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Cake day: October 21st, 2025

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  • Sorry but this sounds kinda condescending to me. I know you’re trying to make a point about expectations affecting people’s judgement (which is obviously correct) but it really comes off as pretentious instead ; I hope this is not on purpose.

    It feels like you’re saying “I thought about the game and asked questions while everyone was just dismissive and didn’t think, so it’s their fault for not enjoying it” (I know this is not what you said, I’m exaggerating so you can maybe see how you come off)

    Ironically, by saying people shouldn’t be so dismissive, you are being quite dismissive of them. I think there are better ways to phrase what I believe to be your main argument (expectations affect experience), although I won’t pretend I’m great at those things (I probably sound quite condescending here ; I promise I’m actually trying to help)




  • comfortable office work to which most people aspire

    What ? Do people even aspire to work in the first place ? And idk about you, but I’d rather have been a craftswoman if you could still live off of that.

    You went to an elite school, and you studied philosophy; hopefully you have some other skill

    You think AI can do PHILOSOPHY !? AI can barely put together one fucking function when coding, and you think it can do philosophy ? Either he’s knowingly lying (he is) or he understands so little about philosophy that the AI can fool him (probably also true)




  • I disagree. Hide the gear, in many circumstances they will arrest anyone obviously geared up before they even get to the event. Don’t draw a target on yourself and don’t make yourself like you’re here to fight, make them look as bad as possible by making it obvious they are attacking innocents.

    If you show up in your own riot gear it makes them look like heroes. Being discreet is very important for the optics, obviously with a few small concessions made for protection.

    For example, using an umbrella makes you look like a resourceful underdog, while using a homemade shield makes you look like someone who came for a fight.

    You don’t want to look like you came to fight. You want to look like you came to peacefully protest, and they forced you to fight (notice I didn’t say you shouldn’t fight)