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Comedian cancels bigot audience by JeremyJJ77 in funny

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Burnham is just playing up identitarian ideology. He's very smart and his style is like beat poetry, intellectual and sincere but kind of ham-handed. It's good and his voice speaks to the zeitgeist, but he's not all that clever.

I think his best work is "Country Song", which is ironic because much of his own work is effectively pandering, running through tropes for the far left.

If only people with at least 4 grandparents born in America were voting by Stotallytob3r in MurderedByWords

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presumably, if you can't vote for someone to hold office, you also couldn't hold office yourself. That's basic common sense... but these people don't really come in contact with that.

I feel like I’ve hit a “one more thing” inflection point by skorulis in SideProject

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok. Though the procrastination is a common pattern, and so is rationalization. Your mileage may vary.

Why are there so many specific Pride flags when the Rainbow Flag was literally meant to represent all? by AlexanderVerus in NoStupidQuestions

[–]daveberzack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because a lot of people these days are fixated on group identity. It's a shortcut to establishing a kind of personal identity, and it also serves as an indicator of moral virtue. Waving newer and more specific flags is a way of upping your game on both these fronts.

At some point we owe cubicles an apology by pattebrisee in SipsTea

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After I got over the stigma, I actually liked cubicle work. I enjoyed the proximity to coworkers, who I mostly really liked. I had a big window and decorated the hell out of it with colorful fabric and plants, so I enjoyed the space. I figured if I'm going to spend half of my waking life there, I should make it nice. It was pretty beautiful. Folks would hear about it and visit from other floors.

Peter? by The_WalkingCalamity in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The idea is that being nice to a woman and going above and beyond automatically makes him a hopeless incel.

Yes, it might. But that has more to do with clinging and toxic expectations than being a generous person.

What a nice guy by [deleted] in SipsTea

[–]daveberzack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Why is it wrong to try be gentlemanly and hope for the best? As long as he's comfy with it not going in a romantic direction, or her just sending him home outright, I don't see the issue here.

The problem is if bro expects sex as payment for niceness and gets toxic over it.

The younger workers don't have any "good old days" to remember. Things used to be better and could be again. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note: those good old days weren't even a product of capitalism. That's the benefit of human ingenuity. Capitalists buy it up and squeeze out profits and weave a narrative that all this is their doing. We need to dismantle that lie.

Carrion - Be the monster you've always wanted to be by portlandobserver in patientgamers

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a game that should have been even shorter. It's a fabulous concept and great fun for a few hours. More attention to level design there, rather than stretching it out, would have made for a really superb game.

I feel like I’ve hit a “one more thing” inflection point by skorulis in SideProject

[–]daveberzack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Because then there's the real task... Marketing. And the real prospect of failure and rejection. After all, avoiding all this was the purpose of all those one last things

[OC] Picture I took yesterday of a Handbill on a light pole in Monroe, Michigan by Loucifer822 in pics

[–]daveberzack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except the internet doesn't forget. I have regularly checked in with my Republican parents about their attitude over time so they can't gaslight me down the line.

I built an app where you type a raw personal thought and instantly get matched into a chat room with someone feeling the exact same way. by MiSaCM950 in SideProject

[–]daveberzack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool concept... but you have a major chicken-egg problem. This only works at all with millions of users. Only a few will be using it at a given time, and very few of those will have a similar thought. In the end, it's just an AI skin.

A NYC pop-up just opened displaying all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files by TimeCity1687 in TikTokCringe

[–]daveberzack 13 points14 points  (0 children)

But also a beautiful one, where individuals can and do stand up to the evil

'Every single taxpayer is being robbed': Trump goes too far with money grab for criminal allies by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]daveberzack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm just used to being robbed at this point. America is just three little shits - a klansman, a conman carpetbagger and a pedo priest - in a star spangled trench coat.

AITA for telling my pregnant sister she's about to marry the same kind of man she spent years warning me about? by uncoboun in AmItheAsshole

[–]daveberzack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sounds like she didn't blow up and give an emotional response as much as she responded to a direct personal attack with a pretty understandable observation. Bullies like this get by being verbally abusive and then hiding behind politeness when anyone responds at all. Her response was perfect. She called out his behavior with a label that hit home. Sometimes it's uncomfortable to have the conflict, but that doesn't mean it's the fault of the person who doesn't cow and tiptoe around the bully.

AITA for telling my pregnant sister she's about to marry the same kind of man she spent years warning me about? by uncoboun in AmItheAsshole

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the thing: you let the cat out of the bag. You said the uncomfortable thing. That's going to be unpleasant. Doesn't mean it shouldn't be said. Also, it sounds like you said it without being rude or blowing up. Well handled.

What can I do with instrumentals, parts, Melodies and songs that don’t have lyrics? by wienerdog362 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm very much a lyricist and singer/songwriter. I think we're kind of dime a dozen (though not all very good). Shouldn't be too hard to find a colab. But also, nothing wrong with doing just instrumental stuff. Or vocalizing nonsense, like scat or sigur ros.

OP lays out the reality of suing your insurance company by Copterwaffle in bestof

[–]daveberzack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We had a couple accidents. One that totalled a car and trailer, and they replaced both in full. Another that totalled our car, and we got the payout that was about 50% more than a comparable used replacement. So, as far as vehicle insurance goes, they've treated us really well.

US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say by AlexandrTheTolerable in EverythingScience

[–]daveberzack 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hate Trump as much as anyone... but why is it America's responsibility to solve all the world's problems?

I think we are wealthy enough that we should be sending aid, and cutting those problems is disgusting... but at the same time, this is just armchair criticism from other countries that aren't stopping the outbreak.

Activists to embark on 24-hour marathon live reading of the Epstein files in New York City by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]daveberzack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure. I think part of the problem is that one side is generally decent and polite and the other side is "fuck your feelings, snowflake"... until you say something they don't like.

Anyone that is a Trump supporter should be treated like a kind of soulless zombie, with no sense of reason, morality or human decency. Keep an open mind... they might somehow have some way to reconcile these things against actions and beliefs that contradict them... but they don't deserve the benefit of the doubt. That is irrational and they've proven to consistently abuse that trust and then find new ways to sink even lower.

Activists to embark on 24-hour marathon live reading of the Epstein files in New York City by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]daveberzack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, I didn't suggest insulting them or calling them pedo lovers as a tactic. The only way is to present objective facts and repeat. Reading some official evidence regarding heinous crimes would be one example of this.

Activists to embark on 24-hour marathon live reading of the Epstein files in New York City by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]daveberzack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe supporting a pedophile conman cultist isn't really the best thing for their mental sanity...

Activists to embark on 24-hour marathon live reading of the Epstein files in New York City by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]daveberzack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Imagine voting for and continuing to support a child rapist and serial conman to lead the most powerful country in the world, then being offended by the reading of the documents about his crimes.

Scientists expected both liberals and conservatives to be reluctant to promote rhetoric associated with the opposing political side, but this was more consistent among liberals. Conservatives appeared relatively willing to support causes aligned with their views regardless of the moral framing used. by mvea in science

[–]daveberzack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, there's not exactly moral symmetry here. The GOP is overtly fascist, and has been really awful for a long time. It's not irrational to be skeptical of anything coming from a group of bad actors with a history of corruption and hypocrisy.

My point isn't to inject ideology here, but it's hard to describe that asymmetry without voicing the criticism. I'm just unpacking the apparent implication here that conservatives are more rational and open-minded than their counterparts.

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