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The inverse seems true. I'm someone that was essentially socially isolated until college and neglected broadly the entire time. I am hyper aware of what I need to do to blend in. I hate being acknowledged or praised and I really do not like attention. Essentially, I feel zero security in myself and have no idea who "I" am.

If you have nothing constructive to say why say anything?

Sure seems like you know a lot about AOC and her feet.

And? Words and phrases are often adopted by a group to mean things they didn't. The ok hand gesture was a joke then it was embraced by Nazis and here we are.

But you knew that.

This would track to me. Rich people don't give a shit about economic conditions for labor so they've based "the economy" on made up vibes, no taxes, and stock buybacks. Labor cannot easily gain access to savings. Most people can't afford a few hundred dollar emergency. Of course they're going to view the economy as bad. The real one is.

I'd argue the DoT comes surprisingly close to the FDA. And let's not get started on how backwards the FDA and USDA are with their almost competing near miss regulatory areas.

Fuck cancer. Don't do stupid things that makes it so you'll be more likely to catch it. And definitely don't make a health documentary where you pass off the effects of your raging alcoholism on something else.

It seems like admitting your core business is monopolistic should be damning not liberating.

Seems like if there were serious desire one could create user friendly messages in these situations. Like an indication of the step it's hanging on and/or what it's doing. I've seen goofs like the Sims and technical messages, but scant few user directed messages.

As soon as someone says "what about" in a serious debate like discussion they've lost whatever respect and trust I had in them as a person.

As an otherwise independent third party, I'd like to gently suggest that you read the words again. Each case, either too much or too little, is given equal weight. I believe confusion may happen there because our brains fill in the blank and in reaching for that language it's typically done so to contrast the subject.

Sorry to intrude with nothing more to contribute.

I don't think it's a trivial thing as vanity though it would be a convenient culprit. Instead, I believe what makes more sense is endorsement and one's right to their likeness. If the person had merely sounded similar it probably wouldn't be an issue. Rather it seems to be that in each case the party caught out seems to have intentionally sought to convince people that she endorsed the product and/or may have been financially tied.

The nebulous space the Brown dwarf occupies in terms of classification is fascinating to say the least. I'm a passing not even hobbyist on the subject but that they glow but not like that is really interesting.

When I think of the brown dwarf I am also reminded of the hypothesized black dwarf. This would be the stage after white dwarf. It's hypothesized because it takes longer for the white dwarf bodies to cool than exists presently in the history of the universe. It's only a handful of sentences and will largely repeat the previous paragraph but there's the wiki page for black dwarf.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dwarf

Very interesting stuff all around. Space is so fucking cool, y'all.

Skill issue.

Britain seems to have made a Carthage.

True to an extent. I'd argue that celebrity of a certain level would make one's voice recognizable and thus confusion can happen.

That last part is the issue. Once the material is released publicly there is zero way to prevent it from being used for training. I like the idea of these things but they're predicated on theft and exploitation.

The fashion industry may get stuck in ruts but it also responds to demand. It's simple that there is no demand for functional pockets for women's clothes despite what is expressed socially. It's quite simple in that regard. To that end, there's no demand to alter button handedness.

It's really quite simple to me. I don't quite understand why folks seem to argue about why the US is obese and Japan isn't. It comes down to one thing but I suspected aided by another three things:

In Japan a mindset of just enough seems to be prevalent. They do not seem to be as prone to glorifying excess in all ways like us Americans tend to be. I think this is a / the key aspect which is supported by these:

Americans are not active. Japanese people tend to be active and walking absolutely contributes to this.

Americans eat low quality food. We eat a lot of food with added sugar. We feed candy to children in sugary water-fat for breakfast. We eat processed and ultra processed foods regularly even when we primarily prepare meals at home.

Americans are anti-conformist. Japan is very conformist. This relates to social pressure(fat shaming, diet) and social activity cohesion (exercise, dieting).

It seems quite evident at even a glance why one country would be overweight while the other tends to be fit. In the US our culture rewards excess. We value cars more than people. We care about profits over people, too, really. Things like healthcare and food come to mind here.

I'm pretty sure people acknowledge the placebo and nocebo effects.

The US certainly has issues with even accepting the government being able to do good things. A small but highly vocal part of the populace has all but ensured the well is poisoned. I think we could, if we wanted, create an institution like the USPS for financial services. That would be able to issue a mortgage. It's not going to happen for the simple fact they're doing their best to privatize the USPS and beloved programs like Social Security.

How do you reconcile money being anonymous with the fact that financial institutions and the government both keep records?

See, capitalism doesn't try to turn it to everyone's advantage. It turns it to the advantage of wealth. It immediately ensures a socioeconomic caste system of nobility, workers, and freeloaders. Nobility freeloads but convinces workers that those beneath them are there because they're parasites. It gives the illusion of economic democracy while ensuring the ruling class can live in luxury as they always have. People like to pretend you can regulate capitalism into something else but capital always wins and capital regulates the regulations.

Realistically most people just don't have the resources for this sort of thing. It's not necessarily a matter of want but a limitation of needs. Assuming one has a family that could cover, they would still have a job with responsibilities. Not everyone can afford to risk termination or go without a paycheck for a week even if it's the most intelligent option.

Weird flex but ok. I think though that there is some merit in being able to communicate with a difficult or insufferable person but I find no merit can exist in choosing to take pride in regularly willingly doing so.

I don't know that I entirely agree. We've seen a massive investment on the part of say fast food corporations in areas relating to automation. They're pushing the apps, kiosks are in almost every lobby, and more often than not their menus are all digital. As soon as they crack the machine part of a kitchen they'll be squared away. Before they do they'll continue to work the staff they have at low wages and no benefits.

Americans aren't going to tend the fields, either. So we have our industry which can almost universally locate their development in an off shore office, the service industry being obsoleted as we speak, and we're going to work on farms? Maybe I misunderstood. It's entirely possible. I just don't see how treating the symptoms will cure the rot. Maybe that's my failing.

We're very spoiled people who unfortunately are too far removed from the rest of the world to truly appreciate what other regions experience. This goes both for and against our society. The negatives all have a singular driver and that's capitalism. If we got over ourselves and unionized in large numbers we could grind things to a halt tomorrow to get change in the country should we have need. Unfortunately we're too scared or stupid to organize as a class and keep to our kind like crayons.

I read 'drive and intensity' in a far more nebulous 'passion' that is thrown around by companies to attract true believers who will dedicate 90% of their waking hours to The Mission whatever that may be.

Google really needs to overhaul their incentive structure. I don't work at FAANG and as much as I'd like the TC I never will. One part of that is the incentive structure discussion. It's better to launch a feature than to support one. So, too, do you artificially inflate user counts of a system you want to grow a market for because your bonus demands a straight line up in something labelled activations and as a result on the following page when your paycheck just says 'yes' .

Line goes up means the owners are happy. Y'know, at least someone is.