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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Sure, but it's not the same thing as getting around it at home on your computer. I get there is some motivation to do it. But I don't think it is as widespread as thought. Unless you are really into the internet, programming or something.

2024-03-14 20:54:18

Nice anecdote how children will get around limits on their internet access... but most children aren't doing this so it works as a general rule. The exceptions would need a different approach.

2024-03-14 20:37:30

Having a sushi and pizza day... hell yeah.

2024-03-14 20:25:28

"i remember back in the day when i was a little kid and my granny would be watching soap operas like days of our lives or bold and the beautiful, whenever a scene came up where there was a kiss on the lips or a romantic scene, she'd say "sies" ( slang word in south africa for gross/disgusting) and change the channel. after a min or so she would change back to watching her show. Thats the differnece between those days and nowadays. People had respect for themselves and what they watched and wanted to see. Now we just have porn thrown in our faces all over social media, on tv, in music in gaming and all these whack ideaologies."
Interesting mindset. That kissing would be seen as gross.

2024-03-12 23:15:34

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@npub16fs…xw8z I think he still has some good takes even if he is less edgy when he conveys them.

2024-03-12 17:13:59

I think the parents of white students basically gave up on education, outsourced it to the schools/state and then let their children play outside of it whereas this doesn't really stop for asian students. Especially when their afterschool activities are academic and they use apps and things when they need a boost. Good luck being aware of or getting this type of support in studies in a western white household.

2024-03-12 00:39:33

I thought my last post was funny.

2024-03-08 22:32:31

"Here's a question then... utopia - Greek for 'perfect place' - is unattainable (because we are imperfect, the world is imperfect...), and efforts to create utopia do seem to inevitably lead to dystopia (Greek for 'bad place'). But (nearly) everyone wants a better place, and so people keep trying to build utopia, thereby creating more dystopian circumstances. So, is it possible/reasonable for a group of people within such a society, where reason seems to be failing and madness growing, to design and build something in between? Perhaps call it Arketostopia (Greek for "Sufficient place")?"
Thoughts?

2024-03-05 16:40:05

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@npub1wah…xc8t @npub1gdf…hx6t That doesn't sound too bad... lol. But I don't know why she says this and I don't think she is much better from what the letter describes.

2024-03-05 16:29:06

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@npub1gdf…hx6t I didn't even know who she was. I don't even know if this is good or bad news...

2024-02-14 10:15:24

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@npub1cus…6789 @npub1uxm…ujtm Why would you want to repopulate the countryside? Especially with people from the cities? This runs the risk of losing the countryside and their culture which we are already losing here because of overpopulation of a tiny island.

2024-02-09 21:41:06

I have to admit, I do like the memes coming from the Tucker interview with Putin where they historysplain. What does this say about me?

2024-02-02 20:58:47

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 There is justification used when it comes to employing those tools. The narrative seems to be important. Perhaps even an image crafted.

2024-02-02 20:50:43

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 And power comes in many forms, but mostly it seems to depend on an ideological narrative that we tell ourselves and each other that justifies acquiring it.

2024-02-02 20:46:35

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 That's a good point. Are corporate systems there to be subverted because this has become so widespread at this point?

2024-02-02 20:40:11

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Haven't heard this before. Over time, the system can be subverted but that depends on the human part of it I think.

2024-02-02 20:33:59

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Well, there are a lot of people disappearing without a trace. Government can't seem to track a lot of them.

2024-02-02 20:29:21

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 That could be it. But it could also be different groups within the structure, obstructing each other from doing these things. Perhaps there are some cases where they are aligned though.

2024-02-02 20:21:23

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Perhaps. But then you have cases where they are deporting them but can't because other people are obstructing it.

2024-02-02 19:51:30

What is the point in fighting for a country so weak that it can't deport rapists because of human rights?

2024-02-02 17:55:30

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@npub18ht…rk0m Maybe I'll look into that some time. I thought maybe it had something to do with the sexual revolution but I guess this makes sense.

2024-02-02 17:26:01

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@npub18ht…rk0m Lol. I feel like I'm missing a lot of context there. I don't know how it became Reagan's fault.

2024-02-02 17:18:28

Why do we call homosexuals, particularly men, as gay?
They don't seem to be very happy or merry to me.

2024-02-01 21:10:30

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1c4s…aqv4 I could see that being the case, especially if the nails curl or something ridiculous like that.

2024-02-01 21:04:27

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1c4s…aqv4 Sure, if you keep them on. But it's probably not as hard as you are thinking.

2024-02-01 20:59:16

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1c4s…aqv4 Are they real fingernails?

