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https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/10/job-...
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Em dashes —once the sign of a sophisticated writer— were prominent in The New York Times.
Microsoft word would add them for you long before AI
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Particularly the victim had decided this. I don't know if he thought he'd be a victim of gun violence, or if it was an instance of "gun violence for thee, but not for me", but democracy is all about the tyranny of the majority.
This is exactly the problem with advocating for gun rights. If you can't think past the first-order consequences, you're not taking it seriously.
>I don’t know how to stop political violence in America. "sad young terminally online men" is not an American thing it's a global phenomenon yet America has something that most other countries don't. Simple as that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation... Not even mention this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_carry_in_the_United_State...
1: https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation...
>I don’t know how to stop political violence in America. "sad young terminally online men" is not an American thing it's a global phenomenon yet America has something that most other countries don't. Simple as that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation... Not even mention this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_carry_in_the_United_State...
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I don't think the founding fathers would see "You were born in America and are old enough? here ya go!" as what they intended.
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I don't think it would change at all. Look at creators on Youtube. The majority are clickbait and other crap, people trying to get money and/or influence. It doesn't require advertising by the platform. All it requires is the internet itself and nearly everyone on it. Ads might have accelerated things but the basic incentives are "more viewers = more money / influence", with or without ads. And those incentives event…
Creators on YouTube do it for monetization. There are now multiple generations of youths for which “influencer” is their desired career. If you make it, you make it big. They might pull in more money with sponsorships but they only got there because the algorithm put them at the top where the money is. Don’t believe me? Look up the woman who shot up google HQ when they demonetized her channel.
>I don’t know how to stop political violence in America. "sad young terminally online men" is not an American thing it's a global phenomenon yet America has something that most other countries don't. Simple as that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation... Not even mention this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_carry_in_the_United_State...
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AI might take my job in the next single digit years, so taking on liabilities seems foolish anyway.
The stuff about being told I’m evil for skin color or whatever doesn’t resonate much with me. Sure, I’ve heard it from fringe people, and I guess I could see how someone could get wrapped up in it, but it doesn’t really stick with me.
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Particularly the victim had decided this. I don't know if he thought he'd be a victim of gun violence, or if it was an instance of "gun violence for thee, but not for me", but democracy is all about the tyranny of the majority.
> I don't know if he thought he'd be a victim of gun violence This is exactly the problem with advocating for gun rights. If you can't think past the first-order consequences, you're not taking it seriously.