antidote101

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[–] antidote101 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (21 children)

A lot of elite universities seem to host huge right wing douche bags. Oxford has hosted Ben Shapiro, Cambridge Jordan Peterson.

I'd be embarassed for those schools but I have utterly no connection to them, and I'm pretty sure they're no longer places of intelligence or culture.

[–] antidote101 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, fair enough.

[–] antidote101 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why be a dick about it when you can just ignore them. Seems like they're just trying to communicate in a way that's generally experienced as nice.

Like I get it, it's easy to get annoyed at people trying to "make" you participate in an imaginary and kinda lame social behaviour... But like, being a dick on purpose probably does you more damage than them

No one likes someone whose rude for the sake of being rude, or an edgelord, even being a contrarian just for the sake of it isn't the greatest characteristic.

Better to find a stable calm attitude that doesn't require that... And if it's a way to blow off steam, better to find ways that are more in your own domain of control, rather than having it controlled by an external trigger.

Something to give thought to next time your driving jeep anyways.

[–] antidote101 17 points 7 months ago

OPs meme seems like the most accurate version I've seen in a long time.

[–] antidote101 8 points 7 months ago (8 children)

I failed maths, but I'm great at logic, which I consider to be the more important proficiency for programming.

[–] antidote101 6 points 7 months ago

I suspect that the mass extinction was caused by 4chans alt-right phase... And perhaps even earlier in the atheism+ and gamer gate periods.

[–] antidote101 2 points 7 months ago

I wonder whether evolutionary memetics will ever be a field of study. I guess know your meme and internet archives are all we have of a proto-discipline so far.

[–] antidote101 2 points 7 months ago

Yes! Or that stuff from 80s movies... That they had at the end of long business meetings: Chinese take out!

So much better than foriegn foods like German Hamburgers or French fries.

Nah: Real American food like freedom fries!

[–] antidote101 0 points 7 months ago

Relative to much of the world yes.

In terms of economics and neoliberalism mostly.

You're more right than wrong.

In terms of social liberalism, the differences between the two parties are more noticeable.

This is because structural politics is defined by undemocratic means, interests, and forces.

So we vote on more superficial aspects, such as the culture war and social rights.

Which can be important, but most of the time aren't the real meat of the world's problems.

[–] antidote101 6 points 7 months ago

Progressives also disappoint me. The public not being Social Democrats is my main issue.

[–] antidote101 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Turns out my slice of the "compute" is worthless and his is worth billions.

[–] antidote101 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

These guys look like they wanna eat each other's skin clean off. I ain't trusting anything coming from them.

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