campfire
5d ago
As someone with mediocre rizz online dating is still the way to go. Met the current gf and every other girl I've been involved with there with two exceptions, and one of those was a coffee shop cold approach which involved me waiting 4 months for her "tAlKiNg sTaGe" to disappoint her until she used me as a rebound.
campfire
7d ago
Related: I was complaining to a friend last week about the hollow worldbuilding in Star Wars, specifically about how automation should have eliminated most of the need for manual labor in this universe (but hasn't) and he sent me this surprisingly detailed Reddit post explaining how this could be explained by the story being set in a universe where P = NP: https://old.reddit.com/r/MawInstallation/comments/oysben/does_p_np_a_contemplation_of_electronic_security/
campfire
26d ago
Ha, don’t really have the interest. I typically avoid learning about such scandals so they all sounds like he-said she-saids to me. The Daniel Greene situation was different because he’s a more niche e-celeb in a hobby of mine (reading/writing epic fantasy) and I was in the minority who saw through the accusations even as all his friends and collaborators condemned him. Was definitely not expecting my first Quality Contribution to be about Youtube Drama when I made this account, will post about more important issues on the future. But glad some of you were entertained and thanks to whoever nominated me.
campfire
28d ago
Assuming self_made_human is as competent as the median American doctor
I meant "my analysis holds if you're as competent as the median American doctor" not that I already assume that.
An important addendum is that you don't have to be a median or better doctor to be a net value add!
This seems plausible but I'm unsure. I did realize my analysis depends on the belief that the median doctor is a net value add, which some people dispute.
campfire
28d ago
This sounds like you mostly agree with my analysis, it's not exactly "I hate Indians" (though it might be) but "I think the presence of even competent Indians that benefit the economy is bad for my descendants" and you basically do think he's less competent than the median American doctor because you don't think psychiatry is all that useful (or that it's just saturated).
campfire
28d ago
It is grossly unfair to Americans.
Assuming self_made_human is as competent as the median American doctor, it is obviously not "unfair to Americans" for them to get a new Doctor willing to charge less. Unless their hatred for Indians outweighs their desire for access to cheaper medical care. It is of course "unfavorable" (unfair is a loaded word) for the 0.3% of Americans who are already doctors if a doctor for any country, including America, enters the market, which is why labor unions take great steps to increase the barrier of entry for their industry.
campfire
29d ago
What explains the massive difference between the reception to this post and self_made_human's last on wanting to move to the states?
campfire
1mo ago
“Mysticism” refers to knowledge gained through direct experience. Not every work of philosophy outside of reductive materialism is an example of “mysticism”. The works you described are honest attempts at debunking reductive materialism, which imo is not an accurate picture of reality regardless of your views on theism. You can disagree, but I would not characterize them at being motivated by an inability to stomach the truth. They simply disagree with you.
campfire
1mo ago
Do you consider any philosophy of mind that isn’t strict reductionist materialism or Abrahamic/Dharmic/Native dualism “religion for Western atheists”?
campfire
1mo ago
Making my way through The Way Of Kings. The prose is really mediocre, actually seems worse than his Wheel of Time entries, almost like he just doesn’t try as hard when he doesn’t have Jordan’s standard to live up to. Spren are still really annoying. Still, there’s a hint of a really interesting plot here. Dalinar and Shallan have more interesting stories than Kaladin.
Usually I read long series like this one straight through so as to not forget important details but there’s so much summary content available for Stormlight I might space it out. Will likely read a different genre next. I’m thinking either House of Leaves, Neal Stephenson’s Ananthem, or Pillars of the Earth.
campfire
1mo ago
Sorry I'm not quite parsing what you're saying here, do you mean Zoomer men pretend to hate casual sex?
campfire
1mo ago
Interesting. Do you think it helps his legal case to post the video, or that he's just so clearly legally safe that it's worth optimizing for his job?
The latter, 99% sure. The former, don't know enough about law to say for sure but I expect yes.
campfire
1mo ago
Oh that's easy. 1) Discord mods are huge outliers in the population, they're disproportionately very progressive, chronically unemployed, and get off on petty displays of authoritarianism 2) Unlike the YouTubers who only made short statements, they had spent a full week dragging Greene's name through the mud and banning anyone who says "let's wait for his side of the story". Having to apologize after that and draw the ire of the people being unbanned is much more humiliating for them.
campfire
1mo ago
You know I thought about tagging you in the post but I figured the content would summon you to the replies like the bat signal anyway
campfire
1mo ago
Maybe hookups just suck
For men? Really? I think they're slightly suboptimal in the sense that you don't exactly know what you can "get away with" but it doesn't seem like most men dislike them
campfire
1mo ago
Of course I jokingly mention Malazan Book of the Fallen in my post as the type of thing a sexless dork would read and this person’s bio is:
He/Him | Fiction enjoyer | anime, manga, movies and books | Malazan Book of the Fallen #1 series
Can people try not to confirm every stereotype this week? For the record I read the first three books and was somewhat entertained but turned off by the frivolous use of literal God-tier magic.
campfire
1mo ago
A lawyer definitely signed off on the whole video. Greene would have known there's ~0% chance of him going to jail, but he was already losing sponsorships, subscribers, and publishers. His brand IS his job. Clearly the right move I think.
campfire
1mo ago
Then we’re only disagreeing on semantics. I’ve only heard “pornbrained” used by feminists and sex-negative Christians to label most men’s natural preferences for youth, beauty, and variety as a modern aberration of the Natural Order. But you and @rincer_of_wind are clearly using it differently.
campfire
1mo ago
Yes to all of the above, but the urge to consume sugar, salt, and fat was always there. Nobody accuses anyone who thinks ice cream is tastier than salad of being DairyQueenbrained. We rightfully discourage actually overindulging the urge because it has health/appearance consequences.
campfire
1mo ago
Arguing that the temptation to cheat and men's desire for sexual novelty means men shouldnt be monogamous is asenine.
I didn't argue this. In hindsight I should have said "preferred" arrangement instead of "ideal". I do think monogamy is the best arrangement for a man in the long run, and definitely for civilization at large.
Its a very pornbrained attitude to life
I find "pornbrained" is generally a bad-faith, loaded word used to demonize aspects of male sexuality that have existed forever. I can only see it being accurately applied to an obsession with very niche fetishes. Ironically I think Christian conservatives are the most likely to agree that men are not disposed towards monogamy and that's why we need religious institutions to enforce it. I remember Christian apologist William Lane Craig being asked about free will and the interviewer gave an example like "what if a man says 'I'm genetically predisoposed towards wanting to sleep with every beautiful woman I see so I can't be held liable for the sin of adultery'" and Craig's response was "I think most men are, but that's not an excuse for sin".
campfire
1mo ago
These people made the right move (to preserve their livelihoods as subculture-embedded personalities) even if they could see through Naomi’s crocodile tears as clearly as you could.
I couldn't disagree more, whatever "progressive brownie points" you'll get from "believing a victim" do not outweigh having to apologize for asking your followers to donate to a hysterical person that accused your friend when you couldn't even be bothered to wait for that friend's response. In a video that will live on your channel forever as a reminder of your foolishness. Even right after the accusations were made they should have calculated that they could get almost as many progressive brownie points if King produced more evidence or Greene was silent for 10 days (which is borderline an admission of guilt). They would not have jumped to condemn him if they didn't believe the allegations.
I got it to draw a glass of wine filled to the brim, which DallE couldn’t. However, it’s still seemingly incapable of drawing watches displaying a time other than 10:10.
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