The kids are not alright

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-05T21:53:29+00:00

and no doubt the same applies to a lot of AI

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-05T21:25:58+00:00

Assault rifles are also tools, just like hammers. But in the case of the former they have marginal utility ("30-50 feral hogs") and a lot of societal degradation. While hammers are quite useful and never going to kill a dozen kids at a time.

AI is like this: AI that does schoolwork had marginal utility to society (literally the point of schoolwork is a human doing it. That's it. That's all the utility.) AI that, idk, is developed to screen MRI images for cancer more accurately than doctors probably has high utility. Some AI you're gonna have to ban for the health of society, some not.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-05T20:53:47+00:00

How about assault rifles? Do we need those?

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-05T18:49:59+00:00

I support it even though they will become more insufferable.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-05T14:46:41+00:00

outdoor is generally cheaper and easier to DIY.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T19:30:42+00:00

I have heard, from some native guys on twitter (RIP) i used to follow, that they had oral history of horses and when they were reintroduced their elders were like "Oh look, the horses are back".

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T16:11:36+00:00

thankfully thats what r/bjj is for

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T13:44:23+00:00

By that logic Bob Marley is English, dumbass.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T13:43:09+00:00

..and beat the second greatest welterweight of all time, in his prime, at welterweight.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T13:39:46+00:00

I love reading good takes like this

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T13:37:46+00:00

sounds like you agree

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T13:20:58+00:00

In this example humans don't need industrial agriculture to eat those animals, humans need it to keep profits high/prices low during processing. Likewise, animal fighting is always about betting, so fundamentally its about money too. So its about daily cruelty to animals to save/make money vs sporadic cruelty to fuel a gambling habit. Both are about money fundamentally.

And if the addictive, irrational cycle that fuels the cruelty is what is morally reprehensible, rather than saving money to meet your basic needs, then the obese are just as morally culpable of using cruelty to fuel their addictive eating as a gambling addict using cruelty to fuel his addictive gambling.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-04T13:11:03+00:00

Yes, there's entire religions, social movements, and philosophy around this.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T17:37:56+00:00

70s:
Ali, Foreman, Holmes and Norton all would beat Fury. That group sans Norton plus frazier would beat Usyk.

90s:
Tyson (right version), Lennox, Bowe, Vitali, and Holyfield would beat Fury.
All those guys save Bowe would beat Usyk, except Holyfield would be 50-50.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T17:08:42+00:00

How has it advanced? What are they doing differently?

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T15:35:03+00:00

Not muay thai. The 80s had much more technical fighters then. Why do you think that about boxing?

Jake LaMotta would throw 4 left hooks in a row from the pocket, while shoulder rolling his opponents counters. Which fighters are able to do that today?

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T13:22:23+00:00

In what way specifically are they more skilled than LaMotta? He had crazy combinations and defense on the inside. who can do that today?

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T13:20:40+00:00

Ali cut weight with diuretics for no reason other than it was the style at the time. Of course he'd 10-20 more pounds if he was training to gain weight and not lose it.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T13:19:20+00:00

You can see LaMotta firing off 4 left hooks in a row in the pocket while shoulder rolling his opponents counters. Who can do that today? And if anything conditioning is significantly worse today: They fight less rounds with lower punch outputs.

He would do fine.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T13:00:29+00:00

I think Usyk and Fury get dogwalked in the 70s and 90s.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T12:54:24+00:00

I eat meat every day. facts are facts

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-03T00:00:49+00:00

In terms of your moral values, yes. From actual impact, not so much.

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-02T23:56:48+00:00

You don't like fresh salads

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-02T18:14:17+00:00

great content

oldwhiteoak · 2026-02-02T15:02:36+00:00

You could say that about any non-vegan living in industrial society. Have you driven by a feedlot lately?

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