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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • The challenge isn’t finding counter examples, it’s limiting the narrative of history to have a simple “good/bad divide” but here are some selections of underdogs one may consider the greater of two evils:

    • The confederacy (US Civil War)
    • Caesar’s army crossing the Rubicon
    • Imperial Japan post Pearl Harbor
    • Pakistan’s complicated history with India
    • King Leonidas and his men (Persia was arguably more equitable)
    • Austria-Hungary (WW1)
    • Fascist Italy (WW2)

    As for David and Goliath, keep in mind David was using a sling, a weapon that can hit with the same force as a modern revolver when used properly. It’s entirely possible that story is an allegory and/or propaganda of the value of properly equipping one’s armies; it probably shouldn’t be viewed as anymore impressive than a rampage killer fatally wounding somebody twice their size



  • Were they kicked out solely for having a differing opinion? Then it’s indisputably an echo chamber

    Do the members seldom here opposing opinions outside of strawmen arguments or the occasional troll? Then it’s a defacto echo chamber

    All organizations with common interests run the risk of becoming one, but the trap is particularly insidious for (and often weaponized by) online communities


  • Sounds like you’re salaried. Generally those jobs care about getting your work done more than watching a clock or waiting for phones to ring

    If you have a decent boss, explaining what happened and asking if you can just take off a different day this coming week would probably be fine, even if Tuesday isn’t feasible on such short notice. Personally, I’d be gunning for Friday (assuming you have the normal weekend days off)

    If that conversation is considered a problem, then it’s time to see if the company’s competitors are hiring for your position










  • Idk what your society or definition of “insanity” is but assuming you’re asking what we believe most commonly leads to one’s mental health entering a negative feedback loop:

    Broadly speaking it’s some form of hopeless desperation (yes, the hopeless qualifier matters here) that commonly kicks into high gear after falling into homelessness, at least based on my own observations

    Some also get to play on hard mode simply for winning the genetic and/or socio-economic anti-lottery





  • Can’t remember the name but there’s a novel set in Ireland in the not-too-distant future

    Synopsis implied it had become a surveillance state but didn’t gave up before confirming due to the literal writing style

    I swear every sentence was written in the passive voice (poorly remembered examples):

    “It was made known through the clothes he wore they were sent from the department of security”

    “As she walked outside the smell made Spring’s arrival clear”

    Totally fine normally but do it every single sentence and it becomes a mystery novel where the mystery is what the hell you just read!

    … Or idk, Harry Potter 5 is pretty meandering