ScrumblesPAbernathy

I bet I could convince you that there are no winners in global thermonuclear war with just 1000 games of tic tac toe.

The idea of biological immortality terrifies me. Like other commenters have said, the risk of power being further entrenched in the rich is basically an inevitability. Biological immortality under capitalism is pretty much a guarantee of immortal god-oligarchs that will control a bigger portion of resources and power than they do now.

Also it removes death as an unbeatable end. What if there were still robber barons from the early 1900s alive today? We’d be worse off politically than we already are. Death is an integral part in the march of progress.

From a personal standpoint, I’m not super jazzed about living past my 80s even if I didn’t age and was in perfect health. If biological immortality comes to be I’ll still punch out around 90 at the latest and update my will to prevent my consciousness from being uploaded to San Junipero.

The sweet abyss of oblivion worked for me from the beginning of the universe until my birthday, it’ll work fine again when I get back to it.

I’m not a democrat, I’m a leftist.

No, leftists are like vegans. Call a vegan a vegetarian, “I’m not a vegetarian, I’m a vegan!”

Call a leftist a democrat, “I’m not a democrat, I’m a leftist!”

(btw, I’m a leftist. Not a vegan though)

If someone refuses to admit their political affiliation in the US you can basically guarantee they’re right wing.

Stockton Rush is a killer and should be charged posthumously with four counts of negligent homicide. He’s just as culpable, if not more, that someone who gets behind the wheel drink and kills their passengers.

The issue with this approach is that it further entrenches gaps that are already there. The best predictor of economic outcome is zip code. That’s because schools are funded by local property tax. Live in a wealthier area, get better schools. Better schools lead to a better outcome. Schools in poorer districts stay poorer. It’s a system that is self perpetuating.

Replacing affirmative action with something that is strictly income based could help but that ignores other systemic biases that are based on race rather that income.

I feel like if we’re ending affirmative action we should also put in place more restrictions on legacy admissions which is just affirmative action for dumb, rich kids and represents a much bigger chunk of students than affirmative action ever did.

Yes. I’m seeing it on readit.buzz.

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Doesn’t look like undetermined is an option on kbin. We must remain in the the ruins of the towel of babel. Womp womp.

It was set to English but I just set it to Spanish then back to English to make sure it wasn’t “set to English”.

edit: ok, I read your comment this time. There’s no undetermined language available on kbin. Either I set it to English when I made my account or it’s a default but a language selection is required.

Ok, I responded to your comment before but it was from my user page. Now I’m responding from your user page. I can’t see your test comment on the kbin instance I’m on (readitt.buzz). So we’ve got a Scooby Doo mystery on our hands. Or the federation takes some time to catch up and I’ve been drinking. I’m only sure about half of the previous sentence.

Holy shit, guys this is important now! Not just because it’s me but because of… the fucking community. Think of the community!

I can see your test.

The web UI is for sure working. Not sure about Jerboa though.

It’s well known but usually taught in the later years of high school (15-17 year olds). I don’t think they’re teaching things like the Tulsa massacre, the Wilmington massacre, Rosewood or the MOVE bombing in schools. Maybe in AP classes which are advanced placement for college credit.

Everything we learn about the Civil Rights movement is shown in black and white and taught as if it solved the problem. We definitely aren’t taught that some of the legal reforms forth in response the the nationwide riots after MLK’s assassination.

IRC is so rad. I learned to touch type by hanging out in IRC channels in the dark on a stolen shell account in 93. I felt like a hacker, really I was a goofball talking about rollerblading on a shell account that no one cared about because they got it for free with their SLIP account.

Hell yeah, cyber archeology. Coming into old comments threads like Lawrence Fishburne, “this place is a tomb.”

Even that Atlantic ocean couldn’t stop Jim Crow. Fascinating story, hope it can still be taught in history classes in the coming years.

Think of the saving of cutting off your nose! Sure, it may spite your face but you have to understand the shareholder value of a leaner face!