NewKidOnTheBlock

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  1. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVlzx-WEcHD/?igsh=MTg4cTRsNXRleDZ4MA==
  2. I don't see this as a big deal at all. Sounds like another luddite cope lmfao
  3. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-owned-cma-cgm-container-ship-passes-strait-hormuz-data-shows-2026-04-03/ Seems like they already let a french owned tanker in though, just a day after Macron claimed that military operation to re-open the Strait of Hormuz is unrealistic, and that they'll pursue diplomacy (plus there are plans for military naval escorts for tankers once the hot phase of the war cools down). If Iran is this responsive to someone like Macron during a hot phase of the war, then I think eventually, it's possible they'll let European ships and tankers pass unbothered. In such a scenario, US wouldn't make a penny
  4. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWpS-v1jIUy/?igsh=MTF6YXZmN2twNHZwYg==
  5. I see your point. Problem is, this method you are proposing necessitates some sort awareness of action/application of the knowledge - and a sense that this knowledge is relevant for you, prior to studying and learning about this information/knowledge. What if you are not aware yet of the relevance of this knowledge to you (regardless of whether the cause is emotional or practical) prior to studying it; but it ends up, in fact, being usefull to you in the ways you had not realized up until that point? Also, how do you know that you posses an accurate internal gauge on what is usefull or isn't usefull to you, when you are a kid for example? That's kinda the function of the school to lead you towards a proper path, otherwise you'd most likely just fuck around and end up stupid. Some information also doesn't really have an obvious practical implementation, and will never have; for example knowing the rules of how a certain language is constructed, you might say that it's completely useless to you personally and maybe you're right, but it's still neccessary from the collective POV in order to mantain coherency of language and thus our identity. So this is a fairly complicated topic in my opinion and there are many different ways to look at it. You are choosing to look at it mainly from the stage orange perspective, correct me if I'm wrong but I get that sense from you. That's fine, but it's limited and there's more to it. Also, there's nothing out there limiting you from doing both; you can mantain a more casual, mechanical habit of reading books AND also study what you're the most curious about or learn about what's practical to you.
  6. Nope. Just another made up shit lmfao but keep on going buddy. Make some more shit up for our entertainment
  7. Never seen so much truth and value condensed into one post! Based🔥🔥
  8. Yeah, conspiracy theories are definitely a more tricky subject than most people give it credit for. However, it is generally epistomologically safer to trust the version of truth as presented by the authorities (perceived ones or with perceived qualifications) and the mainstream rather than to doubt everything. Yeah you can do your own research on 9-11 and other conspiracies, but do you really trust yourself to posses enough intelectual and epistomological rigour in order for your conclusions to be really truthfull? And if they are really so true and the evidence is so undisputable, why wouldn't the general public be already aware of it, especially in this day and age where information are readily available? Like in the case of Epstein files that everyone is already aware of since the evidence is undisputable? I think that the odds are just stacked against you, as an individual, being more correct than the majority regarding conspiracy theories. And I'm only talking about the sociological/political kind of theories, I'm not even considering the woowoo ones that go completely against science. But when you start engaging with the more plausible conspiracy theories, suddenly you open the flood gates to all sorts of other crazy shit, which I what I think is the primary reason for the conspiracy theories not being accepted here.
