Totally Human Emdash User

I’m sorry Dave—I’m afraid I can’t do that.

Hey now—some of us are totally human!

In fairness, at some point we all have to learn the hard way that no amount of evidence will convince some people to change their mind about their deeply held beliefs.

I like my moons like I like my plans: in concept form only.

There are so many different competing apps and discord copies that have risen and fallen, it’s hard to really get attached to any that have little movement in fighting the network effect.

In other words, you are saying that there is too much discord in this space?

I was thinking more along the lines of situations where the forcing took the form of emotional pressure.

Sure, there are not zero trees, but that is not the same as there being plenty of trees.

There are definitely worse places to live in, but the lack of trees is depressing.

Yeah, my wife and I moved in with my parents ~ 8 years ago while I was between jobs, and because we all get along it has been such a lovely experience (especially during the pandemic!) that we have never felt a need to move back out. A couple of years ago my uncle moved in because his house was unlivable, and being able to spend time with him has been nice too.

On the other hand, I did also like living by myself, and later just with my wife, for a while, so that I could have my own personal space and privacy. I think I would have felt resentful if I were forced into a particular living situation rather than being able to choose it.

It is not clear to me why you think that is the only other option.

It always makes me sad to see developers come in, raze all of the trees, and replace them with depressing housing in their place…

I think that you missed the point the post is making, which is that it is ironic to claim that capitalism saves us from having to live in drab cookie-cutter housing given what suburbia looks like.

The fact that I have to use a more complicated tool than cd.

But how does changing the current directory backup your files???

Well met, sir!

Challenge accepted!

The Steam deck is pretty cool because it is just a really nice handheld PC that lets me (or, more typically, my wife) play everything in my very extensive Steam library.

In addition, they gave us the Statue of Liberty.

A French politician actually called for it to be returned—to be clear, it was just a single politician, not the whole government—and the Trump administration said (very heavily paraphrasing), “No, it’s ours, and also you suck for being invaded by Germany, so we deserve it more than you.” However, I personally find it ironic that the administration is so attached to it, given the famous poem inscribed on its base that is inseparable from the signifiance of the statue:

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Now I am too busy being distracted by terrible salad dressings to notice that I am pure awareness without attribute. 😟

I hate vinegar.

Your ego is constantly distracting you with the illusion of the dream of the world in order to prevent you from noticing that you are not a separate self with a particular identity but pure awareness without attribute.