LanguageIsCool
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- Comment on WHAT IF WHAT IF 1 week ago:
“What if we kissed and it was so average that science didn’t talk about us?”
There we go
- Comment on 2³² will get interesting... 1 week ago:
To be honest, I’ve kept thinking of this branching stuff for the past few days lol.
- Comment on 2³² will get interesting... 1 week ago:
Got it! So you’re saying that the last choice is between 2^33^ or 0 and the last guy has a probably x of pulling the lever and killing everyone (therefore a (1-x) probability of killing nobody).
So, even if it’s guaranteed that nobody along the way pulls the lever (the best case scenario if we want 0 dead), the expected value at the last branch is x · 2^33^ + (1-x) · 0. And the only way this is less than 1 is if x < 1 / 2^33^, which is an absurdly tiny probability.
If we also consider the intermediary probabilities, this already tiny probability threshold of 1 / 2^33^ of killing nobody gets SMALLER because we’re allowing more chances for killing way more than 1 person along the way.
- Comment on 2³² will get interesting... 1 week ago:
That’s what the meme is. But the user’s calculation multiplies 1-x by 0, not 1-x by half the population.
- Comment on 2³² will get interesting... 1 week ago:
I am not seeing it. Are you saying the last person chooses between killing nobody and killing the entire population? Also, what about the intermediary likelihoods of pulling the lever?
- Comment on Law 1 week ago:
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled hips yearning to swing freely
- Comment on The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You 2 weeks ago:
We think with ad blockers we’re shielded by ads and to some degree, we are. At least we don’t have to see the abominations. But ads are insidious. They echo. We can block the actual ads but we live in a reality that is molded by ads. They’re massive coordination mechanisms that alter our shared culture. They push the masses into lifestyles and into brands. We can still shield ourselves, to some degree, from being influenced by all of this. But we can’t really escape a world where a brand not only is a product but also a symbol.
- Comment on Always question those who are the "teachers" 2 weeks ago:
Seriously lol. “My PE teacher is fat therefore education is worthless. I’m very intelligent.”
- Comment on Always question those who are the "teachers" 2 weeks ago:
This is the same kind of smug stupidity that enables shit movements like MAGA. Science bad! Education bad! Vaccines bad! Teachers bad!
- Comment on Always question those who are the "teachers" 2 weeks ago:
Troll
- Comment on Always question those who are the "teachers" 2 weeks ago:
Can you give an example of it being used for different reasons?
- Comment on Always question those who are the "teachers" 2 weeks ago:
Holy shit, this user is extremely intelligent
- Comment on Always question those who are the "teachers" 2 weeks ago:
It’s a way to minimize educators and you know it lol
- Comment on I'm fine with being stupid 3 weeks ago:
Polygottem lmao
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Lol
- Comment on Plant Slurs 4 months ago:
Isn’t hierba buena mint? Everything else must be hierba neutra then
- Comment on Can a Russian pls confirm 4 months ago:
👉👈
- Comment on Can a Russian pls confirm 4 months ago:
None of my business
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
“I have no principles because people take cruises.”
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Sorry, how? By encouraging people to not care and saying that eventually a hero politician in a small country will be the change they wish to see in the world?
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Trust me, I get it more than you.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Because eating meat 5x a day at artificially low prices is the wrong thing to do and is a reflection of a poor culture
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
God what a shit person and communicator
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Your edit makes me wish I could downvote this again. Your flawed logic can be used to excuse a number of ridiculous and fucked up shit. “Folks just don’t get it.” Fuck off with that bullshit.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Seriously. Some people here are so happy they’ve found the “perfect” justification for their apathy and inaction.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
It wouldn’t be nothing and you know that. If you simplify the meat problem to just emissions, sure, it might look small in comparison to cruises, etc. But if you look at it as the multifaceted problem it really is, then reducing consumption will have several effects. Especially, as you exaggerated, if you forced everyone you know to do the same.
The last thing we need is people advocating for these “fuck it” attitudes. Should we really excuse better choices and better directions of behavior and culture just because there’s a “small” effect? I feel like this line of logic can be used to excuse some pretty dark shit.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
I think it’s pretty clear you said individuals shouldn’t feel responsible for any of this
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Whatever helps you sleep at night lol
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
People will look at an image like this, read that 80% of deforestation in the Amazon happens for cattle, and go “I’m powerless, Exxon is bad” and continue to not only eat meat 5x a day but also actively try to convince people that reducing their meat consumption is silly and they might as well keep eating it as much as they want because grocery stores will stock it anyway.
- Comment on YSK that apart from not having a car, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat 4 months ago:
Yep, it’s definitely nobody’s fault people eat so much meat that the Amazon is deforested primarily for cattle and for soy (which is for cattle). Nobody feel bad or take responsibility because Exxon is greedy. Lmao gottem.
