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Observer01 3 points ago +3 / -0

They actually retconned that and his name is actually Tolkien Black and you were just a racist for thinking it was token. There is an episode about how Stan is an evil racist for thinking his name was Token.

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Observer01 19 points ago +20 / -1

Someone should tweet at Elon he should buy SyFy and rebrand it back to SciFi and make good SciFi shows and movies again. It has a good back catalogue I'd imagine so you could roll it into a dedicated SciFi series. I think this would be important because it would help inspire the younger generation with good SciFi stories that aren't fantasy based nonsense. Elon has said we need more engineers and cultural propaganda is important in the creation of them.

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Observer01 9 points ago +9 / -0

I think it could be saved but I also think that they intentionally drove cable into the ground. One could make an argument that the tracking and analytics received from online streaming these channels via YouTubeTV, Fubo etc are more valuable to them than traditional cable. This is because of the detailed data mining done on their own ecosystems. There has to be something more to it Scully!. Takes off tin foil hat.

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Observer01 7 points ago +7 / -0

One could make an argument for similarities to the Nixon v Kennedy debate in the way it may have forever altered how politicians run their campaigns.

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Observer01 10 points ago +10 / -0

I’m forced to look for a motive, and privacy and control concerns is exactly where I end up.

I don't like trading that for the promises of AI. I've come to the same conclusion and AI just spells more data mining and monitoring of everything you do with an AI equipped program or hardware.

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Observer01 25 points ago +26 / -1

Will there be any just browsers left in another 10 years? Same question for any software on a computer. Or is everything going to have AI shoved into it in some form or another.

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Observer01 45 points ago +45 / -0

I remember when there was that big pro-vaccine push on reddit years back before Covid started. They would often have posts about how dumb anti-vaxxers were and look at me posts about people who just got vaccinated. I was skeptical of it back then and given the MO of the powers that be I wouldn't be surprised if vaccines do indeed cause autism.

I'm sure you could make an argument that some don't but the number of vaccines given has inflated over the years to the point of absurdity. I for one am happy with my choices regarding vaccines and it seems that position is vindicated more and more as time goes by. I'm almost at the point where I feel that all vaccines are bogus in some form or another.

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Observer01 15 points ago +16 / -1

Happy Fourth of July! May God bless These United States. And fuck the commies.

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Observer01 11 points ago +11 / -0

You often come across as pretty spergy.

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Observer01 28 points ago +28 / -0

They are dying. Their cultural force is losing its oomph so they are trying to claw back some power. I personally don't believe they've stolen anything. They are just trying to dirty the terms. It only works if you let them and take the weaker position of just giving them these terms.

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Observer01 6 points ago +6 / -0

Maybe there's a psychological aspect to language that humans evolved with that allows this to work

From my research there is actually some evidence that speaking prayers in Latin elicits similar effects as doing breathework (Pranayama) does. The words and their cadence can connect you with the divine. And this is all related to how you are breathing when reciting in Latin. The power of the human breathe is really fascinating to study. James Nestor wrote a book called Breath and it is a good introduction into the power of conscious breathing.

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Observer01 16 points ago +16 / -0

But are they all the same Mass if they are all in different languages? The Latin Mass gives the Church a unifying feature that no matter where in the world you are you will hear the same.

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Observer01 11 points ago +11 / -0

Makes sense, we've needed another mod for a long time. Especially since Dom only shows up once a week or less.

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Observer01 13 points ago +13 / -0

Or start reporting the user to the Admins who have more tools at their disposal to take care of this guy. Pretty sure all a Mod can do here is ban each new account the guy creates.

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Observer01 13 points ago +13 / -0

A few years back I went into the city to check out a food truck. While I was there I saw this lady with a baby in a baby swaddle. I looked a little closer and it was a baby yoda I kid you not. I started talking loudly about it to my friend questioning the sanity of the world while in the line.

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Observer01 8 points ago +8 / -0

Sounds like he is describing Management Games. Which is a very large umbrella term that includes many other genres/sub genres of games.

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Observer01 10 points ago +10 / -0

He is pretty good from what I've seen of his videos actually.