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- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 1 week ago:
Criticism is a good thing! That is where I am coming from. And no, it is not a correction to your reading. I did not see any connection from the letters to our conversation. I reference Haidt because he has helped me to begin understanding how so many people around me are thinking. As I said earlier, I care. I care about everyone and want the best for them. This does not mean I think they have good intentions or that they should not be corrected. It just gives a place to start. I did make a joke in my original comment that I see as similar to King’s “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” The law is obsurd, so should be the moral people.
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 1 week ago:
You continue to add context that I did not give. Try going back and reading carefully to see how incorrect you are. That is why I say feelings cannot work alone. They fill in blanks with biases rather than asking why. For example, why do you believe I think anger is a problem? In all the context I have said feelings are important. The only feelings I have mentioned is hurt. How can you not be by the state of the world? I am. Also, your writing has tone that would appear as such. This is called empathy.
I deal with all kinds of people all the time. It is more common than not for bias to get in the way of communication. Feelings are a major player here. I’d like to recommmend reading some neuroscience. I am a fan of Jonathan Haidt. His books have helped me understand a lot of this. The Righteous Mind is a great start. Also, understanding how falacies work is very helpful.
King’s letters from jail are great pieces of history but do not connect here. It doesn’t feel like you have been reading what I have written and are even fabricating meaning. So again, I have no idea what your point is or if it has anything to do with mine?
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 1 week ago:
Nothing in my comment has anything to do woth someone’s right to exist. My comments have been about how they are treated. Nothing in my comments has been about trans people needing to justify themselves. Your perception of this is way off from reality. That is because of feelings overwhelming your communication. I’m sorry you are so hurt. Please try to stop seeing the world as dichotomous. It is far from it.
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 1 week ago:
So is your point that you are angry and fed up? Me too. Credibility matters in the long run. Feelings are fleeting. Both have great value. Acting only on feelings will have divisive outcomes and result in more bad feelings. Acting only on intellect only will unintentionally not account for some factor and result in more bad feelings. Holding dogmatic to either method only perpetuates conflict. What point am I missing?
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 1 week ago:
You completely mischaracterize my point.I’ll try to be clearer. I never assume that a law or tradition is right, correct, fair, or just. I question everything. The presupposition that I would not change or challenge current, new, or past legislation is false. My position is far from neutral, it’s just not based on opposing the percieved enemy as is so common these days. My position is intellectual and caring.
The position you continue to think I took would be not be intellectual. It presupposes that I believe in conserving the status quo. That is as far from correct as possible. I question everything. The position you continue to think I took would not be caring. It presupposes that I am not considering the harm to individuals. Also, far from correct.
I question everything, even solutions, because it often happens that by making a change based on one harm has potential to do harm to another. I want to thank dandelion for the amazing post that helps explore the harm than is done by the new law. With the understanding that hate is the only reason such a law would pass, we see that this is only doubling down on harm. That alone would convince me to push for removal of gender from all IDs because they are relics of fundamentalists in power.
I took a moment to reflect on the possible need for gender as a qualifier for many niche social programs. My conclusion is that it could be a separate form if necessary. Further, these programs are a sad reminder that we do not take care of each other on the grander scale of things which is what would make such qualifiers necssary. But that’s a much bigger tangent to this conversation.
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 1 week ago:
Thank you for an amazing response! Perspective and sources. You’re awesome.
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 2 weeks ago:
Try to understand that that would be a subjective position I did not address. My only non-objective statement was the prod at their idiocy in my second part mocking their hate. There is no justification for hate of any kind.
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 2 weeks ago:
This interpretation of my comment is far from accurate. But I should not expect less in this world of divisive ignorance.
- Comment on Trans people in Kansas are being ordered to surrender their drivers licenses 2 weeks ago:
From an objective viewpoint I know these laws are being passed in the name of hate, but I wonder of there is a medical reason to have such information. However, it would be more appropriate on a carried medical emergency information card rather than ID as this information is often enough not helpful in proof of identity.
If I ever have to get an ID in Kansas, I’ll make sure to flash my genitals as proof. And I won’t shower for the week prior.
- Comment on allium gang rise up 🌰 3 weeks ago:
I also think about this. However this person was misinformed on grapes. Some grapes are native to North America.
- Comment on vibes based astronomy 3 weeks ago:
Why so Ceres?
- Comment on Work smarter, not harder 5 weeks ago:
Nah, it’s fine. We have TikTok.
- Comment on Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats 5 months ago:
Hah, good luck with that!
- Comment on You should know how to coil cables 5 months ago:
I am loving all the downvotes for this comment. did you ever try using duct tape to bind the cable before putting it in the back of a hot humid truck?
- Comment on You should know how to coil cables 5 months ago:
Nah. Just grab the audio cable by the end and tightly wrap it around your elbow and hand. It’s super fast. Then tie the other end around the middle of the loop to hold it all together.
- Comment on Can you think of any now? 5 months ago:
Those were disproven long before then. They are interesting to think about as different sensory inputs to engage, but are complete nonsense as far as learning styles.
- Comment on yeah everything is probably made of like, idk, earth water, fire and air or something idrk 5 months ago:
That’s why Gallileo’s balls were so special.
- Comment on I Got This Right, Right? 5 months ago:
I heard there is video of him using a megaphone to debate Charlie at some point. I do not know where to verify this. I will be looking into it later.
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 5 months ago:
geocaching
- Comment on Look at that plumage, bro. 5 months ago:
Can anyone verofy page 236?
- Comment on Chirp in Fahrenheit 6 months ago:
His degrees X would be a good way to show changes over long periods of time by simply graphing the annual adjustments.
- Comment on Gen Z are dipping into their retirements, skipping meals and selling their belongings just to get by, new reports find 6 months ago:
Wealth is already being redistributed, just in the wrong direction.
- Comment on Who is the enemy? 6 months ago:
I blame designers for everything. Keeps the fads and fashion for the well-to-do. The average person needs function first. Why would anything I want to buy for regular use be available seasonally or only come in over the top fancy plastic shapes with weird colors and breaks with less than 100 hours of use. I have a kitchen and office because I use them, not because it accents my overpriced home. I have worked in merchandising from many angles and it sickens me. Even what should be simple packaging on almost all retail products is overdesigned and printed full of lies. And the worst part is the cost of the product is directly related to design. Look at how cheap some knock-offs can be produced. I would never presume the engineer to be the source of the overpriced malfunctions of consumerism.
- Comment on Funny 7 months ago:
The response is always “having a choice means you are bisexual.”
- Comment on YSK that Gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their own voters. In many countries, it's illegal. Gerrymandering is common in the United States 7 months ago:
Florida has racial Gerrymandering. they just don’t recognize race. problem averted.
- Comment on Big tech has spent $155 billion on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more 7 months ago:
Those numbers seem odd to me. I feel like the truth is 1 billion was spent on productive programmers and hardware. The small remainder of 154 billion was used to improvise profit growth through totally valid payment to some CEOs ego account.
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- Comment on So THAT'S where it is 7 months ago:
How can you call it big if it has zero mass?
- Comment on YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term 7 months ago:
The way you describe LLM sounds exactly like a large portion of humans I see.
- Comment on Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket 7 months ago:
On the rare occasion I fly, I know I can get my long knees in a Delta plus seat. This restriction will definitely make my ticket go up with such an AI. It feels like it should be an accomodation but is more often a punishment.
