@nosleep QUICK TRICK
IF YOU WASH THE DISH/CUP/UTENSIL IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU FINISH USING IT, YOU WILL NEVER EVER EVER FOREVER EVER MORE HAVE TO DO DISHES
idk if anyone read my thread on the "Bungie is gigafucked" stuff a month or so ago. I regret to inform you that it has gotten even worse. I do not currently have the energy to TLDR it in detail anymore, but all you need to know is that when (not if, at this point) Bungie goes under and gets absorbed completely by Sony, it's probably going to be the biggest waste of developer talent the games industry has seen since the Respawn devs left CoD. And even that is a paltry comparison. its BAD
@merchantHelios@smugumin YEAH BUT THAT REPEATED EXEC PRESSURE AND THE RESULTS OF IT ARE WHAT DRIVES OLD DEVS OUT OF THE TEAM
I USED TO BE A BLIZZARD FANBOY SO IVE SEEN THIS SHIT HAPPEN YEAR BY YEAR
THERE IS NO SQUARING THE SCOPE/SCALE CIRCLE WITH SCI FI
YOU AT MOST HAVE TO HAVE PLANETS AS SPARSELY POPULATED, CITIES, SMALL COUNTRIES
BECAUSE THE PLANETARY SCALE IS ALREADY INCOMPREHENSIBLE
THERE'S NO NARRATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR "NOT JUST ONE KNOWN WORLD/EVERYTHING WE EVER KNOW, BUT A DOZEN EVERYTHING'S WE'VE EVER KNOWNS!"
WHICH IS WHY MOST SCI FI TURN EARTH INTO PLANETARY DC OR NYC AND OTHER PLANETS INTO PLANETARY CITIES AS WELL
SPACE VATICAN, SPACE TOMBSTONE AZ, SPACE FRANKFURT
BERNAYS FAMOUSLY SOLD PIANOS BY INVENTING THE FICTION OF A MUSIC ROOM IN HIGH STATUS HOME
THE IDEAL OF FREE MARKET CAPITALISM ASSUMES THE PARTICIPANTS ARE RATIONAL ACTORS LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR OWN SELF INTEREST, AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT BELIEVE OUR LYING EYES -- THERE CAN BE NO SUCH THING AS A MARKETING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE UTTERLY UNPROFITABLE TO KEEP AROUND
WHAT MARKETING CAN YOU DO TOWARD A RACE OF PERFECTLY RATIONAL AND SELF INTERESTED BEINGS BEYOND EXPLAINING THE QUALITIES OF A PRODUCT
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BUT IF BERNAYS CAN MANUFACTURE A DEMAND FOR SOMETHING PEOPLE DID NOT WANT, NEED, OR EVEN USE REALLY; THAT MEANS ECONOMIC CHOICES ARE NOT CONTINGENT ON RATIONAL SELF INTEREST BUT OTHER MORE HUMAN DRIVES AND WANTS AND FEARS THAT CAN BE HIJACKED TO MANUFACTURE DEMAND, AND TO MAKE PEOPLE ENGAGE IN ECONOMIC EXCHANGES THAT ARE TO THEIR RATIONAL SELF INTERESTED DETRIMENT
AND THE FREE MARKET DOESN'T JUST ALLOCATE RESOURCES PERFECTLY TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF MEN, BUT INSTEAD MANUFACTURES NEW AND NEWER AND NEWEST UNFULFILLED NEEDS THAT MEN ARE COMPELLED TO CHASE
@udongle@DrRyanSkelton@moffintosh ITS NOT THAT SOCIALISM FAILED TO CRITIQUE CAPITALISM, ITS THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN "AND THEREFORE" PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE THAT SOLVES THE ISSUES OUTLINED IN THE CRITIQUE
EVERYONE AND THEIR MOTHER WERE LOOKING AT THE TEN THOUSAND POUND GORILLA OF INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL WRECKING THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIAL ORDER, THINKING "WELL THAT AIN'T GOOD, CLEARLY THE NEW TECH IS CREATING PRESSURES TOWARD ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS, CHINESE OPIUM STYLE"
AND THEY PROPOSED SOLUTIONS OF DIFFERENT STRIPES
SCALED UP MEDIEVAL GUILDS, CLASS COLLABORATION, UTOPIANS WERE DOING THEIR RETARD SHIT IN AMERICA
THEN ALONG CAME KARL MARX AND STOLE A BIT FROM EVERYONE AND THEN SAID NO IM GONNA MAKE A SCIENCE OUT OF IT
AS WAS THE STYLE AT THE TIME
AND BASICALLY THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS MATERIAL CONDITIONS AND THE SOLUTION IS TO RABBLE ROUSE AND TRY TO SEIZE POWER UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE
IF THEY FAIL TO IMPROVE AS A RESULT THAT JUST MEANS YOU HADNT WRECKED ENOUGH SHIT
HEY ANIMAL MURDERERS LOOK AT THIS DELICIOUS IMITATION MEAT IM EATING YEAH IM A VEGAN SO UNLIKE YOU GUYS I DONT TORTURE AND MURDER ANIMALS TO CONSUME THEIR FLESH, I JUST EAT PLAYDOUGH THAT LOOKS LIKE IT AND ITS SO MUCH HEALTHIER AND BETTER FOR ME TOO, I CAN FEEL DUPONT CHEMICAL RED DYE #4 CROSSING THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER AS WE SPEAK!
“Free will” but you can’t choose to be good isn’t free will. If humans can’t choose to be blameless it’s not free will. If the failure for the test is eternal damnation then it’s not really love.
@blaaablaaaa@Griffith@BowsacNoodle BUT IF I HAD TO GUESS
AND I HAVE TO BECAUSE IM UNINTELLIGENT AND CANT KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT ABOUT THINGS I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
IF I HAD TO GUESS ID SAY THE CALVINIST GOD IS LOCATED IN TIME, HE DOESN'T TRANSCEND TIME LIKE THE REAL GOD
SO THE CALVINIST GOD HAS TO DO SOMETHING LIKE PREDICTIVE COMPUTING AND CHOOSE THE BEST OF POSSIBLE WORLDS, OR HE JUST ASSIGNS EACH PERSON THEIR FATE BEFORE CREATION AND THERE IS NO FREE WILL REALLY, EXCEPT WE AS LIMITED HUMANS CANT SEE CALVINIST GODS PREDICTIVE COMPUTING SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THERE IS EFFECTIVELY FREE WILL