@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

DeepGradientAscent

@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

If you’re tech-savvy, or are friends with someone who is, Run an open-sourced custom ROM on your smartphone. Problem solved.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

eldridge Eldritch

…Or was “Eldridge” intentional?

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

hes just an insufferable cunt.

  • “A_Random_Idiot”
DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Omicron Persei 8 is wonderful during the holiday season.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

please don’t worship martial arts.

I don’t think the commenter was “worshipping” martial arts.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

I’m failing to understand why it’s “cringe”.

Having undergone any sort of training is useful, especially, I’d imagine, if you’re a celebrity. Jason Momoa knowing some Jiu Jitsu, whether he’s sparring or not, gives himself another layer of security, if he’s paid attention and attends class diligently.

Knowledge in basic boxing fundamentals, distance management, and wrestling and grappling techniques are very useful in altercations. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is just one branch of grappling.

None of that is “cringe”.

Have you ever had to defend yourself in a hand-to-hand fight? Training is important and can potentially save your life.

That’s not a “cringe” thing to say either, it’s a fact.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

You’re stuck in 1989 and I’m not. We’ll just agree on that.

No, we won’t. What the fuck are you talking about? I’m talking about training, and that it’s good for people. What does that have to do with the 80’s?

You sound angry, unstable, and haven’t gotten over what happened to you in the 80’s.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

The only one taking things a bit too seriously is clearly you.

DeepGradientAscent, (edited )
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

I was born in '81 which is only sometimes part of the millennial age range and never part of the gen x age range.

I was '83. Last I heard, we’re referred to as “xennials”, but I always called myself an “elder millennial”. People need a label for everything, I suppose.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

I think the divider for elder and not is that I remember when we got a computer and Internet.

I agree with this.

My first computer was a 386 running Win3.1 and DOS. I sometimes ask, “Do you know what an AOL installation CD is?” That, most of the time, let’s me know who was when.

DeepGradientAscent, (edited )
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Why?

It’s just a contraction that represents “you all”.

As in, “Ever since I moved to Europe, it seems [y’all/you all] seem to hate Americans to try to look cool in front of your friends.”

DeepGradientAscent, (edited )
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

I’m an American who’s been lucky enough to travel to many other countries, and I’m currently living in the EU.

Blanket statements on praise-worthiness are stupid; one should only praise things, people, and nations when and where they deserve it. There’s a lot to admire and there’s a lot to be disgusted at when considering just about every country and government.

What I find in EU culture socially is that people are far more exclusionary, prone to isolationism, and prejudicial about my and my countrymen’s competence and intelligence than what I was told to expect. I expected some “haha, dumb American” memes, but I didn’t expect people here to honestly believe everyone thinks and acts like our worst people back in the US. It was very eye-opening in a negative way.

EU citizens need to stop treating outsiders as 1-dimensional caricatures, but regrettably, that’s been one of humanity’s greatest faults, and I doubt it will be rectified anytime soon. I try not to get too butt-hurt about it, as we say, but it is irksome after encountering that attitude in conversation after conversation.

What is your unpopular flim opinion

I’ll go first. Mine is that I can’t stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It’s like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

DeepGradientAscent, (edited )
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree.

The thing is, they’re supposed to be that way. The comics were like that too.

I agree that it’s bad that a lot of writers and directors want their film to be “Deadpool-esque”.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Up-voted for following the post guidelines. Down-voted for your lack of taste and gutter trash opinions.

All is in balance.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

You don’t need the “literally”.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Both. It’s your fault and society’s fault.

DeepGradientAscent, (edited )
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

I hate this 2-party system, and I loathe the DNC and the neo-liberal elite. That said, the Republicans haven’t fielded a palatable candidate in my entire lifetime.

Thus, like many Americans I’m forced to politically pinch my nose and vote for the geriatric, corporate-and-billionaire funded elite of the American “left” because the alternative after the dust settles after the primaries is unthinkable.

The American citizenry is fucked, and I fear the only way out from under the boot-heel of the billionaire class is armed bloody revolution, of which I’m terrified of due to what typically comes next, historically.

Orwell and Huxley were supposed to be warnings, not manuals for sociopathic murderous political cults. Then again, maybe things will turn out like Zardoz.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

“Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.”

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

All of which are American Dreams.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Meh. They’re all stone cold classics.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Lemmy is great if you can ignore all the tankies circle-jerking and fellating each other.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

No, I didn’t. Authoritarian ball-garglers everywhere these days, I guess.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

This implies that any capitalist society is compatible with democracy, as in, “the will of the masses controls society”

Correct.

Capitalism is an economic system, while democracy is a political system.

To repeat myself a bit, my argument is that capitalism can’t exist without collective agreements on legislation, enforcement, and adjudication, along with strong protections for an individual’s rights.

In the United States, we technically have a democratically-elected representative federal republic (on paper). This is one of many political systems where capitalism can exist, if we’re defining it strictly, as I’d mentioned above.

And to be absolutely clear:

If you believe that supposed self-described “socialists”, “communists”, “leftists”, and other “cHaMpIoNs Of tHe PeOpLe” have never been or are incapable of being genocidal maniacs, please promptly fuck your own face with your tankie butt-plug and jump off the nearest cliff.

I will never entertain any authoritarian of whatever economic stripe or their apologists for even a nanosecond.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

But of course you know this, so why exactly are you asking?

No. I don’t. That’s why I’m asking.

I thought incel was an abbreviation for an involuntary celibate person, male or female, who genuinely can’t have sex for a plethora of potential reasons. Since the word “involuntary” is part of the abbreviation, to me, that means the person who’s celibate can’t help it.

For what it’s worth, I’m on the spectrum, and one aspect of my neuropathy is that I over-emphasize strict definitions of words etymologically and need to have strict meaning in communication. I perceive people using fluid or inaccurate definitions for words as a vehicle for hostile manipulation and malicious intent.

I am in therapy for this, but I’m skeptical CBT or drugs can rectify how I interpret linguistic nuance.

DeepGradientAscent,
@DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev avatar

Yes.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • localhost
  • All magazines
    •
    Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #