No.12851
>>12850That makes the most vile coffee imaginable but it gives me such a rush I can’t help but keep drinking it. I love that thing.
t.sipping on a cup right now
No.12853
>>12851I was going to delete that post to add a picture, but I'll leave it. Responses to deleted posts have a line through them and that agitates my autism.
The
bialetti brewer makes strong coffee compared to the drip method. A lot stronger. I prefer it, but because the K-cups are faster I just use those 95% of the time.
No.12854 KONTRA
>>12853And there is the added drawback that you can’t use it with a modern induction-based stove.
The only way I can use this thing is by using an “adapter” for the induction stove. (I put a frying pan under the coffee maker and have that transmit the heat.)
No.12856
>>12854>a modern induction-based stoveI hated my induction stove. Had to rock frying pans back and forth to get the thing to click on. That was in Florida. Now that I'm back up north, I cook with gas. As God intended.
No.12862 KONTRA
>>12860
I assume our equivalent of the Keurig is some midwit Nescafé machine. Just because we don't have le brand, it doesn't mean the market segment is missing from the continent.
No.12865
https://youtu.be/D51EO74Qz6s?si=sPZjfA9bLUrW6MWaThis French cartoon series from 1982 predicts the future accurately. Topo accurately! How could they do this? How could they know in 1982 when everything was still fine what would be happening today?
No.12882 KONTRA
I cast my vote. And will do so again soon. A second round of voting is to be expected.
>>12881Munamies (Egg man) sends his blessings. Thank you for your service.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnwSeQKkyiE(I'm so sorry you had to see this.)
No.12884
>>12882So many choices. We only get two. Will your guy(or gal) win? Do you have a fallback choice?
>(I'm so sorry you had to see this.)The uploader tried to warn me- not fit for US eyes. I would not be deterred.
No.12885 KONTRA
>>12884>So many choices. We only get two. Will your guy(or gal) win? Do you have a fallback choice? Many choices indeed. The president is more of a figurehead so they can gain a lot of votes cross party lines given that they're solid. My candidate might make it to the next round, remains to be seen. In the case that they don't, there's still decent options in the ones that could make it to the second round based on polls.
Also interestingly the picture you posted is missing number five, which is the "Finns Party" (/ "True Finns") candidate. Number one is not assigned to anyone.
>The uploader tried to warn me- not fit for US eyes. I would not be deterred.:DDD Fugg... You should've listened and turned away.
No.12887 KONTRA
Went out to drink yesterday. I managed to not get shitfaced and not to spend too much money. Civil servant friend took pity of me and ordered me two drinks. We dedicated them to "the humble taxpayer who keep us going".
Honestly I had a good time.
I slept real bad because the dog decided to wake me up. For a few days now it has decided that it'll sleep in my room, by the bed and I have zero idea what caused this switch.
Picked a kick-ass title for my presentation. Now assembling quotations for the slides and then it's done. Gonna hold a mock presentation to myself and then it's off to the races.
I'll go to the library tomorrow. This time for real. I've been putting it off for way too long recently.
>>12884Harkimo looks like he'd be in a SinatuubaPaska video's thumbnail.
No.12890
Went to therapy, then to vegan cafe. Mental equivalent of ballbusting in a sense of destroying masculinity.
Vegan kitchen is as lame as I expected it do be. Falafel with tofu, tofu with falafel. Artificial this, artificial that. They copy meat-eaters instead of making their own recipes. But they have rare "Vinut" juice with dragonfruit.
No.12891 KONTRA
Final second round showdown will be between centre-right party and centre-left green shit weakling party. As figureheads they're very similar so I'm fine with whichever.
>>12887>Harkimo looks like he'd be in a SinatuubaPaska video's thumbnail.Incredible :DDDDDDDD and true :DDD He fought well and got a whopping 0.5% of the votes.
Btw there actually was a STP with Harkimo (It's not worth watching, at all):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8HDKAR52ys No.12892
>>12891Is Sanna not running anymore?
She always gave me that incest big sister vibe, which would even fit age-wise.
No.12894 KONTRA
>>12892She quit national politics and went to work for the private sector
GLOBALISTS!!!!11
>She always gave me that incest big sister vibe, which would even fit age-wise.Alright buddy.
No.12895 KONTRA
It feels like my anxiety is returning.
No.12896
>>12894This looks shopped. I can tell from the pixels and because I have seen a few shops in my life.
No.12898 KONTRA
>>12897>What did you expectI kinda-sorta just hoped that this month would last forever and I could ride into the sunset living as a de facto neet reading random books, making coffee and playing video games.
No.12899
>>12897There is no adequate way to process loss, no one form fits all solution or anything.
You just get used to this emptiness in your mind and feelings, that was formerly occupied by this person.
RIP your friend, mate.
No.12901
>>12900
Fuck off, even a schizo like you should understand how losing someone can shake even someone who is not a whiny little bitch.
Sorry for your loss, Ernst, do you have anyone you can talk to?
No.12903
>>12901Losing someone hurts at least on two levels. The loss itself is bad, of course, but it's also the realization that things can end out of the blue and that nothing lasts forever. Best way to cope with the latter is maybe to be more aware of good things and to enjoy them while they are there.
No.12904
>>12897My sincere condolences.
>>12903Not a bad way to look at things.
>>12899There are definitely bad ways to approach loss though; and in turn we can at least give
some general guidance. For example: If it seems impossible to distract yourself and escape the pain, stop trying to do so and instead find a way to face those feelings. Common things to do are to talk about it with someone who is also affected, or talking to a counselor/therapist, or doing some spiritual excercise or performing some ritual. It varies a lot based on your culture, upbringing and beliefs, obviously.
No.12911
Do you know anyone who
1) Collects and listens to vinyl
2) Is into magic, divination, rituals
I'm just surprising how many shops are there for such people. They are among us.
No.12913
>>12911Vinyl collectors are used to overpaying. Middle-aged women love esoterics shit.
>>12912God I love that song
No.12914
>>12911>2) Is into magic, divination, ritualsI kinda am. I semi-regularly divine using Chinese methods and I also developed my own libation-ritual connected to the cherry tree in the garden.
Don’t know if I know myself though. And I don’t know if I’d actively spend money on it.
No.12915
I filed my 2023 Federal tax return. Will get $245 back. Couldn't file a state return; the software in NY isn't finalized yet or something:
check back soon. Wanted to get them both over with, but whatever.
Fidelity didn't include the $100 I received for opening a brokerage account on my consolidated 1099 form, but all of my readings indicated that it was still taxable. I added it to my income on the appropriate line. Being honest just cost me $20.
>>12897Sorry, ernst.
>>12911>surprising how many shops are there for such peopleI don't know anyone who actually shops in these stores, but there are several in my neighborhood/within easy driving distance. Maybe a small, but dedicated, clientele is enough to keep the lights on.
No.12916 KONTRA
The library is kind of empty. I corrected all the fucking typos in my powerpoint and I also timed me giving the presentation in my head to see if I fit into 20 minutes. I do.
Re-read some of the sources and I also practiced modern Chinese.
>>12915From what I know about divination and esoteric people, those that live from it get like 10-20 people hooked on the stuff and then have them pay inordinate amounts for retreats, amulets and purification rituals.
Maybe when I come back from China I should claim I have studied under a Daoist master or some shit and start selling charms and such.
No.12918
>>12901>>12904>>12903>>12915Thanks for the condolences, Ernst. It is just strange how all over the place one feels while autopiloting anyway.
>You just get used to this emptiness in your mind and feelingsI will never to talk him again. Simply don't know how to grasp that at all that he is gone. We did not even talk too long ago, just short though. And sadly it was not a good talk at all because he was drunk
he was an alcoholic and I usually have the rule to not talk to him when he is drunk. Exceptions happened.
>Sorry for your loss, Ernst, do you have anyone you can talk to?Yeah, I talked to two people and notified them of his death. Both have been puzzled and overwhelmed. We knew it would come
a suicide (he was suicidal) or body ruin though alcohol, friend suggested an accident is not totally unlikely as well and I have to agree but a suicide might be the true event after all. He told me in early 2023 how he tried to kill himself not logn ago but his gf stopped by his place he reverted all the preparations, but now that it happened it's a totally different thing. Most of those who have known have distanced themselves from him some years ago already. But I always kept contact because when he was not drunk he was a great man. Authentic, honest, and humorous, but sadly also heavily driven by emotions and full of unsolved emotional problems (broken family among other thing, more than one suicide) for which he used alcohol as a regulator, a death spiral in hindsight.
People build walls with the distance and yet I think they are hit by the fact of his death.
What I hate is how the fucking alcohol and his existence as an alcoholic overshadows the talk just like it overshadowed him as a human when he was still alive. He was much more than that and that is what I try to focus on right now. It was all a part of the whole.
We don't even know how he died as of now. Nobody would have known he was dead would I not have been in town and my mum reading the obituary. I would have probably messaged him in February or whenever I would be in town again. He would not have answered. I would have returned to my place a few days later and would not think much of it because that happened a lot when he was deliriously on a streak. Only the next time I would have stopped by his place to see the name removed from the nameplate, stomach making an elevator.
I asked the mortician if they can tell me where he is burried. It will happen soon apparently but the family doesn't want any people there. Well family... what is left of that family. Mortician told me I can reach the family through the mortician and I wrote a message. He hated his father, the father answered me that I will get the cemetery's location once my friend will be six feet under.
>trying to do so and instead find a way to face those feelingsI listen to music a lot while doing so.
>performing some ritual.I tried to dance to exhaustion, find some exit for all the zigzagging energies/feelings. It felt like trying to revive him with music from the old times and the best years before his illness was in full bloom.
Crying would be good I think but I fucking can't, it is so ingrained to not do it.
He wasn't somebody who hated life, yet had massive problems with being alive and that is what brought us together among other things I guess.
---
To you R.
For all the time we spent together, I don't meet people that often sharing a wave like that. I just wish everything would have gone differently than how it did.
I sit here and listen to Kino and I remember sending you that song and you celebrating its beauty for we both felt it in our way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g--RqE1zKwc No.12919
>>12918Yeah, alcohol, for how much fun it can provide, also can lead one on a very dark path. I am insanely lucky for having dodged that bullet long time ago. NEVER start using alcohol as a crutch to sleep well and displace bad thoughts.
Some things just won't work out though, and some people don't want to be helped, as harsh as it sounds. When I die, I don't want people to mourn me, I want people to celebrate my life, provided I managed to do something good until then.
I think your dancing is a good point here. Not in reviving him or reliving past experiences (those will never come back), but to celebrate the person and what he meant to you.
And have you actually TRIED crying? It's easier than you think.
