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mortivore

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    Comment #24442568

    > The wealthy are blamed for suppressing socially oriented thought. That's because they do.

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    Comment #24442426

    I'd be very interested to see your source on how this is supposed to be a joke.

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    Comment #24408222

    1. Technical topics that strike my interest. Thinking of expanding it to include other things I'm interested in. 2. Not enough. 3. Gastby.js and Netlify because it was easy to get …

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    Comment #24402878

    Yes, it does. Unless you subscribe to popular=objective, which I do. It is different now though. Looking at the past tells us that. It isn't like every other fact. There is a lot o…

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    Comment #24367874

    Considering I'm saying the mapping for an objective good is popularity it does. What definition of objective good are you using?

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    Comment #24367644

    Exactly. The culture is what determines good spelling.

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    Comment #24365578

    That proves the argument. "Thing" is only considered correct because the culture has decided it is correct. If it changes to the alternative you proposed, then that would be correc…

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    Comment #24365490

    Yes. The culture decided it was so, and therefore it was. The majority of the United States seems to think the Bill of Rights is good, and therefore it is. The majority of European…

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    Comment #24365038

    I would argue that if a majority of an audience says something is good (subjective to them), then that thing is good objectively. If something is popular, then it is good. Not to s…

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    Comment #24038014

    I've never been prejudiced, but I learned race existed in the 8th grade when a black kid called me racist for having not seen the movie Barbershop.

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    Comment #24037943

    Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Crunchyroll, HBO Now(considering dropping this), Audible(picked this back up for long walks during pandemic)

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    Comment #24029590

    Everything you said is either false or inapplicable.

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    Comment #24012944

    I agree with this. There's definitely way more available today, and in many more niche genres than there was available in the 70s and 80s. Arguably there is also a higher proportio…

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    Comment #24012667

    People still listen to Metallica's music, and their music still ends up in movies. I don't really think all new music is bad, just most of it. The same could be said for back in th…

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    Comment #24008308

    Tech salaries would be higher if unions were prevalent. Vue is going to beat out React and Angular. Anti-patterns are just patterns that some people don't like.

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    Comment #23835361

    "by people that were no smarter than you" You say that, but I don't think you know me.

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    Comment #23562616

    No, really enjoying the WFH. So much more productive, and communication is better. Plus, less stress than trying to work in a loud office environment.

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    Comment #23390692

    I do the same, but with Gatsby.js, and Namecheap.

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    Comment #23383051

    1. Pick a topic -> look into topic -> write about topic -> post topic -> revise as I feel like it Internet is an interesting medium because once it's out there, it's not really out…

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    Comment #23379151

    Fun, money, and work/life balance.

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    Comment #23379121

    Wheel of Time, and JoJo Part 2. A few other things, but not focusing on them rn.

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    Comment #23336799

    gatsby.js, github, netlify

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    Comment #23237207

    Was it ever mainstream in the sense of non-techy people using it?