Acamon

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TV/MA 'High School' teen drama shows should be set in college and centered around young adults or adults.⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  As a fan of teen comedies, I do think about this. If everyone’s going to look 25 and talk in this mature way, why is it even set in a high-school? The two factors I see are:

  Once upon a time : by setting a story in a non-realistic / mythic setting, it’s easier to enter into the fiction of it. For adults, it has a nostalgia for a time before responsibilities when everything was possible, but that would be ruined if you had to face up to how akward and useless most teens really are. And for kids these ‘teens’ who look perfect and always know what to say are wish fulfillment. Everyone knows it’s not really like high-school, but peasants and the aristocracy knew that knights were nothing like those dipicted in chavalric ballads, but they both like to imagine that they were for different reasons.

  Bottle episode : High school is a super convient writing drvixe, because you have these characters who have freedom and independence enough to move the story forward, but it’s also super easy to restrict any option that makes things difficult. There’s no need to worry about too many social circles, or why the characters don’t just do x or y. If you want a group of friends, who basically only interact with each other, it’s plausible enough. Even in college that’s harder to do, unless it’s a very small, exclusive group (like The Secret History) and even then it feels intentionally insular and incestuous in a way that a high-school clique doesn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's a good answer to placate the c-suite if you're accused of lacking motivation and being unfriendly?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not defending corporate culture, and it’s bullshit. But if you’re in a job that requires thinking, not just physical labour, there is a fair amount of research that’s shows that people do significantly better work when they have intrinsic motivations than extrinsic (like money).

  Even if you’re doing a job you would quite today if you didn’t need the money, there’s probably a bunch of intrinsic motivations that are there, even if they’re small compared to “need cash”. Maybe you care about your teammates and don’t want to let them down (at least that one guy, the rest are dicks), maybe you have a sense of pride in your competence and don’t want to produce shit (pity that management get in the way most of the time) , maybe you want the company do be successful (because otherwise you’d have to get naothe job).

  If you find genuine motivations, even if you have to be circumspect in how you express them, it’ll be easier for your bosses to trust you. If someone is honestly and openly saying they’re only here for money, then I can infer that they will do the least possible work that won’t get them fired. So I’ll need to constantly be supervising them and checking their work because if I don’t they’ll cut corners and ruin everything. I can’t let the talk to clients or even other staff because they could be hugely negative about the company and cause problems. It’s just not worth it. From the c-suite perspective, they know that everyone saying how important work is and how much they believe in the company are full of shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its all bots, isn't it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s the thing. It’s perfectly possible to have botfree communities, but not without giving up an amount of anonymity and privacy.

  But I do have hope that bot-hating privacy-loving lemmy community will be able to come up with a solution!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its all bots, isn't it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not crazy to be concerned or even feel anxiety about not being able to tell if a post is a bot or a person. But being wildly hyperbolic isn’t helping anyone.

  I’ve been chatting on the Internet since the days of usenet, and back then there was no algorithm, or advertising or any motivation to drive engagement beyond our natural human desire to communicate. And it really wasn’t that different than lemmy. You still got trolls, bullshit and unreasonable political takes, as well as genuine questions, thoughtful answers and useful information.

  Real world personal development and action are important, and you should definitely prioritise that over chatting to strangers on the Internet. But “scribo ergo sum”, I know I’m here asking questions and appreciating answers and discussions, and I know other humans irl who use lemmy, so it would seem logical that some (perhaps most) of the users here are humans and they too may appreciate my answers and discussion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not that I think your trolling. I don’t understand the question. What does house trained mean in this context? How is it different from controlled?

  Similarly, I don’t understand what you mean by “allowing the kill and conquer to rampage”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The reason there aren't more women on panel shows is we're less willing to put up with being dicked about on set for two hours⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, movies pay more than panel shows, but you get lots of women working as but as extras, even though it really doesn’t pay well and involves kf lot of hassle.