No.12920
>>12919>some people don't want to be helped, as harsh as it soundYeah I know, he has been in rehab a few times, though. He knew how bad the alcohol was but the pressure must have been immense as well.
>I don't want people to mourn me, I want people to celebrate my life,Yeah. I lost another former friend where there was distance already some years ago, some problem, probably same "way out". We went to the church and later got drunk and listened to the music we partied to a lot back then. But this time it's different. He was closer to me though which makes it hard.
You are right though in that I should think of the good things and celebrate those, continue a life he would have liked I'm sure. Its crazy when you think that I'm under the impression that all he wanted was a "normal" life but he was so far away.
>And have you actually TRIED crying? It's easier than you think.I sometimes feel it coming but I have like automatic lock system preventing it. It has been some years since I last cried. I usually need a heavy trigger it seems. Maybe with time.
No.12921 KONTRA
I can vouch for crying too. A good, cathartic bout of crying is the most important part of the grieving process. I hope it'll get better soon. It's never easy. Especially when someone passes before their time.
No.12924 KONTRA
Presentation in a few hours. So I'm spending my last minutes doing pull-ups and fucking around reading from the Nihon Shoki. (Because it's in Classical Chinese and I can.)
Priest of Athene. Favoured by Tian. Overlord of the 10m2 Kingdom. It's time for a coffee.
No.12925
>>12921It did not happen. You are right though.
I woke up early and I felt getting sick, at least having to couhg and sore throat. Went to the grocery store, bought ginger and other stuff so I can chill for two or three days if I really get sick. At the moment it is not very strong but I guess it is a wave in that regard.
No.12927
>>12926I don't experience any shifting, I can see either the 3 or the B at will.
For stuff like the young/old woman or hare/duck there is a noticeable shift, but not here.
Maybe because of the added visual context here?
No.12928 KONTRA
>>12925Well, you might just need the right setup for it. My limited personal experience with this is that it’s usually the funeral ritual that triggers it.
No.12930
>>12927>I can see either the 3 or the B at will.Yes but what happens in between? Is there nothing? I'm puzzled while I shift between 13 or B it feels strange to experience the brain perceive two different things and you can experience the shift right on. I mean there is no morphing like in drug-induced perception...still.
No.12931
>>12928Yep, the setup is the "trigger constellation" is what I meant probably.
>>12929Similar to when I listened to Kino yesterday and remember.
No.12933
>>12930> Is there nothing?As I said in my post, no.
With these pictures here though, I have to make an actual effort and can perceive the "shifting", and in the case of the spinning figure I find it rather hard to switch at will.
No.12934
>>12933>in the case of the spinning figure I find it rather hard to switch at will.Same, although it's easier to induce the shift by focusing on her foot which touches the ground and imagine it spinning either left or right.
No.12935
"i'll just drink a bit to relax my mind, then totally go back to work"
don't fall for this, it's a demon trying to get you shitfaced
t. shitfaced
No.12943
>However, if physical determinism is true then the person arguing for it has no choice as to whether he believes in physical determinism or not, nor whether he argues for determinism or not. He is in the grip of physical forces beyond his control. It is as though someone pushed the cosmic “play” button and the arguer starts arguing for something he never had any choice but to believe and to argue for. He is the victim of circumstance. Why should any attention be paid to such a victim – to such a mindless and compulsive machine – to such an idiot? He has an unfortunately not so rare form of Tourette’s syndrome and should be pitied.
>It is a farce. The farce gets worse when the person being blasted with this nonsense is considered. According to determinism, the interlocutor too has no choice whether he listens to the sounds the other madman makes, for he too is mad. He listens or does not listen compulsively. He agrees or does not agree with the determinist’s argument through no free will of his own. While the arguer is a cosmic tape machine playing its predetermined recording, the interlocutor is affected by blind physical forces himself. The outcome of this travesty masquerading as “reasoning” has been predetermined since the beginning of time and the exercise is pointless.
>The image of two tape machines alone in a room together playing their scripted comments and responses comes to mind. Nobody and nothing is really asserting anything nor really responding. Determinism is consciousness denying. No meaningful “thinking” is occurring if the determinist is right.
>Determinism has reflexive implications – it applies to the person arguing for determinism. All determinists that I have met in practice imagine that they can freely decide when and if they will argue for determinism. They imagine that it is possible to step in and out of determinism like it is a river. But determinism does not leave room for an “inside” and an “outside;” that’s the whole point. If it were possible to freely choose when to do something and when not to do something determinism would be false.
No.12945 KONTRA
>>12943It reminds me of Sabine Hossenfelders video in determinism where in the the end she asks the viewer to make a conscious choice to live life like determinism does not exist, or act like determinism does not exist.
No.12947
>>12943...and what do we learn from this?
No.12950 KONTRA
>>12949
>But with her recent video on impeding climate-apocalypse, she shows a change of colors
How is she turning away from being a libshit in that regard?
t. did not watch
>She also thinks AI will replace her.
According to her standing it is irrelevant what she thinks.
No.12953
>>12952>What even is the counter to determinism?Why would you need to counter it?
It's nothing but mildly amusing thought experiments that have no actual impact on anything.
No.12954 KONTRA
>>12952free will or chance?
No.12956
This music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zExNDJ1V57o plays while I wait for the post number to increase on a meager Wednesday being sick
I read all day, quite nice. Sickness did not get better but also not worseI ate potatoe pockets filled with three variations of cheese for dinner but I could not taste a difference in the filling, maybe because I drowned the pieces in curry ketchup, the only condiment available without using additional dishes for preparations.
What did Ernst have for dinner (or breakfast/lunch if you aren't eurozoned)
No.12958
Yesterday I felt pretty pumped. I felt like I could remake the entire universe with my bare hands.
I had lunch in the city and then I attended our little internal workshop conference. I held a devastating demonstration of my skills and my research. Of course it's not a competition but everyone knew that I was the best. I want to say nobody came even close delivering something on the same level as me, but I have to confess that there's this one girl from the Korean department whose research I've been seeing develop for the past 2-3 years and I'm very impressed how she developed her skills and scope.
My supervisor looked satisfied. Her only real complaint was that my wording was a bit too "unacademic" at times for the sake of a joke (and that took away from the seriousness of an otherwise very seriously produced research project) and that I should have placed a bigger focus on the new terms I have developed to describe my conclusions.
All together it took us like 6 hours to conclude our little research presentation jam session. Afterwards I stayed with the others to discuss random stuff and I also talked a bit with the first years to give them words of encouragement. Good stuff honestly. I was in my element. I went home feeling transcendent.
Today I woke up a bit tired. Mom bought me some lunch, which was rice and some breaded cheese. I kept doing pull-ups and lifts throughout the day. Had a strong coffee. I edited my translations some more because as it turns out, I forgot to edit the final few paragraphs onto the complete Hungarian text.
I can see the written version of my presentation forming. I'm going to turn this into a pretty cool study.
The other study I submitted for the conference anthology came back. We decided to forgo the formalities, since I know the reviewer. It's the old professor who taught at those Chinese philosophy seminars. He's taken an interest in my development and said it would be for the best if we worked closely on correcting the errors in the paper instead of doing the anonymous route where the comments are usually disregarded anyway.
I haven't checked his comments yet but I know they will be harsh. Rightfully so.
Continued playing Persona. I'm reaching the end of the main story and I'm at around the hundred hour mark. The base gameplay and the final dungeon started to feel a bit grating.
I'm still surprised that instead of a colossal time-sink I can spend a moderate amount of time on this game and it even had a positive intellectual influence on me by making me look up things and rediscover my love for learning for my own benefit.
>>12956Nothing yet. I'll probably just have a large glass of warm milk and some spongecake.
No.12959
>>12943>>12948Determinism does not making decisions or choices.
It's just that the decisions and choices are pre-determined.
Duh.
No.12960 KONTRA
>>12959>Determinism does not making decisions or choices.>It's just that the decisions and choices are pre-determined.Don't see how that refutes or contradicts these posts. I also don' think that the first post says that determinism means you don't make choices
On second thought I think you even made a mistake here
>the decisions and choices are pre-determined.then they simply are not decisions or choices anymore if they are determined in advance, a choice or decision implies optionality which is nullified in determinism. Determinism simply cannot have a concept of choice.
No.12962
On a section of road which I regularly drive, the speed limit drops from 40mph to 30mph. During the last storm, the sign indicating that change to 30mph disappeared. I don't think there was a legal change- as numerous side roads and driveways make 30 a reasonable speed. I suspect the sign was simply swept away by a snowplow.
When I pass that spot, I still slow down.
>>12956>What did Ernst have for dinnerEgg and cheese sandwich. Ruined, as the milk I poured into my
decaf coffee had turned sour. I can't eat eggs without coffee and that was the last milk in the house. Pulled the folded omelet away from the bread and choked it down. I hate to waste protein.
No.12964 KONTRA
Compatibilism engulfs both determinism and free will and should become the default position. If anyone thinks compatibilism is lame, it's only because it's made to answer a lame question.
No.12965
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>>12921I didn't cry at my grandfather (who is very dear to me)'s funeral. One of my aunts later confronted me to ask why I didn't cry and said, in a half-joking manner, that I didn't have a heart.
I think the last time I cried was when I was around 10. Is this normal? Am I really a heartless person?
No.12966
>>12965No, you're not hearless, you are probably just emotionally stunted like roughly 10% of (western) society.
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexithymia> Difficulty in recognizing and discussing emotions may manifest at subclinical levels in men who conform to specific cultural norms of masculinity, such as the belief that sadness is a feminine emotion. This condition, known as normative male alexithymia, can be present in both sexes.I unlocked my ability to cry in my early 30s and now I can summon the waterfalls just by thinking about certain memories or watching movies that hit me.
The most recent step has been to be able to let some tears come out while in the presence of others, specifically my roomie - while watching a movie together. It was a bit embarrassing but also freeing, though I'm not sure she even noticed ¯\_(-_-)_/¯
No.12968
>>12965Same here, especially when it's old people dying it feels like a part of life and not really a reason to cry, it's more like a time of recollection and rememberance, and the realization that another story is finished. Also women who try to set her own extroverted emotional behaviour as standard, with implicitly or even explicitly devaluing emotions of others who don't adhere, deserve to be told off. Self-absorbed cunts, greetings from Kazakhstan.
Semi-related: I hold a disdain against people who try to sell the death of their motorbike bro, who hit the tree with 150mph while being piss drunk, as a "tragedy". It's not, it's a consequence, at least don't try to reframe it, so that the other motorbike bros don't feel the need to think about next time when they get piss drunk and ride their bikes. Bonus points if they are already doing that while wearing a black armband in their club to "honor their fallen comrade", listening to an infamous german bydlo band song named "Only the good die young". Yes, I once had the pleasure to witness such a shitshow.
