If it helps you focus, it’s just another form of rubber ducking

Correct. But it’s easier to assemble and publish an editorial about discrete symptoms than a manifesto on core societal ills.

Same emotion?

The Dripping Tap by KGaTLW

Correct. I’m not sure the article writer would disagree.

I think that not being able to get ahead without parental help is explicitly a symptom of that.

False. The one with the elephant in the middle accomplishes things. Terrible things. I’ll take do-nothing over do-wrong

Hylics

That’s the hope. If we’re gonna have a fascist state, at least let it be a bumbling incompetent fascist state.

I consider lore and worldbuilding to be related but different concepts. Lore is the details of your world, worldbuilding is the way you deliver those details.

My favorite example of worldbuilding is The Dark Crystal, both the film and series. The lore is standard fantasy stuff, but the intricacies of the world are so rich and they unfold so naturally. It felt like a real world, and I felt like very little of what I learned about that world was simply narrated to me. The world was built through tiny details, interactions and observations, throwaway lines of dialogue, and effectively so.

I got a tub of protein powder or something that had a scoop perfectly portioned for my morning cup. I’ve been using that for years

The Mars Volta in general. Tons of friends have recommended them to me after hearing some of what I listen to, and it’s just not my jam. On paper I should, but alas.

It’s dribbles, that’s why he’s standing that way

This but unironically

No, but the extra ones will

It can be frustrating to go from a thriving niche subreddit to a new venue without anyone to populate those niche communities. Outside of ML, FOSS, and Star Trek, most of the niche communities are ghost towns.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting convincing AskReddit or /r/memes to migrate. I think they’re mostly targeting /r/ObscureInterestYou’veProbablyNeverHeardOf.

That’s rad as all get out, not terrible at all

I read the headline, I read the discussion. If the discussion convinces me to read the article myself, I will. If there’s broad consensus, generally it’s not worth my time to confirm what I’ve learned already.

I do this for several reasons:

1. Ads. Even with ad blocker the frequent text breaks are exhausting.

2. Overeditorialization. I want the facts, not a narrative. I get why that’s the way the information is presented, but my time is limited and I’m not into it. Same reason I don’t really like (non-nature) documentaries

3. Perspective. The author has their own unitary perspective, and I prefer to consume multiple perspectives on an issue so I can explore the problem/solution space.

If it’s short, data heavy, and plays nice with Simplified Mode then I’ll read it real quick, but the less navigation I have to do to obtain information the better.

Probably from 1972 when Nixon swept the country, except Massachusetts and DC

The shoes sent me

All theory, no praxis