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yes, and that's why it's good
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
yes, and that's why it's good
unironically, RETVRNing to proper religion (by which I mean polytheism) would solve this
just sacrifice a goat or something on the sun god's festival day. maybe a few cows if you're a big solar farm. a chicken for rooftop solar. boom, all perceived/implicit moral outlays reconciled.
just sacrifice a goat or something on the sun god's festival day. maybe a few cows if you're a big solar farm. a chicken for rooftop solar. boom, all perceived/implicit moral outlays reconciled.
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
unironically, RETVRNing to proper religion (by which I mean polytheism) would solve this
just sacrifice a goat or something on the sun god's festival day. maybe a few cows if you're a big solar farm. a chicken for rooftop solar. boom, all perceived/implicit moral outlays reconciled.
just sacrifice a goat or something on the sun god's festival day. maybe a few cows if you're a big solar farm. a chicken for rooftop solar. boom, all perceived/implicit moral outlays reconciled.
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The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
reject the unnatural "theory of mind" forced on us by cultural barriers, RETVRN to monoculture-powered personal gods
slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/01/b...
slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/01/b...
Book Review: Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind
I. Julian Jaynes’ The Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mind is a brilliant book, with only two minor flaws. First, that it purports to explains the origin of consciou…
slatestarcodex.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
reject the unnatural "theory of mind" forced on us by cultural barriers, RETVRN to monoculture-powered personal gods
slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/01/b...
slatestarcodex.com/2020/06/01/b...
Extremely abnormal – usually they strip your watermark out before uploading it.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Extremely abnormal – usually they strip your watermark out before uploading it.
basically, yes
(First Order? Exegol? What are you talking about? Come on, we've got some PL-1 resignations to misfile.)
(First Order? Exegol? What are you talking about? Come on, we've got some PL-1 resignations to misfile.)
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
basically, yes
(First Order? Exegol? What are you talking about? Come on, we've got some PL-1 resignations to misfile.)
(First Order? Exegol? What are you talking about? Come on, we've got some PL-1 resignations to misfile.)
I think "sapient" would be a more correct term than "sentient" here
unless of course I've misread things and you're actually talking about the ability to respond to stimuli
unless of course I've misread things and you're actually talking about the ability to respond to stimuli
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I think "sapient" would be a more correct term than "sentient" here
unless of course I've misread things and you're actually talking about the ability to respond to stimuli
unless of course I've misread things and you're actually talking about the ability to respond to stimuli
ultimately this all goes back to the hand of the author, rule 0 for all storytelling: if the audience can see it, it's game over, you lose.
strictly speaking, it's not the intentionality itself that kills things, it's the audience realizing there's something behind the camera capable of intent.
strictly speaking, it's not the intentionality itself that kills things, it's the audience realizing there's something behind the camera capable of intent.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
ultimately this all goes back to the hand of the author, rule 0 for all storytelling: if the audience can see it, it's game over, you lose.
strictly speaking, it's not the intentionality itself that kills things, it's the audience realizing there's something behind the camera capable of intent.
strictly speaking, it's not the intentionality itself that kills things, it's the audience realizing there's something behind the camera capable of intent.
intentional is fine, but it can't *look* intentional
cutting in to a closer shot that shows the scars: fine.
actually zooming, or going so close that it *only* shows the scars: "HEY DIPSHITS. LOOK AT THE SCARS. CAN YOU SEE THE SCARS? I KNOW YOU'RE A BUNCH OF BLIND MORONS SO IT MIGHT BE HARD."
cutting in to a closer shot that shows the scars: fine.
actually zooming, or going so close that it *only* shows the scars: "HEY DIPSHITS. LOOK AT THE SCARS. CAN YOU SEE THE SCARS? I KNOW YOU'RE A BUNCH OF BLIND MORONS SO IT MIGHT BE HARD."
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
intentional is fine, but it can't *look* intentional
cutting in to a closer shot that shows the scars: fine.
actually zooming, or going so close that it *only* shows the scars: "HEY DIPSHITS. LOOK AT THE SCARS. CAN YOU SEE THE SCARS? I KNOW YOU'RE A BUNCH OF BLIND MORONS SO IT MIGHT BE HARD."
cutting in to a closer shot that shows the scars: fine.
actually zooming, or going so close that it *only* shows the scars: "HEY DIPSHITS. LOOK AT THE SCARS. CAN YOU SEE THE SCARS? I KNOW YOU'RE A BUNCH OF BLIND MORONS SO IT MIGHT BE HARD."
