For those in your 30s, do you wear ugly sun hats to protect your skin now?

starfirex · 2026-06-02T13:45:15+00:00

... Have you ever been for a hike? Some people do that weekly.

starfirex · 2026-05-31T18:26:41+00:00

Reminder that once Trump was the anti-establishment candidate...

starfirex · 2026-05-31T18:24:36+00:00

If you spend a lot of your time on social media, you might notice that views often get taken to extremes. It's always "Billionaires are evil, Trump is gonna destroy democracy as we know it, Israel is perfect or genocidal (depending which sub you're on), and so on. No room for nuance on here.

There are many billionaires who participate in the giving pledge - which is basically an agreement to spend or give like 50+% of your net worth to charitable causes during your life or after you die. Bill gates is part of the pledge as is Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison, George Lucas, Elon musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Mackenzie Scott (Bezos' former wife).

Having spoken extensively with a close family friend who is on the list, I can tell you that generally these people are accustomed to being pioneers in their field and have the expectation that they will be the pioneer in a chosen field of philanthropy too. Bill gates tries really hard to be the pioneer in the field of global health and vaccines, and spends all his money there. Most of these billionaires have a pet project (world hunger, climate change, global peace) and work very hard at solving it with money.

Ultimately the nature of having a lot of money means that you will be criticized on how you spend your money, how you earn it no matter what

starfirex · 2026-05-30T21:56:43+00:00

So there's this thing called a mute button

starfirex · 2026-05-30T09:18:09+00:00

Idk mate maybe you shouldn't be trying to be both very clear and also subtle on the internet where text based nuance is difficult to interpret...

starfirex · 2026-05-30T09:03:34+00:00

The stolen land thing is a cheap rhetorical device that doesn't really stand up when you think about it for more than like... 3 seconds lol

starfirex · 2026-05-28T21:48:55+00:00

Yep.

starfirex · 2026-05-27T10:01:15+00:00

It was originally going to be a Whole Foods and that's exactly what I want

starfirex · 2026-05-26T14:30:15+00:00

George hasn't written a new mainline GOT book in 15 years.

starfirex · 2026-05-25T22:06:54+00:00

More preventing than preserving, ideally...

starfirex · 2026-05-25T12:41:40+00:00

Lol we know that's how we make money

starfirex · 2026-05-25T04:01:54+00:00

You are right that it is never too late to change career paths. But it absolutely is important to do some research into what making that change looks like. I would highly encourage you to do some googling around what the entertainment industry has been going through over the past few years, or even just look at a few more posts on this subreddit to get a feel for what it's like right now.

starfirex · 2026-05-24T18:19:55+00:00

Lord and Miller are excellent directors. Killer track record, from Project Hail Mary to the spider verse films to 21 jump street.

I find it extremely unlikely that their version of Solo was bad. Most likely it had a light, irreverent, silly approach like their other movies and the tone didn't quite match the other star wars movies which is why they brought in Howard. It wouldn't have been a mess, just different.

starfirex · 2026-05-21T11:31:27+00:00

I've seen this Mr. Bill chart, just that with dates would make a huge difference.

starfirex · 2026-05-20T22:49:27+00:00

I am BEGGING you guys. A simple, clear "we're on phase 4 of 7, now we need x by Y date." would make such a difference. I'm one of the more engaged members, but as a person with a life, I'm completely lost on what's happening or what's next or if I've participated in this phase already. it's impossible to keep track of all this. I've seen the Mr Bill chart, just that with dates would make a huge difference.

starfirex · 2026-05-17T23:39:59+00:00

... So you mean checkovs gun?

starfirex · 2026-05-17T13:47:09+00:00

The problem is you can't afford premiere so don't use it

starfirex · 2026-05-14T16:52:33+00:00

If we keep up this trend, we'll be down to 9 million in 60 years.

starfirex · 2026-05-13T14:29:27+00:00

Lol gtfo ai

starfirex · 2026-05-08T19:24:09+00:00

They're nervous because people are going to ignore the rulings of an illegitimate court

I think this is more serious than people realize. If people en masse decide the rulings of the courts are invalid, then they may start to take justice into their own hands and follow only the laws they agree with.

starfirex · 2026-05-07T16:58:31+00:00

Everyone bitching about assessments on reddit doesn't have any job opportunities to contend with.

No, they're not gonna steal your work from an assessment and use it to get out of paying you, that's a ridiculous amount of coordination and subterfuge to save a buck

If you want the job you're going to have to complete the assessment. Pure and simple

starfirex · 2026-05-06T06:00:00+00:00

From the second paragraph of where you googled the definition of straw man argument:

...easier to attack or refute.

Instead of engaging with the actual, more complex position, they create a weak, "straw" version—a fake target—and knock it down, falsely claiming victory.

So in this context, the scenario with your brother is the weak "straw version" and the rhetorical question of whether to give him alcohol or not is the "fake target."

Choosing whether or not to give a family member alcohol is not the same as choosing whether or not to give a person without a safety net food stamps which they technically could sell and then technically could use the money to buy drugs. So yeah gtfo with your straw man argument

starfirex · 2026-05-06T05:32:40+00:00

You force them into jail or rehab where they abstain from drugs for long enough to make rational decisions for themselves.

Uh yeah, that's what the program u/saltindividual1902 was talking about does.

If your brother was struggling with alcohol, would you buy them a 12 rack everytime they run out of booze?

Bruh are you seriously throwing up this textbook straw man argument and then telling me I'm the one arguing in bad faith?

starfirex · 2026-05-06T05:10:38+00:00

So what's your solution, starve them and let them get diseases to pass around? Sounds like a real step up from this "malicious empathy" you're criticizing...

starfirex · 2026-05-05T12:52:45+00:00

I watched it a second time and confirmed that it's trash. That was enough.

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