forkDestroyer

Hope is precisely what landed us in this mess. Reason, pragmatism, and being willing to compromise on ideals is what will get us out

Not trying to get too much into semantics here, but yes, if you only hope and choose not to act, nothing will be improved. Conversely-ish, hope is needed for many to act. Being without hope will lead many to loudly announce that nothing can be made better, in addition to not acting. Again, we may only be disagreeing on definitions here.

Reason, pragmatism, and being willing to compromise on ideals is what will get us out, but guess what humans have never shown the capability nor the desire to do as a species throughout literally all of documented human civilization?

I disagree based on human history, although I admit that our conflicts are much more well documented than our ability to work together.

All we do is escalate, it’s all we’ve ever done, and it has only one possible way of ending.

Do you not think that people have worked together to prevent conflict and bring about a better world? Also, do you not think that we've ever worked to improve things, or are you saying that our ability to create conflict is louder than our ability to work against conflict?

Most importantly, what do you believe you're doing, through your existence? I doubt that you're going around trying to create conflict in your environment, but: are you?

Society is global now, destroying it this time around isn’t something that even the atmosphere will survive.

As long as the planet isn't absolutely destroyed, I assume the destruction of our species wouldn't cause the ecosystem to fail entirely. Who knows, though.

we aren’t going to become better at being people, things are not going to improve.

Strongly disagree. Don't lose hope.

From what I understand, covid can impact pretty much any system inside your body, even with infections that don't feel like a big deal at the time, like some messed up roulette game. We weren't able to beat it and not nearly enough people got vaccinated. I'm curious to see what literature comes out about it in about 10 years, in terms of societal impact.

the shape is also awful and unergonomic.

I agree. I basically got carpal tunnel from this model. Had to learn to hover a part of my hand over it whenever I was using it, instead of cupping my palm down like the design would imply.

It’s totally normal to be detained and interrogated upon departure from Israel.

I'm not so sure I agree with this.

My backlog is so large that it would take forever to get through. I have no need to upgrade my setup to play more modem games.

Some new consoles don't offer physical media anymore, and some games aren't able to be played without an Internet connection and a yearly account charge? I just won't play them, then.

RPGs got worse for me as soon as they shifted to adding VAs for every line. FFX (1&2) were the last Final Fantasy games I played all the way through. (FFX-2: would not play again even though the combat system was better). I'm fine with voice acting, but I liked when I could read dialogue and advance it accordingly.

Wouldn't be as hard these days, based on how Google search has been eshittified.

Sounds relaxing and full of corny dopes (in a good way), so I'd fit right in.

Please ping me if you have any job openings. This sounds like paradise.

I don't interpret their response that way.

As someone who is not in a good financial place, I would never work for ICE.

However, as someone who is not in a good financial place, if I realized I was probably working for an evil empire and couldn't change anything from the inside: I wouldn't be able to quit because my family would starve. I'd need to find another way to provide first, and that's not easy when you've got kids and debt in a bad job market.

Stocking grocery store shelves wouldn't pay the bills. That's fairy tale logic/something that people with means can joke about doing.

Heck yeah though, if stocking shelves paid 6 figures I'd apply immediately.

Five months so far.