Eh, the crypto move was pretty reasonable actually. It's not like they were pumping meme coins, they were trying to build a marketplace to trade digital assets, which is probably the most legitimate application of blockchain. And in any case it seems like they've abandoned the idea for now.

Not sure how you can say he "shit the bed", the company's only gotten more profitable under his direction.

Yup, once you encounter a noble, courageous woman, you'll be hooked.

Open the country. Stop having it be closed.

Horse: Everyone can see what a horse is

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Well, the taste buds change the texture, which can make the perceived texture of what you're licking differ from using your fingers.

basically the story goes, a man named Grimaldi is feeling depressed. way down in the dumps. so he goes to see a doctor

and the doctor says, “ah, i have just the cure for you! you must go into town and see Grimaldi the clown! he can really put on a show. i was just there the other night and laughed the entire time. yes sir, Grimaldi the clown will cheer you right up!”

and Grimaldi responds, “that is also my name! what a coincidence! i’ll go see him tonight!” and he goes and has a great time and feels a lot better

Phone calls. The combination of audio compression, noise, and microphone/speaker quality make it extremely frustrating to have phone conversations.

I guess the whole point I'm tryin' to make here is

I. Hate. Sauerkraut.

The only thing preventing the entire world from being stuck in complete, abject despotism is that these people are often at each other's throats. When they collude, everything they touch turns to garbage.

That's the hope. I'm sure there are a handful of billionaires who are decent enough people, tech co-founders who didn't get all weird about the tech money. But the other 98% are legit sociopaths. They can't co-exist for long, they're all secretly undercutting each other. It's in their nature.

One possible future is letting the dragons fight it out, and picking off the stragglers. Fingers crossed 🤞

I agree with the title, but what you described seems more just like establishing agreed upon definitions.

Steelmanning is when you try to find the strongest possible framing/argument for a position you disagree with, and then arguing against that. That's why it's the opposite of strawmanning (i.e. arguing against a weak/inaccurate version of the opponent's view). One is an argument against a particularly generous framing, the other an argument against a particularly harsh framing.

Just restating a view in a way your opponent agrees with isn't quite that. That's not generous or harsh, it's just neutral.

To be fair, the shaft is typically mostly hairless, so unless you're going for the balls (which is appreciated obviously) it's not much of a factor. The pussy is under the bush, so if it isn't at least trimmed I'm gonna be getting a lot of hair in my teeth, which is not ideal.

Refusing to go down on trimmed bush is kinda wild, but refusing to go down on an untamed forest isn't all that unreasonable. It can be very distracting.

Neat, a yellow langolier

I'm a largeish dude, 6' 230lb. Sometimes I'll see a person that looks like a baby deer and wonder how we're the same species.

Door Dash customer service is trash. Used them one time, driver dropped off the wrong order, best that customer service could do was a partial refund as credit. Did a charge back through my bank and uninstalled the app.

It's not a matter of conflict, it's just not what the word means. The point of steelmanning is not to make sure you're talking about the same thing, it's to argue against the strongest version of the argument. Technically they don't even have to sign off on it, it's possible that they might not actually support the steelman version of their argument.

Yes, making sure you're talking about the same thing and not talking past each other is important in a debate, but that's not what steelmanning is.

Same. I nearly got sent to one of these when I was 14. Dodged a bullet

Oh shit we were supposed to get dressed?

"Christ, What an Asshole refers to a frequently used caption in parodies and remixes of comic strips, particularly the one-panel comics published by the New Yorker... The original blog posits that the phrase can be applied to any New Yorker cartoon, while others say it extends to just about any comic."

Christ, what an asshole

I think it depends on where you get your meat, eggs, and dairy.

A proper farm where the animals are kept safe, healthy, and happy for longer than they'd live in the wild, and in the case of meat killed quickly and painlessly? That could be considered morally okay.

Factory farms where they lead short, filthy miserable lives, constantly being bred to maximize milk production? Nah, that is not morally okay.