Grant_us_eyes
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Grant_us_eyes
18hr ago
I didn't engage your initial post's discussion about motivation, because it wasn't central to my earlier arguments. But it's worth noting that the average person's opinion (poorly informed as it is) is not and never has been particularly important for space flight.
Not sure I'd agree with this. I feel the politics of the 60s/70s/80s gets glossed over in a weird way in regards to history, but atleast part of the Civil Rights Movement were actively protesting against the Apollo program.
Now, it's questionable how much this had in terms of affect on political policy and influencing NASA, but I'm not so quick to dismiss it.
The popularity of the original Space Race is grossly overstated. Most people back then didn't particularly care that much.
Conversely, I'm not so sure about this, either.
If you've never watched it, there's an incredible documentary about the Apollo program called In The Shadow of the Moon, which goes into amazing and indepth interviews with surviving Apollo astronauts at the time of the documentary. It also shows near world-wide celebration when America managed to land safely on the moon.
So I don't know. I wouldn't be that quick to dismiss the importance of public opinion.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I feel the need to go rewatch a certain documentary...
Grant_us_eyes
23hr ago
But there's a lot of guys who would be able and very willing to match her energy
This is the point where I start laughing hysterically.
No. No, there is not. The reason I say this is because I do know of atleast one person who does match that energy - and the amount of hoops that he had to jump through to find someone who did match him was... well, it wasn't herculean, but it was definitely more than one and definitely more than you'd expect given the guy in question.
Ironically enough, to a medical doctor. Albiet, one who was still in school, but she later graduated and started practicing. So.
If anything, you detailing her list of hobbies explains pretty much everything about her and why she's having so much trouble.
If she does end up happily married, it'll likely be through a remarkable conflux of near impossible events. Or she unexpected matches with someone that's her total reverse, I dunno.
Grant_us_eyes
2d ago
Ah, that explains it, then. Well, glad to see I atleast pulled it from somewhere, as opposed to the idle and delusional musings of my mind.
Grant_us_eyes
2d ago
Maybe it's been a while, but my personal head-canon was that Edmond didn't get cucked, and his fiance only married his enemy to protect Edmund's son she was pregnant with at the time.
...yeah, maybe it's time for me to re-read the book. I blame the anime for this.
Grant_us_eyes
2d ago
While I don't have a full picture of your overall financial situation(and I'm not asking), if I were in your situation I'd probably invest.
Not sure why you don't have a car, but if you shop right for your needs, you don't really need to tap into said investment to grab one. My suggestion would be an old hatchback - fun to drive with good gas milieage.
Grant_us_eyes
4d ago
I've been putting way too many goddamn hours into Vintage Story, as of late.
...but soon, winter will break. My canals have been built. I shall sail from my castle on the lake into the sea to go on an adventure to a lost ruin to fight against eldritch horrors. And then sail back, triumphant, with my salvaged gains of a time lost to the apocalypse.
Grant_us_eyes
9d ago
If you really want to doompill, America can barely teach people english, much less a second language.
As much as I wouldn't mind hearing French or German in casual parlance in my day to day wanderings, I think we've got a ways to go.
(I hate the New York Times and expended an unholy amount of work trying to find an archived version of that article.)
Also, there are alot of historical reasons as to why second languages were stamped out.
Grant_us_eyes
9d ago
The funny thing is, that's not necessarily true. They make a point in the book that the tele-matter drive that allows Theseus and the explorer probes to pull off it's bullshit was enough of a surprise that it caught Rorschach with it's pants down.
So it's technically not a complete one-sided stomp. Score one for consciousness, atleast.
Grant_us_eyes
9d ago
Hah. It's funny; while I do indeed like Blindsight(I still find it a fun read), I've never actually agreed with the take as presented in the book. It's always good to remember that the PhD he has in Marine Biology, and while that gives him some chop, he's nowhere near an actual neurologist, and even when I first read Blindsight, I could poke holes in a few things just on pondering it for a while.
