stembolts

Amelie's, Charlotte, NC. Used to go there all the time at night. 24/7 bakery, lounge, student study area.

The original building was torn down, which is sad, but I'll always have the memories.

Yes, similar to the web of trust, there exists a web of trust for people based on reputation. Journalistic integrity, openness, scrutiny; these are just a few of the things that go away when experts go away.

People who dedicate their lives to truth should be recognized as such, and those who lie should be recognized as well. Outsourcing your information gathering to "randoms" just means that you will be swayed by whoever can afford the best bot farm.

And if you think you are unswayable, you are the perfect target.

Follow those who express curiosity, welcome questioning, and conduct themselves in good faith. It's an iterative process, you don't have to resolve it in a day.

It is a great time saver, the confederate flag serves a similar purpose.

It says, "I can't wait to be disagreeable to you if you aren't on my team."

Occasionally I end up in the homes of one of these people, I keep to myself, keep everything professional and nothing more, yet they'll prod at you to try to figure out what you think, aka "Are you on my team or are you the enemy?" It's so exhausting. I just play dumb until I can get away.

Headphones are great for this.

I am kinda done with conversations where the respondee ignores everything said then repeats a baseless subjective response that obviously reflects their personal bias. You are only talking to yourself, there is no interaction occuring between you and I. Nonetheless I'll reply once more and provide you with more questions that you will give no thought to. Maybe share a SpongeBob meme this time, people like SpongeBob memes.

I am aware of no publicly enforceable policy on child rearing outside of social services, which is poorly funded. Are you able to define, globally, for all parents the definition of what causes a child to be raised "right"? It's rhetorical, of course you can't because no one can.

Bringing up the parents and playing "the blame game" is inevitably going to lead us to a discussion about social support programs to help struggling families. However to me your comments seem like lazy concern trolling, you are "greatly concerned" about the parents, yet I assume will oppose all programs to help make their childrearing easier.

So let's test my theory, since you are concerned about the parents involved, which social programs do you feel should be expanded in order to help those families?

But that is a bit of a hard question, I suggest ignoring everything I asked you and pasting a one-liner question, similar to how you replied to my previous comment. Lazy. Predictable. Boring.

I disagree. Setting aside my feelings on the policy, a behavior occurred, a policy was enacted, a behavior was changed. Making it objectively a policy issue.

Your desire for it not to be a policy issue seems to be the driving factor for why you don't think it's a policy issue. Seems like circular reasoning.

Maybe I'm missing something though, I'm open to elaboration on why curtailing misbehavior on public grounds with a policy is not a policy issue.

the words honestly are confusing. i can admit that. out of context "drag queen" would mean nothing to me either.

as i understand it, a drag queen is someone (usually a man?) who dresses up in flamboyant clothing of the opposite gender and takes on a character, like a stage identity, and everyone's stage identity is individual to themselves. from what I've seen, the stories behind a stage identity are often as interesting as the costumes themselves, which can be very intricate and eye catching.

drag queen competitions can feature singing, dancing, showmanship, acrobatics, comedy, and are a good time, check one out if you get a chance.

I must have been tired, not sure why I was aggressive, my bad.

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Nope, just relatively. Though how do you want to define consciousness could change my nope to a yes. It's all about the definition.

All I can see when I read this comment is a plaque to blind confidence. Don't take it the wrong way, I don't mean it as a wholly a bad thing.. maybe 90% bad, 10% admiration. Confidence is powerful, but it works best when paired with other traits.

..but back to the thread, unless you're involved in this topic at an academic level, can you explain the reasoning behind the confidence you appear to have in your perspective?

I didn't see what the family was compensated for the bracelet in the article. Would seem odd to me if there is zero compensation.

Another one bites the dust.

I admit it, I once assumed Elon was a genius.
(events happen)
Okay, not a genius, but a good businessman.
(events happen)
Okay, a bad businessman, a good PR person.
(events happen)
Okay, a bad PR person, but not a Nazi.
(events happen)
Well fuck, he's a Nazi supporting conspiracy theorist.

God damn, if I was that wrong about one person. I'm just gonna stop having opinions about famous people. It's all smoke and mirrors.

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