been here a while, guess I should add pertinent info. Old man who is a relatively recent dad. Have questions? ask.
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Just a reminder that most course-changing technology/ discoveries came with great risk. From playing with fire, to sailing the unknowable seas, to meddling with explosives, to playing with the glowing poison rocks.
All of it was dangerous, and we wouldn't be where we were today without those risks.
Forestalling advancement out of fear and ignorance is far worse.
Timothy Carl retweeted
Virtue signalling substitutes applause for action. By turning conviction into costume, it cheapens the cause, alienates the unconvinced, and leaves the real work to those too busy doing it to pose for the cameras.
I had no idea that Darth Vader fanbois were more rabid than Batman fanbois.
Learn something new every day.
The amount of pop-up propaganda recently is bonkers, including threads of, "look how wonderful CHINA is."
@elonmusk , if Grok is a force of Truth seeking, how about a daily update of, "this is what appears to really be happening." Seek Truth and deliver it.
Go to get dinner, forgot my wallet. No worries, I have google wallet. I can always rely on my phone...
If you ever wondered if the Grok App was worthwhile, look no further. Talk about building a watch when you ask what time it is.
"I've been shadowbaned, please like and respond" is likely 3 down on the engagement checklist, right after, "ask the same inane question everyone else is."
Our Freedom of Speech is a cornerstone of the American way of life, and I'm glad to see so many people have the right and ability to say that their freedom is being taken away openly and freely.
Because if you couldn't, then we'd have a problem.
My dad used to always lean on his work bench when got home and stare out the window. After we had his celebration of life, I went back to his house and leaned out on that very bench.
Zero view. Time, additions and subtraction would not have altered it. It was a non view.
I guess he was doing this.
After eating at peanut butter I took a swig of Dr. Pepper black berry zero and holy shit did i get a pb&j vibe.
Can we all agree that using the X-men, mostly a team of pretty people with godlike powers, as a metaphor for the oppressed isn't such a great idea, especially when more often than not, they are written (intentionally or not) as the speciesists?