2024-02-01 20:24:35

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Sad when that happens. I would probably feel that way too if I found out someone I knew from education passed away. Death is usually a sad thing by itself though.

2024-02-01 12:13:42

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1rv2…pvwv That is a great point about the two personas... more internal conflict and drama there. He has to choose between them until he learns how to integrate the two in his life. In a way, it's like learning how to integrate work and home life.

2024-02-01 12:05:30

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1rv2…pvwv I suppose not. Although it might have encouraged him to continue so that he can protect her and the city.

2024-01-30 17:25:20

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@npub100z…w3l7 @npub1w6j…60pw I'm just glad that at 14, I don't remember people telling me that I could change my sex. Because it would have been a tempting offer. I doubt they are properly talking this stuff through here either. Just introducing affirmative care and methods to alter the body.
There is one problem with affirmative care... you miss out on being treated as your sex. Having good and healthy friends of the same sex is so important to develop this aspect of yourself, to be treated as a girl or boy... and then later developing into a woman or man. Having mixed groups can help to develop this in a romantic context, but often you miss out on that development and get treated like whatever is dominant in the group. You need the opportunities to develop and become comfortable in yourself as you are. Likewise having healthy role models in this regard is important.

2024-01-29 01:00:54

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@npub1y6c…27jj @npub1tug…8u2k Easier said than done. He seems to resonate for them. If he is teaching personal responsibility then I think that is a good thing for young men to learn. It's just a shame that he isn't a good example to follow given his own problems, but perhaps those make him seem more human and resonating with people. I think it is also difficult to choose good role models when this hasn't been modelled for you and well, most people seem to be fucked up in some way these days. They could choose worse.

2024-01-29 00:55:10

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@npub1y6c…27jj @npub1tug…8u2k Some people don't get that guidance at home. I don't think we should worship him, but I can understand people looking for role models right now. A lot of men for instance grow up without a father, either because he isn't there, he is busy working or doesn't give them guidance. There are a lot of mothers in a similar situation now, having to go to work and being tired after it. So people turn to their peers, the trends or whatever is in the culture that they consume... whether heroes in films, celebrities or youtube personalities. We used to have communities or extended family to pick up the slack too, not so much anymore...

2024-01-29 00:47:21

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@npub1y6c…27jj @npub1tug…8u2k Cleaning your room isn't going to right all the wrongs in society. But I do think that having a tidy life is better for our overall health which then provides us with more energy rather than dragging us down. Same can be said for being around tidy neighbourhoods. It's uplifting. But it's not always something easy to do, especially when you are feeling depressed. I'm also not sure which comes first. Especially when you look at deprivation. Often neighbourhoods are left to deteriorate while those in poverty live there. Seeing the same thing happen to high streets now.

2024-01-29 00:33:34

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@npub1y6c…27jj @npub1tug…8u2k Responsible for what? Cleaning your room is just good health and well-being advice. Especially when you sleep there or spend a lot of time there.

2024-01-29 00:29:39

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@npub1tug…8u2k @npub1y6c…27jj Ironically, that is probably one of the better advices that he gives. It's important to look after yourself and your environment, it would make it easier to participate in politics when you have your shit sorted out. That is something that you do have control over. I'm sure stoics would agree too.

2024-01-29 00:15:10

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@npub1y6c…27jj @npub1tug…8u2k That's just how the algo works. If you have ever clicked a video with them in, then the algo thinks that you want to see more content like that and filters that to you. Keeps people in a bubble. I love seeing political videos when I just want to listen to music though...

2024-01-28 21:17:56

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1sl8…5emg Would be cool to just hang somewhere like that with you and talk about this stuff. Not sure if the art students would appreciate hearing us debate if something is considered art, beautiful or sublime. Unless they are really into that too.

2024-01-28 21:09:24

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1sl8…5emg Hey, that's kind of cool. Do you still get to hang out there?

2024-01-28 21:06:19

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1sl8…5emg They can just bring you in like that? Were they showing off their art to you?

2024-01-28 21:03:36

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1sl8…5emg That would look weird for me. Just rocking up at the academy or college when I have no reason to be there and talking to the students. It would be great to connect with some artists eventually, for commissions. If they want to be associated with me anyway.

2024-01-28 20:53:18

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 @npub1sl8…5emg I mean, there is certainly that aspect of it. But it seems more like a movement in modern art to make everything subjective so putting a banana on display is now art or something ridiculous like it. I'm thinking about that sort of thing.

2024-01-28 20:49:11

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@npub1sl8…5emg @npub1wc2…4sk7 It's a shame that people have forgotten what beauty is... not sure which is worse, having it forgotten or deliberately subverted.

