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It doesn't matter what is "straightforward", it matters what is true. Kirk was being criticised by Ms. Rachel, who used a section of Leviticus ("love thy neighbour") to push back o…

They’re going to keep ignoring these issues because the wrong people are pointing them out. The enemy must always be wrong. Tribalism is awful for societies. There’s a reason Russi…

The blind spot causing your confusion is that you “imagine none of this change under a new owner”. I’m almost flabbergasted by it. The owner decides the rules.

To be honest, I apologise if the following appears a bit terse; I’m just really frustrated with what you’ve said and this is the best I can describe why that’s the case (without wa…

> I quit social media many years ago and to answer the question: No, I just watch Youtube. If I could stop watching Youtube, I'm totally sure I'd finally be able to read books agai…

This is a very strong, explicit statement in response to someone using the term rather casually. Can you explain why you are so sure? I do think you need to define 'comprehension' …

I'm not so confident. TV use was higher in the 2000s than it was in the 1980s/1990s. TV viewing hours steadily rose from 1949 until finally peaking in 2010.[1] But when TV finally …

> I was surprised because I always considered them to be the worst physical medium for music. That's a big part of why they're cool. Imperfection is beautiful. We feel this intuiti…

Yes, it's absolutely the case for Lennon and McCartney, since they didn't give rough ideas to George Martin to fill in; they specifically wrote the exact melodies for half the inst…

Charli XCX was around before PC Music, but the sound she is known for and became famous for originated from PC Music. The fact that she delivered a bit of "minor popstar" cred to t…

The operative word was "rough". They give a few hints; they're not painstakingly mapping out the melodies and chords for every instrument and determining what those instruments are…

What you're saying is a very common "poptimist" trope of the last decade or two. To say that, actually, these vocalists are highly intelligent and largely responsible for their own…

I'm personally a little frustrated with these music theory answers. Trust me folks, these answers are nearly impossible for a non-musician to understand (and even as a musician it'…

> Chatbots [are] going to remain niche for quite some time. > iPhone immediately caught on like wild fire. > I'm not saying there won't be users, but it's a much smaller population…

Putting on a headset for the first time reminded me of using a computer for the first time. It was that paradigm-shifting. The frustrating thing is, back when computers were "silly…

No, there isn't some word for that. "Transphobia" is not the same as "damaging societal perceptions of transgender people". My colleague is transphobic. He hasn't damaged societal …

I do personally believe that Charlie Kirk has done some damage to societal perceptions of transgender people. With that said, the person asked how Charlie's quote could stoke viole…

> What evidence can you point to that supports this "most likely" assertion that isn't purely naturalistic fallacy? Reducing this to the naturalistic fallacy is inappropriate. Noti…

I think this is mixing up the mythology of Zuckerberg with the reality. There's no indication that he is exclusively or even primarily driven by money or power. Go watch any long-f…

I think you're seriously exaggerating here. I'm 5'3" and haven't needed to take 'drastic measures' to find women interested in me, both in real life and online. I would say that th…