Why aren't you a Christian?
I had six meetings and calls yesterday. One was a no-show, and four of the remaining five mentioned ChatGPT in some way.
Scrolling through social media is a bit like a Snickers bar: enjoying a little here and there is fine, but if you overdo it, you'll be unhealthy and you'll feel bad.
The Sunday scaries are no fun.
"We must not mistake faith in God for faith in faith." -Brad Young, "Jesus the Jewish Theologian"
At least it wasn't a baked potato.
Alternatively: Too bad it wasn't a baked potato.
@trinsec You're welcome! Yeah, "throw it away" is probably the outcome.
@trinsec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let%27s_Go_Brandon
It's a euphemism for a rude phrase regarding Joe Biden.
@trinsec "Let's Go Brandon," "Joe Biden Sucks," etc.
What will people do with their "Brandon" flags/merch if neither Biden nor Trump is the next president of the US?
Live intentionally.
No one is completely ok on his or her own.
What is your favorite hat?
@trinsec I've heard the drought is natural, but exacerbated by human activity (particularly the Colorado River shortages and aquifer subsidence). People want quick and easy solutions, and it's even better if problems just go away. I raised the question today to encourage people to think in a different direction.
I'm sure New Vegas will be a lovely place to visit, if you can avoid the radscorpions.
@trinsec Depends on who you ask. I was listening to a radio report on the drought conditions in the American West, and they made the statement, "Don't let the recent rains deceive you." So often people look at short-term or one-off events and interpret them as long-term or part of a pattern. "It rained! The drought is over! We don't have to worry about the Colorado River or Lake Mead or whether Las Vegas is going to be inhabitable in 100 years!"
@trinsec Take your pick! Climate change, decreasing product availability, nationalism, etc. Apply the question to each- to whatever trend you're hoping will just go away- and consider what it would mean if it didn't go away.
What if [the trend] isn't a short-term situation, but persists for decades or centuries?
What is the core of your worldview? What could or would change that?
I know some people like this.
"...all his new acquaintances, in spite of the differences of their ages and their characters, had one point in common which made them all alike: they were all people with a splendid past and a very poor present. Of their past they all - every one of them - spoke with enthusiasm; their attitude to the present was almost one of contempt. The Russian loves recalling life, but he does not love the act of living. [The boy] did not yet know that, and before the stew had been all eaten he firmly believed that the men sitting round the cauldron were the injured victims of fate. [The old man] told them that in the past, before there were railways, he used to go with trains of waggons to Moscow and to Nizhni, and used to earn so much that he did not know what to do with his money; and what merchants there used to be in those days! what fish! how cheap everything was! Now the roads were shorter, the merchants were stingier, the peasants were poorer, the bread was dearer, everything had shrunk and was on a smaller scale."
-Anton Chekov, "The Steppe"
I don't think I've ever used the word "excresence" in conversation.
Joined Nov 2022
