RobotsLeftHand

The way I heard it, and it changed my life, was “All advice is autobiographical.” You have to filter it through your opinion of the person, how self aware they are, and how much you think they’re sincerely trying to think of you when giving advice.

Edit: And, yes, every time I see this discussed there are droves of snarky people thinking they’re being so clever by pointing out the “irony” which I think is really just reflecting their cynicism. Social skills require nuance and understanding that no rule can be applied 100%.

The fantastic book series Magic Kingdom For Sale is basically about this. I started reading what I assumed would be a lighthearted comedy and it literally opens with our main character lost in alcoholic depression because of an awful tragedy. The fantasy land he’s sent to is hostile, but it provides him enough hope to fight for a better world there.

It’s in line with MLK’s Letter From Birmingham Jail. It’s the moderates that angered him the most because at least with the KKK both sides understood each other’s position. Enabling violence through sheer ignorance despite best intentions is absolutely frustrating in the least.

I think it’s telling that you’re getting down votes without response. Your question is simple: What do we have to gain by turning away potential allies other than massaging our egos?

It’s a good question.

America needs a New Deal for both wealth inequality and authoritarianism.

Thank you. Once my eyes hit a word like that I don’t even continue reading. It’s a major reason I left reddit, because they barely have any non-baiting news anymore.

Yeah, it’s literally the opening words of the title.

“You’re not opposing me. All you’ve done is create a problem that will stop me until I have it figured out.” is the description of every struggle between opposing forces, so it’s interesting that you disagree with that.

ICE don’t seem to have any oversight. If Ross were suspended the public has no way of knowing.

I don’t know of any system that can well handle it’s leaders acting in bad faith.

People are getting confused because they’re trying to make sense of it.

Somebody wants to drink their coffee out of Marvin The Martian and this poster is committed to not let anyone enjoy such a thing.

Okay, because you’re responding to a person saying they’ve lost files, on an article thread about people losing files. You seem to have all the tools to understand what’s being discussed and yet you’re still being obtuse about it.

You don’t have backups for your files on Google drive?

Yeah, I’m just gonna bet that the OP statement doesn’t represent anywhere near enough of the general experience. I knew I had lost the battle with my mom when she shared that video of a girl holding a 4ft snowy owl, and when I told her that animal doesn’t exist she responded “You don’t know everything!”

I despise that it defaults to a web search if it can’t find what I’m looking for, which is most often a very real setting that I know exists…

“There are worse grifts” is not the discussion point you think it is.

Yes, and countless crackpots reference Galileo when shouting out their latest thing that scientists don’t want you to know about. The one doesn’t automatically give even the slightest credence to the other.

I would add that what OP stated is built into the reason as well. It’s an okay episode, the main problem being that you had to accept the ridiculous premise of talking entirely in memes. Fast forward a decade and the joke very much is that it’s not as ridiculous as it first seemed.

Perhaps, but also how much of that love depends on the ‘loved ones’ acting in a way that is wanted/expected vs loving them for who they are? How many of these people see their love as transactional, like withdrawing college funding if the kid declares an undesired major?

Loving someone as an extension of yourself is an entirely different thing for a narcissist.