I think you have the crux of it, it’s normal 364 days of the year. Lots of folks like fireworks and they mostly limit it to one day annually.

Honestly at this point in my life when I think about fireworks I mostly just have a hard time getting over how expensive they are. But also, they are noisy and sometimes I get dragged out in crap weather to not enjoy them. I’m not a huge fan.

I also was also a kid once though and remember a time when they were the coolest shit on earth.

I can put up with the rare day and let others have their fun 🤷 just my take.

Thanks for that! That was a fun watch!

I think everyone stopped, we fixed all the problems and then got lots of back pats.

I always attributed it to general education being the real mover. I think as the public became more educated we looked for solutions to help curb use and the decline was the leveling out once people were able to make a more informed decision.

Some folks will always choose to smoke knowing what it is and I think we have just moved closer to that number. Certainly advertising and exposure have a large role to play as well, I just feel as though it’s a whole host of elements that have changed the usage rates.

I feel as though banning something makes certain demographics less likely to take it up but I feel like the measures we had in place already target that crowd. I think we are very close to the market cap on people we can sell abstinence to.

Just my thinking on it, the numbers might bare out different results. I just personally think illegality is not the major barrier to uptake that folks think it is. I would point to coke usage and how ubiquitous it is with young adults in the UK right now.

In the end I think making something illegal that is already on the decline is a misstep, let it fade out on its own rather than call attention to it. People get up in arms about change, a great way to make something popular is to tell folks they can’t have it.

Honestly curious, why pro ban? I don’t smoke/condone smoking but I don’t think of it as so heinous an activity as to be made illegal.

I feel like gambling is a far greater issue and only seems to have it’s popularity on the rise recently.

Smoking falls in my “vices that don’t totally ruin your life” category. Alcohol seems an obvious and fair bit worse a vice so why is there not a call for change there?

I was living in Canada for the change in weed prohibition and all and all seemed like a somewhat positive change overall.

Folks are going to smoke regardless, why give up taxation to pay for the treatment? I only see making it illegal as means to create a criminal element. Once that is robust enough you loose any real ability to regulate as well.

Again, honest question curious if any of this resonates or if you have a completely different view of how the situation will play out.

I have all sorts of anxiety surrounding AI. Most of the anxiety comes from the misuse, copyright issues and departure from critical and creative thinking. However, one of the fields I actually think it could be very useful and of great benefit is medicine.

That being said, I’d be a no as well. The way this is worded and he track record we’ve seen with privacy doesn’t fill me with much confidence. Feels like another instance off loading of thinking rather as a tool for better diagnosis.

It sounds like America from the process. The confluence of commercialization of healthcare and tools that can make it look like time and attention has been used leads to some bad places. I’d be very sceptical about any advice medical or otherwise I recieved.

The unfortunate truth is that without these tools the cost of care will be higher for health companies not using the tools. Which means bespoke human led care will be a luxury in America in the near future. I don’t think it’s a reality you are going to be able to avoid.

I would push back at every opportunity, double check all of the information you are getting, ask pointed “why this” questions, make doctors clearly communicate that they are the ones giving the recommendation. At the end of the day a good doctor with AI tools is likely to do a better job.

Some folks have likened them to Obsidian, isometric rpg to third person scifi action RPG.

If the mechanics are ok, they have done a wonderful job of writing in the past so I’m optimistic.

Fingers crossed!

Oddly it’s the copper wire that is mid

I’m all for new takes on the block game (been looking forward to Hytale and will definitely give it a go sometime in the near future) but after watching the trailer…

It would be hard for me to tell this isn’t Minecraft if I didn’t watch or look into the game on a semi regular basis. It looks incredible derivative.

I’m not saying it’s necessarily in need of the copyright strike I don’t know the rules, but I’m not surprised it got one.

So. Immediate feelings of outrage followed by a mental shrug post trailer viewing.

I think they are implying that no matter which shooter it is, most grandmother’s will have absolutely no clue at all. And, that would imply your mentioning the UI is wildly redundant or misguided because any analysis beyond “shooter” is waaaay out of Grandmas depth.

The XKCD just uses an example of people talking about details that are obviously nonsensical to anyone outside the “in group” (molecular sand lattice science people types).

You with your game knowledge, fall into the “in group” in this instance and the additional details are superfluous.

Don’t think it was a dig at you, just a noticed behaviour. We all do it, especially with topics that we are interested in.

Arnie slept with his maid

I had a great teacher that did a wonderful job of contextualising it so loved it when I first was told the story.

It’s worth taking a dip into the history books to get a better sense of art culture at the time. It doesn’t ring of genius without it but when you realise just how audacious and tangential to the norm it was chefs kiss. Beautiful.

This is a wild take. Genuinely worried about how you are viewing the folks you interact with.

I spent a fair amount of time working in the food industry. It is way easier to just say what you legitimately would recommend rather then come up with a bizzare lie.

It’s sort of an odd position that exists right now in the anti Trump world.

I think the cavorting with Putin is definitely problematic but if I spoke about my reasons why it wouldn’t likely resonate with anyone pro-trump.

However, if you point out his “beta” moves it seems to cut a bit deeper or resonate with the folks near the fence and might be more effective at moving the needle.

BUT then you have used “man-o-sphere” language to convince folks and that in and of itself is a dangerous space to occupy or push folks towards.

So then need to consider if the bully language is more of a backpedal or is it worth it to get the result folks are looking for.

It’s just a whole lot of unpleasant and hasn’t even hit upon the host of other troubling problems that are happening or looming.

It’s bad in a way that makes me feel like we won’t see any reform untill there is massive upheaval.

So not sure if trying to call out/downvoting the fellow raging against the machine is the real solution but if it works for you I’m glad.

Not ment to be a criticism of your post, just wanted to type out the thought, I don’t usually post but find writing stuff out helps me cope/think through the ick.

Mate, I felt the same way. Made no sense to me. Give me an “…” or something.

Clearly from not “Canada in the late 80s”

100% agree.

Most of my news has been through an active interest on the YouTube. Glad too see such a large turnout, it’s been a wild ride. Pretty scary to watch at times, hard to really tell what the actual consensus is on the ground level.

Good to see people taking action.

Yeah, I find it kinda funny that the “great again” era that is constantly referenced is actually this era of loosing the House and the Senate that is specifically being refrenced now. Mate, you can’t have it both ways; do you want the house and the Senate and the House or do you want it to be “great again?”

Yes exactly right! I love oil and I think we really need to make sure that everyone gets enough food and medicine so that they can learn about why it’s so great. If we get more money into schools and research we will be the best drillers on the planet. Right makes right!

Mate, I get exactly what your throwing down. This whole thread is wild. The disconnect is absurd. I feel like folks are trolling? I honestly am baffled.