Starting to feel like those things all correlate with each other
like how Elon couldn't get Grok to stop being woke without also making it stupid and insane
like how Elon couldn't get Grok to stop being woke without also making it stupid and insane
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Starting to feel like those things all correlate with each other
like how Elon couldn't get Grok to stop being woke without also making it stupid and insane
like how Elon couldn't get Grok to stop being woke without also making it stupid and insane
I don't think that's more right-wing than the average person, though.
...Correction: I *really hope* that isn't more right-wing than the average person.
...Correction: I *really hope* that isn't more right-wing than the average person.
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I don't think that's more right-wing than the average person, though.
...Correction: I *really hope* that isn't more right-wing than the average person.
...Correction: I *really hope* that isn't more right-wing than the average person.
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them: "autism is a new thing! it must be vaccines!"
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
them: "autism is a new thing! it must be vaccines!"
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
any historian: "the ancient greek scholar Autisticles of Athens exhaustively catalogued every kind of boat. we think he just really loved boats. he's the only reason we have any knowledge of ancient greek boats."
"one touch of the iron gauntlet" except it's the after-action report
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"one touch of the iron gauntlet" except it's the after-action report
well, Liz Cheney would also be a much better president than Trump, so we wouldn't have the same level of hard-line "the only moral interaction with this person cannot be described online" opposition to her administration
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
well, Liz Cheney would also be a much better president than Trump, so we wouldn't have the same level of hard-line "the only moral interaction with this person cannot be described online" opposition to her administration
that describes statistically all discords ever created
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
that describes statistically all discords ever created
I don't trust their opinions on Pixar movies either tbh
half of them think Wall-E was a plausible depiction of humanity's future, at least 10% think it's an inescapable prophecy, and I guarantee there's someone who thinks it's an *accurate* depiction of our *present*
half of them think Wall-E was a plausible depiction of humanity's future, at least 10% think it's an inescapable prophecy, and I guarantee there's someone who thinks it's an *accurate* depiction of our *present*
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I don't trust their opinions on Pixar movies either tbh
half of them think Wall-E was a plausible depiction of humanity's future, at least 10% think it's an inescapable prophecy, and I guarantee there's someone who thinks it's an *accurate* depiction of our *present*
half of them think Wall-E was a plausible depiction of humanity's future, at least 10% think it's an inescapable prophecy, and I guarantee there's someone who thinks it's an *accurate* depiction of our *present*
there are vastly more christian fascists than "new atheist" fascists
bringing fascism up as a rebuttal to OP's post frames fascism as an atheism problem, which it isn't
bringing fascism up as a rebuttal to OP's post frames fascism as an atheism problem, which it isn't
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
there are vastly more christian fascists than "new atheist" fascists
bringing fascism up as a rebuttal to OP's post frames fascism as an atheism problem, which it isn't
bringing fascism up as a rebuttal to OP's post frames fascism as an atheism problem, which it isn't
Not in any meaningful sense. The niche will exist in any society big enough to have significant inequality, empire or not.
It's also not really about inequality at all, because it works the same way if you swap "inequality" for "infant mortality" or "famine" or any of a bunch of other things.
It's also not really about inequality at all, because it works the same way if you swap "inequality" for "infant mortality" or "famine" or any of a bunch of other things.
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Not in any meaningful sense. The niche will exist in any society big enough to have significant inequality, empire or not.
It's also not really about inequality at all, because it works the same way if you swap "inequality" for "infant mortality" or "famine" or any of a bunch of other things.
It's also not really about inequality at all, because it works the same way if you swap "inequality" for "infant mortality" or "famine" or any of a bunch of other things.
I'd argue the ecological niche has very little to do with empires – re: inequality, it lets people [a] discharge their feelings (& perceived moral obligations) about the existence of inequality, [b] feel virtuous about it, and [c] avoid the sisyphean-to-impossible task of actually fixing inequality.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'd argue the ecological niche has very little to do with empires – re: inequality, it lets people [a] discharge their feelings (& perceived moral obligations) about the existence of inequality, [b] feel virtuous about it, and [c] avoid the sisyphean-to-impossible task of actually fixing inequality.
there are vastly more Christians who hold that position than there are atheists who hold it
also Christians came up with it (at least in that specific form) in the first place
so it's kinda nonsensical to cast it as an atheist position
also Christians came up with it (at least in that specific form) in the first place
so it's kinda nonsensical to cast it as an atheist position
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
there are vastly more Christians who hold that position than there are atheists who hold it
also Christians came up with it (at least in that specific form) in the first place
so it's kinda nonsensical to cast it as an atheist position
also Christians came up with it (at least in that specific form) in the first place
so it's kinda nonsensical to cast it as an atheist position