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Sit down with your co-workers for a beer and everybody smiles. They even make tv shows about it. But sit down with your co-workers for a little opium and everybody gets their panties in a twist. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Ya maybe. But the ubiquity of alcohol suggests that the specific substance bears too.

Sit down with your co-workers for a beer and everybody smiles. They even make tv shows about it. But sit down with your co-workers for a little opium and everybody gets their panties in a twist. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I'm pointing out an incongruity between popular opinion and objective fact.

Sit down with your co-workers for a beer and everybody smiles. They even make tv shows about it. But sit down with your co-workers for a little opium and everybody gets their panties in a twist. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

There's a certain inherent nastiness to alcohol. A definite taint that shouts "I am poison" or "this stuff is good for cleaning engine parts".

Opium, not so much. More of a warm floral hug.

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Sit down with your co-workers for a beer and everybody smiles. They even make tv shows about it. But sit down with your co-workers for a little opium and everybody gets their panties in a twist. (sh.itjust.works)
It is deeply bad that a moderator can remove any post or reply. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 days ago

I literally just explained.

If most of us believe what we're told, if we are obedient that way, and keep an eye on our possibly-deviant neighbors, and those neighbors know that they are being watched, that's good enough. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works -5 points 5 days ago

Underlining everything sorta kills the poetry.

If most of us believe what we're told, if we are obedient that way, and keep an eye on our possibly-deviant neighbors, and those neighbors know that they are being watched, that's good enough. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I am describing a minimal-effort dystopian nightmare. You trick the serfs into oppressing themselves. Very cheap to implement.

If most of us believe what we're told, if we are obedient that way, and keep an eye on our possibly-deviant neighbors, and those neighbors know that they are being watched, that's good enough. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
If most of us believe what we're told, if we are obedient that way, and keep an eye on our possibly-deviant neighbors, and those neighbors know that they are being watched, that's good enough. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
It is deeply bad that a moderator can remove any post or reply. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Ahh, so it's ok to fuck with my conversation as long as you, smiletolerantly, think it's legitimate. Whew. That's a relief.

It is deeply bad that a moderator can remove any post or reply. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Are we being taught to love the panopticon? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It's right there in the name. All seeing. Pan opticon

Are we being taught to love the panopticon? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] rainrain@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, but my point is most of the people here will actually argue in favor of it. Saying that it's the best and only way etc. you got to wonder where that came from

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Are we being taught to love the panopticon? (sh.itjust.works)
 

It's weird. The simple fact of being watched and told what you can say. And the possibility that what you're saying is being edited and what you're hearing is edited too.

This strikes me as abhorrent. But most of the people here call it necessary, preferable and even desirable.

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It is deeply bad that a moderator can remove any post or reply. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Yes, I know, trolls etc. But such action turns any conversation into a bad joke. And anybody who trusts a moderator is a fool.

Find a better way.

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If we could network planaria, minds of arbitrary size could be consumed and simulated. (sh.itjust.works)
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Are they trying to split up Lemmy? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Divide and conquer.

So many people here are ready to fight at the slightest dissent. So ready to censor and ban.

It's unnatural.

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Concentration is like a super-lobotomy. It removes the 99% of yourself that is interfering with what's important. (sh.itjust.works)
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Upvote/Downvote is the first mental skill that infants learn. (sh.itjust.works)
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What does it feel like when you concentrate? (sh.itjust.works)
 

And stuff related to that. When you pay attention, focus... get so concentrated on something that you get sucked in...

What is that like? Can you describe it?

And in the opposite direction. What is it like to be distracted?

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The weather is definitely changing. (sh.itjust.works)
 

8 years ago the spring weather was different. It drizzled almost every day. It was cloudy. Now we have these clear sunny days, big winds and scant rain.

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Men who have their balls removed at an early age are 300% more successful. (sh.itjust.works)
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Bullied or Deceived. If you had to choose, which would you prefer be done to you? (sh.itjust.works)
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When buying tools, how important is color for you? (sh.itjust.works)
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I can't resist bright orange plastic.

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