I think you missed the point here. This shooter had no opportunities prested to him. He wasn't smart enough or connected enough to ever be comfortable, let alone actually do something noteworthy. Being on the news for a day or two is the only "fantasy" he could possibly achieve. It not about causing a sea-change, it's just about getting noticed.

He wasn't born a monster, but violence was the only obvious route to having any impact on his surroundings.

American society loves guns and hates helping poor people, this is what we get.

Yeah, but how often did Bernie himself repeat those conspiracy theories? Did he ever try to violently overturn the Democratic primary results? Every popular person has some shitty supporters, so you can't just judge people based on their supporters.

That was actually a pretty good prediction. They just didn't account for one genius who revolutionized farming.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug

Yeah, that's a concept that gets covered extensively in anatomy, immunology, and microbiology. It's called "the donut model". This is not a joke. It clearly shows how your digestive system is exposed to the outside world, similar to skin. You can obviously see why this is important immunologically, since germs can just get into the mouth/butthole in a way that they can't penetrate skin.

It's one long hole.

I just knew there was going to be a Well akshually post like this. As if men putting on fancy feminine dresses and dancing around is only a ""drag show"" if it happens where you expect it to.

And WTF do you mean by vulnerable-minded?

No, it's not. Next question...

Seriously though, doesn't basically every experiment in brain surgery and neuroscience disprove this idea? We know how different structures in the brain contribute to consciousness. We can't explain the mechanism 100%, but that doesn't mean that every piece of matter secretly has some consciousness embedded in it. It's God of the Gaps nonsense.

I'm not against posting stuff like this. Obviously serious people take this idea seriously. Just none of the people taking it seriously study brains.

I wish more than anything that there was evidence of alien life that I could see with my eyes or hear with my ears. For now, we just have some dude saying things with no real evidence.

I'm in the same boat. I really liked BeeHaw, but I couldn't get in. I joined .world instead, the largest, most stable alternative, and now I'm boned.

I think that as the fediverse grows, it might become common/necessary to have a few accounts in order to see everything you want to see. Honestly, if that's the price I have to pay to avoid centralization and enshittification, I'm ok with that.

This is such a weird take. You say the people at the top are the worst capitalists, but they literally succeeded the most at capitalism. You say capitalism demands cash flow, but... does it? Who or what demands that cash flow? Certainly not the free market.

You then give a perfect example of capitalism failing, medical care.

Why defend capitalism?

My real answer is a book: Slaughterhouse 5. The movie Arrival pretty much does the same thing, though.

It really changed the way I think about my place in time and space, and the meaning of memories. Made me way less sad about death and entropy.

Yeah, but how often did Bernie himself repeat those conspiracy theories? Did he ever try to violently overturn the Democratic primary results? Every popular person has some shitty supporters, so you can't just judge people based on their supporters.

But it's still magical thinking. You said it yourself, "spiritual".

The government shouldn't be forcing anyone to believe in magic, even if the details of that magic are undefined.

The fact that it can be essentially anything just proves the point that it's meaningless.

I love basically everything Glover does, but boy am I sad he's going to be contributing to the bloated mass of Disney+ Star Wars content.

Maybe he'll be able to pull off something like Andor, but my expectations are so low for now.

Hahaha, I'm not sure this is the outcome magats we're hoping for:

Modelo Especial, the Mexican lager, was the most popular beer brand in the country during May, according to data compiled by consulting firm Bump Williams.

Also...

Grupo Modelo, the Mexican brewer, is owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the same parent company of Bud Light.

This was my first thought. Reddit had both r/DnD and r/DungeonsAndDragons. It was fine

You know what's cool about "natural flavors"? They just have to be found in nature to call them that. They can be synthesized in a lab and still be a "natural flavor."

P.S. don't fall for the naturalistic fallacy. This comment is about tricky vocabulary used by the food industry. Whether or not a chemical is found in nature has nothing to do with whether it is good or bad for you. Arsenic is natural.

I tried to sign up for beehaw 2 days ago, but still haven't been approved. I guess my statement about wanting to discuss science and philosophy and videogames wasn't good enough :(

This is a weird one, but Astepro nasal spray for allergies. The name brand is a little unpleasant to blast up my nose because of the smell/taste. But the off brand stuff is absolutely foul and bitter. I would get random whifs and drips of the nastiness in the back of my throat for an hour.

I really hope I'm wrong, but it seems like Anderson is getting close to self-parody with this one. I know the dude has a specific style, but it's getting so over the top that I think it disracts from the story instead of adding to it.

The Darjeeling Limited is one of my favorite films of all time. It changed the way I think about movies. I liked the Grand Budapest Hotel, but I thought it leaned too hard into silliness.

That being said, Anderson is talented and successful enough that he can do whatever the fuck he wants. If he's having fun being self-indulgent and making what he wants, I'm happy for him. I hope he's not getting more pretentious as his movies get more and more weird.