It’s wild how you see criticism of Joe Rogan as a “meltdown”.

Values are crucial. Your politics tell me your values.

Wait until people find out about the Linux kernel. It does so many things!

Larger than they would be for visible light, yes, but not necessarily larger than human eyes. Birds, for instance, can have amazing vision with much smaller eyes.

I saw it up close with my naked eyes. No goggles needed.

You’ve described the reasons why aliens that see in the radio spectrum would never evolve in the first place. Aliens from a particularly cool star might have their vision attuned to infrared, but no place that’s warm enough to have liquid water would be cold enough to make radio waves more useful than infrared.

Many cats are able to be leashed trained.

I suspect most people think port and starboard are just synonyms for left and right. I did for a very long time. And you also have to consider non-native speakers who might not know the nautical terms at all.

The trains where I live say “on my right” and “on my left”. It sounds a little weird hearing an automated voice speaking in the first person, but it’s concise and gets the message across to people who won’t know nautical terms.

I can have sympathy for people with more money than me, but not for their financial situation, because their finances are objectively better than mine will ever be, and I’m not feeling sorry for myself.

The Kim dynasty.

Won’t someone think of the poor multimillionaires?

I any know about that, but it’s the basis of a lot of English/American law. It codified Habeas corpus, for example.

I’m an atheist and I also think you’re a poser.

I think a lot of the classic rock vibe was about being anti-establishment, with little or no care for the actual ideas behind it. MAGA people see themselves as anti-establishment (despite, you know, everything), so it makes sense that a lot of the more superficial classic rock people would adopt it as their persona.

I didn’t think that was the kind of freedom they were referring to.

And “made” is relative. I’m an atheist, so I skipped the “under God” part. I was in a pretty liberal school district so I’m sure I could have gotten away with not doing it at all, but peer pressure is a hell of a drug.

…and then history.

I think the abundance of trans women (≈ women who were raised as boys) is proof the social conditioning the only factor in why there aren’t more women in STEM fields. Women love this shit just as much as men, but they’re actively steered away from it.

(Yes, women face other challenges beyond lack of exposure, but I think all of them can be traced back to social factors as well, such as how men are conditioned to treat women.)

Same. But I’m not expecting them to come for me, or if they do, I expect it to be late enough in the process that’s I’ll know to expect it. The odds of any particular individual being among the first of their cohort to be attacked are very low.

I’m trying to find ways to think bigger, though, because doing nothing while waiting for them to get around to me isn’t the legacy I want to leave.

I assume everything you just wrote is based on faith, because it’s not supported at all by facts.

What’s the elevator pitch for Wilson being terrible? All I really remember about him is the League of Nations and some limited involvement in WWI.