hackflip

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by hackflip 1y ago
Disagreeable people are insurance policies. When the group is right, they are a drag. When the group is wrong, they are necessary.
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by hackflip 2y ago
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
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by hackflip 2y ago
Censorship just needs to work well enough for the average person. The brightest people who can bypass the censorship will be labeled crazy conspiracy theorists.
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by hackflip 4y ago
The Devil you know
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by hackflip 4y ago
We need to stop blaming the pandemic for things that were caused by lockdowns. Young healthy people were forced to put their lives on hold for 2 years so that some 86 year olds would make it to 87.
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by hackflip 4y ago
If a company is going to discriminate against me, I want it done early, before both parties waste their time. Interviews are a two way street.
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by hackflip 4y ago
All else equal, yes.
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by hackflip 4y ago
"Let's lock down young healthy people's lives for 2 years so that the 86 year olds make it to 87"
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by hackflip 4y ago
My young healthy sister got myocarditis after her booster and had to be hospitalized. This is after successfully fighting off a covid infection months prior. I'm far from antivax, and have had 3 shots myself. But it's crazy that y
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by hackflip 4y ago
A vocal minority doesn't need to be very large to influence culture.
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by hackflip 4y ago
Evolution isn't paused
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by hackflip 4y ago
I've noticed a pattern in comedians who have a funny set but never make it big. They have a shtick that works, lean into it, then end up using it as a crutch. It doesn't scale to a funny second performance.
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by hackflip 4y ago
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
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by hackflip 4y ago
Almost all of science fiction is "what if aliens/robots did to us what we do to other animals".
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by hackflip 4y ago
The best friendships I've made in adulthood are mostly ex-coworkers.
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by hackflip 4y ago
In Calgary I've used a parking machine that asked for a lot number. That is on a sign as you enter the parking lot. As if this machine could not be programmed to already know which lot of was permanently installed in.
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by hackflip 4y ago
I'm always loading my bike/skis/etc into my car after a ride and forgetting to turn off Strava for the drive home.
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by hackflip 4y ago
Anecdotally I don't think my parents could learn to program at a hireable level in their 60s.
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by hackflip 5y ago
In a fairy tale nuclear disarmament would be great. But as long as any individual nation/dictator wants nukes, all nations will want nukes.
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by hackflip 5y ago
Older parents are good for financial health. Less so for biological health.
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by hackflip 5y ago
I think that a lot of people think this in theory, but in practice the "boiling frog" phenomenon prevents them from following through.
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by hackflip 5y ago
The 3rd calendar year into this this, I'm willing to make that sacrifice. Everyone who wants to be vaccinated is vaccinated. Young people will overwhelmingly be fine. The old should make sacrifices for the young, not the other way arou
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by hackflip 5y ago
Those in power will always conflate the two.
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by hackflip 5y ago
Should children have to sacrifice their development to protect adults? I always thought adults should be the ones making sacrifices for children, not the other way around.
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by hackflip 5y ago
Yes. But not everyone thinks like this.
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by hackflip 5y ago
Time and time again "crazy" conspiracy theorists end up being right.
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by hackflip 5y ago
If you have two kids, the first might be "youngest" for a couple of years and the second will be "youngest" for a lifetime.
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by hackflip 5y ago
Science is always up for discussion. A lot of people like making appeals to authority and calling that "science". I say this as someone who is vaccinated and encourages others to be so as well.
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by hackflip 5y ago
Is a pig the farm's customer when they "pay" with their flesh?
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by hackflip 5y ago
I don't think capitalism is good, I just think the alternatives are worse.

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