That might sound edgy, but it really isn't. Some people just have their own way to deal with death, running around thinking one's own way is the only legit one is childish. And it genuinely upsets me when people act like they are mourning, but in reality they are pissing on their friends' grave by repeating exactly the mistakes that brought him there in first place.
No.12970
>>12968I enjoy the irony in you complaining on one hand that you don't like people expecting you to mourn like they do and on the other hand that you don't like people honoring their dead in their own way.
Maybe you should stop listening to your gay electro stuff and listen to real music, like, I dunno, Böhse Onkelz.
No.12972
>>12968> bro, who hit the tree with 150mph while being piss drunk, as a "tragedy". It's not, it's a consequenceIt's a rejoicing that he freed humanity from himself without hurting any other people. I hope the tree is fine
No.12975
>>12960That's only true if you imagine decisions as some kind of abstract metaphysical process, rather than a concrete physical process that happens in the brain.
When the brain makes a decision, it evaluates options A, B, C, etc., and resolves to perform action X. This entire process is deterministic, but the process of making a decision itself happened.
No.12977
>>12975>That's only true if you imagine decisions as some kind of abstract metaphysical processWhat do you even mean by this?
A decision is a concrete process that resolves for X , Y or Z.
I either buy laundry detergent x, y or z while at the store.
>rather than a concrete physical process that happens in the brain
>When the brain makes a decision, it evaluates options A, B, C, etc., and resolves to perform action X. This entire process is deterministic, but the process of making a decision itself happened.
>evaluate>resolveThis does not make any sense. Why should the brain evaluate anything if the perfomance of X is determined from the moment the big bang happened?
[a] happened before and I buy laundry detergent y, there is nothing to consider/evaluate.
No.12979 KONTRA
You know it feels kinda good that this time it wasn’t me who caused the shitstorm by saying something like the biker stuff. Even though that’s usually my forté on this board I feel like.
No.12980 KONTRA
>>12979One schizo having an outburst can hardly be called a shistorm.
Why are you zoomers such soft cunts? Man up, stop crying and embrace the deterministic world we live in.
No.12981
>>12977>Why should the brain evaluate anything if the perfomance of X is determined from the moment the big bang happened? Very easily.
For example, I can ask you evaluate the decision to punch yourself in the balls right now, or not.
You will immediately reject the action of punching yourself in the balls. No matter how many times I prompt you to make this choice, you will always choose not to do this.
Your decision is "locally" deterministic.
Total determinism works the same way. Your brain goes through the process of thinking about decisions, but because the inputs its been fed, and the structure of your brain is pre-determined, the thought process will result will also be pre-determined, for that particular decision, for that particular point in time.
Or we could go with a computer analogy.
Say I write some computer code that accepts inputs A and B, and if input is A, outputs X, and if input is B, outputs Y.
Except that I will never give it input B, I will always give it input A. So it will always output X. But every time I feed it "A", it still has to evaluate the input and make a decision, it's just that it will never decide to output Y, because I never input B.
In this analogy, me always giving input A would be the big bang always producing (to be more precise - always having produced) this particular set of conditions.
No.12983 KONTRA
>>12980>Man up, stop crying and embrace>the deterministic world we live in.Oh you :3
>>12978That is not what I even meant.
>>12981
>I can ask you evaluate the decision to punch yourself in the balls right now, or not.1) no you cannot
2) I don't evaluate anything because that would mean I have autonomy and can come to a decision via reasoning
>thought process will result will also be pre-determined, for that particular decisionIt's not a decision then. A decision implies choice (and it is also not even hypothetically a choice), but there can be no choice and no reasoning under determinism. Reasoning like you do it now does not make sense within a deterministic framework because it implies I have a choice in accepting your arguments, which I don't. You ask me to think about determinism while determinism nullifies thinking as such.
>you will always choose not to do this.How do you know? There are people who punched themselves in the balls "voluntarily"
>Or we could go with a computer analogy.>Say I write some computer code that accepts inputs A and B, and if input is A, outputs X, and if input is B, outputs Y.>Except that I will never give it input B, I will always give it input A. So it will always output X. But every time I feed it "A", it still has to evaluate the input and make a decision, it's just that it will never decide to output Y, because I never input B.
>In this analogy, me always giving input A would be the big bang always producing (to be more precise - always having produced) this particular set of conditions.I think the flaw here is in thinking that an acceptance of input B actually exists and thus an evaluation process of the input has to take place. There only ever is the input A.
No.12984
Buying papaya in 3-rd world be like:
"What is this fruit? How does it taste like? Is it citrus? Is it soft?" - old woman in queue
"Oh, that's entire 15$ for the fruit, are you sure you want to buy it?" - guy at checkout
No.12989
>>12988
I was so smart to buy Jamaican Grape Soda instead of imported Papachayas in the past. Saved me a good bunch of pennies I could give to a refugee charity I pay taxes for them but that is not enough, my beautiful upper middle class gf Karla Caroline with flawless skin, style and media studies degree agrees btw
No.12990 KONTRA
>>12966That's so me! I'm legit alexithymic. Now I have a self-diagnosed mental heath issue like all proper zoomers do.
Jokes aside, your post reminds me that I did more or less shed a tear a few times when watching movies, e.g. towards the end of Kubricks's "Paths of Glory". It's not visceral catharsis, but I was very moved and my eyes were wet. So I guess that counts. Maybe I'll also be able to cry a river when I become
less assbergerymore developed emotionally.
No.12991 KONTRA
>>12990>Maybe I'll also be able to cry a river when I become less assbergerymore developed emotionally.New research is based on the thesis that emotions and emotional expression are learned (emotions is something else than feeling)
No.12998
>>12995
>How about you try being a morally superior vegan
I just bought Nasi Goreng which has chicken in it, bro.
>the environmental destruction and exploitation that comes with
... meat consumption. Thanks, bro for pointing that out, a true ally in the fight against unjust social organization.
You are right, the expropriation of capitalists is the right choice when building a better society.
No.13000
>>12995
>vegan exotic fruit?
There are non-vegan fruits?
No.13002
>>12979> come up with what you think is a brilliant bait> no one cares
> tell about your experience buying groceries> thread explodesYou can never guess.
No.13004 KONTRA
>>13003>How did pork get in my local fruit farmers' apples?Worms. Apples have worms.
Also, stop engaging and enabling the schizo, you fucking retarded imbecile, you contribute as much (if not more with your retarded smugness) to shitting up the board as him.
No.13005 KONTRA
>>13004>Worms. Apples have worms.Not necessarily.
No.13006 KONTRA
>>13005But they exist. Therefore making such an apple non-vegan (and even non-vegetarian). qed
No.13007
>>13006>such an appleNot my apple.
No.13008
>>12983Your only contention seems to be the definition of "decision" and "choice".
For you, these things seem to be intrinsically linked to the idea of freedom, or free choice, and be almost metaphysical concepts. As in, a decision is only something that can be freely made. Whatever "free" means in this case.
For me, a decision is nothing but a mental process. A process where the outcome depends on initial conditions + input.
It's just a word for describing things that happen in brains, with no extra philosophical conditions required.
For example, one way to define the word "rock" is to try to formulate some philosophical notion of "rockness". Another way is to simply conclude that whatever people point to when you ask them to show a rock, is the de facto definition of a rock.
So, to me, I can simply point to a person or a brain that is in the process of making a decision, and say that the brain process that is happening between the decision being presented, and the decision being made, is what we mean by "to decide".
I find my definition both more philosophically satisfying, and more generally useful.
Generally more useful, because with my definition, when I say "decision" whether we assume a deterministic universe, or a non-deterministic universe, I'd be referring to the same thing.
Philosophically more satisfying, because I don't have to conjure up or define a nebulous notion of "freedom" to determine what a "decision" is.
Just think about it: whether a decision was made deterministically, or freely, you can't actually test or falsify. Because the only things we can analyze are the things that have already happened. For any decision you have made in the past, there was only one outcome. The decision that you made. So you can't say that you COULD'VE made a different decision, because you have nothing to test against. There are no alternate resulting realities where you hypothetically made a different decision, that we can compare with our reality right now, where you made the one and only decision that you made, and it's always been the decision that you made.
You can't empirically prove non-determinism, because you don't have an alternate universe to compare against.
No.13009
>>13008>For you, these things seem to be intrinsically linked to the idea of freedom, or free choice, and be almost metaphysical concepts. As in, a decision is only something that can be freely made. Whatever "free" means in this case.Free as in not determined by physical states and the initial physical condition of the big bang.
>a decision is nothing but a mental process. A process where the outcome depends on initial conditions + input.you need to specify this. In determinism there is just initial conditions and everything else follows from it in a chain, there is no additional input out of nowhere. Just the principle of the first mover and that is it.
>I can simply point to a person or a brain that is in the process of making a decision, and say that the brain process that is happening between the decision being presented, and the decision being made, is what we mean by "to decide".Why do you have to rely on a word that is used to imply optionality, optionality means one can choose, which is not possible according to determinism, because that would imply there are alternatives which there aren't. You cannot make a decision, there are just events unfolding mechanically. I go to the store, I buy laundry detergent X which follows from all previous events. I don't chose detergent X, I don't decide for detergent X out of detergents X, Y, Z, I merely buy detergent X because of all the events leading up to this event of buying said detergent X.
It sounds like you still need to rely on brain delusions about reality to describe what determinism is.
>The decision that you made. So you can't say that you COULD'VE made a different decision, because you have nothing to test against.Does not the same apply for determinism?
But all of this does not matter, for reasoning under determinism is not possible. You trying to argue is an impossibility according to what you believe.
If you think there are convincing arguments for determinism your belief in it is not very strong.
No.13010
>>13003Your food is not truly vegan unless people who grew and picked it are also vegans. Because otherwise meat was used for producing this food.
Do you understand what I mean?
No.13017
Today I wrote this semester's report on my research any my studies for the college. I wonder if I'll receive a commendation from the headmaster this semester too.
Also registered for the last of my subjects. I saw some interesting classes at college like "Marxism in the 20th century" and "Max Weber's philosophy of history" and I wanted to register for those too but I didn't want to encumber myself while I have to produce my thesis work.
In a very good mood.
No.13019
What if you agreed to take a climbing lesson for the chance to run into a specific woman? Not saying this is exactly what I'm doing, I just want to get a feel for societal judgment.
No.13020
>>13019It's a bit pathetic but understandable in a sense. You are not the first person to go certain places to meet (certain) people, so it's alright.
Will you be disappointed if she is not there that time and day?
