HandwovenConsensus

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[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai and Disco Elysium. Yeah, I could see that.

Anyone know what the game in the original meme is?

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

But it's redundant in that sentence because it began with "at."

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've seen some in the US that run slowly until you get close. I guess they think that if it was stopped completely, people would assume it's non-operational.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Well, to be fair, he probably came up with it after hearing about Israel's Iron Dome. So he might've meant something like that. Or he might think it's a literal dome. Who can say with Trump.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Those are pretty awesome! Thanks, I think I can get a lot of benefit from them.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My preschool teacher called it "sky juice."

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's actually speculated to be the case with the word "bear." There was a superstition that saying its true name might summon it.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

It's only anime if it's made in the Anime Prefecture of Japan. Otherwise, it's just sparkling cartoons.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now you have "fantasy isekai with a protagonist that's so overpowered it removes all conflict or stakes from the story."

I seriously don't get the appeal. I know it's wish-fulfillment, but can't our wish-fulfillment include overcoming challenges?

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago (9 children)

This is what I never understood. The principle of respecting the autonomy of other cultures is good imo, but what "cultural contamination" could be worse than the total extinction of the civilization you're trying to protect?

Applying the Prime Directive in such extreme circumstances turns it from an anti-imperialist ideal to a Social Darwinist one.

[–] HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee -1 points 2 years ago

I think it's fine to acknowledge the unfortunate truth that autistic people have to live in a society designed around the needs of people who are unlike them in important ways. Saying so shouldn't diminish their responsibility to try to function in society as best they can despite this challenge.

To an extent, it's a matter of perspective. We can easily conceive of a society where the things that "normal" people do are considered alien and jarring. If they had to constantly suppress their fundamental nature the way autistic people do, they might not seem so natural and healthy.

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