vampire einstein

real analytic philosophy has never been tried

[hbmmaster]

biggest regret with the paradoxes video is that I should have spent like one more sentence explaining the barber paradox because a lot of people somehow completely missed the paradox part of it and just said stuff like "uh why doesn't someone else shave the barber"

[hbmmaster]

common "solutions" to the barber paradox ("in a town where everyone must be shaved and there's one barber who shaves those and only those who do not shave themselves, who shaves the barber?")

someone else shaves the barber (that would make the barber someone who does not shave themself, which would mean the barber shaves them)

the barber shaves themself (this would make the barber someone who shaves themself, which would mean they aren't shaved by the barber)

the barber is shaved by a different barber (a different barber still counts as a person.)

the barber is shaved by a razor and not a person (if this counts as not shaving themself then nobody in this town is being shaved by the barber and this does not actually fit any part of the scenario described)

the barber is a woman (women actually count as people so she still needs to be shaved)

the barber is bald (bald people are people too.)

the barber isn't shaved at all (the barber is also a person)

[hbmmaster]

folks this isn't a riddle it's a paradox. if you think you have a solution you're not interpreting it correctly

[arehera]

P -> not P? Hmmm but what if P is actually a pair of twins?

[bagnificentmastard]

Gee, thanks. I will go fuck myself then

[hbmmaster]

Dr. hbmmaster, are there any non-gendered honorifics that you have a particular inclination towards or against? (See: your most recent reblog.)

can you just call me the name that's listed in my bio. it's there because that's what I want people to call me

[hbmmaster]

like where does the urge to call strangers online honorifics come from. are people under the impression that it's more polite to make up a name for someone that aesthetically resembles something formal rather than use the name they've indicated they want to be called. and if so why

[gnommunist-organizer]

I mean, as a US English speaker I (and maybe OP) live in a society ™ where addressing a stranger in writing without an honorific is considered rude.

I think I've even inboxed you before without adding an honorific, and it felt almost taboo even though you've specifically asked for it. so I'd assume that's why

[hbmmaster]

for the record, "people think this is polite because it is considered rude not to do this" is not an answer to the question. it's just rephrasing it

[arehera]

I teach teenagers who love to add honorifics as a joke. Mostly the joke works based on the incongruity between using "my Lord" or "Master" for a friend. "Mister" is usually a milder form of this, though it comes with the "addressing a peer like a parent" connotation. "Doctor," or other earned titles ("General," "Ambassador," "Rabbi") often also work to highlight that the target has not earned that title to dismiss their opinion on a relevant subject.

Obviously I can't speak to that user's inner state but if one of my students said that my interpretation would be "They think it's funny to address a tumblr user as Mister or Doctor because of the clashing register, and possibly further think it's funny that you are not actually a doctor and calling you Doctor draws attention to this."

[prokopetz]

I follow a lot of people who are very into Final Fantasy XIV, but I don't play MMOs at all, so whenever my dash's weather turns FFXIV-ward I'm just sitting here like "oh, they're talking about the guy whose name sounds moist again".

[charl0ttan]

how do they decide which presidents get a middle initial. we dont vote on that

[arehera]

Harry S Truman gets to keep the S because that's his whole middle name he's not asking for much just an S you can surely spare one S

[fus-mar-hoz]

seeing posts today on the occasion of the divergence point of 17776 being today, and getting mildly annoyed that whenever the aftermath of that divergence is mentioned, people only talk about playing yank football forever. maybe I'm too yankphobic for it but the most suggestive parts of the duology to me was every time that Jon Bois mentions something in the world that isn't yank football. It is clear that it is a global phenomenon, and the text says multiple times how even in the US the people who choose to play the infinite variations on yank football are a minority of the total population. what makes the story viably approachable is that these sentient satellites only really care about yank football. But we're talking about 15 thousand 7 hundred and fifty years after today. The best thing about 17776 is how it invites you to consider everything that isn't yank football. The bit about that group of people going down the US in strips to see literally everything an everyone could have its own 17776 written about it. There is literally the rest of the world to ponder about. Yet all you people remember about 17776 is the yank football

[arehera]

I feel like the core question of 17776 is "If you've been given objective proof that nothing is important, what would you find to give you meaning?" And the answer, US gridiron, is what Bois picked because it's what he cares about. Giving it grand importance, assuming it's what everyone did or would pick, misses that point, that we can choose, right now, what we give meaning.

[terracloak]

they’re making a new subscription service called equation+ where you can stream your favorite numbers and fractions

[nikotinewithdrawal]

made a lee carvallo's putting challenge inspired piece

[innerchildabortionclinic]

I feel so corny saying "the concept of brainwashing was largely invented and deployed for the sole purpose of combatting communism" because to those Unaware it sounds like a conspiracy theory you'd make up to defend communism but like, that actually happened

[txttletale]

have you checked out esoteric ebb? im curious about your take on it

looks bad

[weepingchoir]

You’re only allowed to call it Magical Gathering if you’re really into it right now or have at least a three year history of being into it

[txttletale]

as someone who is enamored with the narratives magic can tell i often find myself in extremely stark disagreement with those who consider themselves fans of the 'magic story' -- thinking mtg has extremely little to gain narratively from blocks is one example, as is my vehement disagreement with the clamor of voices asserting that dragonstorm should have included cards depicting the downfall of the dragonlords. i just don't think that linear, this-then-that stories are what a trading card game is good at delivering or should aspire to deliver

[arehera]

The Weatherlight Saga is in some books, but the books were written to facilitate shit like this

[ot3]

the best animated picture category at the oscars has always been a complete joke but im astounded every time i re-realize to what degree that's true. this isn't even a kpdh hate post believe it or not completely incidental to the oscars happening today i just watched the tale of princess kaguya in stream with some folks and found out it lost the academy award. to big hero six. yes thats right big hero six. academy award winning work of animated storytelling big hero six.

[arehera]

It's so great how expanding to 5 nominees makes it so obvious how little they care about animation as an art form. Yes, worthy of consideration, Wreck It Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet

[analytically]

Can astrologers use astrological charts to understand people's character and lives? Our new study put astrologers to the test

Astrology is very popular — both Gallup and YouGov report that about 25% of Americans believe that the position of the stars and planets can

Astrology doesn't seem to work.

[maidthings]

my favourite kind of scp are probably the ones that engage with the fundamental tension of trying to do scientific study in a world where magic is real.

my least favourite kind of scp are the ones where they rewrite omelas from the perspective of the people running the infant torture machine for the 10,000th time and end the article with the words "secure, contain, protect"

[arehera]

My favorite scps are the ones where the foundation is like "w ehave stopped it from broadcasting the coordinates for all our locations so wer'er going to chalk this one up as a Win" my least favorite scps are the ones which are Silent Hill

[gaya-the-k]

I can't stop thinking about this

[prokopetz]

You've been isekaied into one of those really cerebral puzzle platformers where you control multiple characters with weirdly specific abilities simultaneously. Which one are you?

The ponderous one who other characters can stand on top of or use as hard cover

The twitchy one with an air dash or some shit who does all the hard platforming

The snarky one who has stealth powers and is somehow the only one who can crouch

The arrogant one who can do chain combo attacks in a non-combat-focused game

The nerdy one whose big utility is being the only one who can, like, pull levers

The eccentric one who can do telekinesis or summon magic cubes or whatever

The spacey one who can teleport or astral project and mostly gets used for recon

The annoying fairy creature whose entire deal is being small

Other (please specify)

Cheese sandwich

Voting ended onFeb 1

[arehera]

The jolly one who's shaped like a Gerver's sofa and can fit around a tight corner while being maximal in size.