Posts by Lace Sabatons

  • Board Games

    Yeah, I'm terrible at planning ahead. Whether or not I win often depends on how wholey my knowledge of the game dominates the other person. If I can take most of their pieces without letting them take many of mine, they I can set up a checkmate near the end of the game. But I just don't have the planning skills to checkmate on a full board.

  • Metaphysics

    Quote from Sardonic Pickle

    I'm an atheist, but not totally anti-theism. Religion can help people with life, and that's fine.

    Neato patito! Atheism bros. *fistbonk.*

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    What I don't like about how religion is handled mainly is when it's forced onto people at a very young age, children don't get the chance to question what they're being told is true or untrue.

    I agree that indoctrinating children into a belief system is bad, but really how do we oppose it? Obviously any sort of legal opposition would be insane. Except perhaps in the most extreme cases (parents should not be able to cite religious reasons as justification for keeping their children away from mandatory reporters*.) There is some social pressure never to be "too" religious, but for the hardcore, that social pressure just reaffirms their belief that they're on the right side.

    I actually think this is a lot less of a problem than I used to. It's bad, for sure. But indoctrination like that just doesn't stick. My parents were pretty crazy fundamentalist Christians who worked hard to make sure their children all loved the Jesus. But out of 6 of us, only 1 actually bought what they were selling. I know people from even more hardcore backgrounds (where they were literally kept away from anyone who believed differently than they did until they were an adult), and even those folks often escape from the ideals they were raised on.

    In the U.S., we absolutely need to start having a serious conversation about children's rights. But I'm much more concerned about the right to an education, the right to leave home, the right to work, etc.

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    Whatever religion or belief someone follows, I don't think it's anybody's business to even know it, let alone criticise.

    It's certainly not anybody's business to know another person's religion. If someone wants to keep that private, all they have to do is not talk about it. But if they do choose to talk about it, whether or not it's fair to criticize depends on what context they're talking about their religion in.

    For example, in this thread, I've asked people to share this private thing with me. I want to know your metaphysical beliefs because it interests me. If you choose to answer I will question, but I will not criticize. And I will stop if asked to stop.

    But if I'm told I should believe the same way another person believes? Then of course that should be criticized. The same way I'd criticize anything someone asked me to believe that I thought was untrue. Same if a religious belief is used to justify an action, or a claim. There are lots of legitimate reasons to criticize religion.

    Just don't be an asshole about it.


    *In the U.S., Mandatory reporters are any person who is obligated to contact child protective services if they suspect abuse. If your neighbor sees your kid with a black eye, they don't legally have to do anything. But if a teacher, doctor, or police officer sees your kid with a black eye, they're legally obligated to report it. Many parents will "homeschool" their children to prevent anyone from discovering their abuse. This sort of arrangement is often founded on whackjob religious nonsense, though not always.

  • Teaching a robot to fish.

    Quote from Sardonic Pickle

    Dunno, but what would happen if you teach a fish to robot?

    You gotta respect the [Serious Discussion] tag, bruh. Or I will permaban the fuck outta you. I don't care if you're sleeping with my boss, I take this shit serious, ya dig?

    When it comes to robots, and more relevantly, the automation of human labor, there are two schools of thought. The first is the science fiction future, like we see in Star Trek. We envision a world where technology has freed us from our labors, and we all live lives of intellectual, scientific, and artistic pursuit. The jobs that need to be done are all being done, and so, nobody has to work.

    The other vision is one that is unfortunately more grounded in reality. Detroit was an economic powerhouse in America. They made cars, and they made them well. But then we figured out how to automate car production, and everybody in Detroit lost their jobs. Now it's America's biggest slum. You can literally buy a house in Detroit for $1, because owners are that desperate to unload worthless properties they have to pay taxes on. Animals are literally reclaiming parts of the city. There's a reason Robocop is set in Detroit: a city where poverty (and thus, crime) runs rampant. And a city where police being replaced by machines would have an extra layer of meaning.

    In the real world, the jobs that need to be done are being done by machines. But only the machine owner profits. The rest of us starve.

  • My Box Oddessy

    We're moving, so I just spent about an hour walking around to some local businesses asking if they had any spare cardboard boxes. All of them said they did not.

    Then I spent 30 seconds walking behind said businesses, and found more cardboard boxes than I could ever use.

    Lesson learned.

  • Forest Temple Arrangement

    Brother sent me this, thought ya'll might enjoy it.

    Lyrics:

    Deep in the brume of juniper and fern,
    A moon overhead and stones at my feet,
    I walked through a veil of cypress and birch
    And came to a surface painted with leaves.

    Voiceless, a child appeared in the brush
    And smiled with a hush, all dusty and tanned.
    But before I could speak, she ran to my side
    And knelt with a flow’r she placed in my hand.

    Dancing, singing, voices ringing
    Rising, falling, giving, being
    Waiting, growing, teaching, knowing
    Waxing, waning, ebbing, flowing

    Faces gaze upon me.
    Ageless figures come alive.

    Deep in the brume of juniper and fern,
    A moon overhead and stones at my feet,
    I walked through a veil of cypress and birch
    And came to a surface painted with leaves.

    Voiceless, a mother came with her child
    And smiled with a hush, all rosy and tanned.
    But before I could speak, she walked to my side
    And knelt with a key she placed in my hand.

    Without a sound, they mouthed the words of mystery,
    And I knew no translation for the history they gave to me.

    Deep in the brume of juniper and fern,
    A moon overhead and stones at my feet,
    I walked through a veil of cypress and birch
    And came to a surface painted with leaves.

    Voiceless, a crone appeared in the brush
    And smiled with a hush, all twisted and tanned.
    But before I could speak, she fell at my side
    And lifted a tome she placed in my hand.

  • Metroid: Surprise surprise, another game series LS doesn't like.

    I think the only one I actually played was Metroid Prime, so it's entirely possible the others were better. But my primary issue was about the game engine, which I understand didn't change between the prime games.

    It just felt awkward to me. The first person perspective made the jumping difficult, and the look-around speed was really slow. The "scanning" mechanic seemed like a time waster, and the game was frustrating to try and progress through. I kept getting turned around, and stuck on puzzles.

    Which isn't to say that they were bad games. I just didn't like them.

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