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remington

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Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdoor enthusiast.

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remington Mod ,
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This belongs in c/space. You can move it there if you want. Your choice.

remington Mod ,
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What do you want? Do you want to see more posts/comments?

Beehaw is, specifically, curated for those who want high quality rather than a dumpster fire of trolls and assholes.

So, quality vs quantity.

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This has nothing to do with FOSS and, therefore, is being removed.

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Very interesting article...today I learned.

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You certainly achieved that.

remington Mod ,
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I read the article and I'm, fairly, open minded about subjects such as this (as well as OBE, NDE, Remote Viewing, etc).

What do you think/feel about this subject in particular?

remington Mod ,
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I have had many years of formal training and education under the umbrella of science and the scientific method. This requires both skepticism and questioning.

When I say that I am open minded about subjects such as NDE, OBE and the like I mean that I'm using the aforementioned.

Obviously, science does not have the answers to everything. Science still questions everything while, at the same time, acknowledges that there is much more to know.

I have had several experiences, so far in life, that I cannot explain using what we know from science. For, at least, the past decade I've felt much more comfortable and inspired with more questions than I have answers.

Science and/or the scientific method is a tool. A tool that has been developed by humans. But that's all that it is.

As with religion, I will not hold science up on a pedestal.

remington Mod ,
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Yeah, critical thinking is an important skill to have. Sadly, there is a very low percentage of people (specifically, in the USA) that have it.

I'm approximating that around 98% of the news media, here in the USA, are biased and/or propaganda. The first year of my university education taught me how to separate fact from opinion. What if you don't go to university? How do you learn critical thinking? I have a college friend that I've known for almost thirty years. He has a masters degree in finance and he is a certified public accountant. However, when it comes to USA politics, he has been completely brainwashed by the media. He is one of those MAGA nut-jobs.

Having second hand accounts of anything is, certainly, unreliable. I wish more people could have, at least, one experience that fell outside of what we know from science. Unbelievably, I've had several of these. I'd say about five that I cannot explain using the best of our scientific knowledge.

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This is a 'soft warning' about name-calling. Generally speaking, name-calling isn't nice. Please, be(e) nice when using Beehaw. Thank you.

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Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

That's what we, at Beehaw, don't want. It is not nice.

remington Mod ,
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...staff here defend these people from criticism.

Show me where Beehaw staff have defended anyone from criticism.

The subject at hand is name-calling. It is not nice.

The subject that you keep reiterating is current events and politics.

Do you understand the difference?

remington Mod ,
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Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group.

Labeling Joe Biden as a 'fascist' is name-calling. Whether or not he is, truly, a fascist is not what is being addressed here.

Beehaw is a space that strives to be(e) nice apart from the thousands of Internet spaces that could care less.

remington Mod ,
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...does this mean that saying “Joe Biden is acting like a fascist autocrat”, is ok, but applying it as a title, as in “Joe Biden the Fascist Autocrat” is not?

In my opinion, yes. However, this is something that I would want to discuss with the other administrators/moderators in order to reach a conclusion.

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I'm sorry you feel that way. I did not intend for anyone to be uncomfortable.

remington Mod ,
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I have spent a great deal of time in forests (and still do). I have not experienced anything like this.

A personal argument for a benefit of gaming

I grew up hearing all the talking heads (media), religious groups and parents strongly criticizing video games. You've, probably, heard some of this. For example, video games involving any type of violence causing people to become more violent, etc. As far as I know, the academic community has failed to produce any negative...

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I've expressed this many many times to him over the years. I've said something like "I want to play games to have fun. If the game isn't fun for me, then I will not play it anymore".

I believe that he understands this. However, he just wanted so much to understand Elden Ring and beat it.

Personally, Elden Ring is NOT fun to play and that's why I don't play it.

I'm just astounded that my 8-10 year old son persevered so much to beat it.

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You have made a mountain out of a molehill. Neither of my two sons have ever experienced trauma.

Go through and read the other comments in this thread. Has anyone else raised alarm bells? The answer is no.

Please, don't make accusations here at Beehaw. It isn't nice.

remington OP Mod ,
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'Traumatic' just means emotionally distressing. He was disappointed. He wasn't harmed.

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Care to elaborate?

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...that debt is wreaking ecosystem destruction...

I'm curious as to where you are getting your information from. Would you mind providing credible sources for your claims?

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Lovely pic.

remington Mod ,
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You could reach out for help if you were running into problems. AskBeehaw would be an example for inquires. Also, there's nothing preventing anyone from asking for technical support at Beehaw's technology community which has the largest viewership on Beehaw.

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I believe most people deserve all of that.

remington OP Mod ,
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...the versions that the filmmaker remastered in 2020 for a 4K Ultra HD re-release. This is the first time the remastered versions will be in theaters.

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Interesting. Thanks for pointing this out.

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As far as I can surmise, the Biden administration has accomplished more (for the general public) than any other president in history. Sadly, our local/national media rarely covers this fact.

I have become, mostly, reliant on The Associated Press and National Public Radio over the years.

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This was posted here 19 hours ago. Removing this duplicate.

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I believe most people in this thread are missing your point in which I agree.

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