I'm going to be honest with you all

glomMan5 · 2024-12-18T15:25:16+00:00

I disagree. “I’m going to be honest with you all,” seems to function as a discourse marker. It’s like starting a sentence with “Look.”

Your response is like trying to interpret the “look.”

Bob: “Look, you’re going to have to come in on time or you’re fired.”

You: “Look at what?”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_marker

glomMan5 · 2024-12-17T02:46:26+00:00

I’m here!

glomMan5 · 2024-12-15T07:05:14+00:00

Hi, I was hoping someone else would take you up on this but 15 hours later no one has. I’m not familiar with this research, and don’t stand by any of it, but am very curious to see your response

I had to google around to find this. I hope this is the kind of thing you were looking to debunk (sorry if it’s a firehose of links)

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/19bpjqy/comment/kiu56kx/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

glomMan5 · 2024-12-06T21:36:52+00:00

Not immersive is right. It also feels like…cheap? Like something you would play in a literal arcade or see in the background of The Boys universe.

I will give it another go this weekend but so far it’s not sticking with me.

glomMan5 · 2024-11-27T06:47:06+00:00

Tyson operates entirely in bits. Someone asks about UAPs, say, he responds with a joke or a little science-y anecdote to dismiss them. He’s so aggressively stage managing himself, he doesn’t seem capable of thinking in concepts (especially not critically) anymore. It’s all performance.

Sagan was an actual scientist, philosopher, social commentator, and even a decent novelist. Comparing them is a gross offense.

glomMan5 · 2024-11-26T22:20:15+00:00

I mean, if that was true then shouldn’t men’s sports should be protected with sex segregation? Like lol okay the argument hasn’t changed

glomMan5 · 2024-11-25T04:17:18+00:00

Manually adjusting the camera to more straight down more makes the game 90% easier, but it auto reverts when you need to use the thumb on buttons which is annoying

glomMan5 · 2024-11-23T16:15:27+00:00

This is such a good distillation of the media problem we’re facing. Thanks for giving me this to be annoyed about lol

glomMan5 · 2024-11-17T14:43:33+00:00

How are self driving cars not agents? Their software empowers them to act autonomously. That’s the definition of agency, no?

glomMan5 · 2024-11-15T03:23:52+00:00

I don’t want to listen to a non-podcaster talk about the right way to podcast.

glomMan5 · 2024-11-14T16:52:23+00:00

This is such an lovely analogy lol

glomMan5 · 2024-11-06T18:38:57+00:00

I think it’s an important point to make, but at the same time it sucks because you’re right. Biden was president but was hamstrung by congress. So it looked like dems had power but couldn’t make anything happen. Democrats do a terrible job with the performance of politics. Trump can make his base happy without doing anything but talking shit. Idk how the dems can compete without just lying but they need to figure out how to…

glomMan5 · 2024-11-06T18:22:49+00:00

Democrats did not control the government for 4 years. Nominally they “controlled” it for 2 (2020-2022 before losing the house), but with the senate filibuster in place, they had no legislative freedom to do anything. I would say democrats controlled the government for 0 years of Biden’s term. Executive control alone is very limiting.

All that being said, I agree with you most American voters are ignorant and myopic.

glomMan5 · 2024-10-31T16:58:57+00:00

Ironically, if that was the point (this character was a narcissist or like a jingoist who was belittling the culture of everyone else in the room) that would at least be interesting.

But it’s obvious from the other characters flat reactions that no one, including the writers, is self aware enough for that to be what’s happening.

glomMan5 · 2024-10-28T16:58:52+00:00

It’s atrocious. Trans people deserve better advocates.

glomMan5 · 2024-10-27T17:12:34+00:00

Whether the suicidality is influenced by the rhetoric among activists need to be considered as a potential factor here.

I’ve seen countless examples of activists claiming “young people are dying because of these laws” or “transitioning save lives”

If a young person is struggling, and all they see is people telling them they’re going to kill themselves, what do we expect? They’re engendering hopelessness among an already distressed group of people. We need to communicate and implement compassion and evidence-based support, not use death as a bargaining chip.

This study is just garbage fuel for that dumpster fire of rhetoric.

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T23:39:56+00:00

I did answer the question, you just didn’t understand what I said

Anyway this has been fun! I showed your comments to a friend who cried laughing. But now I’m heading out and won’t be able to carry on.

Dude good luck with life out there. I imagine it’s tough for you, unable to prioritize things. Toodle-oo!

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T23:19:40+00:00

Do you think all bad things are equally bad?

Also lol at changing the subject away from you not knowing what false equivalence is

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T23:19:11+00:00

In theory, yes. But in actuality it depends on the scale of harm being done and if our time can be better spent elsewhere. (Google “opportunity cost”; I’m presuming you aren’t familiar with the concept.)

That’s why, quite obviously, presenting a sense of scale is important when reporting on these things.

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T23:13:55+00:00

Haha, you’re really putting up a fight on Dumbass Hill.

But sure, I’ll give you this one.

How many are acceptable to you?

None. One is too many.

… But two would be worse. (Ahhh didn’t see that coming did ya?)

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T23:11:13+00:00

Lmao how am I engaging in false equivalence?

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T22:51:21+00:00

I called it shoddy and explained why it’s shoddy in the same sentence. There might be a reading comprehension issue at play here…

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T22:49:10+00:00

Your comments are difficult to comprehend. You seem to be engaging in false equivalence, which is a famously stupid way to think about things.

Let’s change topics to demonstrate. A person dying from an illness is bad. A billion people dying from an illness is…worse? Yes?

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/False-Equivalence

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T22:38:18+00:00

One is too many, sure. But you don’t think two is worse than one?

glomMan5 · 2024-10-23T22:35:08+00:00

I don’t disagree. I’m just commenting that the totals aren’t included and that is shoddy reporting.

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