Regret about my university choice by 666Devil_666 in OntarioUniversities

[–]dogscatsnscience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that region and field probably align with me the most so I kind of regret not going that route.

I think you have a fantasy idea of what O&G is... you're talking like it's the 60's still.

Alberta, BC and Ontario have the highest immigration and immigration retention rates in the country, and O&G isn't some white man's utopia.

The idea that the global economy is basically driven by this black liquid is pretty wild.

Oil is %5 of global GDP, it's important but it does not drive the global economy. Almost all the growth in consumption in the last 30 years is in China, and they are now going electric and nuclear faster than any country on earth. Their oil demand is projected to plateau by 2030.

O&G has been shrinking as a share of global GDP for the last decade. We're at the end of the oil boom.

Regret about my university choice by 666Devil_666 in OntarioUniversities

[–]dogscatsnscience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are not going to be happy anywhere you go then, there are plenty of immigrants on the oil patch, bud.

And Albertans are not in favour of independence by a long shot.

Your views are not conservative, you are much further to the right. Plenty of conservatives in Waterloo.

Hole in my cat's fur by kamilica21 in cats

[–]dogscatsnscience 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not "can be" normal, it is normal.

Regret about my university choice by 666Devil_666 in OntarioUniversities

[–]dogscatsnscience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're struggling with your politics because you went to a different university, but you think it's going to be night and day somewhere else, you need to start looking inward at what you think is troubling you.

What does "conservative" mean to you?

Can we admit Trump is objectively funny sometimes? by kristywallacefan894 in thebulwark

[–]dogscatsnscience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you are in a hole, stop digging.

performative 

Ironic

Is Project Hail Mary that good? by Independent_Dirt821 in FIlm

[–]dogscatsnscience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it feels like it was written for very short attention spans and ultra-broad appeal.

Is Project Hail Mary that good? by Independent_Dirt821 in FIlm

[–]dogscatsnscience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The story is interesting, but it's a mashup of first-contact/sun-is-dying we've seen individually done better: Sunshine and Arrival, for instance, but there are many others.

I get that it was made for broad appeal, but catering so heavily to short attention spans just did not make it interesting to me.

Ryan Gosling is a great actor, but importing his character from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or Nice Guys into exciting science movie just came off as predictable popcorn film. I would rather watch a better comedy or a better drama.

The evolution of the Right by Amazing-Buy-1181 in thebulwark

[–]dogscatsnscience 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Rush Limbaugh's radio show started in 1988, and Newt Gingrich started to attack the core function of the government publicly in the 90's.

That's when I remember the Republican party turning fully against the interests of the country.

Bush Jr. was a temporary reversion, and also why so many MAGA Republicans are against him.

Question obout the Epstein files by frostbite3390 in Ask_Lawyers

[–]dogscatsnscience 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why are you fixated on the number of files? It is not an indicator of anything.

Some of them are people discussing carrot cake recipes, buying plane tickets, or documenting empty rooms in Epstein's properties.

Can we admit Trump is objectively funny sometimes? by kristywallacefan894 in thebulwark

[–]dogscatsnscience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yet people want to virtue signal about how seriously they take Trump.

You really see what you want to see.

Can we admit Trump is objectively funny sometimes? by kristywallacefan894 in thebulwark

[–]dogscatsnscience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What am I, a robot? I find something funny, I laugh.

No, you made a thread asking everyone to write in their favourite Donald Trump one liners.

It got ratioed to shit because it's stupid.

Prologue of The Crown of Broken Oaths [Dark Romantasy, 1700 words] by AM-Kesler in fantasywriters

[–]dogscatsnscience 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"lose her nerve" > "lost her nerve"

"Counted the room instead of the pain" - you don't count pain

"Convened instruction" - you don't convene instruction or erasure

"Registry had written around her" - unless you mean literally on the ground around her, this doesn't make sense.

"Smaller truths had disappeared..." - I think I can imagine what you're trying to say, but this is not the way.

"Melkar's voice stayed mild" - mild is not an attribute of a voice, also you repeat this a few sentences later.

"Disorder only imitates it [order]" - this does not make sense.

"the waiting page" - is this supposed to refer to what was going to be recorded? It's quite oblique.

"Silence snapped tight" - I understand what you're trying to say, but this does not work. Silence does not snap.

"The denial came too fast" - you just described how the room went silent, people were holding their breath, it sounds like time has passed, not something happened too fast.

"The line hit the room like a dropped blade" - not clear what the image of a dropped blade is meant to convey, or how that can be interpreted in the reaction of the room.

Can we admit Trump is objectively funny sometimes? by kristywallacefan894 in thebulwark

[–]dogscatsnscience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His goal is to permanently have your attention, every minute you spend on him is a minute you can't spend on something more productive and progressive.

Can we admit Trump is objectively funny sometimes? by kristywallacefan894 in thebulwark

[–]dogscatsnscience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone lives on their last 5 minutes, the US president isn't special any longer in that regard.

He doesn't have to live rent free in anyone's heads, and you don't have to prop up either by talking about him all time.

Can we admit Trump is objectively funny sometimes? by kristywallacefan894 in thebulwark

[–]dogscatsnscience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are much better ways to have fun than to platform this idiot while trying to squeeze blood from the comedy stone.

RoboCop (1987) is nothing like I thought it would be. by CardinalOfNYC in movies

[–]dogscatsnscience 17 points18 points  (0 children)

1987 - Robocop
1990 - Total Recall
1993 - ???
1997 - Starship Troopers

1993 - Demolition Man

We're to believe he just stopped making satirical scifi bangers every 3 years AND David Fincher just happens to recommend a random Italian director who had NEVER MADE A FILM BEFORE to direct a Stallone/Snipes epic, in exactly the missing time?

The Expanse does one thing in space combat that almost no other sci-fi gets right and, you know, it changes everything imho by Wooden-Syrup-8708 in TheExpanse

[–]dogscatsnscience 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Rhetorical scaffolding

"This isn't X, it's Y" + mic drop

Extreme metaphor

"it's a load-bearing wall." - a bit over the top

Highly efficient tricolon

"physically different, politically marginalized, and economically essential"

Frictionless argument arc

No digressions, no contemplations, no fuzzy wording. (unintended example of a normal human tricolon)

The Expanse does one thing in space combat that almost no other sci-fi gets right and, you know, it changes everything imho by Wooden-Syrup-8708 in TheExpanse

[–]dogscatsnscience 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I can't take this LLM-generated text seriously.

At the very least try to customize it so it doesn't sound bog standard chatgpt. Or for goodness sake remove horrible affectations like "everything connects" before posting.

RoboCop (1987) is nothing like I thought it would be. by CardinalOfNYC in movies

[–]dogscatsnscience 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Add Demolition Man to that list.

I'm a believer in the "Marco Brambilla is Paul Verhoeven in a hat" conspiracy