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Cake day: August 7th, 2023

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  • The Titantic was designed to stay afloat long enough to allow everyone to disembark in cohorts on life boats to rescue boats and send the lifeboats back for the rest- it was never intended to fit everyone on lifeboats all at once.

    It was that a mix of how telephone operators made more money off personal telegrams than ice warnings, and didnt relay the messages, and how nearby possible rescue ships had gone to bed and turned off their radios meant this process didn’t get executed, and how because the iceberg hit the ship, essentially creating a large gash the entire length of the ship, causing the flotation bulwarks to be breached, which is a very rare occurrence, caused so much death.

    In Tesla’s case, that much aforethought hasn’t been taken.



  • I have a 15+ year resume in my field and I struggled to find a job this year. It’s not because of you that finding a job is hard. It’s that job sites are like dating sites: the majority of posts are fake. You should decide on what kind of job you want and approach recruiters in that field - even with, maybe especially with, your requirements, they’ll be able to help you better than clicking auto-apply on LinkedIn.





  • It’s a response to a meme going around of a white guy holding up a sign with the text “We can disagree and still be friends.” People are pointing out that the moment Trump got elected the two main right wing “jokes” that happened were school girls being told “your body my choice” and black people being sent anonymous texts telling them plantations were about to kidnap them for cotton picking.







  • it can be both. who wouldn’t want, at least for a while, inurement from financial consequences. And those that have it also still want to retain it. Mimetic desire or not, it is still desired by those who have or have not.

    The only reason to frame not wanting to suffer as bad is if you want to inflict that suffering