Chris Remington @ remington @beehaw.org

Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdo

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I've always learned a great deal from your writing and I appreciate it. I believe that you have a firm grasp on interpersonal communication skills.

Interesting back story incoming. My brother and I worked at one of the best restaurants (at the time) in Greensboro NC USA. My brother's roommate (Mike), for several years (1989 - 1992 I believe), had only a high school education. After working a shift at the restaurant, he'd return home and shut himself in his room for hours (this was almost every day). My brother inquired out of curiosity and Mike showed my brother his computer set-up and the types of digital graphics he had been working on. Mike sent a 3 dimensional application to a digital graphics arts school (I believe in Raleigh NC) and was immediately accepted. After easily completing this program of study (Mike was highly gifted and driven), he was snatched up by the company that developed Myst. He went from barely scraping by to making a substantial amount of money in the field he dreamed to work in.

As far as the argument against the argument for your point, the logical argument was complete in the first paragraph:

        the academic community has failed to produce any negative relationship between video games and real life.

  

I have not been able to find any evidence that would support the claims of talking heads, etc.

My other son is 'on the spectrum' and is a joy with all of his uniqueness.

Our overarching rule, here at Beehaw, is to be(e) nice. Your words are very far from nice. Consider this a warning.

Why is the NYT accessing the camera when going to the linked article?

This isn't happening to me. Not sure why it's happening to you.

Still having lots of fun playing Diablo 4 Season 4. Got a necromancer and a barbarian to 100. Now, I'm leveling up a sorcerer.

...I have no idea how you would even begin to resolve the issue.

For now, we must encourage all of the younger people to vote. The younger people are, understandably, frustrated by the current American political system. It can be changed with more participation over time. Doing nothing (not voting, etc.) just worsens the problem.

The far right GOP knows all of this and makes it difficult for anyone to vote. They use tactics such as gaslighting in order to cheat their way into office.

Is it the average American news sources messing with people’s minds that much?

I'd estimate that 98% of American news sources are either very biased or straight up propaganda machines. I can only rely on National Public Radio and The Associated Press.

https://reformjudaism.org/beliefs-practices/lifecycle-rituals/what-mezuzah-why-and-how-do-we-use-it

We can still find engagement in small niche subs on Reddit. We've known, for many years, that people were going to move away from large corporate-controlled sites such as Reddit, Twitter etc..

The Fediverse is addressing this. It isn't a panacea. However, it is a re-imagining of what we want the Internet to be.

There are many others, that will come along after us, to address this further.

you’re an idiot

Name-calling isn't nice. Remember to be(e) nice at Beehaw. Consider this a warning.

Still having lots of fun with Diablo 4 season 4.

Thanks.

Season 4 has been the best so far. They made a lot of improvements to the game. It's the most fun I've had with Diablo 4.

Diablo 4 season 4

This belongs in c/space. You can move it there if you want. Your choice.

What do you want? Do you want to see more posts/comments?

Beehaw is, specifically, curated for those who want high quality rather than a dumpster fire of trolls and assholes.

So, quality vs quantity.

Yeah, critical thinking is an important skill to have. Sadly, there is a very low percentage of people (specifically, in the USA) that have it.

I'm approximating that around 98% of the news media, here in the USA, are biased and/or propaganda. The first year of my university education taught me how to separate fact from opinion. What if you don't go to university? How do you learn critical thinking? I have a college friend that I've known for almost thirty years. He has a masters degree in finance and he is a certified public accountant. However, when it comes to USA politics, he has been completely brainwashed by the media. He is one of those MAGA nut-jobs.

Having second hand accounts of anything is, certainly, unreliable. I wish more people could have, at least, one experience that fell outside of what we know from science. Unbelievably, I've had several of these. I'd say about five that I cannot explain using the best of our scientific knowledge.

I'm sorry you feel that way. I did not intend for anyone to be uncomfortable.