frosty99c
@frosty99c@midwest.social
- Comment on Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing? 3 weeks ago:
Finally got my first full clear this morning, and I’ve gotten 2 more since then. I’ve now gotten all of the achievements and I just completed a 2 stamp game!
- Comment on Playing Dragonsweeper because of Ars' article. Did I have any way out of this without guessing? 3 weeks ago:
It’s very possible to defeat the dragon. I can do it pretty regularly after a day of heavy playing. Getting the achievements is tougher. And I still haven’t gotten a clean wipe yet (I’ve been 1 tile away twice though)
- Comment on The parable of the "Good Samaritan" is an ancient example of Israeli racism / bigotry 4 weeks ago:
Right. It’s basically Jesus (or whoever the story teller is from the other perspective) saying, “I know you all are racist. Stop it. Anyone can be a good person. Do better.”
A guess a slightly less charitable interpretation could be: ‘even this evil person can do good once in a while, why aren’t you?’ but aligning with a lot of the other parables I feel like it’s more than likely to be the first one.
- Comment on The parable of the "Good Samaritan" is an ancient example of Israeli racism / bigotry 4 weeks ago:
That is kind of the point or the parable, right? But the parable wasn’t ‘othering’ them, it was showing how their background/race/religion/heritage isn’t what made them ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ it’s their actions that matter.
Society at the time already encouraged people to think of Samaritans as the other and to look down on them. The parable tells of an injured, vulnerable traveler in a time of need. Many Jews, members of high society, etc. (people normally thought of as 'good) walk by and ignore the man. A Samaritan passes by and offers aid. Of all the people who walked by, only the Samaritan is worthy of heaven. The moral is that anyone can be a good person by helping others…the kingdom of heaven is open to all, not just the Jews, and that your actions/the way you live your life is more important than what you call yourself, what tribe you belong to, who your parents are.
It’s one of the most basic messages in the Bible. It is clearly anti-racist. It promotes helping others above all else. And somehow modern Christians seem to miss the point completely.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Exact same reason as OP. It’s annoying to have something pop up on my phone that I didn’t ask for. I don’t like floating overlay buttons.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Agreed, I hate it
- Comment on Jesus could have been an antique meme à la Chuck Norris that got waaaay out of hand 6 months ago:
I mean, it’s pretty well documented how awful Christopher Columbus was. Even in the context of the time period: he was arrested in the new world and shipped back to Spain for a trial. The myths about him being a great man are all only like 100 years old.
- Comment on Why did they put eyeliner on evil Kirk 😳 (I'm watching TOS for the first time) 10 months ago:
- Comment on Exception implies deficiency. Am I the only one who sees this? 11 months ago:
Ok, now take it one more step. Why can’t that person walk? Is it because someone broke their leg? In that case, it’s not an ‘exception’ it’s an aid. It makes the situation more equitable.
- Comment on Exception implies deficiency. Am I the only one who sees this? 11 months ago:
It’s ok to say that a certain class is deficient. Sometimes we need to accept that. The problem is that, at this moment, the poverty class is deficient due to our capitalistic system that has oppressed them for years. And unfortunately, a large percentage of those are people of color due to years of systematic racism and discrimination (red lining, underfund education, food deserts, etc).
It’s wrong to say that people of color are deficient because they are people of color. It’s (more) correct to say that deficiencies do exist due to the current/historical structure of our society and we should start to find solutions to these issues.
Racism and insults occur when someone says “systematic racism doesn’t exist so giving these people handouts is unfair to me.” We need to accept that inequality exists and do our best as a society to help overcome it.
I think this is one of the main reasons that critical race theory became such a hot button issue. This type of systematic inequality needs to be studied and understood so that reasonable, well researched solutions can be discovered. The privileged class is against it because they want to remain privileged; they want the rest of the upper/middle class to put their head in the sand and ignore that the systematic issues exist in the first place, so that fingers don’t end up pointed at them and things won’t ever need to change. It’s easier to demonize the topic all together than to form actual arguments against equality.
- Comment on What is this pit used for? 1 year ago:
I was going to say BMX or dirt bike practice course But the steps and the weird pump thing in the bottom right corner would get in the way.
- Comment on Programming questions for beginners 1 year ago:
This is a great resource: r4ds.had.co.nz
It may not help you search for things if you don’t know the correct terminology, but it is definitely helpful walking through examples of common data and visualization needs. Great to skin through for basic concepts and then keep handy as a reference.
Other that that, stack overflow for sure.
- Comment on How did we come to say something courteous to someone after they’ve sneezed 1 year ago:
“A sneeze is your soul trying to leave your body. Saying God Bless You shoves it back in.”
I always say this as a joke. I’m pretty sure it’s from the Simpsons, and not an actual historical belief. If you have any source that shows this an old wives tale or folkloric legend, I’d love to see it. That’d make it even funnier to me haha.
