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  1. 39 minutes ago, Rubin Farr said:

    Why do Jedi never use their super speed? They've only shown it in The Phantom Menace, but if you could instantly flank any opponent and strike them from behind with a laser sword, you would prevail the majority of the time.

    Whoa pump the brakes there, sport; let's not bring LOGIC into this.

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  2. 5 hours ago, zero said:

    Novelty virtual backgrounds and showing your full living space should be avoided.

    Fuck that shit, man.  My Teams / Zoom background rotates between Jerry's / Kramer's / Newman's apartments from Seinfeld.  Some people love it, most people don't get it, some young people think it's from Friends (barf), but bottom line is that I wouldn't use it for a job interview obv. but I'm pretty secure in my position at work so idgaf.

  3. 2 hours ago, auxien said:

    it's mostly readable and was pretty interesting in that it's such a view from far out, and sticks pretty closely to just the hugest moments and classifications.

    Yeah I mean when you try to classify every single thing that exists (and maybe some that don't?) by one metric (density), you're bound to miss some things like the fact that we're (probably) not living in a black hole.

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  4. Damn.  I'm definitely going to read that paper.

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    Thus, a Schwarzschild black hole the same size as our Universe has the same mass and density as our Universe. This seems to suggest that the entire Universe is a black hole. Although this idea has been explored in Refs. 34–37, Fig. 4 illustrates why this is not the case.

    :wtf:

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  5. 4 hours ago, cern said:


    What needs to be change to get USA better? Im very interested in this. 

    News media consumers and creators need to be more responsible, and people of all ages need to be taught how to think critically about information.

    Oh, and the wealth gap needs to close up a lot, and people need to embrace compromise in politics instead of this team / obstructionist dynamic.

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  6. 17 hours ago, zero said:

    I agree with all this. but these are the sentiments that led him to win the election in 2016, should no longer be applicable in a 2024 election. he failed all the new converts to his tribe the first time around. he didn't deliver all the shit he promised his red hat army. where is his stupid wall? plus, all American voters (and the world) saw the chaos that ensued on Jan. 6th. because of him. and he later on threw all those people under the bus. realistically, there should be no more new converts to his tribe at this point, because he failed in achieving all the shit he said he would do for the cult the first time around. why would anyone with half a functioning brain believe he could do it all somehow better a 2nd time around, now that everyone knows what a failure he is?

    the problem, as I see it, is that so many people in this country no longer have "half a functioning brain." there are literally brainwashed zombies walking around that believe in 100% bullshit, and are ok with it! like we've past the tipping point where science, logic, facts, reason, etc. actually matter to millions of people anymore. aaand why is this? because of the fucking internet. before internet, was much harder to push all this nonsense out and be able for it to be seen by millions/billions of eyeballs. old school media, where info about what's going on in the world used to come from, is no longer trusted. trust any ol shit on the internet instead.

    This is one major pit that I see people falling into when trying to understand why these hardcore supporters are they way they are.  You cannot apply logic to their behavior.  Don't expect them to behave logically; their motivation for supporting Trump is not coming from a place of logic.  They don't care that he didn't deliver on his promises, obviously.  He's their guy, and he represents THEM, to the end.  Plus they'll probably rationalize those failures to deliver by saying something like he was hamstrung by the establishment or the deep state or some stupid shit like that.

    And yes, of course the internet / social media / 24/7 news cycle has accelerated this.  Remember that this social media / media 24/7 cycle is money-driven, and pubic companies in this country have to show constant growth; IMO this causes a sort of "arms race" of the type of reporting that got us here.  I only expect it to accelerate until something drastic happens that can cause a sea change in opinion and maybe cause some positive change.  Which leads to your comment below:

    17 hours ago, zero said:

    IMO we are at the drastic point already. we've past the drastic point actually. that's why I think media should collectively agree to some pact to not give jackass Trump any more attention when he runs his mouth off, saying outright lies. but yeah, the money machine won't allow it.

    We may be at that point already in your mind, but things haven't changed.  I wonder sometimes what things would be like if someone more important died on Jan 6th or if some Congresspeople were actually kidnapped.  Would the Rs in congress have been able to just stare at the floor during the Jan 6th impeachment trial like a bunch of fucking obstinate children?  Would the establishment R voters have been able to hold their nose and still support Trump?  That's the kind of drastic event I'm thinking of.

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  7. 3 hours ago, zero said:

    yeah I know it'll never happen. but it seems like one way to limit his ability to recruit members to his cult / get more votes, would be to turn off the spotlight that has been on him for all these years. show that he is not of interest anymore. stale. the lies that he spews out at the rallies don't deserve any attention. the equivalent of the loud drunk at a party everyone collectively slowly moves away from.

    idk. logic is out the window. there's no making sense of why this guy is still supported by millions of people in this country after all he did the first time around. a lot of longtime supporters of the R party just can't seem to vote for anything else. vote for party over sanity, I guess. here in TX there are a lot of Bush republicans. they love the Bush family, the 1980s GOP, hate Trump, but can't bring themselves to vote dem. get in the poll booth and just can't do it. can't touch the dem button...

    To me, his voting bloc is very logical.  Maybe I'm oversimplifying it, but I see a large chunk of people (not all obv.) who are rabid about him (not necessarily establishment R voters) as people who:

    • Are fed up with the government for whatever reason
    • Are fed up with what they see as the "status quo" for whatever reason
    • Feel marginalized for whatever reason (sometimes because of their own deficiencies or faults and lack the ability or will to look inwardly and recognize said deficiencies, so they blame others (minorities taking my jobs, system is holding me down, etc.))
    • Have never or rarely voted before because of the above reasons

    In Trump they see someone who (rightly or wrongly):

    • They feel represents them as an "outsider" in the established political system, and will thus fight for them
    • Makes it OK to outwardly act like they inwardly feel (racist, xenophobic, overall hostile, etc.)

    I'm probably missing tons of stuff here, but I feel like he allowed tons of new voters of all ages who felt like no candidate represented them and their feelings / values to "join the party".

    As far as the media goes, left-leaning media just pours gasoline on the fire every time they report on the next "outrageous" thing he does, and that we should all be so outraged at him.  Of course this is because they get more clicks / eyeballs / money if they report in this manner vs. fact-based reporting where emotions are checked at the door.  IMO, this will not change as long as money is what's driving them unless something very drastic happens, more drastic than what we've already seen.

    In the end, I feel like the current climate of large and accelerating wealth gap has created a climate where something like this is much more prone to happen as more and more people are disillusioned as they see the economy doing relatively well while the rich get richer and they either are stagnant or are becoming relatively poorer. 

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  8. How did that convo go, I wonder?

     

    WIFE:  I just love riding in an open-air boat through Venice

    YE:  Hey babe how 'bout a beej?

    WIFE:  *sighs*

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  9. 45 minutes ago, auxien said:

    initial reports are that India’s south pole rover landing was a success! 

    Great, now India just needs to put someone's uncle on the moon and there will be 100,000 Indians moving there within 2 years [/sarcasm].

    To be clear, I kid because I love, I spent 4 months living in India and loved it.

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