No.13021
>>13020I see it as win/win situation. If she's there, I can finally ask her for her phone number. If she isn't, she won't see me struggle in baby's first climbing course, hopefully running into her at a stage where I'm more comfortable. I'm seeing her again either way in about a month's time, but I had to seize the opportunity of this free lesson.
No.13022
>>13019Seems like fair game to me. If you're interested in a girl, then sometimes you have to force the issue one way or another, and sadly failure is the expected outcome most of the time. But you'll never know if you don't try. Also a climbing lesson might be a fun experience, so it might turn out to be a good thing either way. Even if t turns out to be shit, it's at least an experience.
One thing though: If she ever mentioned to you that she is taking those same climbing lessons, you might look like a stalker if you appear there. Only you can know if this applies here, but if you are invading her life without giving her a chance to retreat (without sacrificing her hobby), it might be considered a dick move. For that reason I never hit on waitresses on their job: They are forced to be nice to me and can't simply run away.
>>13021If you plan to ask her about her number it's okay I think, because that pretty much makes your intentions clear. If she declines then I'd recommend not going there any more, but I suppose that's your plan anyway.
No.13023
>>13021>If she isn't, she won't see me struggle in baby's first climbing courseShe will either think it's cute or get the ick, bro.
Sounds like a plan. If she is interested in you she will cherish your efforts I'd say No.13024
>>13022>If she ever mentioned to you that she is taking those same climbing lessonsShe implied she had been doing it for a while, so I don't think it's the same classes. More of an approach based on this being a small enough country and tangentially related friend groups make it so she most probably knows the person I'll be attending classes with and maybe goes there too? It's very unlikely but possible she has never even been to the place I'm going.
If the Germans of this board don't see anything wrong with this conduct, I'll rest easy.
No.13026
>>13020What makes this different from going to a place and expecting to meet any woman?
That's how people used to meet, at hobby places or gatherings and such, before social media ruined everything.
No.13047
>>13046Looking at it again, I think this is a plausible statement.
No.13049
>>13045>play stupid games, win stupid pr….mp4Which redditspeak does Ernst detest the most? For me it has to be
> This is the way. No.13053
Please let's not turn this board into social media shitposting.
Mods, please ban everyone posting stuff from, or discussing, reddit, tiktok, instagram, twitter, etc.
No.13055 KONTRA
>>13050Never had a reddit account but I don't deliberately avoid it when its contents showed high up in search engine results. Their lingo also percolates into broader internet consciousness. But
>>13053 is right, it's not a healthy topic and I shouldn't have started it. Mea culpa.
No.13057
So tired. I must sleep. But first, work.
>>13055>Their lingo also percolates into broader internet consciousness.Didn't know
play stupid games was a reddit thing. TIL.
No.13058
Yesterday I went to the library. It was almost completely empty. But I guess it’s normal, now that the exams are over. I had no trouble finding a desk to sit at. I didn’t exactly have a project in mind for the day but I ended up writing 3 pages of a study I intend to publish in a journal.
I also read a bunch from a book on the Tarot and its history. I submitted my report of the semester to the workshop’s supervisor and we also exchanged some thoughts over e-mail about Chinese-language manuscripts of the Edo-period and I feel like I’ve just been sold a brand new type of designer drug. He recommended me a book and said that if I can’t find it online he could scan the pages for me. I found it so now I have like 80 pages worth of studies to go through on the topic as an introduction.
At this point I’m honestly not even coping that this will somehow prove useful. I’m just satisfying my own curiosity.
Once I got home I decided to hone my cooking skills a bit and I tried making that tomato sauce pasta my mother makes sometimes. I felt like something was missing from it in the end, but my father said it turned out good after he tried it.
I mean I guess it felt good after he seemed unimpressed by my ability to finally do some pull-ups.
I then stayed up until like 2PM to play Persona because I had this illusion that I’d finally finish the game today, but no, the story took another turn and I threw in the towel once I reached a save point. Looking at the steam achievements, most people have given up by now. Critically acclaimed game 80% of people give up on like a third of the way in.
No.13060
There was a single mother with a half-black daughter who couldn't pay what I wanted for a place to stay but had useful skills and offered to make up the difference through work. I turned her down. She then asked about a unit that was in need of repair and could not be legally rented to anyone and asked if she could rent it from me informally without a contract. I turned her down for that as well. No one can say any part of what I did was improper. I stayed within procedure. But the truth is I could have helped her and was tempted to but didn't because of her daughter's race and what it demonstrated she had done. I convinced myself that my decision was defensible and that feeling troubled over it was irrational until this morning when I was listening to Les Miserables and all of a sudden I remembered that woman and her daughter and felt as if I had thrown Fantine and Cosette out onto the street.
No.13061 KONTRA
Managed to wake up early after going to bed before midnight. Did some walking, some reading, purchased a couple of books at a street fair. I'll look through one and probably just shelf the other. I'll sometimes buy these 1€/2€ books and often not touch them, mostly just keeping them because they're cool. Maybe they'll make me seem cool. I've worked out a little and it's 3pm, skipping lunch I think.
No.13067
True or False
Is is true that when you walk instead of drive in the US people will stare and you will be suspected of being deviant in some way.
No.13068
>>13067>walk instead of driveI heard it's a giveaway that you are European, because American cities mostly aren't built for pedestrians. This goes especially for west coast cities like Los Angeles, where sometimes it's not even possible to walk from one district into another.
No.13070
>>13067Depends on the context. In Manhattan it's normal. But if you're walking alongside the highway people will assume you're on the fringe of society.
No.13072
My show laces were too long. After tying, the loops would reach the ground. Get stepped on. Cut a few inches off. Without the aglet to prevent fraying, I tied a knot in each end. One problem solved. On to the next...
>>13067Walking in the suburbs: Are there homes in the immediate vicinity? If yes, then walking is normal. If no, and the area is one long stretch of strip malls, then I assume something is up. Maybe they are homeless, or maybe their car broke down.
No.13073 KONTRA
>>13067Europe is so poor that it's normal when someone can not even afford a car. In America, it's hardly possible to be that poor without being a homeless drug addict.
Americans also have actual houses, while in Germany, middle-class people, live in terraced houses or even literal commie-blocks. Only the most destitute black welfare recipients in America live like that.
If Germany was an American state, it would be among the poorest states.
Why is that? High taxes to pay welfare to all the refugees, while in America, immigrants work. High taxes to pay for all the orchestras and museums, while in America, that's not seen as the government's responsibility. Etc. in short: socialism.
And that's Germany, one of Europe's richer countries. PIGS and slav countries are so poor that Americans can not even imagine. Places like Italy, Hungary or Romania are practically third world, like spanish speaking countries full of brown people in South America.
Germans, in particular the arrogant Germans who love to repeat that Germany-is-a-rich-country like they were a broken record whenever it comes to justifying wasting billions, would do very well to keep that in mind, if they don't want to end up poor like Romania.
(That's a big IF, though. They seem to love poverty and probably WANT Germany to be as poor as Nigeria. The livelihood of the slums of Laos! The noise! The colors! The smells! All the cute black children!)
No.13074 KONTRA
>>13073> livelihoodThat reads wrong. Should be liveliness.
No.13076
>>13070I was thinking about small-town America I have to admit now.
No.13077
>>13072In South Park white Americans treat flu with chicken soup, aspirin and Sprite.
Is it real? And why Sprite? Sounds like a heavy drink, which won't suit ill people.
No.13078 KONTRA
>>13077Sprite is easily digested calories. The original formulation of sprite contained more actual lemon juice and thus, vitamin C.
No.13079
The sprite thing reminds me how we treat vomiting with Coca Cola.
No.13082
>>13078Makes sense
>>13079But cola is carbonated and caustic, it must irritate stomach even more. Here there is a belief that you can clean toilet and bathtub with cola but I suppose that people don't actually do it.
No.13084 KONTRA
>>13082I never knew the mechanism behind it but it works. So I don't question it.
No.13085
FYI: There has been a change in code that should enable non-dollchan users to save files with their original filename instead of a unix timestamp. That should have been possible all along, but... let's just say circumstances prevented it.
If you encounter any problems while saving files please report, thank you.
No.13086
>>13082Cola is mildly acidic, I suppose that if your stomach problems are caused by your stomach juices being too basic, cola could help alleviate it slightly.
No.13087 KONTRA
>>13086>mildly acidic Coca cola is so acidic it can dissolve teeth in just hours. It also gives people ulcers. Only americanised consumers who fell for the capitalist's fake advertising drink this imperialist soft drink. Educated people of culture shun it like they shun TV.
No.13088
>>13085This has been bugging me for a while, thanks!
No.13089
>>13087Under real communism, coca cola will be free, publically owned, and freely distributed.
The capitalists say, the soviet people chose coca cola and mcdonalds over communism, this shows that capitalism is superior.
Soviet nostalgics said, we gave up our society for coca cola and mcdonalds, how foolish we were.
I say, we the workers want coca cola, mcdonalds AND communism.
No.13090
>>13089>I say, we the workers want coca cola, mcdonalds AND communism.Preach it Brick!
Once Communism is achieved, McDonald's will have actual beef for a dollar again and they will put coke back into the Coca Cola!
No.13091
I've been getting TikToks of that Chinese lady teaching the western TitkTok sphere about Chinese netizens and their activity and opinions and it's kinda interesting.
Also a sentence about Chinese values made me realize that Hungary fits perfectly with his studious attitude. Very Harmonic!
No.13094
>>13089Communism or not, there should be neither Coca nor Cola. It is unhealthy and harmful, especially to children and causes aggression and attention deficits. Just have a drop of demeter-certified elder-syrup in your water, to complement the whole-grain oat-cookies. On special occasions, that is.
And do not eat too many potatoes. They are rich in nutrients, but they are defecient on an etheric level, since the potatoes grow beneath the surface of the earth do not absorb light. They prevent the circulation of light-ether.
Goethe said of the potato:
>The housewife should never want for cabbage or turnips or any other vegetables for her pot, so the wretched indulgence of potatoes can at least partially be kept in balanceThe consumption of potato is cause for the development of one-sides intellectual abilities, but it's a hindrance to true spirituality which has its seat in the mid-brain. Russia Steiner taught us this.
No.13095
>>13094There is not proper capitalism without life reformers, the market is free and for everyone, ok?
No.13096
>>13095In proper capitalism, the heads of snake-oil salesmen sit on pikes.
No.13102
>>13099It's no external market intervention, just the full implementation of the non-aggression-principle coupled with massive retaliation.
No.13104
I did mainly exercises and administrative stuff today. Finished the main story of Persona and now I'm onto the epilogue part.
Yesterday night I wanted to have some milk before bed again, but there wasn't much left, so I decided to not drink it to allow my mother to have some with her coffee instead. Turns out my father drank the milk anyway and my act of kindness basically went unnoticed.
