yetiftw
@yetiftw@lemmy.world
- Comment on In the American class warfare, there seem to be an awful lot of parallels between typical Republican voters and Uncle Tom, a negro who was exceedingly subservient to his slave masters. 5 months ago:
but in the long term there’s always a swing back the other way
- Comment on We are a lot more alike than we are different 5 months ago:
solidarity means solidarity. other working class people are not your enemy (re: 1984). the all or nothing mindset accomplishes nothing besides closing your mind off to the plights and perspectives of others.
-also trans and disabled
- Comment on Half as Hot 5 months ago:
that’s not true. there are things that are not definitions. like my bed for instance, there are aspects that are arbitrary (my personal preferences, design choices, etc) and aspects that are not arbitrary (its physical form that exists beyond definition)
- Comment on Half as Hot 5 months ago:
maybe you’re the one who doesn’t understand the ramifications of its meaning
- Comment on Half as Hot 5 months ago:
literally every definition ever is arbitrary
- Comment on Half as Hot 5 months ago:
just because it has a reason doesn’t make it not arbitrary. you can ultimately come up with a reason for all arbitrary decisions
- Comment on Half as Hot 5 months ago:
absolute scales are still arbitrary. you would probably want to use a scale that measures “perceived heat” which is different than average kinetic energy
- Comment on Half as Hot 5 months ago:
arguably setting zero to absolute zero is just as arbitrary
- Comment on Elon Musk’s legally problematic $1 million voter giveaway 5 months ago:
everyone is morally problematic depending on who you ask
- Comment on Girl without smartphone unable to join in lesson — 'I feel guilty for not buying my daughter one for school' 5 months ago:
yes but in order to effectively use technology to replace memory you still have to commit things to memory. if I don’t know something exists then how can I Google it?