jtrek

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 9 points 4 hours ago

The doing it doesn’t bother me so much as the “Hey so I was browsing through my downvotes and noticed you downvoted me. Justify your actions to me!” PMs.

That is not healthy behavior.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 11 points 16 hours ago

Per depressing non fiction novel "dying of whiteness", many poor white people don't want universal programs like health care because they don't want those people to have access. They would rather suffer and die themselves.

Many people, I'd guess like a third, are just assholes.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

Well that's consistent, if you accept their belief as true. Who cares about the mortal body when it's a blink of an eye before eternal heaven?

Unfortunately, they are almost certainly mistaken. This is probably all they get.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rather, it’s the presence of a competitive market.

Competitive markets are hated by private business owners

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A politician having a reputation for corruption and self-dealing is one of the few things that voters uniformly don’t like, and will actually act on at the polls.

I would have agreed with you before Trump. The power of conservative in-group solidarity is powerful, especially when multiplied by media support.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 30 points 1 day ago

From the other detailed coverage someone linked

Jones has no criminal history, according to court documents. He reported mental health treatment needs for schizophrenia.

This is downstream from the stochastic terrorism stuff. Right wing ghouls pump ideas out there about how trans folks are a danger, and eventually someone acts on it. The ghouls then go about their business with no consequences.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

I did not intend to claim my college dinner conversation was a flawless political system, heh.

It may have come from the idea that in firing squads, some of the executioners have blanks.

But you're probably right, its probably simpler and fine not to have fake voters. Though it would be funny to have some honey pots..

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I remember in college sort of independently coming up with the idea (there'd be a large pool of representatives, to make bribery harder. And I think we had an idea of like some of them their votes secretly won't count at the end, so your bribe might not even count)

Then one of my friends linked me to the wiki page and I was like "oh"

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 62 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Conservatives are dishonest. They don't care about truth or consistency. Their only value is in-group loyalty. They will say anything in pursuit of that and personal power.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_3%3A16

In the King James Version, this is translated as:

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Management are assholes and idiots.

Nothing will get better without demands. People need to organize.

But if I've learned anything from history, it's that the ownership class would rather murder all of their employees than give a few dollars more a day.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago

Right? I often like being around people. I don't want to do it in the fucking office

 

As the title says, how often do you admit you're wrong? Is it different when it's a factual dispute versus something more subjective?

I make an effort to concede early if I'm in error. I think because my mother almost never admits fault. She'll fall back to "that's not what I meant" or similar deflections first, and that's really annoying.

The last big factual error I made was about the distance of walking, and that's where I learned about Taxicab Geometry ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab_geometry ).

I think some people believe admitting fault is a sign of weakness, but I find it's more of a power move. It takes strength to do it, and people can tell when you're sweating and desperate. Usually it leads to resolving the conflict faster and cheaper, too.

(I expect some people will feel the urge to reply they're never wrong. I'll file that under never admits fault.)

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