(He says, arrogantly, having neither a PhD or degree focused in matters of the brain.)
In alot of ways, Watts reminds me of Michael Crichton, who would basically stumble across a bunch of neat ideas among various scientific disciplines, autistically obsess over them for a bit, and then stitch them all together into a cohesive whole.
(And I know I just likely threw at least one Peter Watts fan into a vitriolic rage at the comparison.)
And as fun as I find the idea of actual, science-based vampires as the way Watts presents them... he goes far, far too much into passing off thier neurological capabilities as 'fucking magic'. It gets even worse in the sequel, imho.
And if you've ever read any of his other novels, you wouldn't have to guess, you'd know - he's basically a full on, 10/10 raging misanthrop, with a weird obsession about praising China.
Mind, it's been a while since I delved deep into his stuff. Don't know if his attitude has changed any over time. I doubt it.
Grant_us_eyes
10d ago
I'd be curious about your review on Blindsight. I'm rather fond of the book in question, so I'd be interested in reading your take on it.
Grant_us_eyes
10d ago
It's actually quite the opposite.
Vtubing, I'd say, tends to lean more centric overall - if anything, recent attempts to try and make Vtubing more 'woke' or drag them into the cultural war have been received roughly akin to a wet fart. It's a weirdly meritocratic, and the benefits of a Vtubing avatar pushing forward toward anonymity means that they have less fear overall voicing thier opinions on things without having to worry about receiving censorship.
Conversely, the Vtubers that are rather left leaning have no fear whatsoever making hay about that - inevitably, they'll have some blow-up or drama or whatnot and then it's masks off. So grifters inevitably get found out, while others just blithly drift along doing thier own thing.
Now, having said that - Pippa gets glazed as 'alt-right' more than she deserves, mostly because the overton window has shifted so badly that someone talking like they're posting on 4chan pre-2016 is going to get people flocking to them in releif to get away from the overall cultural longhouse, so to speak. So while she can be spicy, if you're someone who's been following her for a long period of time, you've probably noticed that she's been purposefully dialing things back, not for herself per se but because she wants to save all her friends the grief and aggravation of dealing with Pippa being a little unhinged. She's quite the sweetheart like that.
Now, there are a few other talents that are actually what people think Pippa is, but I'm not gonna say who they are.
Also, Phase Connect is... weird. That would require a thread on it's lonesome.
Grant_us_eyes
13d ago
Well, yes.
But there's an arguement to be made that even the common grunt wants to be a Warrior, despite not being one. It's an aspirational goal.
A minor example thereof, from what I've heard, is that the special forces operationg during the GWOT had relaxed grooming standards to better fit in with the locals(long beards and whatnot). And the common grunts bitched about it cause they wanted to look like the high speed low drag guys, and people in charge gradually relented.
So, yeah. You're going to have the bulk of your army/military be common grunts. But that doesn't mean they don't want to be a Warrior as opposed to said grunt.
Grant_us_eyes
14d ago
It's not as if Hebert limits this to fighting, either. One of the consistent themes in Dune is that humans need explicit pressure of one kind or another to excel beyond their limits. 'Do not create a machine in the image of a man's mind' is no different an aphorism than 'God made Arrakis to train the faithful'.
Grant_us_eyes
14d ago
Depends how you define the term 'warrior'.
Wikipedia: 'A warrior is a guardian specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracy, class, or caste.'
Okay, fine. When you think of the term 'warrior', one figure that comes to mind is the Samurai; landed lords, skilled in warfare, but also educated in politics as well as more intellectual pursuits. Knights, in the European tradition, were likely similar.
(And, yes, I'm sure there's people more educated in this that could correct me. I'm not going for historical accuracy; I'm going for modern perception.)
So when people say they want a Warrior when it comes to killing, they're saying they want their killers smart, intelligent, with a broad depth of education and eclectic skill.
To use a more immediate, modern example, Mike Vining comes across as pretty smart cookie, and if you called him a warrior, I doubt many would argue.