Tomorrow I'll try to read some more and then I'll attend an Erasmus briefing because I've decided to try spending a semester in Germany to see the west for myself. Then in the evening I've been told not to make any plans because they have a surprise for me for my birthday.
Next week I'm gonna have two seminars. We're doing it in blocks because the lecturer figured if we're such an elite bunch we can handle concentrating for 4 hours with maybe one break. This semester's topic is "China its place the New Order". I know the guy who will be holding the lectures and I'm looking forward to it immensely.
For the first time in quite a long period, I feel like I have recovered completely, not just physically, but also in spirit. Now my only task is to keep this up during the semester.
No.13108
Replacing my kitchen faucet. The hot water supply line was leaking. Probably a bad washer. It's a single piece construction and replacing the line would involve disassembling the entire faucet. Somehow. May not be possible. Reassembly even less likely. Since my sister hated this faucet, she is taking the opportunity to get a new one. I was just going to replace the washer, see if that worked. Oh well. Many frustrations are anticipated today. Hate working in tight quarters, and stopping drips is always a crap shoot of tightening and reattaching lines. Have Teflon tape if I need it.
Looks like there is some wood rot underneath the sink. That's not good.
>>13104>my act of kindness basically went unnoticedThe coffee gods certainly took note and will reward you.
No.13109
>>13108Wait, is the third picture not taken from upside-down?
What kind of plumbing is that?
No.13110
if freedom means doing what I want,
well,
don't I gotta want something?
and won't you tell me that we want something more
than just more beer?
and my friends,
if that ain't true
won't you lie to me tonight oh yeah
No.13111
>>13104>my act of kindness basically went unnoticedWhat matters is what you did it, not the ultimate outcome.
You have to be a deontologist, otherwise you lose your eternal soul and go to hell after you die
it's true
No.13112
Also, sorry to tell you, but your soul is damned.
Repent
And then go fuck yourself
No.13115
Mission Accomplished. The hot water shut off valve proved to be my only difficult leak. Turns out this is the same drip which kicked off Project: New Faucet. I erroneously believed the water inline above to be the source, but once that was replaced the true culprit became obvious. Fixed it by tightening the vertical nut 1/4 turn. Could have done that 3 hours ago.
>>13109The picture is looking down. The bottom of my sink is out of frame at the top, and those pipes lead to my basement.
No.13116
>>13113This sounds one of those fun facts that get spread around but nobody ever bothered to check if they are true.
>>13115Fucking hell, what kind of shitfuck plumbing is that? May our lord and saviour Jesus Christ come down and save your soul.
No.13118
>>13116>nobody ever bothered to check if they are true.It's feature in dictionaries it seems.
No.13119 KONTRA
>>13111If someone knocks your teeth out, they won't grow back if he only knocked them out by accident. Intentions don't matter for shit.
>>13104Germany isn't really 'the west'. Go to the France, Britain or the USA. Germany is just a slightly richer central european country, complete with sovoks who want back the Russian yoke and the Russian economic system. Some of those asshats even post here.
No.13120
What if I woke up at dawn and went up a mountain before work? Silly thought or what's gonna happen tomorrow? Cast your bets.
No.13121
>>13119What's so "unwestern" about Germany?
No.13122
>>13121>>13119You can see the German Sonderweg shows even today. Couched between the west and the east it is blooming of a desire for obedience under a leader
Putin, Hitler or another weakling in wolves signaling clothing and unbearing self-righteousness
leading in world exports, knowledgeability and green & healthy values. Germany doomed attempt of harmonizing merciless capitalism and philosophical romanticism under a single sky No.13123
What fictional character is your example and your ideal of what man should be?
No.13125
I had a terrifying dream involving biblical and military stuff. I woke up incredibly tired and then went back to sleep again. The weather suddenly got really warm and windy and I honestly felt a bit under it the entire day.
I attended the Erasmus briefing and it turns out applying in the limbo that is the end of your BA and the (potential beginning) of your MA is not the time for this thing. Though I also decided to check out the Chinese stuff and I feel determined to apply to one during MA now. I'm not putting this shit off any longer. (Also checked some Republic of China ones and those look pretty enticing with their grants too.)
(Plus I also checked what universities the sinology department has connections with, and one of them is in Slovenia, the other one is in Italy.)
In the evening we went out to celebrate my birthday. My mother and father picked out a nice Italian place. Apparently it's the Italian place the Italians go to. I was absolutely shameless. I ordered myself a pizza and things be damned, I had a shot of jagermeister before and after the food. And also a serving of Tiramisu. Washed it all off with an ice cold tonic. The pizza was probably the best I ever had. I kinda wish I could eat another one.
I heard my mother once explain to her coworker on the phone that "In his studies, Ernst obeys the Chinese, when it comes to food, he kowtows to the Italians."
I'm pretty satisfied. The only thing I need to close the day off properly is a hot shower and some reading with a mug of milk. First class is in two days.
No.13127 KONTRA
>>13125Happy birthday, ernst.
No.13129 KONTRA
>>13125You better not waste your life by going to G*rmany. Why you'd even consider doing something like that instead of going straight to China is way beyond my comprehension. Happy birthday.
>>13128Skip sleep and you'll be up before dawn. Think big.
No.13130 KONTRA
>>13125Do not go to shitmany. The country is in its dying throws and might collapse any day now. The economy is in free fall thanks to the greens and as soon as welfare is cut, there will be a massive refugee uprising. When they run out of money for red Nikes, they will start to kill white people for €5 in change.
>>13129This.
No.13133
>>13125Happy birthday, Ernst!
>In his studies, Ernst obeys the Chinese, when it comes to food, he kowtows to the Italians.Not the worst choice. I remember a matrix someone posted, I think it was still on the old chan, with people from different countries like food from that same countries. East Asians disliked most European food, with the exception of Italian food.
No.13135
>>13133The problem is they don't explain why. Is it a case of cultural discrimination?
One particular thing that burned itself into my mind because I experienced first hand is the difference between industrialized US chocolate and Euro chocolate. No, not the cocoa difference is what I want to talk about and the high quality of Euro chocolate
well mostly still better ofc but its made with a certain ingredient or process I don't remember exactly anymore but when you don't grow up with it (so in the US) you will probably have a vomit like taste from the chocolate. And yeah, that choco tasted like vomit to me when I bought it here as an import article. A Hershey chocolate I think.
No.13136
>>13135That's because Hershey's has that particular vomit taste.
Like all americana it's a story of business:
Long story short, they used spoiled milk and sold the chocolate bars. It became a kind of a trademark.
No.13137 KONTRA
>>13135It's probably just a lack of knowledge. The should love south german cuisine as much as northern italian cuisine, both have ample amounts of pig intestines, like tripe and organs and stuff, just like the chinks.
No.13138
>>13136Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice.
Their sub-par knitting machines couldn't produce fine ribbed cotton that could stretch and go back into form, so they made lose-fitting woven underwear and called it 'boxer shorts'.
They couldn't produce engines that reved past 2500, so they produced engines that produced 150hp from 5l of displacement.
Their vegetables make dutch greenhouse-tomatoes look like the freshly harvested fully ripe ox-hearts, so they drown everything in ranch dressing.
How this assortement of Europe's rejects became the leaders of the free world is a mistery, and I have no reason to assume that they were even able to produce chocolatte that didn't taste like puke.
No.13139
Pig ears in Belgian cafe: crispy, warm, tasty.
Pig ears in Chinese cafe: squid-like, cold, nasty.
No.13140 KONTRA
>>13135I think it's Butyric acid. I'm still bugurt that Cadburys was sold to the yanks who then ruined the recipe and shut down the original factory in Bournemouth. I think it's all made in Turkey or somewhere now.
No.13141
>>13140Must be, sounds very much like it from what I can still recall. Adam Ragusea, or what he is spelled like, had a video on it. Already a couple of years old now, I suppose.
Also: are you the original MI6 britbong?
No.13142 KONTRA
Pursuing a romance with a Chinese lady with the ultimate goal of attaining proficiency faster. It's a dog eat dog world out here, and she's mean to me.
No.13143
>>13141I've never worked for the security services. However, as a reclusive computer geek who knows a bit of Russian and lives within commuting distance of a certain doughnut-shaped building, I'm fairly certain that most of my neighbours suspect that I have. My optician once asked me if I did, completely unprompted. I was so surprised by the question that I just replied "Oh! Err... No." followed by an awkward silence. So she's probably convinced of it now.
No.13144
>>13143This is the British way to say: "Yes, I'm a glowie"
No.13145
A research proposal of mine excited interest. So while they say that they would like me at their institute it is not solely up to them to free up a position for me. If position can be created though - as of now - I might change countries for some time. Living abroad for some time, something I always pondered about and now it seems could become true. Quite exciting. Quite challenging. Not just the project itself but also changing countries. I'm happy but I get the chills as well, massive respect for what might be ahead.
>>13143Oi, mate. I was just remembering your talk about security or background checks at the job.
Why did you vanish? Or have you been a silent observer of German bickering all the time?
No.13147
Today I went to the store and made lunch. Also transferred most of my date from the dying HDD to the new SSD I got. Made me think a bit, like what the fuck do I even need this data for? I haven't really been accessing it anyway since I got my Mac and started keeping most of the university related stuff on the cloud drive with locally saved backups.
I also had a nightmare again. I would be concerned but I think it's just a fluke. What's important is that I've started having dreams again at all, without doing anything to enhance my sleep, save for reading before bed. No herbal teas or anything.
So yeah, I'm willing to put up with nightmares so long as I get to have dreams. Dreams are great.
It was remarkably warm today. I had to ditch my scarf while out. The sudden change in temperature is giving me a slight headache but I'm feeling more energetic than yesterday.
One of the components I ordered for the modding of the iPod arrived. I discussed this with a friend and I expected him to say this is the dumbest shit ever but he was remarkably supportive and called it a cool tinkering project. Honestly it's almost brotherly how patient he is with me sometimes when it comes to technology and video games.
I have the first class of the semester tomorrow. I'm hoping to be able to go to the library beforehand. Maybe an early lunch, then grab a pastry to hold me over until the evening. I really wish there was a way to transport small amounts of liquid so I could take like one cup of that incredibly rancid coffee that's full of caffeine with me. Well, maybe they do. But I have no intention of buying another fucking thing. As my mother sometimes says "The budget of the ecclesia is tight".
If I think about it, that stipend and working a summer job every year did me some good. I was able to get a taste of financial independence. And I'm honestly craving it. Maybe I'm just broken but I think getting a job won't be the end of the world and I will have money, energy and time left to work on something I like besides doing my job.
