that’s a really rich life you’ve had to learn about so many kinds of people

i don’t want to do a whataboutism, so I’ll let that go. but if you ever become curious about Chinese ethnic minorities they are my hyperfixation so DM me at that time

yeah it’s useful to call yourself a feminist and it doesn’t cost much. you might be overthinking this, do not deprive yourself of future interactions with people who share your values

is it too late for me

i hope this sends someone down a Kyrgyzstan rabbit hole, it would be a great honor to enrich you with this knowledge

do indigenous ethnic groups count or no? china and India together have a few hundred indigenous populations that didn’t get genocided, and a few hundred that did (most before 1900 for stupid reasons). Canada succeeded at almost all of theirs, the west is really good at getting rid of things they don’t want, China tries to construct systems that please them without giving them real power, which is also evil but definitely beats ‘killing the indian and saving the man’

it would take several classes to understand diversity in China because of their government system and long history but this English wiki article is a great start

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China

I’ve always found that it’s better to just focus on what people are likely to become invested in rather than expecting them to read everything. this is a much shorter article, read this one instead:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyz_in_China

i need old thinkpad

you are my people

this is really very good, did you make this? if not, where did you find it?

i blame simcity 3000. it made me eco, and he was the only eco guy with a platform targeting teenagers in 2005

what’s that meme? a schizophrenic is talking, listen and learn

like for real the last 28 years have been extremely good for your credibility as truth seekers

the truth machine made me realize that i never have to lie again

tales of symphonia taught me that trusting everyone you meet is not as stupid a decision as it looks

and simulacra and simulation taught me that no one needs to lie in order to fool you

lots of learning about what it means to tell the truth

stallman was right all along I’m going back to the cathedral, everyone can go to hell

let China do it in 2040, they’ll have the manufacturing capability, the tech, the scientific will, and the dreamers’ vision

i wish for a world where we can communicate with experiences instead of words, we would understand each other so much better.

thanks for the truth, truth guy :)

Tom Sexton likes to say that rich people are poor people with money

if we could expand this conversation, i think that to a degree the reverse is true.

i think the neurotypes (we might call them paraphilias actually but you’d be surprised how many people can be reduced to a paraphilia) that connect sex with power imbalance (age, wealth, intelligence, strength, or just legal context like contracts and political relationships) also tend to hoard (valuable things, money, information, connections, data, favors) and these tendencies strengthen each other in a stronger way than most people understand

if you’re interested in what I’m saying, look up “impunity architecture”, especially if you’re Marxist because i think a lot of people think this is inherent to capitalism and it isn’t at all.

hey folks i got graphene, do i need to worry about this or is this what the sandbox is for?

my college roommate in 2008 was schizo, his handle was NetSecSatan, he predicted all this stuff