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strutheo.bsky.social
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just in case they try to end no fault divorce, the prodfather is almost out of prison

rube goldberg had a son named george who changed his own last name to george when his brother thomas chose to change his last name to george in honor of his brother

wordcels are usually able to convey their thoughts much better than shape rotators, which blinds them to the truth that they lack a similar set of social skills. this leads to wordcels sometimes overconfidently posting things that other people would have someone else review first

ive played metal gear solid 3 i think i know how to beat them

in the past people's misdeeds and bad reputations followed us closer and took effort to escape, like moving to a new city. now you can be a horrible person online and avoid 99% of repercussions by changing your screenname and finding a new internet community to victimize.

every other company's customers are anxious about the incoming tariffs. meanwhile in our world:

in it's collective guilt half of the smash community is trying to theorycraft the new position that 'any nonviolent offense is unworthy of a ban' which is pretty dumb

shouldnt we be storing knives in knife blocks upside down so they aren't resting on the blade? otherwise gravity is slowly dulling them

how optimized is humanity's tech tree pathing? could we have done things in a different order and been way more efficient?

costumes $10 sets $0 a/v equipment $200 smoke machines $36,000 pussycat dolls singer $300 someone who is good at musicals please help, the broadway adaptation of sunset boulevard lacked pizzazz

arcades were the original games as a service

the vtuber aesthetic is played out, i want to see streamers in full body puppets like the dinosaurs show

another sad 2nd order effect of hax's death is that it has lead to yet another wave of young men primed for antiestablishment radicalization if they weren't already

a whole hour???

i just interviewed someone for a sr developer role and within seconds i could tell he was doing this. the recording is hilariously awkward but i can't share, so here is a part of the transcript

why do you keep mashing? why do you keep holding down? why do you keep jumping? "i just do, i've had these views for 30 years"

manifold market notifications are like personal google alerts for things happening

etsy side hustle idea - repackage generic citric acid crystals as 'adhd spice' and sell it in cute vials

some people are so addicted to the thrill of winning they deny when they're losing and celebrate anyway

one of the last places i expected to find a jewish family guy parody was the official Rush youtube channel

if things keep heading this way the melee community is going to start playing on PAL in protest

the friends of mine that love to get up in arms over how communism is unethical for irresponsibly forcing economic reforms that ruined millions of people's lives seem to have a lot of blind faith in the tariffs right now

due to the markets we are ratcheting up the alert level a couple of notches to 'blackwatch plaid'

diamond hands was a test run i guess

from a 2016 article on trump 'there is no secret cache of simple, straightforward solutions to complex problems waiting in a filing cabinet somewhere in washington until a sufficiently tough guy comes along willing to be as cruel and as vicious as the hour requires'

there is only one wealthy space industrialist we can trust

it should be socially acceptable (but not expected) to salute bus, boat, plane and train drivers if they gave you an especially good transit experience

one of our clients has taken to calling the 3+ ai notetakers that follow me around video calls 'the posse'

hosting monthly dinner in nyc tonight - dm if we're mutuals and you're interested for next time!

with each passing year parenting becomes more like being a sysadmin

what should worry everyone is that its getting hard to think of anything trump could say that his supporters wouldn't reflexively support and defend, and who's ever going to tell him no

even from an 'america first' perspective, it saves us money and saves lives to spend a few cents per dose reducing easily preventable viruses in 3rd world countries BEFORE the disease hops a plane to the USA where it will cost taxpayers orders of magnitude more

no point making another human centipede movie if they don't attempt an ouroboros

if the community decided to no longer do indefinite bans, only set terms or permanent, i would support it. idk if this would have meaningfully changed hax's case, and i get the rationale for them. but the underlying uncertainty for everyone involved isnt worth the tradeoffs imo

no system can survive irrational actors forever

some people are going to have to apply an ai ghibli filter on porn to get aroused in the future aren't they

there is absolutely room for discussion over how hax's case was handled or if permaban was warranted, and i hope that the existence of obvious bad actors taking his side does not prevent the community from having that honest reflection some day

even the trump admin has to prove it has standards eventually right? or are they just going to fight to prove they can get away with anything?

these are heartbreaking words from a grieving mother going through unimaginable pain, and i deeply empathize with her anger and frustration. but to responsibly discuss what happened, we must acknowledge that hax did have underlying mental health issues, which added to the tragedy

whatever you think of hax's ban, a tragic truth is that these TOs & players were longtime friends that cared deeply and backchanneled with him constantly, not a shadowy cabal ignoring him. there's no way to succinctly convey the years of effort made by these hundreds of peers

hax deserves credit for refusing to support the mana monthly crowd's insanity despite all the incentives to act otherwise. even if you believe he deserved a permaban, you should acknowledge this truth so future players follow his example.

indecision is the most frustrating part of being in a decentralized community with no unifying goal. not sure what to do when 33% want a permaban 33% want a temp ban and 33% want no ban. there isn't a way for disagreeing sides to align on terms or negotiate via other concessions.

the narrative around hax's ban and personal struggles has been completely twisted by a class of self-interested online influencers driven by clicks with no understanding to what was going on in-person and political biases that shape their entire perspective

everyone in this administration has the same strategy 1) i didnt hear about that 2) ok, so what

indefinite bans are tricky because people will simultaneously view it as charitable (for keeping a door open in the future) and kafkaesque (for giving feelings of false hope)

sobering to realize that because grassroot gaming communities have no official oversight, they are forced to collectively navigate incredibly difficult socio-legal situations in ruined digital public spaces that usually demand the resources of a large well-funded organization