As for the Germany thing. It's not that I wanted it instead of China. I wanted both. But yes, I'd rather have a Chinese trip than a German one. In an ideal world I was born in Austria I think.
I feel like I have some illusions about the West, because I know that corruption and networking isn't just our speciality here, but for some reason I seem to think that in the West, there's at least a bit of meritocracy. That even if there is office politics and networking involved, it's the competent people duking it out for the greater glory of whatever it is they are doing it. If I were to be demeaning, sometimes this place feels like we're just roosters fighting over the highest spot on the trash pile. And that's disheartening to think about. It's this feeling of being provincial that tormented basically half the nation since the 1800s.
No.13148 KONTRA
>>13147>It's this feeling of being provincial that tormented basically half the nation since the 1800s.Federalism is great. You should try it.
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Every day I am this cat
Every day
and every night
I yearn to die
No.13151
Watched youtube videos til 6 AM on sunday
Fucked my sleep schedule even more.
Monday tuesday did absolutely fuckall work, brain was mush.
Today finally got enough sleep.
Need to catch up on 2 days of work.
Thursday is weekly standup and I need to report on progress for the week.
I hate my brain.
No.13152
Sore neck and back yesterday. Likely due to the hours spent hunched and twisted beneath my kitchen sink on Monday. Today's status: neck fine, back slightly better. Ibuprofen, the breakfast of champions.
No.13159
I had lunch and I worked out and then helped my father install a cabinet for my sister. I went to the seminar and enjoyed the whole thing, even if I got very tired by the end, and we didn't even hold the full four hours as we planned and cut it short to just three.
I think the most fun part was how our topic was geopolitics and how I could see a lot of these factors in the ancient Chinese stuff I read when talking about combating the barbarians in the north for example.
Gonna have another seminar tomorrow. I'm feeling pumped. Like I'm engaged. I'm reading a lot of interesting stuff and learning new things. Just found out about an interesting German book that I'll probably borrow from the library next week just out of curiosity.
No.13162
>>13159> Just found out about an interesting German book that I'll probably borrow from the library next week just out of curiosity.And that book's name? Mein Kampf.
No.13163 KONTRA
>>13162It’s actually “Das kleine Heldenbuch” because it has an interesting selection of medieval stuff, though what peaked my interest was the inclusion of the Rosengartenlied.
Honestly I did read some of Mein Kampf. Not out of curiosity, it was sort of an obligation, since a couple of pages from that plus the NSDAP party programme was assigned reading material because of the “source-centric” approach to teaching history. Can’t say I’m a fan or that it’d be a very effective way of spreading Nazism/Hitlerism.
In that regard I’d say Kubitschek’s “Mein Jugendfreund, Adolf Hitler” does a much better job because of how it does the unthinkable and humanizes Hitler.
Why are we talking about this anyway?
No.13165
>>13163>Honestly I did read some of Mein Kampf. Not out of curiosity,I read some of the bible out of curiosity. Stopped at Leviticus, since it was unbearably boring.
Still, everytime I think that some game or fantasy fandom group is maybe invested a little too much into their stuff, I remember that those guys have been at it for 2000 years.
No.13167
>>13165> I remember that those guys have been at it for 2000 years.~ 3000 years, also stop being so antisemitic
No.13168
>>13163>it does the unthinkable and humanizes Hitler.Scholarly history books probably regard Hitler as a human bean.
Not sure what Kubitschek humanizes Hitler could mean here tbh. A person central to the German New Right sounds more like a promise to praise the human sides of Hitler. Der große Führer hatte Mitgefühl. Vom Hitler lässt sich ja doch noch lernen, wenn man will.
No.13169 KONTRA
>>13165>Stopped at LeviticusMany such cases, it's basically the noob filter. Lots of interesting stuff after, but also lots of "boring" stuff (Chronicles e.g.) that can still be conceptually interesting. Would recommend reading Northrop Frye's book on the bible (The Great Code) and then maybe giving it another try with an annotated version.
No.13171
>>13168Dunno about Kubitschek. But the commonly accepted view of Hitler is that of an almost comically exaggerated super-villain from a marvel comic.
I think he was just your average dictator. He had a genocidal hatred for Jews, but still liked dogs and children. The two are not mutually exclusive.
No.13173
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚋
No.13174
>>13171Hitler was also a vegetarian, no?
I will repeat what I mentioned above, any scholarly book or article will treat Hitler like a human bean.
What I think is the real deal here is that somebody like Hitler actually behaved like a human bean is what scares and fascinates people, like a wanted to eradicate an ethnicity but also wouldn't eat animals. Just like I heard he got up late and watched movies in a private cinema at Obersalzberg.
No.13175
🥚🐣 🐥🍗
>>13174>he got up late and watched movies Useless and unproductive artists...
No.13176
Today's seminar went well enough. Though I have to say that for me it's a bit mixed because a lot of the material and facts we go over I've heard before, ironically on twitter of all places. So I guess it's at least nice to know that I already had a sound knowledge, even if it hasn't been made this orderly and synthesised.
Talked with the lecturer a bit during my break. I hyped my current projects a bit.
They finally sent the book I ordered by mail so I can make some more progress eventually with one of my translations.
>>13168Well I have to confess that I have never read a proper scholarly work on the man, I was just exposed to a lot of National Geographic WW2 documentaries and just general public education, so I never really dwelt on the man's life, really.
Which is why reading that book of recollections by a roomemate from his period in Linz was so odd, because instead of some arch-evil I just saw a conflicted man who liked going to the opera and liked books and stuff.
No.13178
>>13177However much money you need to put in an index fund so that the returns can pay for rent and supporting a family I suppose.
No.13179
>>13177What use are 500k if I don't have a house (and buying property and building a house would get rid of that money basically instantly in today's market). Am I rich for owning a house, then?
But it's an interesting question, and entirely depends on how you define "rich". Is it a relative feature or an absolute one? Because in absolute, even the german Hartzer is richer than what? 80% of the globe?
Whereas in relatives, it's only marginally better than being e.g. a nightguard.
I think being rich means actually not having to worry about money. Not in the sense of "I don't care about money", because you still have to buy stuff and pay rent, but in the sense of being detached from normal people's financial worries, as in "as long as I am not retarded and buy a million castles I will never run out of money and still can buy my way out of virtually every predicament" - for example I once saw a post somewhere where someone described monetary fines as basically inconseqential for rich people, because why would they care about having to pay a two-digit fine for anything? It's figuratively peanuts for them, like companies paying a fine for something and being able to carry on with their criminal activities they had to pay the fine for in the first place.
So like with pic related I think it could be summarized as "bearing no relation to money".
No.13180 KONTRA
>>13178That's somewhere between $700k and $1.5 Million.
No.13182 KONTRA
>>13177I would agree with the other German that rich in that context for me would likely mean having not to worry about money. If you subtract the expenses there still is money left that is turned into more money. However, another line can be drawn here between people who still need to do wage labor and people who "job" is managing their wealth/assets to live by.
No.13186 KONTRA
>>13177Eating out every day, a tropical/Mediterranean holiday every year and a car not older than 10 years. Owning your own house. Private healthcare. No debt.
No.13187
>>13186>Eating out every day, a tropical/Mediterranean holiday every year and a car not older than 10 years. That's a matter of personal taste, though.
What if I am an oldtimer aficionado with a private chef who goes to antarctica every winter just for fun?
No.13188
>>13187That's crazy rich.
No.13189
>>13188How about this: I eat at the soup kitchen every day, live in Croatia and go to holiday there every year and have no car (therefore have no car older than ten years).
No.13190 KONTRA
>>13189You're just twisting words to make it seem like something meaningful is being said.
No.13191
>>13190 I am not twisting anyone's word, if I would do that it would look something like
>Es klapperte die Klapperschlang bis ihre Klapper schlapper klang No.13193
>be sick
>be healthy again for ~week
>sore throat again
I bought a test kit. I suspect I might catch corona for real this time.
What else could that be? Did I not give my body enough rest las time? I actually lay in bed only for two days and went to the library with mucus in my sinuses because I needed to write shit down and thought it will be alright I placed myself isolated from others btw**
No.13194 KONTRA
>>13193Looks like my skills are already affected.
No.13198 KONTRA
>>13195He's vaxxed. The panicky people are all vaxxlings. If he wasn't vaxxed, he wouldn't be afraid of wu-flu and just tell us that he thinks he might be getting a coke, like normal people do.
But he tells
> Oh noes I might be getting CORONAso we know he's sheeple who let's himself be panicked by the media.
They he also "supports Ukraine" and goes to the government-organized 'rallies against the right.'
No.13200
Are you you?
No.13202 KONTRA
A prolific German Youtuber was located in some nazi-pub/b&b in Thuringia, where he had lived since September. Reportedly, he touched a a three year old girl in inappropriate ways during his stay.
No.13203 KONTRA
>>13202Nobody cares, fuck off with your e-celeb political cancer
No.13204
>>13201Lol I took a sick day off on thursday so I didn't have to participate.
It was only partially a lie; I was hungover as fuck because I got shitfaced on Baltika 9s on Wednesday and spent 6 hours until 5 AM calculating how to convert old school DnD level up attack bonuses to percentile die, so that instead of relying on a table to determine the attack bonus each class should get on level up, I can just have my players roll a d100 to determine if they get their attack bonus or not.
The downside of this is that it kinda feels shitty for players to level up and go through the effort of rolling, only to get nothing if they fail their roll. (leveling up and not getting their pre-determined attack bonus from a table doesn't feel as bad because they didn't actively have to do anything: it's not a bad result, the result was predetermined).
So, the next best option is to convert the d20 attack roll system to a d100 attack roll system, and then have the stats increase by 1d4 or lower (by lower I mean you could, for example, roll 1d4 two times and pick the lower value of the two rolls), so that every level your stats increase by SOME amount, even if as little as 1/100 (which is 0.2/20)
you know what I'm talking about?
no you don't
One day, I'm going to make my own table top RPG system, and get minor internet clout.
You'll see.
No.13205
Went to ans corporate office party where we rented a lounge at a cafe and played poker.
First time playing poker ever. I hate losing, so I'm now obsessed with learning to play poker so that I can win next time.
Otherwise I got shitfaced on bad cocktails, then drank even more alcohol on my way home after the party was over.
My bill was 16% of the whole thing, which is pretty bad if you consider that there were 8 of us, so the preferable number would be 12.5%.
I have discovered that I like "negroni" for the taste, and "long island" for the alcohol.
I am now waiting to sober up enough to fall asleep, so I can spend tomorrow looking for a hostel to stay in, because there's going to be renovations the apartment, and it's getting uncomfy living here during the fact.
Currently resisting the urge to order junk food at 3 AM so I can sober up on the junk food and fall asleep.
Such cases.