  But more importantly, why do you think that women are more sensitive or opposed to waiting around? Not sure it’s a trait or stereotype that aligns with my experience. Guys can be plenty impatient and think they’re too important to wait around like a pleb.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palingenetic Ultranationalism is a concise definition of fascism coined by political theorist Roger Griffin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can I expand on “palingenetic ultranationalism” for those who lack the time and/or motivation to read a chapter of a book?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The reason there aren't more women on panel shows is we're less willing to put up with being dicked about on set for two hours⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt it’s a big factor. Pretty much any big event or any TV stuff is going to involve a bunch of dicking about. Hollywood is full of actresses, and lots of them have to turn up on set at 5am to get into makeup and wait around for six hours before getting told the shooting schedule has changed and they won’t be needed til tomorrow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The internet doesnt really spark any joy. Sure the stuff can be funny but mostly just feels me with dread that for this cat meme I have to watch others suffer.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve struggled with that dilemma before, but in the end I think it’s not really an either/or. Sure, it’s easy to ‘stay informed’ by reading about upsetting shit on social media but it’s not the only or the best way.

  Encountering upsetting and infuriating headlines and news stories at random among more ‘fun’ content adds to the background stress of modern life “don’t relax, a horrible thing is just sound the corner!”. And memes or posts about stuff often simplify complex events and emphasises the emotional horror of the events.

  I don’t always suceeed, but I’ve tried to keep away from communities and sites that share politics / world events, but then spend a specific time each week actually reading articles and deeper dives on these issues. When I read a real article, that adds nuance and historical context I’m not less horrified or angry, but it’s in a calmer and more productive sense than just “aaaa the world is fire and everything is awful”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are no laws! We made the whole thing up!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are no stories! We made them all up!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨erotic scenes actors and actresses, how do you not get aroused while acting in those scenes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What looks realistic on screen is carefully pieced together from countless shots. An erotic moment feels much less hot if it’s the 29th time you’ve performed the exact same moment, and there’s a dozen guys standing around holding microphone booms and complaining about the lighting not being right, and some dude keeps sending for more fake sweat to reapply to your forehead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marriage is FOMO⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know a single person who would marry for that sort of reason. But the people I know weren’t under any pressure to get married. Some of them are single, some are in long term committed relationships with kids, and some are married.

  Maybe if you live in a subculture that expects people to get married by a certain age this is an OK take. But it’s so far from what I see that it seems like a really niche perspective on a complex cultural institution.

• I wish there was a system to verify that a webpage was written by an actual human before showing me it
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Rizz", "cooking" and "based" are going to be stereotypical old people words one day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was today years old when I relaised that “gag” in that phrase presumably means “make me vomit” not “silence me”. I’ve spent many decades being confused about that…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK 4get is a privacy respecting proxy search engine that can be self hosted⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it’s a vibe…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK 4get is a privacy respecting proxy search engine that can be self hosted⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Screenshot of the search engine with a comic saying “I was born for the sake of punching women!!!”

  Is this some reference I’m missing? Or just a weird misogynistic drawing? Ngl, kinda off putting…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This. I don’t think children should watch porn, and tbh, I’d personally be fine if all porn was magically banned for everyone. But short of magic, that isn’t possible. Allowing a government to decide what is and isn’t banned, and justify controlling access to information while inevitably failing to actually prevent children accessing porn… is a terrible idea.

  The negative costs don’t outweigh the plausible benefits. And if OP continues to claim that the debate is all porn addicts hoeny for filth then they are simply trolling and not genuinely interested in the topic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What age gap is too big of an age gap if someone's in their early 30's?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve always heard the “half your age plus seven” rule (mostly somewhat jokingly) for the appropriate minimum age of your partner. But I read somewhere that it’s origin is from some 18th century manual for finding a wife, wherein it indicated the MAX age of an appropriate wife…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are those of us who grew up on older games more attuned to latency?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not only on tape, but some radio shows would transmit computer programs that you could record and use. I know of the UK and Finland, but I think other European countries did it too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you read analog clocks to the exact minute? How do you do this quickly?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  For you, what’s the value in reading the exact minute? (genuine question, not snark!) In your example it looks like it’s 9:23 but it’s actually 9:22:45… Is that a problem? Probably by the time you do anything with that information fifteen seconds will have passed and it will be 9:23.

