sonya
2yr ago
Yes, I'm sure you'd be exactly this sanguine if your employee fucked your wife. C'mon.
sonya
2yr ago
Fwiw, "thanks for the links" did not mean I blindly believed him. But I appreciate you weighing in also :)
sonya
2yr ago
although, ironically, this is the case
Wait, are you saying Leopold's subjects did maim themselves? Link / source?
sonya
2yr ago
it's seen the same way as cutting, or anorexia nowadays.
These are still massive deals, you're just not a teenager anymore. I might be wrong but I'd even guess there's more of both now that social media has subsumed much of teenage socializing.
sonya
2yr ago
You've read this, right? https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/23/kolmogorov-complicity-and-the-parable-of-lightning/
sonya
2yr ago
This probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but I don't get into this kind of debate because nothing good can come of it and I find it beyond irritating to be scolded for my opinions.
sonya
2yr ago
On a Daphne Du Maurier kick right now, reading her short story collection The Breaking Point after deeply enjoying The Scapegoat.
sonya
2yr ago
has anyone used aristillus (https://aristillus.xyz/login)? We could consider joining up.
I have and I know the guy who owns / runs it. I haven't been active there in a while but it's a good group.
sonya
2yr ago
Second paragraph would work just as well without quotations — you can simply leave them out.
sonya
2yr ago
Their distribution on country music stations was cut off. That's textbook deplatforming and goes against the cultural value of free expression if not the legal construct of free speech.
sonya
2yr ago
I love everything Will writes, his subject matter is utterly fascinating and he's so evenhanded. The Substack is awesome, I should pony up and pay him.
sonya
2yr ago
It would be cool to have voting on top-level posts but not comments, if that's feasible.
Hooray for romance!
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