Silverdawn
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34-year straight, white male from Eastern Europe. Interested in videogames, books, and running. Lean towards libertarianism/consequentialistism/determinisism.
User ID: 2412
Silverdawn
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6mo ago
As for reasons for Japanese peacefulness I'd say a lot is, indeed, homogeneity of upbringing and socialization, on which I could write volumes. But won't.
I wish people would. I find Japan and Japanese culture fascinating.
Silverdawn
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6mo ago
I had the same problem and CBT (David burns, "Feeling Good") mostly fixed it. Not completely, I still feel a little lonely from time to time. But I am no longer the living stereotype of the seething incel.
Silverdawn
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6mo ago
I've had similar success but with caffeine instead of nicotine.
Silverdawn
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8mo ago
And how long did the death from starvation take? A few weeks, maybe a month at most? Meanwhile human will force human into a prison to suffer for decades. I would much, MUCH rather starve in a month or two.
Okay, I can give a bit more context. It's very likely that I'll travel to the US and live there in the coming years.
I feel a great deal of disgust at the mere thought of having to coexist with "trans people" and possibly having them as coworkers. I can't simply ask companies if they have any working for them because the mere question is a faux pas.
Silverdawn
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9mo ago
How would you lessen or "cure" transphobia in an individual?
Silverdawn
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11mo ago
Beautiful story. My favorite part is the abrupt and anticlimactic ending.
Silverdawn
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1yr ago
I thought the writing was quite good actually (8/10). A bit predictable at times but very pleasantly deep at others. Both in terms of consequences for actions and in terms of ethical questions. I had a very serious 20minute long discussion with my sister regarding one particular issue in act 3: is it morally correct to kill a predator who has done nothing but help you in a MAJOR way and insists that he will continue to do so?
Silverdawn
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1yr ago
Is there anyone who wants to argue the other side?
Try it for yourself, maybe sail the seven seas if you don't want to give the possibly woke people money? I'm fairly conservative and am enjoying the game a lot.
Silverdawn
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1yr ago
I hate the inventory management and gameplay but love the writing and sheer number of choices and consequences. I'm still seeing decisions I made 150 hours ago impact my current story. Minor, barely noticeable decisions in side-quests early on in chapter 1 still matter late in chapter 3.
I am once more reminded of that one Bioware lady who wanted a "skip gameplay" button.
Silverdawn
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1yr ago
I didn't find it too woke. There's the character creation thing and a lot of blatantly gay people around. And as always, the evil choices are objectively worse than the good choices in terms of writing and content (in other words, saving people is better than being selfish).
For reference, I'm in mid chapter 3, about 150 hours in.
On a woke scale of 1-10, I'd give BG3 a 3.5. Tolerable, with the occasional, rare, cringe-inducing moment.
Silverdawn
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1yr ago
I guess I'd need to know about the content of the stories to judge if they were "political", but painting a mech in rainbow colors strikes me as so milquetoast that deleting such posts is petty.
I disagree strongly. Rainbow colors are a political statement in the same way that a swastika is a political statement.
Silverdawn
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1yr ago
How do you keep track of what you've read online? How do you manage your personal research? Do you have a system? Do you have collections, and keep notes? Is this an actual problem you have?
I have a backup folder that I update and copy to a flash drive a few times a year. I've named the .txt files by intentionally adding a number at the start of the name (0 to 5) to signify the importance and make it easier to sort them. For example, "2contacts.txt" lists my acquaintances, their contact information, birthdays, etc.
The downside is that this system takes a moderate amount of effort to regularly update/trim/reorganize everything. The upside is that I basically never forget anything.
I'm surprised at how few insults were aimed at you. There were only a few and they were at least somewhat disguised.
Overall, I think you're wasting your time. You assume rationalists are good at/focused on thinking rationally because they say they are. In reality, the thick jargon, the nerdy topics and all the other pretenses are nothing but a way to signal "I'm a part of this tribe". Similarly to the rainbow flag and saying "diversity" at least once every 5 sentences for progressives.
But if you're having fun, more power to you!
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