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I'm kinda in agreement with you. The right has a seemingly limitless supply of ammo, but I don't see that as a case for not caring if someone gives them more.

All it takes are bad slogans to entrench their beliefs. "All cops are bastards", "math is racist", "defund the police", and "all white people are racist" make them think the left are insane.

More than anything, this is a war of optics, the left are more educated, more tolerant, more generous, and if we are going to deconvert anyone from the right, we need to show them we aren't morons.

Reflexively jumping to Godwin's law is the fastest way to lose.

As I mentioned earlier, metaphors are pretty useless when you begin applying specifics.

"Would you jump off a cliff if your friends did it?" I trust my friends would jump off a cliff for a good reason, maybe they were running from something, so yes.

It was absolutely the wrong move to let Kayne back on the platform, and Elon is an asshole, for this, and basically everything else he has ever done.

But epistemologically, we don't have good reason to suspect Elon is ascribes to Nazi ideology. He could let Kayne back on for many other reasons; maybe he gets off on the attention (likely), maybe he just likes kanye (likely), maybe he's a free speech absolutist (likely - unless it's critical of him specifically (see jet tracker and parody accounts)).

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Lol I'm actually very far left, and self identify as a communist. How would 9 Nazis being polite to me, make me a Nazi?

Is Daryl Davis a Nazi for befriending Nazis?

This is the hyperbole I'm talking about. This is a metaphor. All metaphors break down when you start looking for discrepancies.

Maybe I don't see a problem with sitting down at a table with 9 Nazis because they're friendly with me and I'm curious about why they believe they're right (and maybe I can use the Socratic method to make them question their beliefs). That doesn't make me a Nazi.

I think you need to take a step away from whatever bullshit you're engaging with online.

I had a friend who would became obsessed with knowing everything about the alt-right. He started seeing false dogwhistles. If someone sent him a message with 👌he would assume they're a Nazi.

I think Elon is a prick who caters to the right of politics, but I don't think he's a Nazi or a fascist. Every time the left becomes too hyperbolic about who is a Nazi, the right uses that as ammunition.

I used to love music, but over time I became increasingly frustrated by earworms which last days at a time.

The solution was to only listen to music without vocals. So occasionally, some classical, jazz, or that lowfi hiphop YouTube stream. If you have other recommendations I would love to hear them.

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You can also drink opium, so if you don't like the smokes, you can get fancy.

The article only says avoid cigarettes. So maybe you can simply drink your opiumargarita in the smoking area of a pub and hit all three at once!

I use the Microsoft 'To Do' app.

On your phone, set it as a widget and put it on your home screen so it's the first thing you see when you unlock your phone.

On your computer, set your browsers homepage as your To Do task list, so it's the first thing you see when you open your browser.

Whenever you think of anything you need to do, just write it in, you'll be reminded of it constantly. Any appointments won't be forgotten, and you can set due dates for any task.

Which ones are you missing?

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