No.13213
>>13195Yes.
>>13196No, the opposite according to my roommate and others.
>>13198I had a cold that ended on Monday and I did not test myself because I was sure I got it from my sick nephew.
>>13199No.
>>13200No. I is another. We use I like other people talk about the weather: out of habit
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Enough with the data mining now. I have headaches. Better go to sleep with the help of Peter.
No.13214 KONTRA
>>13200I've seen Evangelion. I know the answer to this one.
No.13220
Reaching the end of a workday and thinking back on random things that happened to start the day. Always feels like more than just hours ago and closer to yesterday or the day before.
>>13178As the S&P has historically returned 10%, $590,000 would provide the median US salary as passive income. Might not go far in California, but one could live like a king in West Virginia.
>>13179>buying property and building a house would get rid of that money basically instantly in today's marketThat's why I would exclude home equity from net worth. It's too easy to have money in a home that can't easily be turned into a hamburger dinner on Friday. A rich man needs walking around money, not just a positive debt/asset number. Maybe I should also stipulate that my 500k declaration should be debt free.
>>13186Hm. Instead of counting the money, judge wealth by the quality of life it provides. Enough is as good as a feast. Nice.
No.13222 KONTRA
>>1322010% Returns does not mean you could cash out 10% each year and keep your capital.
1.) There was inflation.
2.) 10% is an average value. There were years when the S&P 500 droped 25% or more.
3.5% to 4% is closer to reality.
No.13227
>>13224Air has around 1/5th oxygen.
Water has 16/18th oxygen.
Therefore water animals should be able to grow over 4 times as large as land animals.
No.13228
>>13226Why do these pictures always have burger units? Seems like another cultural export to me
No.13229
>>13228Because in Dirtrope, saying the truth is not socially acceptable. But women (=biology) are obviously the same in Shitrope, as German Yence well know.
No.13230
>>13228Because majority of anglophones live in USA. Upper part of picture (in Russian) has height in metric system. Why are you trying to present this as cultural export?
No.13231 KONTRA
>>13230Europeans would never discriminate like this!
No.13237
>>13236This is what involuntary humor by neckbearding looks like.
Not sure what you want to say with these images though, try using words.
No.13238 KONTRA
>>13237Your stupidity is only exceded by your arrogance. It's obvious that you are the green-voting little reality-denier who believes fat people don't actually have bad health, it's just that doctors are fat-phobic.
Because I have a good day and because I know that you are genuinly retarded, I will spell out the obvious for a braindead walking talking turd like you.
1.) These are covers of pornographic books.
I am operating under the assumption that you know what a book is.2.) The target audience of these books are women.
3.) Are you able to draw conclusions from the men depicted on these covers? Are you? ARE YOU?
Now go and suck a dick, you worthless piece of crap.
(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) No.13239
IQ is racist.
I cannot feel any pleasure anymore. I may go in a mental asylum in not too long.
At least I still have a sense of aesthetic appreciation.
No.13240
>>13238>cheap novel covers are scientific proof for neckbeard schizo-enciaEver thought about women not buying these books because they like the covers so much but the story?
That said I don't think evolutionary theory is wrong, you are not getting the arguments straight, but when have you ever?
No.13244 KONTRA
>>13238It's like saying industry porn has a significant impact on whom men are mating with. They fuck pretty much anything they can fuck, let's be honest here.
No.13245
My head hurt throughout the day. The weather is going to become cold in a day or two, I can feel it. It's going to rain and suddenly my head will feel lighter and my right eyelid will stop twitching randomly.
I had a good breakfast, and then skipped lunch. Had a coffee. The coating on the inside of the mocha maker started coming off so I decided to bin the thing because I have zero fucking clue what poison it has leaked into my coffee thus far. I need to get a metal one.
My father last week dragged home a treadmill he found on facebook marketplace. I was initially skeptical but I tried it out today and it was actually very pleasant to use. Spent around half an hour with it.
Tomorrow I want to do some cleaning and some preparatory studies.
No.13247 KONTRA
Due to how non-phonetic French writing is and all of its weird quirks, I struggle to write it at all despite being fairly able to speak it and understand it. Even when reading, I'll often have to speak aloud these odd constructs to be able to make sense of them. Feels like a half literate peasant. It's interesting how fast it is to pick back up a language though, just hearing interviews in French while driving works wonders.
No.13252 KONTRA
>>13234Are the women on the screenshots "neckbeards"?
No.13254
When filling a glass with water, I invariably swirl a small amount around the bottom and dump it before refilling to drink. Even when the glass is unquestionably clean.
I do this unconsciously and don't know why.
>>13253Voting on Superbowl Sunday, peak Freedom™
No.13255
How big do you think is the part of people over the age of 40 who cannot spot obviously AI created images and believe what they see is real?
No.13256
>>13255Probably not much higher than the share of people under 40.
No.13257
Had no luck with the coffeemaker. The price was right, the material was right, but it seemed like it’d hold too little coffee for my taste during the brewing process.
When did this happen that basically everything is the same on type of product but just a different no-name branding? Maybe I just never noticed as a kid.
Got a new pair of running shoes. They worked fine for the treadmill session. Had an absolute schizo moment while shopping because I noticed that a repeating graphical element on the shopping cart looked like the numeral for 6 in Hebrew and of course it repeated 3 times, making it 666.
I fell asleep during the afternoon. It seems to have cured some of my problems. It’s raining.
I had another odd dream, this time I had a bumb on my head. I think I just had a cancer-related dream.
Tomorrow I’ll go to the Far Eastern library and borrow some stuff and work there on my article. Though the place has the most terrible opening hours this semester.
Also reserved a copy of a book at the German Institute. I’m going to do a lot of stuff this semester. People will think I’m crazy, but I will be in the best shape possible.
No.13260 KONTRA
The votes have been counted and the winner has been declared. Behold, the bresident of Binland.
Ordered new headphones and a microphone. Hope they're better than the logitech gamer headset I got couple of weeks ago. Have to go return that piece of crap.
>>13254Hell yeah brother! Did you place any bets for the Super Bowl games?
No.13262
>>the bresident of BinlandNumber 8 on the ballot, but number 1 in our hearts.
>>13260>Did you place any bets for the Super Bowl games?ofc. DraftKings had a promotion where any $10 bet would earn a $10 bonus bet. I put that on a parlay: Kansas City money line win, and 3 players with high probability yardage totals. Kelce over 36 receiving, Mahomes over 10 rushing, and Kittle over 25 receiving. In retrospect the parlay could be my undoing, as any single event can ruin the line. Mahomes is elusive, but not really a running quarterback. Either way, $10 to pay out $28 seemed like a fair wager. And, win or lose, I have that bonus bet. So, it's basically house money.
No.13263 KONTRA
>>13262Interesting. I didn't know there were so many things to bet on. Anyways, rooting for you(r bets)!
Also, forgot:
>When filling a glass with water, I invariably swirl a small amount around the bottom and dump it before refilling to drink. Even when the glass is unquestionably clean.Sames, but not necessarily with swirling. For me it stems from having to run the tap for 1-2 seconds before the water is cold enough to drink. So I use the lukewarm water to "wash" the glass. I don't think I do this when I'm on cabins with no running water. Bottled water has to be conserved.
No.13264 KONTRA
>>13263>When filling a glass with water, I invariably swirl a small amount around the bottom and dump it before refilling to drink.I eben leer that Tap run until the water runs cold because I don't want to drink water that has standard in the pipes for hours. How exuberant of me!
No.13268
>>13262The parlay was, in fact, my undoing. 3/4 legs hit. Kittle- who had gone over 25 receiving yards in 11 of his last 12 games- finished with 4.
>>13263The options for betting are nearly endless. With Live Betting and Flash Props you can even lose money by guessing the result of each play. This app is like formerly known as Twitter opened a casino.
>>13264>I don't want to drink water that has standard in the pipes for hours.Feel known. When switching the tap from hot to cold, I let it run to clear the faucet. Don't want to drink water that has been sitting in my hot water tank for God knows how long.
>>13265Pic related.
No.13270
Dr. Carmack' condition is IRREVERSIBLE.
Because Dr. Carmack's condition is that he's trans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f7iH2UxXV0 No.13271
>>13244Sexual selection is done by women because they have higher cost of choosing wrong partner.
For man mating with low quality woman is a matter of one load of cum. For woman choosing low quality man means bearing a child for 9 months, caring about it for years, and all of that during short period of fertility. Better not to waste so many resources on bad genes.
>>13270Being trans is reversible, for many people, especially teens, it's a temporary phase. But genital mutilation isn't reversible.
No.13272 KONTRA
>>13271Cultural inventions make these obsolete. You can easily decrease the "costs of mating" these days.
No.13273
>>13272Evolution doesn't catch up with these rapid changes.
That's like our bodies are adapted for physical activity and food scarcity, so if you work at office and have cheap ready food for microwave, you can easily become obese.
No.13275 KONTRA
>>13273>Evolution doesn't catch up with these rapid changes.Says who? I agree that some things are quite ingrained but to me this sexual selection statement makes no sense. Cultural artifacts definitely interfere and change evolution and that can happen quite fast.
I would even agree that women seek tall men but given the mating dynamics that are visible in public I say these don't play a really big role. There is probably a lot more to that selection than what some dudebros take on evolutionary theory has to offer
it is probably just evolutionary psychology papers diluted through randos who sum up papers online.
No.13276 KONTRA
>>13275selection process*
No.13277 KONTRA
>>13275>Cultural artifacts definitely interfere and change evolution and that can happen quite fast.ARRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT EVOLUTION THIS HURTS ALMOST AS MUCH AS "IT'S JUST A THEORY"
No.13278 KONTRA
>>13277Well, do you want to tell me that the theory of evolution with all its subfields has not changed since its inception?
No.13279
>>13278Define "changed". Define "subfields". Improve your english.
No.13280 KONTRA
>>13279>Define "changed"Do you have a basic idea of how science works or the history of science?
Knowledge about things can change and has changed in the sciences. This usually can be attributed to new discoveries, new questions, new methods of research and so on. Of course, some basic things probably do not change or not change as drastically.
>Define "subfields"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Subfields_of_evolutionary_biology
>Improve your english.I think that English was quite correct and had enough informational load at this point. If you would use your brain for more than being angry you could have guessed where my statement is pointing at.
No.13281
>>13275>Cultural artifacts definitely interfere and change evolution and that can happen quite fast.Yes, humans are complex social creatures. For example, we have culture of gyms to compensate for the lack of physical labor.
Same way there are non-biological (but cultural) adaptations in a sphere of sexual selection, for example institute of monogamous marriage. But structure of modern society creates all incentives for women to sleep exclusively with high value males and intensifies this biological mechanism instead of countering it.
