For some reason my mind created the inverse title “US loudly preparing to NOT build giant telescope”, but that’s pretty bang on for the state of the two countries lol.

That’s his oeuvre

I think trans liberation extends well beyond “culture war“ which I typically read as “something which is intended to rile up petit-bourgeois into a reactionary stance”.

“Culture war” generally implies an infantilism to the issue, which I don’t feel is appropriate to apply to issues which have a material impact on lives. While chuds may consider topics like “trans rights”, “anti-racism”, or “animal liberation” as “culture war” items, as leftists we are to understand the importance of these as cornerstones in building a just society.

So perhaps an example would be Starbucks no longer putting “Merry Christmas” on their cups. Is it removing a cultural signifier? Yes. Does it matter one bit? Nope. Does it serve to distract from Starbucks labor practices and anti-homeless policies? You bet.

Duh. They’ve slashed staffing and are relying on us dumb fucking idiots sticking around out of dumb fucking commitment to our dumb fucking fellow sentient beings. Of course we’re fucked, we were fucked before lest the pigs start doing engineering.

Nah you nailed it. I was doing a bit based on how I typically take on a simple task (spend twice the time optimizing it in case it needs to be done again (it rarely does)).

As a member of the “on the spectrum” caucus- I believe the joke is they didn’t spend enough time first agonizing over optimizing the process for completing the simple task in case they have to do it again (they never will)

Yeah for sure - I briefly had an account when it first came out - and it quickly lost appeal for me (same with fb and other social media). So I literally haven’t touched any of it, and joke like I have a high horse, but really I’m just stressed out by electronic social connection

twitter for some, I imagine, is because whenever they spout asinine nonsense in real life people ignore it or tell them to fuck off. For others though, I believe it’s because they really like to rate dogs.

What do you expect from a cosplayer? She was doing a School Days bit!

Haha fair. It made sense when I posted it - like the article is saying we instinctively “feel” the music, but I’ve only seen white people instinctively clap off beat to music. Idk - good to be shamed for posting nonsense I suppose lol

Lmao no idea this would rustle people.

Came here to make a joke about this “explaining why I’ve always been ‘baroque’” - but after reading it my new takeaway is that this is another good descriptor of why white people have no culture :

NRT maintains that rather than relying on learned expectations or prediction, musical experiences arise from the brain’s natural oscillations that sync with rhythm, melody and harmony. This resonance shapes our sense of timing, musical pleasure and the instinct to move with the beat.

Just consuming other cultures while repressing everything through joyless religiosity and wondering why they have no ‘rhythm, melody and harmony… sense of timing …and the instinct to move with the beat’