LaughingLion [any, any]

tell him god works in mysterious ways and that all things are possible through jesus, like being able to accept transformative nature of gender that god made possible

dude is also failing at the mystery of the holy trinity

as someone who grew up catholic let me take this moment to laugh at evangelicals for being ignorant in their own faith once again (even though im not a believer anymore)

The fact that it didn’t refer to Taiwan by it’s real name, Chinese Taipei, is proof they have watered it down for western dinguses.

the risks of retaliation to south joseon is too great which is why every country should have nukes

another observation: its only a wealth symbol if you are white

be a black family with SIX kids and see how people judge your wealth

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Give it the character from a Chinese drama and it will almost certainly fail. Especially if the character is complicated, like they share two identities.

i dont disagree with any of that im just pointing out that the very specific criteria being used for using language arent met so far as we understand it yet by any nonhuman. i do think there is more promise in whales in and other related animals but we dont have the data yet to really fully confirm it. i think that may happen in our lifetime

i also am open to the possibility that both chomsky and his critics are right at the same time… that there is something unique about human beings and the way we use language and grammar and that animals like whales turn out to have a complex grammar (like fully formed language) of their own but it is entirely inhuman.

Yeah, the “universal grammar” aspect seems to have fallen apart. Other parts of his theory about humans being the only animal to demonstrate grammar still hold true. It’s not been demonstrated yet in any nonhuman animal (unfortunately, yes, even Koko).

I got VR during the early pandemic when I had a good remote job. There were a few games that hit hard, like Moss and The Climb, where it was implemented well and then there was Beat Saber. And guess what? The headset became a Beat Saber machine and that’s pretty much it. AI is kind of like that. It has become a machine to cheat on school work and to sex chatbot for most people, the only two things outside of translation that it does halfway decently.

crack is freebase cocaine and heavy coke users can often turn to crack to chase the rush, but not always. we view it differently in the usa due to racism.

around 2/3 of people who use cocaine will experience psychotic symptoms at some point. about 1 in 6 long term addicts will develop long a long term psychotic disorder.

i worked at a halfway house for many years. the real heavy coke heads pretty much all had mental health issues related to cocaine psychosis. like, some really serious mental health issues in some cases. permanent cognitive disability type stuff. changed how i viewed the drug

long term heavy use also destroys your heart in permanent ways

have fun with coke very sparingly, comrades. if you find you do it every weekend or during the week maybe take a long break and re-evaluate if you are becoming dependent. well, for any recreational drug for that matter.