The fact that this platform was overwhelmingly pro-Pratt, to the point of actually thinking he might win outright, should force a lot of people on here to reconsider (a) their political sophistication and (b) the extent to which X discourse has decoupled from the real world.
Our highest and most urgent national priority should be AI safeguards. The risks of AI weapons, pathogens, mass unemployment, surveillance, and even extinction must not continue to be largely ignored.
We can hate Trump all we want, and we are right, but nothing requires anyone to vote for a pro-child rape serial criminal over a very average Republican incumbent just because he said so. Most GOP primary voters are apes, subhumans. Not the same species as us.
The Destiny 2 news hits hard. I always considered them our main competition but in the friendliest way possible. In a perfect world we both succeed. But we always felt smaller, more at risk. Never expected this outcome. My love to the Destiny 2 devs.
GG folks. GG.
The not-drinking-alcohol trend has turned into hysterical wellness babble. It’s one thing to approach alcohol with intention, but another to fear it so much that you claim that a couple glasses of wine ruined their life. Oh no, you skipped a gym session? You “podcasted worse”? You got suboptimal deep sleep for one night? The horror.
I don’t believe the obsession with “optimization” is healthy. People are slaves to their wellness devices and trackers. They allow data (a lot of which is probably not even that accurate) to dictate their life. It’s a very odd thing to demand that you must feel your 100% most optimized every minute of the day in order to live well. We are not robots.
Look at the pockets of the world that live the longest, healthiest lives. They smoke cigarettes and enjoy wine with the people they love. It is no coincidence that the rates of depression and anxiety, SSRI use, and loneliness are rising alongside the sharp decline of people hanging out with friends and just drinking some alcohol.
Nobody is saying you should drink every night or abuse booze. But my goodness enjoy life. And I say this as someone who has had only a few drinks in the last year fwiw.
For all the talk about working-class men flocking to right-wing populism in a revolt against globalization, the President who actually implemented effective industrial policy was Joe Biden, on a coalition that was disproportionately educated and female.
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