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VulcanTourist

@VulcanTourist@mastodon.social

Founder of the Society of Insouciant Candor.

Displaced secular humanist Vulcan with a hatred of self-delusion, tribalism, and selfishness. Promoter of democratic socialism as an unobtainable ideal. FULLY independent (non-tribalistic) thinker: don't expect me to defend or support you merely because you profess liberal ethics if you fail to demonstrate them. Ad hominem is NEVER acceptable.

Twice gifted; autism, ADHD, OCD traits. Agnostic atheist. #Autism #ADHD #AuDHD #OCD #HSP #Mensa

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GottaLaff, to Texas
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Via Everytown's Max Steele:

This is the exact rhetoric of the El Paso shooter.

Lt. Gov. : "This is an invasion from third world countries. They're coming here with health issues, they're uneducated, unemployed, and all they do is commit crime on the streets."

VulcanTourist,
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@Npars01 @GottaLaff

This describes the origin of his corruption.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/29/donald-trump-americans-us-culture-republican

cpoliticditto, to random

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    VulcanTourist,
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    @accretionist @cpoliticditto

    > the kind of people you want to lead, they don't want anything to do with that grief. while the kind of people you don't want, the lowest of characters, are often attracted to the idea of being a politician

    In the past I've proposed an electoral process that would completely prevent the rotten eggs from having advantage, but no one cares and it will never happen.

    donni, to random
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    Don’t worry, the right person is out there. Thousands of light years away. A tiny alien who loves you

    VulcanTourist,
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    @donni

    Nope, she's right here behind my left shoulder, big enough to occupy a chair.

    DrALJONES, (edited ) to Palestine
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    VulcanTourist,
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    @DrALJONES

    Those quoted sentences weren't written by someone who could rightfully claim to be either a professionally trained writer or a historian. Anyone paying for collegiate instruction sourced from such material is being defrauded.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @DrALJONES

    If only others would "check up" on unfamiliar sources to test or confirm motive, as you did me after my comment! Social media would be a much safer and saner place, I think.

    I got followed today by another account that was (to me) clearly fake, but 183 others had been duped into following it. This has been happening much more routinely at "that other social network" for some months now, and increasing. Soon it won't be practical to merely let that account senesce gracefully.

    dangillmor, to random
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    Not the Onion: He's chagrined that his "passive income" will be ONLY $230,000 this year. Poor baby. https://www.financialsamurai.com/no-longer-financially-independent-blew-up-my-passive-income/

    VulcanTourist,
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    @dangillmor

    A rent-seeker. Disgusting. His dream is to actively exploit and disadvantage others while calling it "passive" income.

    petersuber, to academia

    "Following the controlled demolition of Al-Israa University, Israeli army footage of which was widely shared on social media, every single higher education institution in is believed to have either been destroyed or severely damaged since the invasion began."
    https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academia-gaza-has-been-destroyed-israeli-educide
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    @academicchatter

    VulcanTourist,
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    @petersuber @academicchatter

    Them damned whippersnapper students, they're always a hotbed of dissent. Gotta go!

    VulcanTourist, to random
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    This is very VERY important. Read to the end.

    https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/jan/28/us-historians-sign-brief-to-support-colorados-removal-of-trump-from-ballot

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Yet Flopsweat McBoneSpurs has millions of supporters, including GOP Fascist Party Congress members.

    Via Andrew Weissmann:

    The rap sheet:

    Liable for sexual assault
    Liable for defamation x2 (>$80M)
    Liable for fraud- amount TBD
    Trump Org criminally guilty of multi-year tax fraud
    4 grand jury indictments/91 felony counts- pending

    VulcanTourist, (edited )
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    @GottaLaff

    Victims of bone spurs should not be made light of in this fashion, any more than victims of Down's or Fragile X syndromes should be made light of as retarded.

    I have bone spurs lining my jaw and neck. I had little choice in their formation, not much more than did someone born with Down's.

    Please pick a dehumanizing slur for Trump that is less carelessly cruel to innocents. English offers no shortage of dehumanizing slurs.

    VulcanTourist, to random
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    One need look no further than the simple existence of the MAGA movement as evidence of a caste system in the United States, one that may favor the exploitation of race but doesn't shy away from exploiting any skin color that happens to fall within its crosshairs. Racism is merely one result of classism and caste, but not the only one.

    evelynefoerster, to nature
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    Autumn is like a tree's party where they all throw their leaves in the air and yell 'Woo-hoo!'
    Der Herbst ist wie ein Fest der Bäume, bei dem sie alle ihre Blätter in die Luft werfen und "Juhu" rufen.

    Oben im Bild einen sehr farbigen Herbstwald mit rote, gelbe, orange und grüne Blätter an den Bäumen, unten im Bild stehen noch Bäume mit grüne Blätter At the top of the picture a very colorful autumn forest with red, yellow, orange and green leaves on the trees, at the bottom of the picture there are still trees with green leaves

    VulcanTourist,
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    @evelynefoerster

    No, it's exactly the opposite of a party FOR THE TREES: it's a desperate tactic to reduce their caloric expenditure and level of activity in an attempt to survive in an environment that is hostile to their existence for months at a time. It's foliar hibernation comparable the hibernation of animals, executed for the same reason.

    I find it offensive to mischaracterize this for selfish emotional benefit of humans.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @evelynefoerster

    > They have been doing this since existing...

