aebletrae

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[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Oh! I see what you're doing. You're insisting on a specific, unhelpful, and—ultimately—incorrect definition of a term as a meta-commentary on the weakened definition of racism as mere racial animosity as used by the privileged who think they know better than to listen to others, that are the subject of the post.

It's trolly as hell, but very clever, and a far, far better analogy. Bravo!

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No.

The point of an analogy is that it isn't a 1:1 mapping.

The utility of an analogy is that it conveys a point in a more obvious way. To do this, it can be stripped down, exaggerated and distorted, even logically inconsistent. The only measure of success is whether the point is received, and once that has occurred, the whole thing can be discarded in favour of a return to the original topic, now with a new perspective.

The analogy is merely a conversational tool. If it does the job, put it down and move on.

This kind of pedantic over-analysis is an even more useless interjection, and is a perfect example of something that, while correct in some regard, misses the point and only serves as a distraction.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (6 children)

If people are talking about mountains, and someone points out that "this grain of sand is also a rock", how often is that going to be anything other than a distraction from the conversation?

Seriously, describing this as 'pushing back against talking differently' is almost as reductive as the Right's "you want to silence us because we disagree". Scale is important.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's "all struggles matter" and it sucks.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Now that that lemm.ee thread has also been removed, who wants to speculate on how this loser's vendetta is going to escalate?

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

SuvwI' qu' SoH vIHar

Following the links will take you to a handy search tool.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago

Attempting to master baiting in public should certainly have consequences, but covering it up isn't going to make them stop.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 29 points 2 years ago

Of course. I'm probably not the only one who thinks you like adding people to lists. Blaming your woes on the Others and treating them differently based on a mark they carry were just two of the clues.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I believe, since it's a recruitment poster, the translation is "We seek programmers for a great mission."

  • Qu' = mission
  • Dun = to be great
  • -vaD = for
  • ghun = to program
  • -wI' = one who does
  • DI- = we — them
  • Sam = to seek
[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Did you literally use ~ as the start of the path in the Startup Applications GUI? That's fine for the terminal—it will fill in /home/nosnahc (or whatever your home directory really is) for you—but, for the startup applications, you need to specify the path in full.

Try:—

/home/nosnahc/Application/legion-kb-rgb set -e Static -c 200,150,0,200,150,0,200,150,0,200,150,0

changing your username as necessary.

[–] aebletrae@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Whatever you do, don't send them to a Santa Monica school!

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