  For most people, I think analogue is more of vibes way of telling time. You don’t need to know that it’s 7:47 you just glance and see it’s almost ten to eight, and you have to leave soon. I find that I’m basically translating digital time into those approximation anyway. If you like that kinda vagueness and have an android watch then I’d recommend Twelveish as a watch face.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is "AI" the end of truth?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some kids make fake ‘fairy’ photos in 1917 and lots of people believed them. As others have mentioned, the USSR removed people from photographs. A forged will in the middle ages let the papacy claim authority over Europe, and shaped the western world as we know it today.

  There have always been lies and fakes, and there’s always people who’ve ignored real evidence claiming it’s been fake. AI certainly makes things worse, and will be used to discredit legitimate evidence as much as it is used to fake shit. But humanity has lived most of its existence without a “pics or it didn’t happen” attitude, and will continue to figure stuff out (and make mistakes) through investigation, interpersonal trust and community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that cholesterol is only found in significant quantities in animal products.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s a paper that summarises the issue. Perhaps “animal products contain cholesterol” feels new to you but obvious to other people is a generational thing. From the 1960s onwards there was a big push to stop people eating butter, eggs and meat because they contained cholesterol, and high cholesterol in your blood was a bad thing in people.

  But by the 1990s the evidence was piling up that there wasn’t a direct link between cholesterol in food and harmful cholesterol in your blood. In fact there are important ‘good’ cholesterol that reduce heart disease risks. And the recommendations to avoid cholesterol and fats in general have been responsible for lots of poor advice and health outcomes, as people replaced natural animal based fats like butter, not with healthy olive oil, but problematic processed fats like margarine and vegetable oil. Or ate low fat food that was high in sugar, which can raise harmful blood cholesterol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Video] Cops not sure whether to arrest man with "Plasticine Action" shirt for supporting terrorism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure that’s Scotland, not England (Glasgow to be specific). But yeah, the British government decided carrying a Palestine Action sign was basically terrorism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how do i make my own limitation free ai?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If someone with a home computer and very little knowledge of AI could setup an AI that could do admin jobs for software companies … Why wouldn’t the software companies do exactly that themselves rather than outsource work?

  I think you’re massively overestimating what a LLM is capable of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do gangs that collect protection money actually do any protecting?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Depending on the political climate, non state organisations can help resolve community issues and provide protection, while the official government views them as gangs / terrorists. For example, in Northern Ireland.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The idea would be that the existence of suffering gives life meaning. By knowing that the risk of suffering is always there, we strive to avoid it and value our pleasures more because we can compare them to an unpleasant alternative.

  How true “an existence without suffering would be meaningless” is open to debate, but there’s at least some day to day support. If you’ve ever been really hungry and demolished some fairly average meal while finding it delicious, or had the best glass of ice water after walking in the heat, you get that. And if we think of rich, entitled people, who appear to have no conception of how fortunate they are, instead getting upset about minor inconveniences, it gives you some indication of what life with less suffering might be like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We all sleep alone soundly; Maybe the key to a happy marriage is separate beds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Married and swear by seperate beds. It’s amazing if you’ve got the space. But it is good to make sure you get plenty of “lying about in bed together” time. But it’s great to be able to go off to your own bed after for a peaceful, undisturbed sleep. and5 being able to read a night or get dressed in the morning without worrying about disturbing your partner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Evading suffering is _itself_ a form of suffering⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that the basic Buddhist / stoic idea? Avoiding suffering entirely isn’t possible, and obsessing about evading it is itself a heavy burden, instead choose to accept and be at peace with the suffering that is beyond your control.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ancient food are absurdly complicated.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe that the the claim that medieval people needed to drink beer because water wasn’t safe to drink is a bit of a myth. They built aquaducts, dug wells, etc.

  As far as I understand it, it was more to do with preference (beer is great!) and calories. Beer was a good way to turn grains into easily quaffed liquid meals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you see magic eye pictures?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love them! Generally find that once you get one it’s a lot easier. I find that if I’ve not looked at one for a while, and 8k kit getting it, and I go back to the first one I got (some boxing kangaroos) and normally it just clicks again.