calabast

joined 1 year ago
[–] calabast@lemm.ee 18 points 3 weeks ago

They were just following orders.

Wait, I've heard that before somewhere...

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't really think of proposing new policies as "desperate" so much as just trying to outline her goals to people who are still undecided.

Now if she went out and did some weird photoshoot stunt, I might start to pull out the desperate label.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Neither sounds "wrong" to my ear, but if I had to pick one, hmmmm...I think modular things are inherently versatile, but versatile things aren't inherently modular, so I would go with "versatile and modular" so it gets more specific from first word to second word.

Or consider not using both those words.

Edit: the order of adjectives usually matters when they are different types of adjectives, like "five big brown bears". You have a number, a size, and a color. That one sounds wrong if you get them out of order. But modular and versatile are the same kind of adjective, so I don't think there's really a wrong choice here.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Can't wait to play it!!!

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe their whole service doesn't do any testing at all, it just auto sends a reply "We're sorry, we think there is a strong chance your child will inherit genes related to lower than average intelligence." to anyone dumb enough to pay them money.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 36 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I love the ability to keep a perfect history of my communication, which IM/slack/email gives you, but if you have a complex issue to solve that requires the input of multiple people, face to face conversation can get to the bottom of the issue many times faster than back and forth messing. Not only can you speak quicker than you can type, but you can convey additional information in tone of voice and facial expression.

And I hate to praise AI for anything, but it's not half bad at given you a written summary of what was talked about.

I say all this as someone who really doesn't enjoy talking to people face to face, and would much rather just send messages.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago

There will always be insecure men (and people in general) who criticize others over nonsense topics that they've convinced themselves is proof they aren't whatever insecure thing they're afraid of being.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago

Get caught with some drugs? Years in prison.

Steal millions of dollars from the government for rich people? 20 months.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 73 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

*Obvious money laundering is money laundering (and also a scam).

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

Nah, there's probably not a single issue that all Americans agree on collectively, but since OP addressed America as a singular subject, I decided it was okay for me to reply for the entire country. Mostly for the humor points.

[–] calabast@lemm.ee 26 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I'M SORRY WE'RE TRYING IT'S REALLY HARD

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