jtrek

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 36 points 6 days ago (7 children)

I was on some website the other day and I opened the browser console for unrelated reasons. They had a giant message there that was like "STOP. If someone asked you to paste something here, you are probably going to be hacked. Do not do anything here unless you know what you're doing."

Which, admittedly, is probably good advice.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 7 points 6 days ago

Good. I hope he succeeds beyond our wildest dreams and conservatives have their noses rubbed in it for the rest of their miserable lives.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 6 days ago

I'm about 95% certain this is a joke but Poe's law is dead. In addition to the name being on the nose, the footer has

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago

The only good argument I know against veganism/vegetarianism these days is that meat tastes good.

If "the sensory experience is good" is enough of a justification on its own, then a whole lot of other things are coming along for the ride.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 5 points 6 days ago

It's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-gooder_derogation

Some people get upset when they perceive someone else as being "better" than them. Ego is too fragile to handle this and too brittle to change, so they lash out at the source of discomfort.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 3 points 6 days ago

They just say stuff for results. They have an emotion and they'll say whatever supports it, even if they said something contradictory earlier. They are, frankly, stupid and dishonest people.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 0 points 6 days ago

I never thought this would need saying, but the point of writing essays in school is not the final product.

Surely people don't really think that? I say that, and then I think about some of the colossally stupid things I've heard people say and say about education.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago

Yes.

Primarily, too much fear response. Fear makes you stupid.

Secondarily, too much in-group loyalty. They'll do and believe anything if that's what the group believes.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago

This seems unnecessary

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i am too old to understand "hardcore" as a verb in that sentence. what?

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I sort of hate podcasts. I don't want parasocial relationships. I don't want to hear in 30 minutes what I could have read in 3, with better options for following up (highlight -> search vs "what did they say? how do you spell that?")

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago

Im going to go make some toast right now

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