He leaks secrets that remind him of the good times He leaks secrets that remind of the better times

Oh Petey boyyyyyy

Typical of American culture isn’t it? Just say bullshit loudly and confidently enough and attack anyone who questions you. Insult the other person. Never admit you’re wrong.

Y’all are becoming more Trumpian every day.

Ok… so why are we in “Late stage capitalism” now, and we weren’t in the 1930s? Things were way worse in the 1930s than now.

Perhaps there were some changes in economic policy that fixed the problems then? What reason do we have to believe the solutions that didn’t work in the past (ie. communism) will work now, and the solutions that actually did work in the past won’t work now?

So you agree that constant attacks on the media (the post above for example) and the political opposition to Trump (the many many attacks on the democrats we see everywhere) is being done by those indoctrinated by a fascist society?

Cognitive dissonance is when you spend all day attacking the exact same things the fascists attack and you think you’re not working for them.

“Late stage capitalism” is not a call to action, it’s a call to apathy. It’s used by monetized “socialist” influencers to give a permission structure for people to continue buying from their merch stores.

The logic is the failure of capitalism is inevitable so you don’t need to do anything. So you may as well buy some swag to signal to others that “you get it”. It’s the slogan of those that want to fall in line with the “socialist” aesthetic, without thinking about how socialism is just another thing packaged and sold in a capitalist system.

Are you a bot? Or just an American?

Instead of talking about the horrible things the fascists in power are doing, Americans across the board sit around complaining about the media and the Democrats. It’s not just that there’s fascists in power, USA has become a fascist society. There are the fascists that directly support Trump and a whole bunch of useful idiots that spend all day attacking any opposition to Trump while pretending to be against him.

You aren’t going to stop fascism by spending all of your time complaining about the media and complaining about the already decimated political opposition to Trump. That’s exactly what the fascists want you to be doing. It’s getting more and more difficult to tell the difference between MAGAs and Americans that are supposedly against Trump because y’all are complaining about the exact same things.

If you’ve been indoctrinated by fascist American culture you probably think it’s completely normal to constantly attack the free press at every opportunity.

I see articles about Iran on the the front pages of NYTimes, CNN, and even CBS News. Some have multiple articles and have Iran in their ticker.

This presswatchers.org site has one article about Iran on their front page. The article linked doesn’t do any actual journalism, and summarzes the work actual journalists have done.

Trump has been asked questions on Iran, but not by anyone at “presswatchers.org” which appears to be the personal blog of some guy called Dan Froomkin who doesn’t appear to be doing any actual journalism. He just sits around complaining about the news being too fact based and not having enough opinion in it.

Yeah, so have you dug into the stats to find out the percentage of those people that are dying from heart disease that are over 70?

Also what is considered an article about terrorism? If the NYT mentions 9/11 in one sentence in an article does that become an article about people dying of terrorism?

The methodology of gathering and compiling data in statistics is relevant, and that’s before we get into analysis.

As Mark Twain said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” This graph is likely way more biased than the implied accusation of bias leveled on the NYT could ever be.

Everyday I go on here and see people attacking the politcal opposition to the fascists, people creating distrust in the free press, and pushing for violence.

If you had any kind of education in politics, you’d understand who it is that’s creating the kind of atmosphere fascism thrives in.

Ideology is bullshit. Politics is primarily tribal, ideology is just a rationalization about why your tribe is better than the other tribe.

There are issues to be sure, but if you talk with someone about politics for 15 minutes you’ll usually find all kinds of ways their ideology is inconsistent and hypocritical… unless you consider that they’re just repeating the talking points their tribal leaders told them to say. The only consistency about politics is “my tribe good, other tribe is bad.”

This comic exemplifies that. There’s no actual issue being discussed, it’s just green vs. orange. You’re expected to agree with green, and hate orange. And have even more disdain for anyone that seeks compromise. Which green issues does the character agree with and which orange issues they agree with, there’s no discussion on any kind of issue. Unquestioning loyalty to the tribe is consider good, considering any ideas from outside of the tribe is considered bad.

It’s obvious to anyone outside the tribe how counterproductive it is to attack anyone that might consider ideas outside of the tribe. You cannot build a broad coalition needed to accomplish anything in this way. It’s so painfully obvious. Even as the other tribe grows it’s numbers by not being so judgemental, even as your tribe shrinks and is manipulated into helping the other tribe you don’t notice because you’ve been conditioned by the tribe to never question tribe.

So what are you saying about being a loyal member of your tribe? You’re just saying you don’t actually want to think about the issues, you certainly don’t want to discuss issues, and you don’t want to be effective. You only want to prove your status to the other narcissistic people in your shrinking tribe.

Having family members die of these things doesn’t make people aware heart disease exist? It’s only if it’s reported in the New York Times reports on it that makes people aware of things?

And no it’s not all that flashy when my grandfather dies of a heart attack at the age of 87. That’s part of your stats on the common causes of death, right? It’s sad for those that knew him, but do you expect a story about an octogenarian dying of a heart attack to make the front page of the NY Times? What would that accomplish more than an obituary stating people should give to a charity in lieu of flowers? Maybe with some more funding to medical research my grandfather could’ve lived to 88 or 89! But the damn NY Times decided it was more important to report on someone dying in the prime of their life instead of elderly people dying. Those insensitive bastards!

I’ve had various family members die from all of the most common things in the top 2/3 of the causes of death. It sucks. But I wouldn’t want there to be a story about it in the NY Times about it… because why would they do that?

They’re journalists not doctors, treating heart disease and cancer isn’t their jobs and it’s not all that interesting to write about.

To me finding the right dialog option or getting the right item just doesn’t cut it. In real life a lot depends on the head space both people are in and what’s going on in their lives when they’re talking with each other. You could have a max “score” with someone, but they’re kinda seeing someone or maybe you have a family emergency you need to deal with and things don’t work out. If you have characters that are just waiting for you to select the correct options and have nothing else going on in their lives, it’s all very flat and oversimplified.

Some things just don’t follow the rules of logic, or if they do, it’s too complicated to model mathematically. But maybe people would get value from an approximation of a cheesy romance novel? Not really sure what the goal is tho. Is it realistic encounters or something emulating something not at all realistic but some people enjoy anyway?

You’re not worried because other people are resisting them for you?

Romance isn’t the most logical thing, and a video game lives in a computer and kinda has to be logical.

So it’s either going to be some scripted events written by a human which the player doesn’t have control over, or it’ll be along the lines give item X to character Y, select dialog option B and now she loves you. The first doesn’t fit the medium and the second is a really terrible way to portray a relationship.

Maybe some LLM algorithms might portray romance better? But I don’t feel good about that. Don’t want to burn crazy amounts of electricity talking to a LLM character in a video game and the game would have to be online only, which means it cold be shut down at any time.

Even if we have the tech to have an LLM kind of algorithm that wouldn’t use too much power and could run locally, it would really suck if you couldn’t progress in a game because the LLM decided they don’t like you. So it would still be a side thing, and not important to the main story of a game.

LOL WHAT?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.upscrolled.app

Not surprising, Trump’s first wife who “fell down the stairs” is buried at one of his golf courses.