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Dark Flaaffy -- Masakazu Fukuda

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Lately, Ive been really aching with that urge for, in person, social connection. It's tough. When I finally get the person to person interaction with someone else, that I'm so deeply craving, it's been leaving me with emptiness. The other person steam rolls over conversational topics to talk about themselves and quickly changes the subject to something else about them. Its clear that that in them is also a wish for social connection as well. And when the time finally comes, we're all just bursting at the seams--trying to be seen in the small amount of time we know we have together.

I also have been struggling with the problem of being the steam roller as well. When its finally my turn, I forget. I forget to speak language that leads to their opinions and thoughts, which in turn would lead back to mine and connection. I forget to listen.

It makes me sad because every time i leave with that empty feeling I promise to myself that the next time it will be better and I just have to practice leading the conversation so they can't steam roll. Practice being more aware and thinking before I talk. But then I just don't have the skill when it's time to put it into practice.

Talking really is a practiced skill. It's more than just playing 21 questions and hoping to find a topic of common appeal.

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This is video is some really juicy intellectual food. She discusses so many things regarding the way language (including internet discourse, and native languages) shape our understanding of the world and how we interact with others, places around us, and our own bodies.

Although i do agree with her point about the babylonian effect of the internet, and her points made about the internet at the end. It is a super complex topic in itself, and there are many aspects of culture and community within certain internet spaces that give us an important connection and comfort. And even then, the internet space is changing so.

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Walter White in Mario Kart Wii

https://m.youtube.com/c/TheChiptuner

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Thin ice, Miles Cleveland Goodwin

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Toedscool -- Tetsu Kayama

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Toedscruel -- Masako Tomii

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by Richard Nadler

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Richard Nadler (b.1987 in Penzberg, Germany), ArchiTextures, Digital illustration

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This video is a super interesting discussion. They talk about how Ai is not really coded per say--but grown, the unsettling implications of the possible potential for Ai to grow into superintelligence, and how mysterious Ai is even to the people who develop it. What are the ethical dilemmas to this, and what does this imply about "consciousness"?

It actually is crazy how irresponsible developers are and how they just threw ai into the internet without much testing beforehand. And how regular people (including kids whose brains aren't developed) are entering their whole lives into chatgpt (the worst ai btw) and asking it for advice and pretty much training the ai in real time. And how sometimes that training goes awry... and also how the regular people aren't even getting paid to do this but like instead paying with our energy and water.

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Rooms by Umishima Senbon

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A scientist I trust explains the scientific papers made during the autism presentation , in an understandable way, along with explaining how data can be presented. As well as some risk factors for autism that we know of, that are being studied.

Data and scientific studies are complex and have many variables, so ethical science is important and experts are experts for a reason. They understand how to read scientific papers, along with the references, and know how to analyze the purpose of a study especially when information is left out or added.

Anyone can take a true piece of information and spread it falsely especially when the context and references are so complex and so many.

"A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent." - William Blake

Meaning, there is power and danger to truth wielded maliciously. The truth is not inherently good; its moral value depends on the intent behind its use. If someone uses a fact to deliberately hurt, manipulate, or undermine another, that “truth” becomes a weapon, possibly more destructive than a simple lie.

And a quote from the video post text:

"Understanding RFK Jr. as a lawyer who is trying to win a case, and who knows that winning a cases (regardless of why you win) is the ultimate version of success, everything about him makes so so so much more sense. The fact that he can interpret some statistics correctly while others he interprets wildly incorrectly, the fact that he is always referring to his sources as the highest level of expert in whatever field he's discussing, the fact that he picks the scariest possible topics to cover (a secret cabal of people are getting wealthy by poisoning your children) all start to make perfect sense. Makes my stomach hurt...but it makes sense." - Hank Green

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biblically accurate beanie babies

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★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ (4)

The amount of people who didn't like this, and who didn't like the end half is very curious. I also wonder if it's mostly American critiques or if it's overall. 

HIM had humor, horror, and even held your hand a little bit if the viewer happens to be a person who hasn't experienced the world of not only football, but the mentality of an athlete—especially an injured one. Which, for me, wasn't a disadvantage. Every scene had a purpose. I loved the end, and love when horror goes into a paranormal direction that is beyond catholic/christian religion. I love the base statement that there are many "religions" in this world, especially in America --despite "popular" belief, especially under capitalism. But it creates this statement by showing us the parallels. And there is even so much more when it comes to the main character within this system as well.

Makes me wonder if a few of those bad reviews are a result of the influences of big brther “USFF” 👁️ hahahhh jk

HIM is also a great example of the horror genre reflecting the anxieties and fears of a films originating society. Were the reactions of "the film didn't make sense" some sort of denial? The end definitely was a reflection of my anxieties. 

Thinking about watching Suspiria (2018) now. Both movies would make a good double feature. Just a thought but, I wonder if American viewers in particular are more comfortable with a horror like Suspiria (both versions) because it seems "foreign" and has that unfamiliar 'European' air to it, with like older buildings, environments, and the film style. It's easy to other the content and remain only an observer. While in HIM the themes might seem a bit too familiar to American culture. Are the obvious symbols and critiques too uncomfortable?

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