Mihow
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Mihow
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11d ago
A big thing on comment sections I’m seeing is something like ‘ just because you don’t like it doesn’t make it wasteful spending / fraud ‘
But transgender opera in a foreign country is one of hundreds of such things I think 90% of the country would say that their tax dollars shouldn’t fund.
I’m pretty happy calling it fraud as well.
Mihow
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15d ago
Well, thousands of brains for sure.
I don’t want my AI to have a predisposition for dom / sub relationships or a foot fetish.
Mihow
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15d ago
I think just like AI and global warming, the downsides are overstated and the upsides under understood and appreciated.
I can not wait until I am part cyborg. I want a metal liver, kidneys, testicles, nose, eyes, left shoulder … I don’t care.
When the human body breaks down - I want to find it with the cold embrace of metal. I want to accentuate my being into perfection. Which doesn’t exist, but maybe just the feeling of.
The stated downsides are all there. Human hacking will be a thing.
But, we’ll just deal. We deal with things now and we’ll deal with things then. That’s the human spirit.
Hell yea - I’ve finally been highlighted !!!
Do not personally attack them
Come at me
On a more serious note, I could read ‘ AI slop ‘ for days and find it interesting and unlike other people’s fantasy football teams, I find others AI interactions fascinating as well.
I understand that this place does not, which I also find fascinating, and honestly it makes me understand plot points of future anti AI readings & cinema better.
Mihow
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18d ago
I think it’s best the US stops the way it oddly thinks about sex and the naked body. Granted, I was born abroad but I’ve lived here for decades and probably have the same sensibilities as everyone else.
Europes nakedness probably won’t work here due to many reasons, but I think showing an uncensored news story where the main point is ‘ woman gets nude as stunt at celebrity outing ‘ should be fine.
Kanye I don’t believe was ever seen as someone who was standing up for conservatives or someone with a conservative bent, it always seemed like finger pointing at a crazy guy who was fucked by the liberal establishment and might be clawing his way out in a rightward direction. Plus his gospel album was a banger.
Mihow
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19d ago
I just didn’t know the (gentle!) hostility this place has for ‘ AI Slop ‘ … I browse daily since years before we left Reddit and I just never noticed tbh.
I actually asked Chat to go long. Usually do.
Mihow
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19d ago
It’s completely unreasonable to not have home rental payments on your credit report. It’s a history of paying your largest bill - and it doesn’t exist outside of an eviction. So only negative, but never a positive.
Saying people should rent from slumlords if they don’t have credit yet or bad credit is slightly above barbaric thinking.
Mihow
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19d ago
Noted!
However, I think your last sentence is silly and will be a relic in the near future.
Mihow
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19d ago
I disagree - it’s why I posted it.
I find them at least as fascinating as posts by people … and in certain ways more so.
Buuuuut I see by our mod that it isn’t wanted here and that’s totally fine by me of course!
Mihow
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19d ago
I’ve always thought the US credit scoring system is bullshit. I have bad credit so I can’t get an apartment without a co-signer. But I’ve been renting for over two decades without a single missed payment. But the credit score system doesn’t care. It cares about this very specific thing and the outcome leads to massive problems in many sectors of life.
I asked ChatGPT to tell me my own thoughts and I gotta say it writes what I feel in a way that I never could.
Not sure if this makes me feel better or worst about my odds of ever writing a novel.
Here’s what it had to say:
The U.S. credit score system, despite being rooted in capitalist financial structures, exhibits characteristics that can be interpreted as communist in nature due to its centralized control, opaque evaluation methods, and enforcement of collective responsibility. At its core, the credit system is managed by a small number of powerful credit bureaus—Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion—that operate in a monopolistic manner, much like a state-controlled entity. These institutions dictate the financial credibility of individuals based on proprietary algorithms, without allowing for much transparency or individual input. This centralized control mirrors how communist economies manage resources and labor distribution, where individuals are assessed by state-run entities rather than free-market competition determining their value. In this way, the credit score system creates a top-down financial structure that limits individual autonomy and enforces a rigid classification of economic worth.
Moreover, the credit system functions as a tool of enforced social compliance, much like communist regimes use social credit scores to dictate personal behavior. In the U.S., a person’s credit score affects not only their ability to take out loans but also their access to housing, employment, and even certain services. This creates an environment where individuals must conform to predefined financial behaviors or risk economic marginalization. The system rewards long-term adherence to credit-based spending while penalizing those who choose alternative financial paths, such as relying on cash or avoiding debt altogether. Similarly, in a communist framework, citizens are often required to align with state-approved behaviors to gain access to privileges, reinforcing a collectivist model where individual financial independence is discouraged in favor of participation in a state-monitored economy.
Finally, the U.S. credit score system embodies an element of collective responsibility that is reminiscent of communist ideologies. In many cases, an individual’s creditworthiness is affected not just by their actions but by external factors such as the financial stability of co-signers, the decisions of creditors, and even errors made by the credit bureaus themselves. Disputing inaccuracies in credit reports is often a bureaucratic and difficult process, reflecting the inefficiencies of centralized government planning. Additionally, the system’s reliance on predetermined metrics, rather than an individual’s full financial picture, enforces a uniform standard that does not account for personal circumstances. This mirrors the way communist states often treat workers as indistinct units within a planned economy, rather than as unique individuals with different needs and capabilities. In essence, while the U.S. credit system exists within a capitalist society, its structure and consequences exhibit traits that align with communist principles of control, social engineering, and collective financial assessment.