  9. Never, and I genuinely don't think there's anything anyone could do to make me fight in a war. Genuinely any outcome is better than that
  10. At some point, you just gotta ask yourself if you're maybe retarded, right? Like, just think about that as an option, just to exercise your open mindedness. There's been relatively plenty attractive women at places where I worked, and there's genuinely nothing negative I can recall about them or their behaviour. Genuinely zero negative friction. You have to be retarded to think that
  11. I wouldn't mind electric vehicle industry resurgence as a result of this to be honest, but the extended grid infrastructure needed to suport them as well as battery industry and power station infrastructure wouldn't just automatically build themselves in a day. That's why that would be much more of a long term solution, the more short term would be oil rationing, new laws to limit consumption, alternative oil transport routes, adapting to cruder oil alternatives and using gas. Hopefully all these companies employing white collar workers will stop demanding these annoying return-to-the-office policies; would be nice to stop pretending like it's something beneficial, usefull or neccesary
  12. Nope. Unless you can quickly electrify all your vehicles, aviation, shipping, heavy trucks etc. then nuclear energy is not going to make any meaningfull difference. Train can help a bit I suppose, but other than that France is cooked as well as rest of us. There are ways to bypass this issue though via various means tho, so it's moreso medium - medium rare level of being cooked
  13. Speak for yourself buddy. There's no way in hell I'm ever paying for pictures/videos and not call it a scam. Like, goddamn lmao
  14. It depends on how effective this US ground operation that's about to unfold is going to be. But I doubt this war is gonna last years. There's not enough political capital in the US to make it continue and resources and money are being burnt throught way too fast. All of these operations are meant to be knockout blows, which they really are to a certain extent. This will probably turn into a cold war scenario, with either Iran or the US having the control over the flow of oil in the Persian gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. Which side it's gonna be is hard to predict. US can't back out of this one, there's just way too much at stake, so regardless of the level of administration's competence. US military cannot actually yeld and pull out of this one
  15. It's never been a better time to be a small, self-sustaining farmer. The price of literally everything is about to increase significantly, especially if the price per barrel hits $200, which would be a historical record. However, economies will adapt eventually, and once the war ends, I bet the Strait of Hormuz will re-open. After a few months to years of demining and re-establishing lost trust and certainty, traffic will return to pre-war levels. And the price of oil will start to drop massively again. And you just know there are gonna be a couple of rich sleazeballs with insider information who'll be able to time that short with pinpoint accuracy lol
  16. It was years of preparation and hard work from her lmfao. First she promoted herself on Dr. Phill as a bratty teen sparking fake outrage from consetards. Then she turned that into a rap career further expanding on that brattiness. And the day she turned 18, she reaped that simp harvest lmfao there's no way that was not calculated. Simps and their money are soon separated
  17. I think in such a scenario there'd be endless things you could do. You could travel space forever (each star system and planet could be colonized and arranged in a completely different style and vibe). You'd be able to improve at certain skills for a very, very long time (such as chess, which has something like 10¹²⁰ possible games), you'd be able to put yourself into a simulation and experience scarcity again if you wished. You could learn about and study reality forever. The only real concern is whether there'd come a point at which you'd voluntarily want to quit life for good. Because you'd actually have to make a conscious decision to cease existing; since otherwise you'd just keep on going. That's something I'm not sure about
  18. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVh45XOjG3Z/?igsh=eGdoamR0cXJydmxw
  19. "Please don't get angry at me, as I'm putting forth one of the most insufferable topics imaginable"
  20. A Harry Potter remake, really? Nothing original created? This is so gay
  21. @Natasha Tori Maru Personally, I would just like to extend my life and that's about it. But yeah, the possibilities stemming from such technologies are scary and are genuinely even revolting to some extent. Scary questions as well. Yeah, hard to answer
  22. Makes sense to me, as expected A.I. of course lacks true agency and the very poor agentic inteligence performance in ARC-AGI-3 reflects that. I've tried one of those retro games and passed all 9 levels without too much problems, so the the fact none of those A.I.s could get even 1% is really showing where it's lacking. Good thing about it is, that we have more time to focus on a various security and ethical concerns, as well as having more time to meaningfully contribute to society and A.I. development if one chooses to go that direction
  23. Idk bro is a little bit wacky, a little bit kooky to say the least. He's also spreading some missinformation like during that Tucker interview. Hopefully his predictions will turn out mostly wrong, though unfortunately they're not entirely baseless
  24. It's a BS advice anyway, it's just yet another one of those catchphrases people pull out from their repertoire of shit phrases, along phrases like "love will find you when you least expect it" and "Balance in life is key" and shit like that lmfao. I call it the Normie Repertoire. But realistically, if you had only 1 day to live, that means that some apocalyptic event is about to happen, not that you have cancer or something. So there's no way you'd actually have time or opportunity to enjoy yourself the way you think you would. "Living as if it was my last day", for me would probably mean doing the same shit I done any other day. Not go fuck a bunch of hookers lmfao