derekabutton

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[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think you misunderstand. Psychologists may presumably refuse to work with individuals with this user's particular neurodivergence.

It's not exactly the same as a real life situation, but Tony Soprano's psychiatrist eventually refuses to work with him over some (perhaps misdiagnosed) sociopathy.

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think that speaks to my point. Capitalism is flawed with or without nepotism.

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Nepotism obviously existed before capitalism, and it will surely exist at some level in the next economic system, but it's not an either/or. There are many, many problems with capitalism that would probably still exhibit if nepotism somehow immediately ceased.

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You don't vote for president directly in the US, you vote for your state to send its votes to that ticket.

Nothing anybody will explain here will be as good as a quick video. I suggest searching your question into your search engine of choice

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

If nobody is paying attention, then nobody will care about not getting paid. It may sound disappointing, but I'm sure a German who wants something specific can find ways to get to it.

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It's not a big spoiler if you are paying attention to what's going on in the episode, but Charlie thinks he is actually getting smarter from the pills and does things he thinks are smart but are not. The chess moves he makes are nonsense. The guy actually calls two checkmate moves in a row, which is obviously not possible if the first one was indeed a checkmate.

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Not exact but it sounds familiar. My guess:

Show: It's Always sunny in Philadelphia. Episode: Flowers for Charlie. Description: Charlie gets accepted in an intelligence study. At one point he plays chess with a scientist who is taking notes on his "progress".

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

I'm a smart-ass. It cuts nails.

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah and it's giraffe, not jiraffe. See how that gets us nowhere?

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Debunked? Its a counterpoint to the fact that it's pronounced that way because it's spelled with a g. If that poor argument wasn't used, the giraffe one wouldn't have to come up. It's not evidence of anything other than that letters can be pronounced in more than one way.

For the graphical thing, imagine pronouncing NASA wrong because of the way aeronautical is pronounce. Or underwater in scuba. World in WHO? The I in AIDS isn't pronounced anything like immunodeficiency.

Your argument doesn't work either.

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

With the other pronunciation. Some letters have more than one. Your statement is nonsense lol

[–] derekabutton@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (18 children)

So how do you pronounce giraffe?

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