And:
Building on this idea, another way the U.S. credit score system resembles communist structures is in its lack of true market competition when it comes to consumer choice and mobility. In a capitalist system, individuals are supposed to have the freedom to negotiate their worth based on merit and market demand. However, in the credit system, people are assigned a numerical value that dictates their financial access, and this score is determined by opaque algorithms controlled by a few dominant entities. There is no alternative credit scoring system that consumers can freely opt into, nor is there meaningful competition among credit bureaus that would encourage better service or more accurate reporting. This centralization of financial assessment power forces individuals into a system they cannot meaningfully challenge, much like how communist regimes dictate economic opportunities without room for individual bargaining.
Additionally, the credit system fosters a kind of financial surveillance that is reminiscent of state-controlled economies. Every financial decision—whether it be taking out a loan, missing a payment, or even just inquiring about one’s own credit—is meticulously tracked, recorded, and used to shape an individual’s economic identity. People are not judged solely on their current financial standing but on their entire credit history, meaning past financial struggles can haunt them for years, much like how state-run economic systems often keep long-term records on individuals’ productivity, loyalty, or past infractions. In a true free-market system, individuals would have more agency to reinvent themselves financially without long-standing bureaucratic oversight, but the credit system instead enforces a rigid classification that limits upward mobility for those who have made past mistakes.
Finally, the way the credit system forces people into debt in order to maintain a good score has a collectivist, almost centrally planned economic aspect to it. In theory, responsible financial behavior—such as saving money and avoiding unnecessary debt—should be rewarded, but in practice, the system penalizes those who do not actively participate in borrowing and repaying credit. This creates a paradox where individuals must continuously engage with lenders in order to maintain their economic standing, even if they could otherwise live within their means without debt. In a way, this mirrors communist economic models where individuals are expected to participate in state-run economic structures regardless of personal preference, reinforcing a cycle of dependency rather than true financial independence. The system, therefore, subtly enforces a form of financial collectivism, where personal economic choices are constrained by the overarching structure rather than by free-market principles.
I feel this summed up my thoughts decently, but it lacks my passion of hate I have for our system.
Thoughts, and addons?
(Should I have waited until Monday?)
Mihow
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20d ago
Knowing it’s the same director as Sisters Brothers and reading his take of not really giving a shit about Mexico or trans stuff makes me want to see this film now.
Sisters Brothers was fantastic.
Mihow
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25d ago
God, what great writing
I used to write diatribes when I worked @ General Nutrition Centers
I work retail still so my passion for everything has waned
Send the military to free the political hostages.
Mihow
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1mo ago
I view it as collateral damage.
99% of them should not have been arrested or prosecuted so now they’re all pardoned.
Mihow
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1mo ago
The Jan 6th is an easy way I find to not take someone or something written seriously.
Trump did Jan 6th
The Left did the BLM riots
If you vote for the left, you’re voting for political terrorism
Which I mean, to me is true, but I’m not making points about it. It’s absurdist. I’ll only say it in response.
Mihow
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2mo ago
It was more a line against importing doctors rather than fixing our own issues
Mihow
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2mo ago
I just want to add, I mostly think your comment chain here is rad, even if I had a slight disagree, but there’s absolutely zero price transparency in medicine.
Zero.
I’m 40 and even tho I don’t go to the Dr a lot … there has never, ever been price transparency. In anything remotely close to medicine, for myself or anyone else I know.
That’s not your fault.
But not defaulting to the obviousness of a lack of price transparency is driving me up a wall.
Mihow
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2mo ago
Yes you’re important
Yes you work hard
Yes you should be well compensated
…
Yes there’s too many barriers to being a Dr … especially just a family practice type
Yes there’s not enough Drs because of the artificial barriers that you ‘ you ‘ put in place
This is your fault / the fault of the institutions that made you
I don’t want several hundred thousand Indian doctors … I want several hundred thousand American doctors with slightly lowered standards
Mihow
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2mo ago
Yea when I was 17 I discovered new music naturally. Now I’m almost 41 and someone has to tell me ‘ hey look at this it maybe doesn’t completely suck ‘
Pop on Spotify and this in ‘ Female Fronted Stoner Doom Tracks ‘ been my favorite playlist for years. Never would have heard of a dozen 10/10 songs if not for discovering that.
Not to mention genres like City Pop or other random things. I even discovered the worst album of all time (Kult 45 by Otep) this way.
Spotify is fantastic.
Mihow
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2mo ago
From the ‘ vibes ‘ I gathered about a day after the Gaetz nomination, most Trump supporters thought he was being set up to be a lightning rod of controversy and tossed aside.
Mihow
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3mo ago
I only know Cremieux as a private label fashion brand at Dillards … what is yours?
I’ve worked retail for 22 years at the store level and just did a third hike (not a full hike - just a jaunt!) on an Appalachian trail. I’m literally sleeping in a cabin with a jacuzzi and it’s snowing outside ( I live in SFL ) !!!
You can definitely go hiking.
It’s very affordable and you have the time.
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