2024-01-28 20:42:13

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 That is fair. Just not one of those modern art exhibs. I'm sure you know the ones.

2024-01-28 20:39:58

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Yeah, easy mistake to make. Is the art exhib on your employer?

2024-01-28 20:37:56

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 I'd be a bit worried if you were working today, mate.

2024-01-27 17:11:12

Can capitalism survive machines providing all the labour? Or, more to the point, can the working class survive it? I really think it would die without a working class to keep the economy going.

2024-01-27 07:02:07

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@npub1umx…d244 @npub108p…yev6 @npub1eka…tusu
That was sort of separate to veganism. Like you get enough people, even some with crap diets that can walk off viruses quicker than others. As veganism becomes more popular, we may just have crossover here.
Although it would be interesting to see what predisposes people to veganism. Or the impact that has on the body.
I have to admit that I'd have to look into it more too. Like, we know that being plant-based in general is healthier. I know that not eating meat has some prevention against bad gut bacteria as you don't feed them.

2024-01-27 06:51:56

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@npub108p…yev6 @npub1eka…tusu @npub1umx…d244
You don't think that having a healthier immune system could help with this? I'd be interested in seeing the breakdown for vegans... comparing whole food plant-based and then the various stages after that to junk food or other diets within veganism as we know some go for raw foods or low carbs still.
Then again, there might be some genetics involved. Some people are able to get rid of viruses quicker and with fewer symptoms than others.

2024-01-27 06:42:23

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@npub18ht…rk0m I'll bite.
Is he an old Bill Gates? Cause it's getting harder to recognise him. Not that I paid much attention in the first place.

2024-01-25 16:39:45

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@npub1yfg…ke25 @npub1k0h…xygc @npub1pfr…6222 @npub18me…xtr3 @npub13d5…jhcn @npub1gdf…hx6t
Fair enough. I can't really argue with that. I think that directors and writers in the past knew their genres better, and so would be playing around with what has been done before. Makes me wonder how many references I just don't get because I'm not as familiar as them with the pop culture.
Not to mention that it is easier to sell a premise these days if you can reference another film so the people funding it know what to expect. Even with writing stories, I've seen this mentioned. If you can say it is like something else then it gets picked up and marketed that way for more attention or recommendation.

2024-01-25 16:30:54

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@npub1k0h…xygc @npub1pfr…6222 @npub18me…xtr3 @npub13d5…jhcn @npub1gdf…hx6t
In this case, I'm doing what they often do with IP's... just taking the name and reimagining everything else about them. I think it could have worked if she were Luke's daughter and she admired him and wanted to be like him or earn his approval. Could have had a message about that as she matured and grew into her own person.

2024-01-25 16:15:31

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@npub1yfg…ke25 @npub1k0h…xygc @npub1pfr…6222 @npub18me…xtr3 @npub13d5…jhcn @npub1gdf…hx6t
I don't have a problem with borrowing ideas and gaining inspiration from other things as this is how it often goes. It's hard to have an original idea when most ideas have been imagined or have happened. The important part is in how you blend various ideas together. He still managed to create a fun universe for a lot of people that grew up with it with a simple premise, underdog story and some twists.

2024-01-25 15:56:44

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@npub1k0h…xygc @npub1pfr…6222 @npub18me…xtr3 @npub13d5…jhcn @npub1gdf…hx6t
Yeah. There is probably a game or two that were fun to play. I didn't get into the Expanded Universe much though. Still not sure that I'd consider it canon, and there is a lot of it now to follow. I'd rather spend my time in my own universes.

2024-01-25 15:28:27

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@npub13d5…jhcn @npub1k0h…xygc @npub18me…xtr3 @npub1gdf…hx6t @npub1pfr…6222 Now that Disney has taken over, I think that I've reached that point of apathy except when I find their decisions to be hilarious. I'm enjoying the ride to see Disney's downfall and see how much money they can waste or see what becomes of the civil war behind the scenes. They drove out their talent and it shows.
I think I'm also at this point where I only recognise the first 6 films and that is all Star Wars is to me. The rest of it is fanfiction. If the original creator of Star Wars wasn't involved then it is hard for me to count it as canon. Better to look at it that way. Hopefully people will see it that way for my own work too. I think there is also such a thing as having too much content and we have reached that point. They have exhausted the universe and much of it is crap.

2024-01-24 16:45:40

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@npub1gdf…hx6t It's gonna be like WWII, if we are getting bombed then it will be seen as a duty. If we aren't then fewer people will apply. I think with the numbers of the native population being so low, we'd be fools to apply. The state kicked themselves with this one by alienating the local population. But then again, when haven't they done this?