Encromion

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[–] Encromion 2 points 1 year ago

Greaaaat choice. Great collab too.

[–] Encromion 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Relatedly, where are memories stored? How can we have flashes of memory from decades ago? Why can we not access certain memories until something traumatic or triggering happens and then it comes flooding back? Why do smells trigger memory?

There's....a lot...we don't know about the brain, wow.

[–] Encromion 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And privacy rollbacks through the disasterous patriot act! In reality it was a longstanding wishlist of cop and law enforcement intrusions on the populace that would never otherwise have been enacted. Warrantless searches and wiretaps! Intrusive scans! Data sharing leading to leakage and being prosecuted for crimes unrelated to the warrant!

The passage of the patriot act is the reason that, in my heart of hearts, I can't completely dismiss 9/11 conspiracy theories. 96% I can, but 4% I look at the patriot act and the wars and I go "hmmm".

[–] Encromion 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You're right that poverty is the root cause of crime and violence, but I think you're missing the point that OP was trying to make. Why does crime get worse or get better during any given week or month? Even if it's because maybe a factory shuts down and more people are out of work (for example, though I daresay that this leads to petty theft and not violence), it seems nobody's really able to predict these trends on a macro scale.

[–] Encromion 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Counterpoint, capitalism has existed for only a few hundred years and yet hunter gatherer societies by and large faded out a few thousand years ago. I'm not saying there's a magic bullet solution here and/or we should revert to feudalism. But you didn't make the point you thought you were making.

[–] Encromion 1 points 1 year ago

It's Martin. I like 'em but I get it. He's singing in their latest single Manhattan, and except his song on Screen Violence (or love is dead lol I forget) I mostly skip them as well.

[–] Encromion 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I haven't found Gale either lol. I thought maybe it was random.

[–] Encromion 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Heyimatthemallcomegetmebythefoodcourt" is my one word. It's what you would use as your name when using 1-800-collect.

[–] Encromion 5 points 1 year ago

+1 for not bouncing off the folks on the edge like they're the ropes of a WWE ring. I'm always on the edge cause I'm bigger but don't mosh much and at some shows the people are just the worst (paledusk fans you're the worst).

[–] Encromion 1 points 1 year ago

I feel the opposite, heh. I feel like it's a fun gimmick that'll make things too disjointed and hard to follow. But i bet it'll last until the end of the second act, or middle of the third, and they'll get their powers back just in time to fuck up the big bad.

[–] Encromion 6 points 1 year ago

Dang I live in the suburbs. I can go to football games, play d&d, go to concerts, hang out at brewpubs, etc. The same things other Americans do to amuse themselves :)

Plus I can go rock climbing, boating on thousands of different lakes, canoeing for days, camping, hunting, stargazing, etc. It's an amazing place to live.

[–] Encromion 2 points 1 year ago

+1 for Minnesota, the sanest state in the Midwest.

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