some kids do, individually, benefit from homeschooling, and many homeschool environments are not abusive
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
some kids do, individually, benefit from homeschooling, and many homeschool environments are not abusive
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
writ large, in the current system, homeschooling is a tool for enabling and empowering child abusers
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November 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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yeah you are. whether you recognize it or not, this is anti-French rhetoric and i won't put up with it
nope! this is YOU starting a bullshit fight predicated on the notion that franco-ontariens should be excluded from french canadian culture because they don't live in quebec—a patently stupid idea for brain-dead nationalists
Leave OUR poutine alone,
- Québec
- Québec
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
yeah you are. whether you recognize it or not, this is anti-French rhetoric and i won't put up with it
nope! this is YOU starting a bullshit fight predicated on the notion that franco-ontariens should be excluded from french canadian culture because they don't live in quebec—a patently stupid idea for brain-dead nationalists
Leave OUR poutine alone,
- Québec
- Québec
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
nope! this is YOU starting a bullshit fight predicated on the notion that franco-ontariens should be excluded from french canadian culture because they don't live in quebec—a patently stupid idea for brain-dead nationalists
FRENCH ones. "say it." Franco-Ontariens. Quebec doesn't have a culture, because Quebec is a set of lines on a map. French Canadians have a culture, and they live in Ontario too.
OUR poutine. And please stop the drama queen mood, nothing is erasing nothing. OUR poutine. Say it. Québec's poutine. Say it again!
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
FRENCH ones. "say it." Franco-Ontariens. Quebec doesn't have a culture, because Quebec is a set of lines on a map. French Canadians have a culture, and they live in Ontario too.
Excuse me? No, I said French Canadian and I meant it. We're proud of Franco-Ontarians, and New Brunswick is proud of its Acadian community. Quebec doesn't own French, and you can fuck off with this asinine nationalistic Franco-Ontarian erasure.
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Excuse me? No, I said French Canadian and I meant it. We're proud of Franco-Ontarians, and New Brunswick is proud of its Acadian community. Quebec doesn't own French, and you can fuck off with this asinine nationalistic Franco-Ontarian erasure.
If you'd ever lived in Ottawa you'd know the metro spills into Gatineau. Loads of ppl commute from one side to the other, everyone's bilingual.
Don't start weird ethnic beef about places you don't live
Don't start weird ethnic beef about places you don't live
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If you'd ever lived in Ottawa you'd know the metro spills into Gatineau. Loads of ppl commute from one side to the other, everyone's bilingual.
Don't start weird ethnic beef about places you don't live
Don't start weird ethnic beef about places you don't live
yeah i'm not saying creativity is a bad thing or anything, but there's a necessary humility in respecting a medium's limitations that hollywood is always trying to squirm away from in pursuit of creation by fiat, where execs say what they want & then just get it. Very AI, now that I think about it.
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
yeah i'm not saying creativity is a bad thing or anything, but there's a necessary humility in respecting a medium's limitations that hollywood is always trying to squirm away from in pursuit of creation by fiat, where execs say what they want & then just get it. Very AI, now that I think about it.
on some level i think you could argue it's *too* creative. A good photographer has to pay really close attention to the world around them & commune with something beyond themselves. The CGI-everything method tries to escape that: It lets you have it any way you like, but none of those ways feel true
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
on some level i think you could argue it's *too* creative. A good photographer has to pay really close attention to the world around them & commune with something beyond themselves. The CGI-everything method tries to escape that: It lets you have it any way you like, but none of those ways feel true
love the way he talks about evoking physical sensation. one of the interesting things about video games is that they're one of the most haptic art forms. Because they're reactive, everything you do in a game necessarily feels like something. A game's texture is its most pronounced feature.
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
love the way he talks about evoking physical sensation. one of the interesting things about video games is that they're one of the most haptic art forms. Because they're reactive, everything you do in a game necessarily feels like something. A game's texture is its most pronounced feature.
