[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

If you take the test after seeing this post, that was a reaction. It's too late for you, regardless of the result.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

trump-who-must-go TRUMP kevlar ear covers now available folks, I wear them, they're the best. People said I shouldn't wear these, they showed me a diagram of a plane with all these red dots on it, and they told me I couldn't put armor where the dots are, can you believe that? They said you can't put armor on the red dots because people might get offended. Well folks I don't care what they say I'm putting the armor where the bullets go.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

My theory is that deplorables is based on outrage, and was part of the 2016 strategy of the dems making a show of how shocked they were at all the norms trump was breaking, which was completely ineffective. Weird has an air of just pointing out the obvious, and can be done in a detached way when appropriate, and that's spreading much better.

And I think 3 is a big part of it. Not that the chuds weren't unhinged in 2016, but at the time the moment they were having was getting to say the extreme parts of standard conservatism out loud. What was a fringe position then still generally had a short pathway back to well worn conservative talking points if it got too much attention. But they've been chasing the feeling of taking the presidency for eight years, and they've spun themselves out into positions that they really can't explain to anyone who didn't go on that journey with them, so weird works now in a way it wouldn't have then.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

Look, I know there've been problems in the past, but I think there's some really cool stuff under development in Star Citizen right now. If you all can chip in a few hundred dollars with me to help the project along, I think it's really going to pay off in a few months.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

I think the emphasis on "keep it in proportion" is trying to acknowledge that there's a deeper discussion to be had there without getting too sidetracked from the main point of the post. To get in to that discussion, I would say that shame is not a tool to be used, but effectively handling a situation where a child has caused significant harm (maybe not swearing, but something more serious) is going to involve some amount of guilt or shame.

Sometimes children misbehave because they have to, but often it's because they don't understand why what they did is wrong, or that there's a better way to act. If someone can explain these things, a small, appropriate amount of guilt can make the lesson much more memorable.

This takes a lot of skill, and understanding of the situation the kid is in, how they are feeling, and how they are reacting. Many people don't follow this, and they can cause more harm doing it badly. But trying to educate someone after they've done something wrong while avoiding causing them any guilt at all is not going to be very effective. And reserving shame or guilt only for people you've declared to be lost causes is not a healthy approach.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

My guess is if you can tell you're about to wake up, that means your imagination had a great idea for a premise, but didn't know how to write a satisfying ending for it, and you noticed things were starting to unravel. You could try, as soon as you wake up, start workshopping what a compelling conclusion to the dream could have been. With some practice, your dreams might start to incorporate those ideas. Or just enjoy the sex, and don't worry about your dreams needing to be complete works.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

That's optimistic. I think one of the more employable/profitable skills is going to be learning how ai works so you can get it to be full of shit in a way that's useful to your boss.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago

Either keep your compound words to a reasonable length, or get rid of spaces entirely and have one word per paragraph.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 11 points 9 months ago

Ukuleles make a comeback

For a second I thought this was about the counteroffensive.

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 10 points 9 months ago

There's a big ass fire
The worst climate related event in history happens

They got the free space though!

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 15 points 10 months ago

Wasn't there just a picture of him still consulting at the white house? The guy was an ongoing evil, and now he's been stopped. crab-party

[-] crosswind@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

It really falls apart any way you look at it, but some of them seem to believe they’re the one person who is immune to propaganda and has complete control over their biases and associations. Like, okay even if that’s true, what happens now that you shared it with people that aren’t as big-brained as you.

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