Then we can play god long enough that we eventually fill the niche, and nobody will stop us.

Goodbye

He’s always got le mot juste.

OK, stranger.

I became a fan after I listened to Jack Voraces’ audiobook adaptation of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, then looked on Audible for any other novels he’s narrated. MoL was the top result. Excellent performance of both series.

You’re absolutely right: dismissing anything you don’t want to hear as “propaganda bullshit” is a much easier way of having a discussion than participating.

He does this because - it may surprise you to hear, but it’s true - America does not have a parliamentary system of government. Here, everybody left-of-nazi is forced to pretend like they are all members of the same party. If America’s system de facto allowed for more than two parties, then the progressive party could actually choose whether or not to form a coalition with the centrists, conditional on policy concessions. Since we do not, the centrists offer is “we get what we want or else you get nazis.” Then make the progressives out to be the bad guys if they call the bluff, which isn’t a bluff, because the centrists today genuinely would prefer 4 years of nazis over conceding anything to progressives.

So, exactly like the top level comment described. Weird take.

Ah, of course. America’s communist party should be trying to form a coalition government in Parliament this year. Literally equivalent.

It may not have been a weird take in the early 20th century. It’s a weird take now.

That comment was not referring to literal nazis. They were talking about the American right wing.

If Santa wasn’t real, how you’d explain finland?

Right. I’m one of those “deluded” queers for Palestine, but even in peacetime, I wouldn’t sashay into Gaza City in assless chaps and hope for the best. There’s plenty of homophobia in the world, especially wherever there is Islam, and the British obviously did not invent it.

I would still rather try to defeat homophobia with words than watch homophobes (and their innocent children) get murdered by an army which has its own homophobes, for reasons unrelated to homophobia.

Speaking as a Marxist, we did in fact need to chuck Newtonianism out the window early last century since it turned out not to work at high speeds, in strong gravitational fields, or at very small scales…

In my experience (which, to be fair, seems to be different from many people’s), it couldn’t be any worse than the real thing. 12 different licensed and trained medical providers each responded to my complaints about the ongoing traumas in my life with some variation of “Sure, but focus on the positives!” I’d have been better off saving the money and venting to a chatbot, if venting did anything for me.

Please don’t tell me to see a 13th. I’m completely done with the idea.

I have just encountered the same problem. It is confusing.

What game is this?

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I am also, in good faith, confused.

This reminds me of last year’s Christmas present from my husband - a homebrew powerpoint Only Connect game based on our favorite media. Instead of “twisted flax” or “two reeds” my categories were things like “lightsaber” or “Starfleet insignia.” Love the format (and that sweet man).

On the starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk!