JayDee

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Eh, if you have the money, it's probably fine.

My current weird things:

  • Switched from my normal time zone to UTC on all my clocks.
  • Chose to study Esperanto instead of a more practical language because of its past of hopefulness
  • Plan on switching to a 13-month calendar in the future (is going to require modifying the opensource calendar I use to allow the change)
  • Switched to barefoot shoes not for health but the diminished cost in materials.
  • changed my keyboard to a dactyl manuform for the hell of it.
  • changed my keyboard scheme to Dvorak now.
  • changed my videogame control scheme from wasd to dcxf to accommodate the keyboard (in Dvorak that's exku).

We're all alittle eccentric. Some of us more than others.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Skibidi Toilet" is all the cube says.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

If we're relying on the individual to keep themselves correctly informed, we might be thoroughly fucked lol.

Maybe we should start pinning classes on media literacy, critical thinking/analyses to help the situation. Not even sarcasm, it genuinely might be needed as a built-in feature included in every web browser at this point.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You'll be stopped by an over-controlling Wikipedia editor with seniority over you, who will revert any changes you make.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Kinda, yeah. The difference is that it's not a per-word basis where you have to memorize dozens of cases. Much less cumbersome on learners. There's nothing wrong with just writing 'ðe' either, if the writer prefers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Y'all are judgy removed for going after phlubba so much. Just stop wasting your energy and move on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

They're havin their fun. It's only an issue if you genuinely want to know what they've got to say, which it sounds like you don't.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think the real shitty part is the English itself, not letter changes.

We could do the nice thing and make an easier language the standard? Spanish maybe? Could also do German. /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Translation: häturs᛫gonna᛫hät

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think It was common in middle English to omit the 'e', leaving it to context for the reader to infer the meaning. I see this in alot of shorthand and other alphabets like Shavian.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

Why? This is their post and they wanna use middle English. It's not that big a problem for anyone else.

Are you just worried that it'll become a more common trend? I don't think that'll happen. It's just gonna be like scrolling by a ich iel post every now and again.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Yes. But also: Blessica Blimpson.

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I'm currently trying to get better at reading and am doing that by accumulating a library of public domain books, since they're free and easily available.

  • If you have a specific work you love that was published pre-1928, or is currently not under copyright, feel free to comment it down below.

  • if you have any authors you think are worth reading, also post them below.

I'm currently reading Jack London's "War of the Classes", and I have "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, and "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde downloaded for later.

 

People commonly quote Marx communicating that the possession of firearms must not be infringed, but I'd like more general principles and justifications than an appeal to Marx.

I've done some reading but when I cannot I just think about things on my own, maybe bounce ideas off a friend.

Word Vomit Contained insideThe view that I've come to currently is that violence (defined in this case as the obstruction or frustration of another's plans and ambitions) is a core universal tool which all living things employ. Language and cooperation were evolutionary evolved as a complement to violence (communication and cooperation allowed group violence which greatly improved survival odds). However, in cases where communication/cooperation with an outgroup breaks down, violence in some form will be fallen back on.

What's more, between two non-cooperative groups, if one group can obtain what they want through violence without losing more than they gain, they'll quite often choose that option as it is enticing.

Because of this natural progression, force-on-force is almost inevitable. To prevent being trodden upon by others, it is wise for a community to arm itself and train, thus greatly raising the cost of confrontations, hopefully beyond what others are willing to pay.

I would like to hear more from folks though, maybe just wise words on operation, maybe some sources to check out in my free time. Anything to better build my understanding is welcome.

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