“The future ain’t what it used to be.”

-Yogi Berra

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Cake day: July 29th, 2023

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  • You just get started. Its part of the reason I’ve always preferred either forums or fark/ digg/ reddit/ lemmy style conversations.

    Also, writing is a skill. You get better at it with time. Its like how a TV show host can just ‘riff’ on a topic. I think responding to comments has definitely improved my ability to write in particular style (engaging/ proactive/ enthusiastic, whatever.).

    It also helps to be familiar with markdown, as good formatting makes the writing more satisfying.







  • It would just be instant validation of the power women hold.

    This is the most gendered/ sexist view I have: women, across all age groups, are more responsible then men.

    It might be because culture, it might be because whatever. But generally speaking, women of all ages hold their shit together (make payments on time, go to the doctor, finish the paper work, register to vote, etc…) at a higher rate then men. Young men in the age group of 14-24 are particularly terrible in this regard.

    If women have a woman as an option, and the premise that women can take this seat of power, they’ll break hard in that direction. Might be a conservative piece of shit like Thatcher, but it will be a very long time for men to catch up once this dam breaks. I expect both sides to double down on this strategy if it works.






  • You try and pretend every single thread you are trolling in is a personal attack on you or your identity. When people disagree with you, you pretend you are being personally attacked, and then work to get them banned or ban them yourself. In doing so, you cultivate an echo-chamber of agreement with your agrievement politics.

    Its has the appearance (from the outside) as a kind of psychological disorder. Pretending the world is attacking you doesn’t mean that they are. And if you can’t address peoples ideas and criticisms, and instead need to play the victim, thats a strong signal of a lack of mental or emotional maturity.