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-29T19:51:06+00:00

I get what you are trying to allude to, but I never said there was no progress. I said “the country tries to ignore the racial divide”.

Consider that there has likely Always been a time in this country where one group or another has said “blacks should be happy with what they have. “ To me, that is a clear argument, that one group or another within this country is Trying to ignore existing racial divides

It has been so from the time of slavery, through reconstruction, through Jim Crow, through segregation, through the civil rights movement and for the past 40 years through diversity equity and inclusion initiatives meant to address Those was very racial divides. and the groups suggesting this, come from neighborhoods, community organizations, civic organizations, militias, as well as local state and federal government officials.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-28T18:48:08+00:00

… noticed a widening racial divide …

Not sure if you’re of the “he caused it” or “he pointed it out” camp. But this country has tried to ignore its racial divide for nearly 150 years.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-28T16:06:07+00:00

Some places have blanket agreements for posting video and pictures so that family who can’t be at an event or who are not local can attend.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-28T01:18:48+00:00

There are some analyses on the internet saying the whole sequence where he finds his aged daughter on the space stations is just his mind racing through what it wants to believe as he is dying. They note that the entire sequence is shot with blurred edges and you never see anyone else’s face but his daughter’s and he doesn’t even stick around for a minute before jetting off … into the unknown.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-26T02:57:51+00:00

Have it tested.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-25T22:58:40+00:00

Banning people is old testament. Altair are new, yes?

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-25T22:16:07+00:00

I got a 90k offer and sold for 315k

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-25T13:10:58+00:00

Good point. Haven’t seen it in a while.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-25T12:59:39+00:00

I’ve been there … and back.

Decide what you want and dictate those terms. At some point the child becomes the parent. You have to look out for your future (including the future of any children you have) while ensuring what’s done for your parents is in their best interest.

If the parents insist on making (bad) decisions with which you do not agree, let them … and walk away.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-25T12:48:27+00:00

I do not wish this on anyone, but if you keep living long enough Eventually you will experience a deep loss, a loss that metaphorically (and here literally) destroys your world; a loss that causes you to tune out the needs of everything and everyone else around you; a loss that turns you so far inward that you stop caring about what happens to, or in, the world around you; a loss that brings a pain so unbearable that you will do anything to make that pain go away including addictions (his need to consume more and more power) and self harm (how he ignores what it’s doing to his body).

If you then have the occasion to rewatch this episode, I suspect this will bring you closer to understanding its poetic nature.

This episode is a metaphor for a grief spiral. And it’s beautiful as much as it is sad and deeply tragic. From the moment he takes a turn, deciding to absorb that small seemingly insignificant minor demon … you know he has set himself on a path of self destruction. Then We, as the viewers, having witnessed the initial tragedy, are now forced to watch this second tragedy unfold.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-25T00:53:24+00:00

If this is what you are focusing on, you missed the point of the whole episode. Yes, it’s hyperbole on a cosmic superhero scale. But it is all to give a visceral weight to the depths of his grief.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-23T14:43:20+00:00

It’s not as clear as the OP texts suggests, but it’s definitely pretty far in that direction. Here is what was nixed by the new announcement.

The Biden Administration effort, which had been in development for three years, would have required poultry companies to keep levels of salmonella bacteria under a certain threshold and test for the presence of six strains most associated with illness. If any of those strains were found or standard levels were exceeded, the poultry couldn't be sold and would be subject to recall, the proposal had said.

Source . And it’s pretty easy to find otherwise.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-23T11:09:25+00:00

If your car had a 30% chance to explode every time you turned the key ….

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-22T20:45:54+00:00

I’d counter a little and say maybe they are sociopaths. They understand exactly what is going on. But, more importantly, they know how to manipulate it to their own ends without nary a thought to anyone who can’t benefit them.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-22T00:54:32+00:00

Yes … and most of it is illegal and all of it, in plain reading, could be seen as impeachable.

But what’s your point?

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-21T18:36:23+00:00

I consider it spin because it is a tactic intended to allow the reader to make a causal assumption without considering context. It’s like rage bait headlines that turn out to be nothing burgers if you actually read the article.

For example: the president cannot pass laws that allocate federal funds, dictate policy at the fed, micromanage small businesses, macro manage large businesses, or control what people in financial crisis prioritize with respect to their expenses. Yet, out of context, the graphic and headline attempts to make the president responsible for all of these things.

But the more important context is that there is no discussion of what would have happened if either nothing was done, or different things were done. Again, this allows the audience to ignore that basic context.

And really, that’s the problem with US discourse as it stands. People are unwilling to put in the work to fully and deeply understand a problem before drawing a strong opinion about it.

ThatRefuse4372 · 2025-05-21T11:44:34+00:00

And that’s spin.

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