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everything i do here is a psyop intended to get you to see my cats
and if you're reading this, it probably worked
and if you're reading this, it probably worked
Mormons have a radically different conception of God and divinity than mainstream Christians, but they still have far more in common with those Christians than with Shinto practitioners
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Mormons have a radically different conception of God and divinity than mainstream Christians, but they still have far more in common with those Christians than with Shinto practitioners
You were saying that Mormon beliefs were more like Shintoism than mainstream Christianity, and the example you used only works if you erroneously map "kami" to "god"
Kami are more like spirits (but still not identical), and last I checked, Christians also believe in immortal spirits
Kami are more like spirits (but still not identical), and last I checked, Christians also believe in immortal spirits
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You were saying that Mormon beliefs were more like Shintoism than mainstream Christianity, and the example you used only works if you erroneously map "kami" to "god"
Kami are more like spirits (but still not identical), and last I checked, Christians also believe in immortal spirits
Kami are more like spirits (but still not identical), and last I checked, Christians also believe in immortal spirits
Kami are not gods in the Christian (or Mormon) sense and it is incorrect to interpret them that way.
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Kami are not gods in the Christian (or Mormon) sense and it is incorrect to interpret them that way.
For evangelicals, Mormons are Christian when you can weaponize them against someone else.
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For evangelicals, Mormons are Christian when you can weaponize them against someone else.
Shinto doesn't believe any of that though? Shinto is an animist faith and Mormons can't even be loosely described as animists
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Shinto doesn't believe any of that though? Shinto is an animist faith and Mormons can't even be loosely described as animists
Japan has a very large-scale and successful TNR program, so if you were in big cities and tourist areas, you probably wouldn't have seen many, but rural areas can have large stray populations.
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Japan has a very large-scale and successful TNR program, so if you were in big cities and tourist areas, you probably wouldn't have seen many, but rural areas can have large stray populations.
It's the same phrasing that Japanese signs use for "Watch Out for Pedestrians" signage, but it's not an official sign. It was probably put up by a homeowner with cats (or someone who cares about local strays).
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It's the same phrasing that Japanese signs use for "Watch Out for Pedestrians" signage, but it's not an official sign. It was probably put up by a homeowner with cats (or someone who cares about local strays).
I'm trying to think what order would be the funniest to have the one school that didn't play it and laughing harder at each combination
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I'm trying to think what order would be the funniest to have the one school that didn't play it and laughing harder at each combination
Empress is not a person whose judgment you should trust about basically anything.
October 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Empress is not a person whose judgment you should trust about basically anything.
I appreciate how much restraint it must have taken for you not to respond "don't you know who I am?" and instead focus on the things that the AI obsession is factually making worse
September 3, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I appreciate how much restraint it must have taken for you not to respond "don't you know who I am?" and instead focus on the things that the AI obsession is factually making worse
999 in that category was like a punch in the gut (in a good way)
August 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
999 in that category was like a punch in the gut (in a good way)
He's Nate Silver, not Nate Steel
July 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
He's Nate Silver, not Nate Steel
don't let John Fetterman see this
or do, I'm not a cop
or do, I'm not a cop
June 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
don't let John Fetterman see this
or do, I'm not a cop
or do, I'm not a cop
The "serious response" should start from a position of understanding that they aren't jokes.
May 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The "serious response" should start from a position of understanding that they aren't jokes.
This is the #1 problem the current edition of D&D: it doesn't treat the Dungeon Master like another player with a different role at the table; it treats them like a game designer.
Then it constantly demands they be a better game designer than the actual game designers.
Then it constantly demands they be a better game designer than the actual game designers.
April 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This is the #1 problem the current edition of D&D: it doesn't treat the Dungeon Master like another player with a different role at the table; it treats them like a game designer.
Then it constantly demands they be a better game designer than the actual game designers.
Then it constantly demands they be a better game designer than the actual game designers.
I really like Pathfinder but I recognize that I'm in the core audience: people who enjoy reading 700-page rulebooks packed full of rules for every situation imaginable
April 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I really like Pathfinder but I recognize that I'm in the core audience: people who enjoy reading 700-page rulebooks packed full of rules for every situation imaginable
I wonder how much of this is just a knowledge problem. My experience is that a lot of the people playing D&D just *don't know* how many other types of RPGs there are, and when they're only given the D&D-hammer, every type of setting or genre looks like another nail.
April 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I wonder how much of this is just a knowledge problem. My experience is that a lot of the people playing D&D just *don't know* how many other types of RPGs there are, and when they're only given the D&D-hammer, every type of setting or genre looks like another nail.
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Geoffrey Hinton is the literal, proper _worst_. Not only through his baseless boosterism of so-called "AI" with claims of "it will be smarter than us soon" or by training the next g...
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April 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11441...
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Eight years ago, Hinton projected AI would outperform radiologists in five years.
How is that any different than evangelical Christian communities where people (especially women) are discouraged from certain career fields because of the impending return of Jesus?
newrepublic.com/article/1872...
How is that any different than evangelical Christian communities where people (especially women) are discouraged from certain career fields because of the impending return of Jesus?
newrepublic.com/article/1872...
The “Godfather of AI” Predicted I Wouldn’t Have a Job. He Was Wrong.
Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton said that machine learning would outperform radiologists within five years. That was eight years ago. Now, thanks in part to doomers, we’re facing a historic labor s...
newrepublic.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Eight years ago, Hinton projected AI would outperform radiologists in five years.
How is that any different than evangelical Christian communities where people (especially women) are discouraged from certain career fields because of the impending return of Jesus?
newrepublic.com/article/1872...
How is that any different than evangelical Christian communities where people (especially women) are discouraged from certain career fields because of the impending return of Jesus?
newrepublic.com/article/1872...