My first one is usually the best! before the pan's temperature becomes too high even on a low flame.

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I've been feeling similarly for a while, including not wanting to quit, but feeling like I might already have.

Many of those feelings of disillusion are very close to what burnout feels like, which asks for conscious rest.

More than anything I want to say: I understand.

Da miedito. No he hecho sino pensar toda la semana en cómo trabajar en eso, desde la enseñanza, la formación de públicos, el imperativo moral. No sé.

Or in the immortal words of Adrian Bott:

But what concerns me the most, is how they seem to ignore these ideas mean erasing themselves.

Just being Colombian devs in the periphery would make all of us the wokest of DEI hires. Any scholarships they may pursue to study abroad would turn them into undeserving migrants to these ideologues.

Their discourse is also deeply anti-dev. They seem to believe that most devs are out to get them. Either maliciously, or passively by omission, all devs in their mind are pushing the 'woke agenda'.

No personal anecdote of misogyny and racism within the industry would convince them otherwise.

We are not from the US. Far from it. This is a class in a college in a relatively small city in Colombia... and yet, I hear them complaining about DEI in games, talking about Zoe Quinn, with gamergate talking point that have long been refuted.

You'd think they are red-blooded republicans at heart.

They see themselves as 'gamers' first. Part of my intention is getting them to see themselves as gamedevs instead.

Being a gamer, as an identity, has become inextricably tied to a specific brand of american right wing politics. This specific brand is deep into conspiranoia.

*Narrator voice*

- The creator of Truth or Fail asked...

I understand the fear of supporting a politician one knows little about.

But as a Colombian, he's the first president to give me hope for the future. He's not perfect. No politician is. The first leftist leader in the country's history who wasn't been murdered before coming to power.

Using AI to summarize text is similarly flawed as using it as a search engine. It removes context and nuance, and standardizes learning outcomes. Same as it does with writing. Makes everything bland and mediocre.