Tedesche @ Tedesche @lemmy.world

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That hasn’t been proven yet. All of this shit is still theoretical. AFAIK, time travel into the past isn’t possible in our current understanding of physics.

Says the random person on the internet in response to the quantum physics professor who says otherwise.

My problem is that look is so similar to the “Oh, God, he’s not thinking about kissing me, is he?” look.

This “triggered” you?

I have to say, as a therapist who treats people with actual trauma, I find it mildly infuriating that people today use the word “triggered” to refer to something that mildly infuriates them. The concept of a mental health trigger refers specifically to something that reactivates a traumatic memory and induces serious distress in the person triggered. Using the term to refer to something that just annoys you trivializes and dilutes it as a term.

I get that language is a living thing and people who use the term this way don’t mean to be trivializing the issues of people who have real trauma, but it still irks me whenever I see people use that word this way.

You do you, OP, don’t take this as serious criticism. I just felt the need to get that off my chest.

Not true. Money often does corrupt people, because money is very often the means to power, and power definitely corrupts most people over time.

Presidents should not have pardon power. It doesn’t matter what the reason is, if the president can just trump the entire federal justice system, said system is pointless.

The sad thing is this kind of shit actually works on some people. Just how our brains are wired and some folks can’t resist.

Idiots. They contributed to Trump getting elected, who will be a thousand times worse for Gaza than Harris would have been. These are dumb voters. Fuck them.

I don’t blame companies for closing stores in communities where theft is rampant. If your neighborhood harbors thieves and the police won’t do anything about it, you don’t deserve to have nice things. Live there and are pissed about the situation? Move. Deny said community your upstanding citizenship and let it devolve into a shithole. Leave these poor thieves to themselves and move to a neighborhood that won’t tolerate them.

She’s certainly no parent.

Well, you have to make the bets before the thing happens, so….

Yes, and I don’t support them.

It comes in jars?! And in tubes?!

I’m gettin’ one!

So, according to my answer and your pathetic attempt at wit, the purveyors of DEI programs should themselves attend DEI programs to become less racist and sexist.

So enlightening, troll. Truly remarkable.

I do think DEI programs are both racist and sexist. Now, what’s your point?

Sure, they’re connected. You give me a formula for simply rid racist thought from all human minds and I’ll concede you have a point here. Until then, I’m gonna keep operating on the fact that racist thought manifests differently in different areas of society and that they require unique solutions. In the area of discrimination in hiring practices, resumes absolutely are a contributing factor.

You’re not going to get me to simplify my thinking on this enormously complex issue by pointing to the abstract notion of “people are fucking racist!” You can’t address that directly. You have to take the more pragmatic approach of addressing the concrete elements in society that you can actually change. In fact, if you’d studied any actual literature on the topic, you’d know this already, because all the academics agree with what I just wrote.

Yes, but I was referring solely to DEI programs, which have nothing to do with systemic racism in police brutality or judicial prejudice areas.

I honestly don't understand your point. Can you clarify?

You can externalize your assumptions all you want; it doesn't change the fact that interpersonal communication is the responsibility of all involved.

I.e., grow up and stop winging about minor details on internet forums.

Only in the same sense that most political opinions are "manufactured" by mainstream news outlets. It doesn't really matter. DEI's problems are valid criticisms, and you can't simply dismiss them because they're highlighted by right-wing outlets.