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As long as it doesn't become another externality that places the expenses on the government/taxpayer, I'm okay with it. Someone in this thread mentioned there are teams to handle situations like that, and they sounds like enough for me.

Autonomous vehicles apparently lull human drivers into a state of comfort very quickly, I imagine that the "human drivers" wouldn't be alert and ready to prevent a tragedy.

I don't know how I feel about the push for autonomous vehicles. But I know from working with professional drivers that it totally wrecks the human body.

Eh, I hate the phrase toxic masculinity.

Some people are assholes. Men are assholes, and women are assholes. Don't blame it on their gender.

Obviously, in any discussion about groups as diverse as men/women, it's important to recognize that these are sweeping generalizations and that individuals can vary wildly.

It's not being "sensitive" or "emotional" that most dudes have trouble with.

Most women probably don't consider it a sign of strength, either. Not the sensitivity or emotionality.

In my experience, most men are focused on something that is happening. A sport or activity, a task, whatever. Your sharing is most likely out of rapport and just isn't how they want to interact.

I have close male friendships that are very emotionally open, and others where it just doesn't feel right.

In my experience, women are different. Male/female relationships are already complicated and getting into preferences and other dynamics is pointless. It could be anything.

Assuming you're attractive/confident/wealthy/etc, there would be many women who would comfort you just to keep you in their orbit.

Assuming you aren't, there are many women who would comfort you out of a sense of maternal care and empathy.

Assuming you're usually friendly, funny, safe, etc, women broadly seem to be kinder and more interested in interacting in that emotional space.

Does any of it matter? Probably not. Before insulting all men you know, it might be better to consider that you might just not like to have typical male friends. Just because people don't like doing what you do, it doesn't make them dumb.

Yep, that's my attitude too. Apparently it's unpopular.

I don't disagree with you at all.

I was responding to someone claiming they were deleting a relevant gay person from history - I was challenging the "relevant" part, that's all.

I personally couldn't care less what this guy put in his presentation.

Well it was a good joke.

And that sucks. Fuck AIDS.

100% stolen from Nanette, a great comedy special/activisty rant by Hannah Gadsby.

Worth a watch even if she's not your cup of tea.

I identify as tired.

Holy crap I've never been so amazed. Yup, 100% relevant.

We get the dregs anyway.

Wait, was it a relevant person?

It's the son of the artist, right? Did the son have anything to do with Batman? Did the son's sexual orientation have anything to do with Batman?

What else is relevant about the son? Was he an artist? A writer? What did he do for a living? Did he have any relevant health disorders? Food preferences? Did he have any children?

BROADLY SPEAKING, your sexual preferences are the least interesting or relevant things in any conversation, unless we're considering dating each other.

I don't know the history of Batman so maybe it's actually relevant, but my gut says it's just not.

My first thought was that it was way too high. I haven't had cable in... 10 years?

Edit: no, it was more like 15. Holy shit I'm old.

The ONLY acceptable apology at this point is a complete roll back and a full announcement of the direction they plan to take the company in for the next 5+ years.

They've absolutely lost the trust of devs, designers and hobbyists.

This was always the plan, by the way. This is the Trump school of negotiation.

Make a horrendous, unrealistic, offensive proposition. Opponent is outraged.

Then, propose the offer you actually want. It now looks better relative to the initial proposition.

I fucking despise this type of action and will never touch unity or suggest it to anyone ever again. It's the only way to root out this type of bullshit from our society. Scorched earth.

I can't "picture" things in my mind, but I get pretty strong "feelings" about relative volumes, lengths, shapes, etc. As a result I can eyeball measurements pretty accurately.

When it comes to physically organizing things in space, I literally have to guess and test, and just rearrange things until they work... But, I do still get that "feeling" about how it might work.

It's the same with empathy. If I see someone about to injur themselves, I don't "see" it, but it definitely get a flash of feeling and I'll wince and feel the thing.

Is that aphantasia? I didn't even know this was a thing, but... ¯(ツ)_/¯

That's always the conflict here, the free content on YouTube is just frequently so good. I guess I'll just take a look for godot stuff right now and then decide.

More relevant than ever?

Kind of like Idiocracy.

Crazy People (1990)

A feel like I can't describe it. It blows taboo and political correctness up to expose the BS in the advertising industry. It's fun and cute and I swear nobody has seen it.

See: instant pot