Let's retain a sense of proportion here; it was $3.
Give me $3.
Readit NewsThis is insanity. Because one organization is suing another, citizens right to privacy is thrown right out the window?
You thought they weren't logging these before? I have a bridge to sell you.
One of the "justifications," should you desire to care for the Japanese POV, was explained this way:
We grew up in this small town all seeing each other naked; for outsiders to come in and disrupt their `normal`, would be disrespectful to their culture.
My native partner and I eventually found a large enough / open enough spa which allowed us both in without concern (we just had to travel more, which was fine/informative; and promise not to "be disrespectful" // fuck).
Definitely discrimination against non-Japanese might still be common in less-urban areas ... yet your "rewording" my comment to be Nazi-themed is (by your own perogative) just another unrelated confirmation of Godwin's Law.
> just another unrelated confirmation of Godwin's Law.
Yeah, I workshopped it with "Irish need not apply" but it just didn't hit the same.
What does this sort of wordplay ever add to any conversation? The topic is small towns in Japan, not a survey of Jewish complaints from 100 years ago.
Oh, sorry, are we supposed to respectfully inform someone why segregation is bad when they practically paraphrase the 14 words? I thought my wordplay got my point across pretty well, frankly.
Not every form of discrimination is the holocaust.
It is very important to not be extreme when dealing with human ignorance. For mild cases of discrimination, especially those coming from fear and ignorance, engaging in full confrontation is not necessarily the most effective strategy to reduce said discrimination. It might actually increase it.
Now if faced with hate speech, that's a much higher degree. That needs a different strategy to reduce it.
But unless you are looking at actual segregation and genocide, dropping a Nazi accusation is hardly constructive.
Holy projection, batman. I deliberately copied the comment verbatim and changed to an extreme example to demonstrate the problems with it.
Anyways, a "no whites" sign is definitely "actual segregation" and I'm not going to debate it or any apologia (which is what your comment is).
As a white American, I remember respecting the `NO WHITES` signs (as a people attempting to preserve their cultural identity, which I feel a nation is entitled)... even if it made finding a sauna to visit extremely difficult.
This was eighteen years ago, and I hope nothing has changed in Japan.
As a Jewish Hungarian, I remember respecting the `NEIN JUDE` signs (as a people attempting to preserve their cultural identity, which I feel a nation is entitled)... even if it made finding a shop to visit extremely difficult.
This was eighteen years ago, and I hope nothing has changed in Germany.
nearlyepic commented on Why aren't we losing our minds over the plastic in our brains? scientificamerican.com/ar... · Posted by u/mikhael
Yes? A world with no private ownership and no maximization of profits is still going to find that the functional properties of plastics make one of them the best material for a wide variety of use cases. If you need something lightweight, sturdy, and either transparent or easily moldable, there's really no other option.
You're missing the point - it's not whether plastic is the best material for a use case, it's about the cost/benefit analysis of using it. Think asbestos - really good at not catching fire, with the slight side effect of royally messing up your lungs.
Plastic is great for all the reasons you describe, but it's really hell on the environment. The thing that offsets that side effect is its cheapness, and that's majorly a function of capitalism/private land ownership/the general way the world is organized right now.
nearlyepic commented on I deleted my social media accounts asylumsquare.com/backstag... · Posted by u/joemanaco
Rather like minded nerds than fear mongering, fake, AI generated, influencer, 'look at how amazing my life is', 'buy this', new age spirituality 'let go of what doesn't serve you' narcissistic brainwashing the algo machines are pushing.
I like technology. I like making things I love and others can enjoy. I like when others make something they think is cool and love and enjoy and I can enjoy them too.
That's why this place is dope. I can't press 'Share' so that's not social media to me.
Plus I can have my name be FJsdkfhKFsdffflKJSHFl and nobody cares. I can just be me.
Kindness > *
HN, famously devoid of narcissistic personalities and 'look how amazing my life is' and 'buy this' posting
I must be missing something here, I haven't found anything about this relationship that is illegal. It's cozy, perhaps not the best way to go about things, but there's nothing in here of what they are doing that is in any way illegal. It doesn't even break regulations. I get that maybe the reporter is trying to draw a parallel between private corporations working with police departments, but I'm not seeing a problem.
You don't see a problem with one person donating millions of dollars to a police department?
Do they? Money is simply the accounting of debt. You do something for me, and when I can't immediately do something in return for you, you extend a loan to me so that I can make good on my side of the bargain later. If we record that I owe you something at some point in the future, we just created money!
But if I don't need anything from you — because, say, magical AIs are already giving me everything I could ever hope and dream of — I have no reason to become indebted to you. Money only matters in a world where: You want/need people to do things for you, they won't do something for you without a favour returned in kind, and you cannot immediately return the favour.
I really don't want to believe that people leading these huge corporations are dumb enough to actually think this, but at the same time I know better.