No.13282 KONTRA
>>13280>Deflecting and unwarranted smugness without actually answering the questionsAh, it's you. Before I tell you to fuck yourself, consider the following:
Evolution is still not considered a directed process and any "cultural" component is most likely not old enough to make any difference on an "evolutionary" time scale.
"Evolutionary psychology" or whatever broscience this is about is considered that - broscience, or even a legit, intentional scam.
Therefore this whole discussion is pointless and has been from the very beginning.
Now go fuck yourself.
No.13284 KONTRA
>>13281>But structure of modern society creates all incentives for women to sleep exclusively with high value malesWhen I step out of the door I see the opposite tbh. Maybe you should do that too instead of consuming red-pilled infographics on Stacy's sex life.
>intensifies this biological mechanism instead of countering it.If that is benefical and good, why complain?
>>13282Stop lying, as if you are interested in a discussion.
>Evolution is still not considered a directed processWhere did I say it was directed? Learn to read.
>any "cultural" component is most likely not old enough to make any difference on an "evolutionary" time scale.The (in)voluntary transport of animals and plants through vehicles like ships and such probably had an effect on (local) evolutionary processes of different species.
I'm still waiting for the proof that women only mate with tall men and men exclusively want big titted women for mating. Sexual attraction is part of the selction process but I refuse to simply accept that there is nothing else without an actual argument. Since it is broscience I don't expect anything to come despite opinions from an imageboarder that I should accept their knowledge on evolution.
No.13285
>>13284> When I step out of the door I see the opposite tbh.Dude, you live in a country where parent tests are banned. The encouraged female strategy in Germany is to sleep with high status male (who has plenty of other women) and let the state or other male take care of your children.
You can tell me what you see, but I'll just ask two questions as an illustration:
1) Portugal, how many partners have you had?
2) Hungary, how many partners have you had?
> If that is benefical and good, why complain?Well, whether it is good or bad is another question, we can discuss it if you want. So far I've just claimed (
>>13226 ) that this contradicts dominant egalitarian ethics: "low quality male -> doomed for loneliness and that's your problem".
No.13286 KONTRA
>>13285>Dude, you live in a country where parent tests are banned.How is the father confirmed in a contested case then? Why wouldn't every woman claim that the father is the richest man in G*rmany? Or to make it a little more provable, claim that the CEO of their workplace is the father or something.
I need to become a
birthing person and move to G*rmany.
No.13287 KONTRA
>>13285And you live on the internet, did you major in incelnomics?
Going out in the street I see a lot of normal people whom neither seems high status to me. And I doubt that some "high value men"
whatever that is but I expect a chad archetype even care about these people.
People are generally having less sex, especially young people is what I can remember from news.
No.13289 KONTRA
Billion lines long posts. We’re so back.
No.13290
>>13287> Going out in the street I see a lot of normal people whom neither seems high status to me.That you see such couples is a consequence of male civilization forcing women to make mating choices they do not desire. Due to economic circumstances and prevailing social norms, women are pressured to enter sexual relationships with men who are not attractive to them. We could call this rape culture. That you are unaware of these anthrocentric, opressive, sexist aspects of male civilization signifies your blindness for female realities. Underrepresentation of female narratives in the public discourse normalizes these seemingly equal pairings, which are forced on women, who are oppressed and used as the collective property of all men and are not allowed to freely choose the sexual partners they desire.
If you speak German, I suggest you read 'Female choice'by Meike Stoverock. It has been reviewed very positively, for example in taz, see
https://taz.de/Biologin-ueber-Gendertheorie/!5755490/The author is a woman, not an incel.
No.13291 KONTRA
>>13290>tazLike posting an anti-immigration article from the NZZ lmao
Sure, within that highly ideological framework that's a rather sane kind of attitude presented there, although the conclusions drawn are pretty speculative, and highly questionable in my opinion (like talking about medicine being tailored to men, when we have specialized doctors for women, but not for men), especially that part about gender. A hormonal imbalance is not a gender, it's a medical condition (and unlike what the article is suggesting, she says herself that it's her opinion).
No.13292
>>13290>The author is a woman, not an incel.Femcel, bro. Do you think because it is taz I will say nothing against it? Do you think I'm not wary of all types of evolutionary explanations that mix with politics? It's a common pattern.
Also I wish somebody would explain to me how both incels and this women go so crazy over the 80/20 rule (I think it is common in economics?) which appears more like a handy claim for interpretation than anything. It's really interesting how these people mix biology and economics. Perfect ideological springboard.
No.13293
>>13291> Tazfunny how we are attacking the messenger again, isn't it? I think you are a beta male or gamma male afraid of losing his male privilege, because you know it is all you have.
Alpha men welcome the sexual freedom of women and are happy to explore sexuality together with women, while the weak betas and the pathetic sub-betas are bike sexists and oppressors who give all women the creeps. Like you. Yuck, you are giving off really rapey vibes!
No.13294 KONTRA
>>13292>go so crazy over the 80/20 ruleThe Pareto principle, as it is also called, is used to identify factors that have the highest impact with the lowest investment, i.e. how 80% of results are achieved with 20% of effort. It does NOT mean that 20% of men get 80% of women, or whatever the interpretation is supposed to be here.
No.13295 KONTRA
Will the 20% of high value men want to mate with 80% of the women that exist anyway? Not sure if I'm part of the 20% but I had sex in the past and my last affair texted me if I would be in town again soon, I guess that is what female choice looks like according to other sources what Meike S. understands as high value men when its female choice are those with the highest intelligence and a portfolio of skills. So Ernsts can sleep calmly now.
No.13296
>>13292> Do you think because it is taz I will say nothing against it?You can't call her incel, can you? You can't claim she's a red-pilled woman-hater, can you?
>Do you think I'm not wary of all types of evolutionary explanationsWhy? Do you believe humans are ethereal beings devoid of biological urges?
> Over this 80/20 ruleAre you serious or is this very successful trolling? Are you writing this with a straight face? 80/20 rule is a consequence of pareto distribution.
>It's really interesting how these people mix biology and economics. The Pareto distribution only exists in economics, obviously. Micro-economics, to be precise. Nothing outside economics follows a pareto-distribution, ever. It's not like the degree of nodes in scale-free networks is pareto-distributed, and it's not like scale-free networks are common as dirt, from the Internet to social graphs.
Some stuff that's apparently pareto-distributed from fucking wiki fucking pedia:
> Clusters of Bose–Einstein condensate near absolute zeroFucking physicists, mixed in economics here!
> Fitted cumulative Pareto (Lomax) distribution to maximum one-day rainfalls using CumFreq, see also distribution fittingFucking meteorologists, they obviously measure precipitation the wrong way, otherwise, their results would not be distributed like personal wealth
> Sizes of sand particles [26]Damn, mixing economics and sand!
> The size of meteoritesThey need to stop mixing economics and astrology! If we rid ourselves of market-logics, sizes of meteorites will follow a continuously uniform distribution! Establish social justice among meteorites!
No.13297 KONTRA
>>13296>You can't call her incel, can you? You can't claim she's a red-pilled woman-hater, can you? I could call her a femcel.
Maybe she is some sort of twisty mix of radfem and libfem.
>Why? Do you believe humans are ethereal beings devoid of biological urges?Ach Ernst, you simply don't want to understand that science and ideology can make very good bedfellows, do you?
>pareto distributionOk and while you wasted all your energy on my bringing together evolution and economics might be fishy (because see above) you should rather deliver on why the Pareto distribution is a fact/applicable in mating, whether true now or will be an observable fact once the female choice society has been instantiated.
No.13298 KONTRA
>>13297I could call you an idiot and be done with this.
No.13299 KONTRA
>>13298Then I simply have to assume you cannot deliver.
No.13301
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EinzelsiedlungApparently Germans have an historical official way to refer to a lonely structure in urbanistic terms. And it’s a very old medieval term still used today. I‘m amused
No.13302
Yes, but have you considered human nature
No.13303 KONTRA
>>13301> I'm amusedThe Germans also have a word for when someone splits compoundnouns, that word is Deppenleerzeichen, meaning 'space character introduced by idiot'. Since the idiots usually win, we will soon neither have a word for einzel Siedlung nor for Deppen leer Zeichen, and 'the Germans have a word for that' will stop being a thing, since it's purely a result of the German idiosyncracy (or idio syncracy?) of writing compound nouns in closed form. (As opposed to openform.)
No.13304 KONTRA
It's amazing just how different the Ernsts on /b/ are from those on /int/.
In fact, /int/ sometimes feels like /fefe/, just with less informed opinions.
No.13305
>>13304True. In some way this is a strength of EC, it's basically two boards with different culture coexisting. Good for german Ernsts who can enjoy whatever they prefer in a given moment: The autistic arguing of /int/ or the laid back shitposting on /b/. I only feel a little bad for non-german speaking Ernsts, because they don't have that choice.
No.13306
>>13305>because they don't have that choice.What, not learning german?
No.13307
>>13305>>13306Imagine learning German and then finding out German Ernsts were lying and /b/ is also autistic.
I'd say the difference between /int/ and /fefe/ is a matter of language proficiency in the end. My vocabulary is greatly diminished in English which has an impact on how I will argue.
Any tips are welcome on how to improve English vocabulary. I used Anki but the sets I used weren't that good was my impression.
No.13308
>>13306I had an idea of reading and posting in /b/ through online translator to see how fast you will notice anything.
But /b/ turned out to be silly and boring
No.13309
>>13307>Any tips are welcome on how to improve English vocabulary.Arguing autistically in English.
Preferably with native English speakers thought.
It's how I expanded my vocabulary.
t. autistic arguer.
No.13311
>>13285I prefer not to answer, while my number of encounters are limited enough that I could go and count them up, I would rather not relive them. Less than you'd think.
>>13307Read books. It's that simple. Imageboards actively damage one's English skills due to all the dirty non-natives.
>>13270I'm sorry I haven't called.
No.13312
>>13311>Read books. It's that simple.Did you specifically mean novels or books in general?
I consume a lot of English language media already. Mainly academic but still. That said I think novels can be challenging vocabulary wise. Maybe I should read more novels. English language poetry I imagine can also be a pain in the ass depending on whom you read but I assume it is there were you can run quickly into not knowing words.
I had to write an English research proposal and after finishing, I ran it through chatgpt and every paragraph was basically fine but the details made it really "native" sounding and I knew all the suggested vocabulary changes. A bit frustrating. My passive vocabulary is quite good. Some phrases and special fields vocabulary lacks, though. The latter is not really a problem as long as my special field is known to me.
No.13313
>>13312Academic papers are limited in their vocabulary by their nature. Go read Confederacy of Dunces if you haven't already.