    Well, no. The very fact that it's an adaptation makes obvious that their existence at one point was not threatened by a climate extreme. The continents changed, glaciers came and went, ocean currents shifted, and everything had to adapt. But when they first came into being it was because conditions were ideal for their existence.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @evelynefoerster

    Example: AUTISM.

    At worst in aggregate it's neutral to survival, which is why it's persisted for millennia. It's not just neutral to survival, though; it confers considerable strengths in its best per-mutations.

    None of which really relates to my original observation and complaint. I never favor emotions, much less human emotion, in descriptions like that. It wasn't being terribly honest, even though I understand the good intent. I dislike being manipulated to feel good.

    GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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    VulcanTourist,
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    @GottaLaff

    "Call me a tool without calling me a tool, why dontcha?" pout

    mathowie, to random
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    you might think I’m a shill for Big Leaf, but autumn in Oregon really does look this amazing

    Multnomah Falls in full Fall color
    Multnomah Falls in full Fall color
    Multnomah Falls in full Fall color

    VulcanTourist,
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    @mathowie

    I hope that you are a shill for Big Leaf.

    cabel, (edited ) to random
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    ✨ It’s true. I’ve been working on this blog post for ten years.

    You see, I’ve been slowly buying up nearly seventy super rare issues of a 80s/90s gadget catalog that meant the world to me growing up. And in the process, I’ve uncovered the secret history of this lost copywriting art.

    PLUS, as a bonus, I’ve scanned every single issue — so you can read them all.

    I hope you enjoy: https://cabel.com/2023/11/06/dak-and-the-golden-age-of-gadget-catalogs/

    VulcanTourist,
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    @cabel

    I bought from that catalog at one time. I probably still have what I bought.

    georgetakei, to random

    Speaker Mike Johnson claims he hasn’t had a qualifying bank account or financial asset to disclose since 2016. That would seem rather incredible, given that he has a mortgage and is in the top 12 percent of income earners. His excuse? “I am a man of modest means.” Sorry, no. That’s not an answer, Mike. Where did all the funds go?

    VulcanTourist,
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    @georgetakei

    Check his mattress. You know, the one that is suspiciously thicker than any Simmons mattress ever made.

    GrimmReality, to random
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    Time is arbitrary wank and I, for one, refuse to recognize its capricious overlordship.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @GrimmReality

    I miss the breakfast burritos that I once got from a truck every morning on Santa Monica Blvd. when I worked there (Quarterdeck) in the Nineties. I've never had a comparable breakfast burrito since. Maybe that truck has an app now and will deliver long distance?

    MaJ1, to random

    Right Peeps, this squirrel is shagged! So off to bed to read some more on ASD .

    Shout out to @VulcanTourist , you can come out now , peace brother! 🫶

    Shout out to the overnight peeps too, have a great day you lot 😁

    , sleep tight & remember bedbugs love a cuddle at night 😜

    😊🫶🐿️🖖

    VulcanTourist,
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    @HistoPol @MaJ1

    In spite of their fame and success, I think I still have license to disagree with Grandin or Vermeulen. My life experience has been that it's trivially easy for me to learn new things, apparently much easier than for neurotypical people. I'm a so-called "quick study".

    I didn't exploit that in life, no more than I succeeded in exploiting any of my other strengths, but it's nevertheless true for me and contrary to what Grandin says of herself. Not a good generalization.

    VulcanTourist, (edited )
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    @HistoPol @MaJ1

    When I was younger and still prone to making attempts to socialize, I had an unconscious habit of seeking out the odd and the outliers (of a sort). It seems I prefer my friends as I prefer humor: full of surprises that can catch me off guard.

    Neurotypical people generally lack the ability to do that. They're boring and predictable.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @HistoPol @MaJ1

    It applies best to pragmatic things and visual and spatial challenges, perhaps. I don't know that it has any specific limits. It's reined-in somewhat by a diagnosed memory deficit that ultimately doomed me to being a jack-of-all-trades because I can't rote-memorize well enough to specialize... in ANYTHING.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @HistoPol @MaJ1

    Dirty Harry was a wise dude: "A man has got to know his limitations." 😃

    VulcanTourist,
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    @HistoPol @MaJ1

    I suspect that I might have developed 98th-percentile fluid IQ rather than being born with it, as a result and remediation of that memory deficit, which did come factory-installed.

    You discount the value of rote memorization. It's the ONLY thing that allows people of average intelligence to function as specialists in any role, and that specialization is generally essential to occupational success in this age. Had I been born in 1501, I'd have been highly valued.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @HistoPol @MaJ1

    I'm a Mensa member, n'est-ce pas? I've been "diagnosed" to have a fluid IQ that exceeds that of 98% or more of the population. The last time I was tested (WAIS-III), it was explained to me that my memory deficit affected the result and that, in the absence of that memory issue, the result would likely have been higher, so my true IQ might be greater than 98th percentile. Remember, I said that I suspect that my IQ was a compensation for poor memory, but it's affected by it.

    VulcanTourist,
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    @HistoPol @FrightenedRat @MaJ1

    Ya know, if this IWT was really that perfectly descriptive of autism, I would have heard about it in the last decade. Other AuDHD people in my sphere would have mentioned it. Articles about it would have knocked on my eyelids. It would have been discussed in the autism support group. None of that happened.

    Instead, this discussion is the very first that I'm hearing of it.

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