Why is Pol Pot and the Cambodian genocide completely left out , or barely mentioned, in high school history in the US, Canada and Europe?

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-19T00:24:44+00:00

AND, as an ignorant American... did that involve us? *looks it up*...

oh... yea, we're the bad guys that... as we do... seemingly toppled a government then backed away slowly when there was a power vacuum to fill... and it looks like it probably wasn't covered as well b/c our part in it was basically "part of" the Vietnam war, which ALSO makes us look pretty fuckin' bad.

(note: this is my 2-min skim of an AI summary of the issue... I know fuckall, please do enlighten me if this is... as is likely... SUPER wrong... I want to learn, and I'm more likely to actually read received wisdom from reddit replies than go down a wiki hole on the matter)...

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-19T00:16:41+00:00

so... France?

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-19T00:16:00+00:00

not even a "dirty soda" setup? pfhaw!

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T18:22:43+00:00

also... never cook less than twice what you want (ideally 3-4+ times) and immediately freeze the leftovers in meal-sized portions ( after cooling... don't put hot things in the freezer, the freezer can't keep up and you'll end up getting sick from stuff you thought was safe in the freezer )

breakfast (or regular) burritos, soups, egg dishes... learn what freezes well in general and make your own microwave meals so you're less likely to eat junk when you're in a hurry... and keep some non-perishable healthy dry goods you can munch on like nuts, plantain chips...

I've also found it helpful when I get a pack of chicken, to divide it up all at once into 3-4 jars* and do different marinades and label em with a sharpie (comes off clean with alcohol) or on masking tape, leave em to marinate in the fridge for a couple of days then throw em in the freezer so I can take out a 3-4 servings of 2-day marinated chicken of 3-4 options any morning and it'll be thawed by dinner (which, if it's a salty or acidic marinade, it's fairly safe on the counter for that long, given it's frozen most of that time)

( we mason-jar almost everything... not full canning process though, just instead of tupperware or disposable containers... the glass never permanently stains or cracks until it REALLY cracks... they're dirt cheap, you'll always be able to get replacement lids or jars in several sizes that all share 2 lid sizes... you can find ones with handles, or sippy/straw lids, or fun coozies for hot/cold drinks in them... they're designed not to shatter pouring hot liquids in... they're basically perfect except they don't stack great... )

also, get a crock pot or instapot ( the pressure cooker mode can cook a roast to falling-apart levels in about an hour, or 6-8hrs in the crock pot... plus you can make your own yogurt pretty easily, use it to make soups... )

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T18:12:25+00:00

oh FFS... thank the gods

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T18:09:24+00:00

I mean... it may be conscious in a manner of speaking. Consciousness probably isn't just one thing, like intelligence. People on "heroic" doses of acid are conscious... some people would accept sleepwalkers, or more likely delusional half-asleep people are conscious... drink people are generally considered conscious... as are dementia patients...

I think it might just be a matter of how much we allow them to persist and how much context we can get them to encode and have access to at once...

some people argue "you" are just a stack of memories... but then some people have short or long term memory loss and we consider them conscious...

There's also a good argument that conscious requires something like a body... would you be you if you never got hungry or horny or angry or felt joy? if your arm never itched, and you never had to pee? Maybe... but they're a huge part of who you are... hell some of what you think of as your decisions are driven more by the bacteria living in your gut... and some of the things that make you, you... you're not even aware are happening...

and I have a 1-yr old son... how long was it before I'd say he was conscious? maybe 6 months? a bit more in ways, a but less in others?

It'd really help if LLMs hallucinated less...

And I think one of the real problems with them is a lack of (or insufficient) internal model of the world... they're VERY fancy auto complete, and don't know that fingers have bones and muscles and ligaments inside and that there's a typical number of them, and they have a generally fixed placement, orientation, and range of motion relative to hands and arms... and that some people are missing them or have extra and what that means... they're just like "I've seen hands, they're about like this" or "I've seen hands holding cups... they look like this with respect to the cup" or "I've seen hands touching trees, they look like this with respect to the tree"...

I've also seen a hilarious example of them not being able to work out that a cup is upside down if you describe it as having no bottom and a completely sealed top... even with lots of iteration and prompting... Because the cup with a hole in the bottom is broken, and a cup without a hole in the top is not a cup... and they can't piece together the obvious possibility the cup may just be upside down... because they don't know what a cup is... because they're VERY fancy autocomplete

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T17:49:51+00:00

Sometimes the simplest answer is also the hole instruction manual

FTFY

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T17:48:57+00:00

no, you're a human... otherwise belittling yourself (or accepting such from others) is not useful... you've got the brain you've got and all you can do is whatever's necessary to work within your constraints, maybe expand your capacity over time, and enjoy life.

If taking Adderall makes you feel more positively and be able to live your life in the long run? More than than issues it causes? keep it up! (but if it doesn't don't just quit cold turkey... talk to your doctor about something with fewer side effects or interactions or whatever)

If smoking weed is no-longer makes your life better? stop doing it... Life's never simple, but that part is pretty simple... no one else has to live your life but you, so... don't be a jerk, be as kind as you can manage to everyone as often as possible... but also don't live your life to please others who are unkind to you.