Grant_us_eyes
16d ago
Drink more water for the first week and beyond. No, more. No, more. Your body is probably going to be purging alot out of you, and it'll need the help.
GLP-1 agonist seem to effect people differently, so even if it doesn't retard your hunger, you do have other options.
Not sure what dosage regime your medical provider will have you on, but my experience with the minimum starting dosage has been consistent despite being on it for almost a year.
Pay attention to your energy levels throughout the day. Note down any side benefits you might be getting out of taking Semaglutide. If you start feeling sleepy or tired despite lacking any hunger, you just might need a small 100 calorie snack. As someone who never snacked, this was very odd when it started popping up.
Start exercising. Less weight means it's easier to get more active. Daily walks are always nice, and an easy way to stay active.
Good luck. Going by personal experience, looking 15 kg should be pretty trivial if it's as effective for you as it was for me.
Grant_us_eyes
17d ago
Hell, I've been the guy who's gotten complemented for his colonge!
I'll be the first person to criticize men and women who go overboard, but that doesn't mean people hate it completely.
Grant_us_eyes
17d ago
Learning that a good chunk of the civil rights movement was basically one big astroturf pushed by New York financiers might have young, impressionable minds seriously questioning things like 'official narrative' or how easy it is to twist history.
Nevermind everything else that was happening around that time period.
And we can't have that, now, can we?
Grant_us_eyes
19d ago
I know it'll never happen, but I'd kill for JMS somehow finishing Crusade.
We got a hint as to where they'd be going past season 1, but I'd love to get the full story.
Grant_us_eyes
19d ago
I would just like to let everyone know that they're now releasing Babylon 5 for free on youtube.
The plan being for one episode to be release each week, to let everyone experience how it was during the first broadcast.
I figure people need the nostalgia bomb, to remember when we actually had good science fiction on television.
Grant_us_eyes
20d ago
I mean, shit, I was watching Star Trek as early as 8 years old on my lonesome. If they're into science fiction and have any sort of attention span, it's going to be hard to keep them away from that stuff.
Cut them loose with some of the more fun stuff in seasons 2 through 7 and see what happens. It'll build some foundations for them to appreciate the deeper stuff when they get older.
Grant_us_eyes
23d ago
Given the composition of Reddit and what's likely the 'official' Exalted discord, I'm somehow not surprised they're glazing 3e.
Then again, the online Exalted fandom has always been a little bit... weird.
But, yes. Amusingly enough, your issue is one of the main reasons I didn't have any interest in 3e.
Grant_us_eyes
23d ago
Wise of them. While I admit to viewing 1e with a sense of affection despite it's clunky-ness, and 2e is not without it's issues, it's probably the more streamlined choice if you're not familiar with White Wolf's RPG mechanics.
And 3e, sadly, seems to have been dead on arrival from the start.
Grant_us_eyes
23d ago
Which edition, if you don't mind me asking?
Grant_us_eyes
23d ago
Quite. To paraphrase a statement that's stuck in my head since the first time I stumbled across it, attempted suicide for a woman is a cry for help. Attempted suicide for a man is calmly taking out a loaded gun, staring at it for an hour, and then quietly putting it away.
'Want' isn't the case here. You can't 'want' to match someone's energy. You either match it or you don't.
From my experience, guys who can match that level of energy are rare on the ground.
My exact words were 'and the amount of hoops that he had to jump through to find someone'
Seeing that from off to the sides was one of the things that severely curtailed my enthusiasm for dating. When you've got a guy who runs his own business, owns several vehicles, has a list of hobbies longer than my arm, and is fucking ripped, if you'll excuse the vulgarity, and still struggle to find someone to settle down with, well, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence in one's self.
There's a wide gulf between 'having hobbies that make you interesting' and effectively having three jobs that take up a fair bit of time in her life alongside all the other stuff you mentioned.
Are there guys who can match that? Yes. Are they very rare on the ground? Also yes.
I'm not arguing that she should change. Shine on, you crazy diamond. But I will point out that said hobbies and activities pretty much explain why she's single.
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