BeanisBrain

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Like if hitting a gold vein for your job was tangibly beneficial it'd be kinda sick.

Minecraft prepared us for this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

(she fucking hated me I don't know why every odd teacher has that issue with me)

Everyone I know had at least one teacher like that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 hours ago

My favorite example of this is the alchemist who accidentally discovered elemental phosphorous by repeatedly boiling his own piss

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 hours ago (7 children)

Yeah, I meet a lot of people who have no idea how an actual argument is structured or how to identify and address someone's underlying point.

One example that comes to mind from my own life is an argument with someone about "frivolous" science funding. I made the argument that it's hard to argue that a scientific project is frivolous when science is so often advanced by researchers finding something they weren't even looking for. I gave the example of Pavlov, who was just looking for ways to collect more dog saliva and accidentally discovered classical conditioning. But he fixated on my choice of example, simply said "Pavlov was an animal abuser" and completely ignored the actual point I was trying to make. Like, I don't even disagree with him about Pavlov, but my argument had nothing to do with whether Pavlov was a good person.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago

How the hell can liberals see shit like this and not realize how in the tank our media is for capital?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

Don't call it a comeback. I've been here for years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Late to the party, I realize, but this looks interesting. What's the gameplay like?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

I've done this too and I have no idea why.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Gives me Humblewood vibes. Speaking of which, I wouldn't mind playing that someday.

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