I refine all my citybuild materials with one furnace only, for patience is a virtue.

this was a good and interesting article.

I thoroughly disagree with this. It’s arguments are all over the place and never substantiated. It is AI, though, so ah~

It’s like when people need the threat of eternal damnation in order to not be a complete piece of shit.

Outside of the obvious religious propaganda, this is just an external motivation. It could just as easily be somebody’s family: an ailing mother for whom they need to be ready to take care of, or a spouse and children for whom throwing their life away would be tragic.

I could say the reason I’m a humanitarian now is because I have a firm belief in happiness. If I lost that today, I probably wouldn’t change, but if I never had it, I have no idea if I ever would have gotten here.

If someone is in a bad place now and does not have an external motivation, I’m not saying it should be this or that, but it would make sense to give them one.

I mean, I do think AA is being coercive. I would prefer that they helped their… patients(?) find a motivation that was already meaningful to them instead of just imposing Christianity onto them. I have a lot of other problems with religion besides.

I don’t know who told you that, but pussy is absolutely not zero calories.

This is something that will bite you in the ass once you turn 40, and believe me, you’ll be wishing you’d had some sense when you were younger. I nearly ruined my life over it, but the diet I’ve been on since 2050 has probably saved it—the results do speak for themselves. I will admit to some non-alcoholic kinds being okay. Even so, always remember your guiding principles: Pussy is the enemy of the gym, bro. Avoid it at all costs.

I loved getting this joke

If AI content were more honest about itself, i.e. that you could tell at glance which was what, it wouldn’t bother me nearly as much as it does. Most of the destructive power AI has is because it’s so hard to tell.

There was some charm to Dall-e or whatever, even if it was a bad omen.

It’s called Dad’s Big Balls: A Bowling Story about a professional bowler and estranged father who wakes up one day with tragically tiny hands and is forced to fight his ex-wife for custody of his children in a bowling tournament while also being able to use only child-sized bowling balls.

I’m reading When They Cry, currently towards the end of Umineko, and for a series that features a character who self-describes as an intellectual rapist, it is surprisingly compassionate, almost religiously so.

Fuck! You’re right

Wow, this is really poetic.

It might be because I’m already reading something that’s ultimately about trusting other people and fermenting a strong belief in human kindness and compassion, but this is really doing something to me.

This is why I love airlines that double or triple book their seats.

Mmm, ehhhh, uhhhh, ahhh, I mean yeah, pretty much. I want more options and they can be pretty hard to find unless you really know where to look.

Sigh, I knew you didn’t actually care.

Look, I love insulting people, but I’m not going to sit here and do this nuh-uh, yuh-uh, nuh-uh thing that you seem to want to.

Okay, what you’re describing is identical to everyone’s proverbial grandpa claiming that the gay man in front of him is dressed flamboyantly “just for attention.” I don’t believe that being a young, hot, American woman who is ‘based’ is worthy of pointing out. As far as I’m concerned, it’s immaterial.

You immediately know what type of person that user is trying to portray

What kind of person would that be?

I’m not asking as a personal attack, by the way; I am aware you don’t care that she’s horny.

Posting a news article is foundationally tied to which articles you’ve seen and which you find interesting.

It’s really besides the point, though. Violet being horny is no more notable than me being very loudly anti AI.

Everyone posts from their point of view. I’m doing it right now.

violet makes all of violet’s posts about violet.

No… she doesn’t…?

I’m a soft anti-natalist.

Okay, real question, think about this from my perspective for a second:

Why would I give a shit about anything you have to say after hearing something like this?

As a matter of strategy, a very good phrase, I don’t take opinions from people who are societally suicidal.

When I talk about bolstering and reinforcing a strong community, perspectives like yours are exactly the kind I’m talking about pruning. Society cannot suffer your intellectual poison. If you want to die, do it on your own terms.

My only expectation of you is that you will live, and that living means something to you. The only thing you can do is disappoint me.

And also, don’t film people who don’t want to be filmed unless they’re cops.

Capsaicin is the spicy chemical found in peppers and whatnot. It’s what actually causes the ‘heat’.

Mate, I was just asking for clarification.

if you have a lazy slob that wants to stay home and get drunk/high all day and not work: society should let them, and support them.

I feel like you don’t understand what I’m asking.

Imagine that everyone was doing that. Everyone wants to get drunk and high. Who is supporting them, then?

I imagine you think I’m doing some reductio ad absurdum thing, but I just don’t understand how this is tenable.

Like, you’re suggesting that society shouldn’t expect anything of anyone, but it must, otherwise there is no one to support the drunk guy.

How can the collective support anyone if the collective is not expected to exist?

I’ll raise the stakes on this: what you’re describing is fundamentally anti-taxes. I don’t care if you pay your taxes or not, this world view of yours is not accomodating of compelled financial contributions. Billionaires who have stolen our money and are hiding it in little safety deposit boxes would be unobligated to return it to us. This is, obviously, a profoundly conservative stance to maintain.