u/SamBeastie

I am willing to rely on that because the entire thing is fragile even the way we did it pre-internet, except the health outcomes were worse and it was easier to make a human error and accidentally kill yourself.

And no, not a business decision first. The quality of life improvement has been absolutely massive. I wear sensors that can alert my emergency contacts if I get into a dangerous situation, I send data back to my doctor that can be analyzed and acted on in our quarterly appointments. I dont even pay a subscription, the web component is such a big part of the ideal function.

If you ever had to live with a chronic illness, and the management of said illness was massively improved by having modern tech on it, you wouldn't be dismissive of the need to keep the internet around.

Unless you'd be cool sacrificing a significant minority of the population just because you didnt wsnt to spend the long term effort to fight back against the bad stuff while holding onto the good stuff.

Just intellectual laziness and moral torpor.

Shit take.

I used to think like this. And then I realized I wouldn't accept "one of the good ones," the "poison skittle" analogy, or collective responsibility based on immutable(ish) characteristics in any other context. And I haven't accepted it in other contexts. I got a "credit to your race" comment from someone a single time and never saw them again. I like to stay logically consistent. So I simply reject the idea that anyone needs to put up with being talked about this way. And I certainly reject excusing casual bigotry.

There is a difference between venting about bad men and venting that men are bad. We're adults. Start acting like it. Use the words to say what you actually mean. Turns out that for decent people, the words we say and the order we say them in fucking matter.

After 10 years interacting with Men's Lib I'm sick of acting like it's okay. It is not okay. And if any younger guys are reading this wondering if they should push back on the bigotry, just know that the kind of discomfort that precedes growth is not the same discomfort you feel when you're being talked down to despite doing nothing wrong. You're allowed to stand up for yourself, even if it's against a woman. Even if she's right about bad men. You do not need to just sit there and take it. Because there are people out there who have the maturity to critique the system without spitting in your face while they do it. Find those people.

So let's get this 2012 Tumblr ass idea out of here and update our mental model to something that's actually going to create durable alliances, and not just score us brownie points on social media.

Right? I loved that my players used the negative space on the map to figure out there was a secret entrance behind the statue. That shows engagement, doesn't it?

Well thats just a failure of imagination. Arrays and focusing lenses can enable you to do a lot with only a few watts

Real shit? Go get a vapcap. Same concept but makes you look less like a crackhead.

They hit like a freight train too, and if you obey the click, you won't accidentally combust.