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xmunk

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  • How might you address the "No such thing as bad press" issue in criticism?

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  • I don't believe so. I think they're separate considerations.

    I think that Colbert's decision to not say Trump's name for a long time was a good one - I think that Trump in particular is narcissistic enough to be wounded by silence. However, even when he wasn't president there were some things he was doing (like proclaiming the innocence of Jan 6 insurrectionists) that we needed to call out and have attention on - but his opinions on random shit didn't need to be heard.

    Now that he's president we need to listen and hold him accountable when he speaks. Unfortunately some dickwads reelected him so he's in the middle of the spotlight regardless, so we should closely examine his bullshit (i.e. when he said "I will own Gaza" - the media should be hounding him over that shit).

  • What's something you enjoy eating that other people think is super weird?

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  • I really enjoy creamy chicken pot pie with white vinegar on top. I also enjoy sauerkraut on my tuna melts...

    I like acid.

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  • Create a torrent file named RockyHorrorPictureShow_Outtakes_TaylorSwift and release it to the internet.

  • How might you address the "No such thing as bad press" issue in criticism?

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  • If bad shit is unobserved and unpunished it has no cost and will be normalized faster.

    Our problem right now is that people shake their fingers at Trump but he never actually pays any consequences - if bad actors are forced to pay for their damage we can discourage repeats from them and, if we publicize it, others.

    Also, all but the dumbest marketers know that some news is directly damaging - it's just that some things you might think are damaging aren't. As an example, a wardrobe malfunction in the middle of a live commercial Ala Janet Jackson isn't going to cause brand damage because it's not actually a negative association...

    Similarly, while Toyota needed to complain about the use of Hiluxes in the Chad-Libiyan border war because embracing it would implicate them in human rights abuses... The Great Toyota War was excellent PR for Toyota by both getting their name out there indirectly and by proving how fucking indestructible those fuckers are.

    So I'd probably say that the premise of that statement is just false but is instead highlighting that a lot of things called "bad press" actually aren't.

  • What's the most peculiar unexpected visitor (or "pest") that wound up in your home?

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  • I briefly subletted a room in a party house...

    A drunk dude passed out on the toilet I discovered while trying to go and get a shower.

  • What do you think of Jamie Oliver and the recipes he makes ?

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  • I think his recipe game is weak enough that I'd just suggest improvising instead - just throw some shit together with some spices and enjoy.

  • Since America's namesake Amerigo Vespucci was an immigrant, what should the United States of America be renamed to? (no wrong answers)

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  • Hey now - why go with Lee when you could go with Forrest and celebrate the first leader of the KKK.

    Also, much better statutes.

  • Sen. Collins to vote for RFK Jr., Trump's pick to lead health agency

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  • She strongly considered not voting to confirm him and then she remembered there were no consequences if she did vote to confirm him and everytime she flip flopped she raised massive campaign donations.

  • SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Congress to kick Elon Musk out of our government.

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  • The Working Families Party is actually a really old party that's quite prominent in NY but vanishingly rare outside New England.

  • Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Will Not Be Made Public

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  • There is no jury in America that'd convict a Musk-oriented Luigi.

  • The government doesn't use SQL

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  • The best decision that nazis ever made was not to indiscriminately purge the military and bureaucracy. Purges certainly did happen but they were focused on the political class and very targeted elsewhere.

    They kept the systems people depended on running well to not immediately create massive public backlash... they also got lucky as hell. The military and populace were deeply bitter after WW1 and they leveraged grand gestures to great effect while changing relatively little administratively. The fucks in the US are making flaccid grand gestures while tearing down systems people actually depend on.

  • how can i make my brain stop deleting whatever i study for an exam

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  • You're studying wrong.

    I've got no suggestion on how to study correctly as we all learn in different ways but whatever you're doing now clearly isn't working.

    As an example, I've got ADHD and I learn through doing. I could spend eight hours miserably staring at text books and retain nothing... but if I instead study by constructing or finding an applicable problem and struggle through solving it I'll retain quite a bit.

  • unsafeCode

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  • Just to clarify. It is defined behavior - there's plenty of undefined behavior in C but that ain't one of them.

  • 10000 line PR? LGTM, lol

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  • Also, Python: Please rewrite your multi-line lambdas into tuples of logic statements that you pick the last one of.

    Satan has a firm grip.

  • Another smart move

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  • Your argument isn't making me any happier - it just fills me with more rage.

  • Another smart move

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  • Hey now, you know that according to the Bible the biggest number is a million. Anything larger than that including infinity is some of that "woke shit".

    Your array will be 999,999, 999,998, 999,997 ...

  • How can one describe centrifugal gravity present in an O'Neill cylinder space habitat to someone incapable of understanding "centrifugal gravity" as a concept?

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  • Hey now - any directional system not making use of Turnwise and Widdershins is one I want no part of.

  • The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.

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  • It's never too late.

  • Could the Supreme Court use a Writ of Outlawry to Rein in a Rogue President?

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  • That limit was added while Biden was president likely to specifically limit him. I suspect (though we will need to see) that SCOTUS will not limit any presidential actions.