Can we not put her on a pedestal and make her a representation of all women here?

Who is doing this?

What kind of Pokémon is this? Should I catch it?

I don’t know chippy, but I don’t get that vibe either. I can tell you that wanderingwonderer is known for throwing a tantrum every time men come up in conversation, so :shrug:

Was act your weight at the bottom of that list? That is fucked up. xD

The return to christandom thing is just something they say, it’s not exactly true.

I think I kind of understand where we’re talking past each other.

I’m holding a higher standard for what “truth seeking” means, and I would not describe what I see most conservative people doing, even the offline ones, as truth seeking.

I agree that a conservative watching Fox news believes they are consuming the truth, but I don’t think that this is the same as being a truth-seeking person.

I think that the modern, offline conservative is more accepting (just more) of inconsistencies in their worldview than they were, like, 20 years ago. There used to be more cultural emphasis on consistency as a virtue, and less distrust of smart people as a category, and those were things you could more easily leverage against a person.

But as you say, the old tactics still work, it just depends on who you’re talking to and when and how. The first step in any rhetorical battle is identifying who you’re talking to.

Flat earth would be so cool if it was just sci-fantasy authors and not weird, return to christandom, anti-modernity types.

I don’t disagree with anything you’re saying, but I’m also not entirely sure what you’re getting at.

What I was talking about:

If you look at the way that conservatives tend to argue online these days, or at the very least the 15-minutes of fame anti-woke-types on youtube and such, there has been a sizeable shift away from truth-seeking as a concept.

The goal with these conservatives is to get in, take a few pot shots, irritate the other person to farm clippable moments, and get out. It’s not uncommon to see one of these people withdraw an argument you’ve beaten, and then ten minutes later give the exact same argument, no amendments.

Their tactics have moved beyond “believing in things.” At least on the surface.

And MAGA is not their media figures, of course, but they do learn what works from them.

But anyway, I want to reiterate, I don’t disagree with you, I just like talking.

My at a glance understanding of the joke is that the… young boy character? does not understand the words he’s using. Not fully, anyway. Bit if a bone apple teeth situation.

Which is to say, I don’t think it scans. Dumb shit sounds to me like a school boy dunk and not confusion. I think different D and S medical terms could work pretty well, though.

1. This is not always true.
2. There is a third person in this equation.

set ourselves up for success […] while they take increasing doses of cope.

This is all well and good, but they also vote. Their cope will drown us in the Atlantic.

This is fine, though, because there are different ways of convincing people. Some people are moved by facts, and some people by narratives. And some people by power; the stupidest of the three, but what can you do.

It’s unfortunately just how things work. Facts only matter to people who care about the truth, and a lot of people don’t.

Understand what? That you have a robot girlfriend you don’t want to give up? That you would burn the world down for Her.

You know, human love is just a biochemical response to external stimuli, I’m sure there’s a drug that can replace it.

Yes, of course. Monte Carlo killed my father.

You know what the problem is? You think that you’re too smart to be caught with a meth addiction. See, your neighbor got fucked up, lost a bunch of his teeth, but you, you know about microdosing.

Your other neighbor fell off a construction site that was missing its guard rails, but that wouldn’t happen to you; you have excellent balance.

The movie Jurassic Park is literally about people like you.

Do you have a reason to restrict Gaussian mixture models you’d like to give me, or are we just pissing in the same bush?

Mate, this is how I make friends.

I know. I am perfectly capable of reading more than one comment.

zd9, you are aware that AI is making things worse, you say so yourself, and yet you feel the unsatable need to stand here bitching that no one understands your unique, special use case. For what?

I. Do. Not. Give. A. Fuck. that academics are using machine learning to solve problems. That is their business. <- Is that what you wanted? There you go.

AI is just an accelerant for a sick hypercapitalist society that is doomed to collapse.

I had, like, a bunch of paragraphs lined up because I thought you didn’t understand this. But as it turns out, you seem to be perfectly okay with the world being raped to death.

I hope your academic field is entertaining, at least.

Culturally, it does. The gays have long since figured out emotional honesty.

It would be absolutely ruinous if I actually believed any of those. When I said that men gatekeeping women was terrible, I was copying your words. I think it matters way more what they’re actually saying.

And yes, Joe Rogan is relevant because you have postured yourself as fighting for the inclusion of his viewers into our big, capital M Manhood celebration, the viewers of a vaccine denier. A very strange thing to pitch for.

See, another interpretation of “when a boy becomes a man” is about the process of growing up. And, forgive me, I do think that having a grifter like that in your watch history does mean that you’re still 14.

Dogs could tell his paintings lacked substance.

To everyone arguing here, I want to wish you good luck.

Remember, whatever comes out of these gates, we’ve got a better chance of survival if we work together. Hold strong and you will see your children again!