to her point in the final sentence it would have been cool if there was a Trojan character whose final moments were captured on camera in heartbreaking fashion who also appeared many times in the film to haunt Odysseus
A man was born into the permanent underclass. He worked two jobs, paid his rent late, owned nothing, and prayed every night: "Lord, deliver me from this. I have faith."
One day his cousin called. "Brother. Ground floor. New coin. SafeMoonRocketDoge. You put in five thousand, you walk away with fifty by Friday when we rug it."
The man said, "I do not need a scam. The Lord will deliver me," and hung up.
Months later, a coworker comes up to him during lunch. "I'm going all in on NFTs. Pixelated raccoons. We mint, we pump, we rug, we vanish. Six figures, clean exit, you'll be in Lisbon by spring. Want in?"
The man said, "I do not need fraud. The Lord will deliver me," and went back to mopping.
A year later, an accountant from his second job pulled him aside. "The PPP window is still cracked open if you know where to push. I file the paperwork. You 'own' a landscaping LLC with eleven employees. We split the forgiven loan. The feds don't care. You'll own a boat in Florida in no time."
The man said, "I will not steal. The Lord will deliver me," and went back to work.
The man worked until, one day, his back gave out. He died in the hallway of a hospital that was, even then, billing him for the hallway.
At the gates, he fell to his knees. "Lord, I had faith. I worked every day of my life. I prayed. Why did You not let me escape the permanent underclass?"
And the Lord, with great tenderness, said: "My son. I sent you SafeMoonRocketDoge. I sent you pixelated raccoon NFTs. I sent you a landscaping company with eleven imaginary employees and a forgivable federal loan. What more, exactly, were you waiting on?"
@DrRetroGhoul@Aella_Girl The stakes of being an alcoholic are finite. Christians believe that the stakes of salvation/damnation are infinite. It's a completely different calculus
this kid is 18. ran Cluely's UGC to 100M views in 2 weeks.
then quit, basically productized what he did at Cluely, and hit $1.2M ARR in 7 days selling it to other companies
“bring back integrity” but “the problem isn’t 18-year-olds gaming incentives”
so which is it, do u think gen z/alpha don’t have any integrity or do u think some systems are just designed to fail?
if 40% of stanford undergrads are claiming disability, the obvious solution is to rework the disability system entirely, not to shake ur first at the sky about how young’uns have no morals.
do we solve the obesity problem in america by crying about “bringing back hard work” or do we try and stop putting fucking twinkies in every grocery store?
the brutal truth pill i think u and everyone else >25 need to take is that the number of (otherwise integrity-having) young kids cheating in school is not some reversible 10%. it’s closer to 95-99%.
so sick of hearing old techies complain ab morals when the actual answer is that u just have to completely rebuild most systems YOU guys put into place
Its crazy how like, absolutely nothing about English's linguistic history and the origins of its basic vocabulary is taught in American public school, in any of the many English classes a student takes between elementary and high school. Really the only aspect thats ever
If I had your wealth, I would be the furthest thing from depressed. It honestly baffles me how people could have so much wealth and be depressed. Shit makes absolutely no sense to me.
One thing about atheists that’s funny is that they assume things are just platonically bad, not realizing that their version of morality is explicitly post-Christ
They have no idea what they’re talking about.
But this is a bad execution, if you want to wear button down shirts with a tie make sure the collar is wide enough for the tie
@SafetyAlpaca@discodivekick It’s different from any hobby that produces anything of even the slightest value (painting, knitting, ceramics, etc.), or any hobby that provides exercise (running, rock climbing, swimming, etc.), or any hobby that involves meeting real people (organized sports, etc.)
Incredible that anyone identifies as a gamer.
“My hobby? I like to throw countless of my hours into the toilet. You know, press buttons. Watch shapes on the screen. Desecrate my one fucking life.”
The emdash isn’t even the biggest AI tell. Not even close. It’s this peculiar structure:
This isn’t just <x mundane phrasing >. It’s <y more hyperbolic phrasing>.
This misconception isn’t just an attack on the emdash. It’s an assault on our right to punctuate freely.
a theory of mine is that social media has completely broken the mind of Gen Z and millennials when it comes to work
their whole lives they have been told to pursue college, work really hard at their 9-5 job, go above and beyond for their boss, then save some income to hopefully purchase a home and family one day
all the people who followed this path are now watching their savings crumble away due to inflation. homeownership feels out of reach like never before
then they turn over and look at the 21 year olds making millions of dollars posting content on YouTube and TikTok. they are able to live with freedom, not beholden to a corporation, while also getting paid enough to afford everything they want
people see this and start questioning themselves. money doesn’t feel real in an economy where there is so much bifurcation between the have and have nots
the point of a job becomes meaningless. you fail to find purpose in your life anymore. and while these millionaires are the outliers, their content is the one that shows up in your feed over and over again
it is truly detrimental to society and i’m not sure anyone has a real solution to fix it
ive told this story many times but my russian cello teacher told me that my window to greatness closed because i wasn't practicing 2-3 hours a day.
i was 11 at the time. he was 100% right.