YarHarSuperstar @ YarHarSuperstar @lemmy.world

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https://futurism.com/state-department-contract-armored-teslas-on-hold

That's your opinion and you have the right to express it. I disagree obviously, that's why if you'll pay very close attention to the words I used, it says "I think" before I said that.

Um yeah that's why I qualified it how i did 🙄

Agreed, but I think it's important to note that that isn't because of a shortcoming of Linux, it's because those companies are incentivized to support platforms that are more suitable for enabling massive profits, that's what it seems like to me anyways.

How is that at all related to what I just said? No shit. We were just talking about nuance lol where did that go? Fuck off troll

No shit, some of that nuance would be nice to have in the political system but all we have is mostly old white party 1 & 2 and they're both right wing? Fuck that

Btw if you think that's the only issue with the Democratic platform and their presidential offering(s) this time, you are not paying enough attention, or you're being misled.

Fuck you, if all you have to offer is "I wont genocide as hard as the other guys, but I also won't try to stop them and also I have never said or done a single thing to actually slow the genocide, but 45 WORSE!!!" then you deserve to lose. Just because they only give us two choices doesn't mean that actually reflects the reality or nuance of the situation. Don't act like you give a shit about genocide.

Do you not get those texts? I would understand if you blocked them but they are definitely being sent.

Uh kind of but not in the way that I think you mean. The actual censorship crowd is very much in power in the USA and many other places. Hence executive orders trying to "censor" trans people from existence and take control of any and all institutions that go against the party, in part in order to control their speech.

Why do you say that? And which generation?

Do you know about Curtis Yarvin and the so-called "network state" plan they are in the late stages of realizing? I don't think BRICS is the endgame of the tech oligarchy.

Read the title of the post 🙄

Uhh idk if you have noticed but the spiritual successor to the Nazi party is gaining steam, and the govt has been swallowing and parroting Israeli propaganda for years. It's not exactly looking great.

I do not claim to know what "most people" think and I don't believe that you have that knowledge either. If you would like to challenge that belief please come with receipts this time, instead of making broad generalizing statements that may seem true to you, when clearly you are biased (not that I'm not, but that's why I'm not saying shit about what "most people" think).

I agree that you should not be pretending or feigning interest. You should be trying to genuinely find areas of common interest.

How is that at all compatible with the original advice given, which in your own words is the "absolute basics" of approaching and talking to strangers? This is bad advice in my mind and you haven't said anything to the contrary that is convincing.

Also I would not take your advice on how to talk to people because you're coming off super patronizing to me.

Let's say I walk straight up to them and say "I saw you and you sparked my interest, and I'd like to get to know you better."

Except that's not what we're talking about, this piece of advice specifically advises that you hide your intentions.

OK, well what comes next? How do you get to know someone (total stranger) better? It's going to involve talking about random stuff until (hopefully) you both end up feeling comfortable with each other.

I don't know about you but I don't talk about "random stuff", I talk about things that are important to me and that I actually want to talk about, because that will actually tell me if i feel comfortable with someone and I want to get to know them better.

The other thing is about that first part ("I saw you/wanna get to know you") is heavily implied by you walking over and saying hello.

Actually it's not, because in the situation we're actually talking about you're approaching a group of people and pretending to be interested in what they're talking about until you get "an in" with the person you're actually interested in. That's lying.

I believe in direct communication, as opposed to playing games. Maybe that's why I don't go to a lot of parties or bars etc. it's hard to talk when there's so much going on. I have a lot of sensitivity to sensory overwhelm so that doesn't help. I don't believe in "small talk" as you're using it here, I.e. to mean talking for the sake of talking and not about what you actually want to talk about. You're right that it's low stakes but it's basically a mini lie, and I also value vulnerability and emotional honesty very highly.

Maybe for you, but I don't appreciate when people lead me on like that, especially intentionally.

That's not the database they mean I fear :(

Eh this feels manipulative and they might notice that. Feels like pick-up artist shit because you arent actually interested in the conversation or the other people and you're just faking it because your already established intention is to talk to one person specifically, for romantic/sexual reasons

"Every time I have a problem, I just throw a Molotov cocktail, and then I have a different problem!"

• Jason (The Good Place)