I can’t believe I’m saying hella Jeff in 2024.

Should it also be 3D?

But otherwise, no.

This was made by a Furry.

Why are there 3 or 4 pictures of Vaush?

I was constantly lurking on rarionalist forums until late 2016, and much less so now. When Bernie made his arguments the entire community shifted left. Given Yudkowsky’s positions on responsibility (in short all of us should do everything we can to maximize utility) I am entirely unsurprised to learn that one of us is the person who merc’d the guy. My radicalization started with Yudkowsky and then it was set into overdrive by watching the DNC be selfish while the GOP had been abjectly horrid.

Whether we’re successful more often or not the rationalists are mostly trying to reduce suffering and maximize pleasure for as many people as possible. That’s why we’re so into tech; we see it as a way to improve as many lives as we possibly can. Luigi likely saw this as the way he could do the same. The fact that he was spurred to action by his own particular suffering doesn’t change the fact that he was probably right.

Emphasis because you mean “used to be”?

Why did you hurt me like this?

I was nice for 20 years. Started trying when I was 10. I’m giving up now. Now I’m ready to be selfish.

The War in Ukraine is a siege where the attacker’s supply lines are worse than the defender’s.

You thinking that acknowledging theocracy as awful is bigotry?

I specifically tell my friends that I don’t expect any presents won’t pretend to be grateful and that I won’t get them anything unless I think I know something they’d like. I also tell them I care about them regularly and check in to see how they’re doing.

Love isn’t a yearly checklist; it’s about being there when you’re needed.

Poh-tay-toh tuh-mah-toh

So he’s suicidal?

Yeah. That’s how it works. They get money either from serving you ads or exempting you from the ad service. Either way they get money.

Same, tbh.

Don’t be a doomer.

Well aside from what I already mentioned, it’s possible for the manufacturing of consent against socialized medicine to be halted out of fear leading to M4A finally being adopted. It’s possible that this will lead to non-violent protests that agitate for change. Certain politicians might be able to leverage this in the near future to get a bill passed. It could happen that it’ll lead to a sudden increase in community aid and health facilities accommodating such.

I’m not saying what is and isn’t likely to happen, all I’m saying is that we don’t know. Anyone who thinks they know what will happen is an idiot or a liar, possibly both.

There’s a lot of did ways the situation could develop positively that doesn’t involve more assassinations. Most likely, the industry pushes for legislation that disallows some of the scumier practices while allowing the bleed to continue.

This dude shot and killed a health insurance CEO. After about a day, insurers stopped denying coverage arbitrarily to people. The longer-term effects have not yet been seen, but I expect more to follow.

Edit: bunch of people think it’s wrong for me to say that we can’t perfectly predict the future.