and he always seems to ignore the more pertinent elements of a thread or reply to his controversial posts, focusing on the more adversarial or unreasonable takes instead, then implicitly claiming that all replies are from a mob of "deranged leftists"

i don't think he realizes just how impossible discussion with him has become. his thesis about where people get their beliefs from isn't even wrong IMO but the callous dismissal of people who were/are struggling financially is in poor taste, and the constant goalpost moving is exhausting

same

Like, I already hate that governments are starting to use LLMs for official communication, because my general approach is "if no one bothered to write it, why should I read it" except I have to read it if it's going to be a law or something!

for me, entertainment being "optional" (and given how culture and society intertwine, social pressures, etc. there's some soft requirement there especially when growing up) doesn't mean that rights holders should be god-kings of any given piece of media.

in theory i agree however, i think it's reasonable to expect privacy and some form of durability when purchasing media (or anything really). vertically integrated distribution of media was a big enough problem that it was considered an oligopoly when they first tried it!

yeah like jumping straight to "this behavior that 99% of people don't do is a prerequisite for being a Good Person" is not particularly good science communication, neither is sounding desperate.

support local manufacturing (meth production) by small business community leaders (drug dealers)

maybe, but it is the easiest thing to follow for me because it's 1h consistently with progress in small steps. "cleaning" otoh is never done and i never know where to start. cooking can take 30min or 3 hours.

hard to not feel like you're failing when you can't manage a routine of 1h of exercise daily, limiting myself to 1-2 restaurant means a week, vacuum and bathroom cleanup weekly, occasional reading and under 2700 calories daily.

i keep forgetting, or just giving up, or being too tired