I think it's related to the sense of superiority we feel to groups like poor people and criminals. "If it were me in their shoes, I'd act differently"—no, cuz your choices are a product of your circumstances. It's an ego defence mechanism that helps us feel like we're subjects rather than objects.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I think it's related to the sense of superiority we feel to groups like poor people and criminals. "If it were me in their shoes, I'd act differently"—no, cuz your choices are a product of your circumstances. It's an ego defence mechanism that helps us feel like we're subjects rather than objects.
you're forgetting the most important use case, the trillion-dollar selling point:
there's a word on the tip of your tongue and it's driving you crazy. Google can't help you. You pull up the chat bot and type in, "help i forget what is the noodle of bugs" and it'll be like "Excellent question! Worm"
there's a word on the tip of your tongue and it's driving you crazy. Google can't help you. You pull up the chat bot and type in, "help i forget what is the noodle of bugs" and it'll be like "Excellent question! Worm"
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
you're forgetting the most important use case, the trillion-dollar selling point:
there's a word on the tip of your tongue and it's driving you crazy. Google can't help you. You pull up the chat bot and type in, "help i forget what is the noodle of bugs" and it'll be like "Excellent question! Worm"
there's a word on the tip of your tongue and it's driving you crazy. Google can't help you. You pull up the chat bot and type in, "help i forget what is the noodle of bugs" and it'll be like "Excellent question! Worm"
unfortunately super-AI worship is the black hole which sucks in all the other, more entertainingly crazy bay area guys. All he wants to talk about is super-AI
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
unfortunately super-AI worship is the black hole which sucks in all the other, more entertainingly crazy bay area guys. All he wants to talk about is super-AI
i thought we'd all accepted that "James Bond" is a codename, like 007, which has been used by many agents over the years
i don't really see Bond dying as much of an obstacle to immersion, given that (i) his face completely changes all the time, and (ii) that's kinda part of his shtick at this point
i don't really see Bond dying as much of an obstacle to immersion, given that (i) his face completely changes all the time, and (ii) that's kinda part of his shtick at this point
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
i thought we'd all accepted that "James Bond" is a codename, like 007, which has been used by many agents over the years
i don't really see Bond dying as much of an obstacle to immersion, given that (i) his face completely changes all the time, and (ii) that's kinda part of his shtick at this point
i don't really see Bond dying as much of an obstacle to immersion, given that (i) his face completely changes all the time, and (ii) that's kinda part of his shtick at this point
no, i think it's quite faithful. Most Frankensteins make big adaptational changes, but this one preserves oft-cut elements like the Arctic framing and the monster's stay at the cabin
Even the monster's innocence is a small change, though it nonetheless surgically undermines much of the work's power
Even the monster's innocence is a small change, though it nonetheless surgically undermines much of the work's power
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
no, i think it's quite faithful. Most Frankensteins make big adaptational changes, but this one preserves oft-cut elements like the Arctic framing and the monster's stay at the cabin
Even the monster's innocence is a small change, though it nonetheless surgically undermines much of the work's power
Even the monster's innocence is a small change, though it nonetheless surgically undermines much of the work's power
I guess he was trying to be provocative. What he really seems to be saying is that society needs at least the pretence of forgiveness for certain types of wrongdoing if it's going to progress, otherwise people collectively will get too defensive to move forward.
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I guess he was trying to be provocative. What he really seems to be saying is that society needs at least the pretence of forgiveness for certain types of wrongdoing if it's going to progress, otherwise people collectively will get too defensive to move forward.
I love a theory so bad that you can just flip it around
Child-rearing females formed hierarchies and vied for "alpha" status to provide their young with the most resources. But given external threats, warriors could not afford divisive internal conflict, so males were conciliatory and collaborative
Child-rearing females formed hierarchies and vied for "alpha" status to provide their young with the most resources. But given external threats, warriors could not afford divisive internal conflict, so males were conciliatory and collaborative
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I love a theory so bad that you can just flip it around
Child-rearing females formed hierarchies and vied for "alpha" status to provide their young with the most resources. But given external threats, warriors could not afford divisive internal conflict, so males were conciliatory and collaborative
Child-rearing females formed hierarchies and vied for "alpha" status to provide their young with the most resources. But given external threats, warriors could not afford divisive internal conflict, so males were conciliatory and collaborative
grappling with death is one of the great challenges of life. I feel like an important stop on the road to enlightenment is learning to enjoy the fact that bad people die too
"oh but how would you feel if it were you"—it will be, some day. Today, my loved ones & I live, and Cheney rots in the dirt
"oh but how would you feel if it were you"—it will be, some day. Today, my loved ones & I live, and Cheney rots in the dirt
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
grappling with death is one of the great challenges of life. I feel like an important stop on the road to enlightenment is learning to enjoy the fact that bad people die too
"oh but how would you feel if it were you"—it will be, some day. Today, my loved ones & I live, and Cheney rots in the dirt
"oh but how would you feel if it were you"—it will be, some day. Today, my loved ones & I live, and Cheney rots in the dirt