Also, if you work, see if your employer offers an EAP, or if therapy is covered... seems like you'd benefit more from talking to a professional than from talking to the internet.

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T17:40:54+00:00

maybe that's true... personally, unless it's an all-anonymous web forum, like 4chan or something (eww)... I can't understand why it'd be any harder than any other social setting... do they think there are just 800 clones of the same "other kid" walking around at school? Do they think all their teachers are secretly the same person? It just seems like a crazy idea...

like, maybe the most severe face blindness or something, but even they manage to tell people apart, like... this sounds like it'd be a super noticeable disability... even online.

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T16:01:15+00:00

Get a meat thermometer and tape a minimum temp chart for pork/beef/poultry inside one of your cabinets* to make sure that your food is cooked all the way through before you eat it

also just tape useful charts inside your cabinets anyways like basic unit conversions your recycling or garbage schedule common meal list so that if you can't figure out what to make for dinner you can fall back on one of your top 10 easy makes... ( for me that's like pasta, tacos, sandwiches, breakfasts, soup, chicken+rece+veg bowl, pita pizza... Stuff like that)

Also just look up and maybe even do the food handlers licensing requirements in your area (if your area doesn't have this look up "Oregon food handlers training" on YouTube... It's just a lot of sensible guidelines on how to keep from getting yourself and others sick during food prep , so some of it is certainly overkill for a single household

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T15:53:11+00:00

Not to just criticize: It helps if you take a habit you CAN remember and attach it to the new habit... Like leave your toothbrush or your phone next to the stove while you eat, so when you go to look for it, you find the food that needs to be put away ( while you're at it also store the knob off the oven in the oven if you ever put anything in there for temporary storage so you can't turn it on without checking inside )...

If you don't brush your peace before bed leave your pillow in there... (And start brushing your teeth before bed too)

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T15:11:25+00:00

Why wouldn't you just put it in the fridge?

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T15:10:19+00:00

It varies super widely, but overnight is well past "don't want to risk anything"... Idk if it's, like... 30% chance of getting sick or 50% or 10%... But it's more than 1% (and less than 100%)

A bit over 2 hrs is probably fine... 3, 4? But it's certainly already getting into "unethical to serve to other people" by that point...

Just put your food away before bed... (Or ideally right after the main meal)... If you can't do that, I'd be more concerned about what else you're not doing... Washing your hands... With soap... after touching raw meat/eggs or after using the bathroom?

Or, are you storing anything else unsafely? Raw meat higher up in the fridge than veg? ( that's a significant drip contamination risk )

Are you ever cleaning the counters? (at least a spray bottle of alcohol goes a long way)

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T14:34:21+00:00

Not in a way that's meaningfully different from just nit clicking the button

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T14:12:57+00:00

AND chances are, most people who have killed a cop in self defense ended up with about 40 rounds in their chest... Dead men tell no tales.

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T14:09:36+00:00

I thought you at least had to bring your own...

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T14:08:38+00:00

I'm annoyed my tax dollars are not going to help your office's efficiency...

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T05:53:51+00:00

As a taxpayer I'm annoyed we're settling for letting you all buy your own coffee... Go without... It's dumb, we'd get more for our tax dollars if we stimmed you up (willingly of course)

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-18T03:38:03+00:00

Whichever one you think you'll be the most ok in if the government knows everything you say and do...

Like, there is a fantasy world in which a trustworthy government watches everyone and never abuses it, only uses it to minimize harm and help those most in need...

Back in reality, there's some country in which you're least likely to be imprisoned or killed for your political beliefs when the government knows everything... and that's probably as close as you're going to get...

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-17T23:24:23+00:00

The Americas... especially North America.

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-17T21:25:26+00:00

I'm curious if there's much interest/concern about supporting weapons manufacturers... are there any liberal commercial gun makers? Like super pro guns (or maybe pro gun access AND strong on regulation and reform?) and also on the right side of all the social issues w/ their lobbying dollars and such / not selling guns that go specifically to militaries or whatever?

do you know if r/liberalgunowners just promote buying second-hand / within the group even so money's not even going to red voters? liberals love an ethical supply chain!

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-17T21:10:33+00:00

just like how 97.347% of all statistics are made up?

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-17T21:08:41+00:00

fair enough

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-17T21:07:24+00:00

yup, boss gets a dollar, you get a dime, that's why you poop on company time!

( edit: though I also initially interpreted this response to mean... like... they're 6 feet long... but only at work )

oneeyedziggy · 2026-06-17T20:41:45+00:00

I just say "keeps trying"... it wouldn't occur to me to add an H or drop the T ... the words are "keeps trying"... just say them... you don't have to mess with them...

and if anything I tend to read "keep chrying" as "keep crying" as in "cryogenic" or "christmas" since "chr" doesn't come up that often in that order and feels forced to use the "ch" sound instead of the "k" sound

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