without any real mental analysis or realization of the manipulation that’s going on.

I see it as zero introspection. That might also explain the projection, hate, and bigotry that run in those circles; it’s hard to keep that up once you see where it’s coming from. An inability to introspect is also an aspect (among many) of narcissistic personality disorder, and helps keep that pain-train rolling.

Considering how Toriyama named a lot of his characters, looking to the shower stall for ideas would just be on-brand.

If you are not okay with this, then let me ask you: WHERE IS YOUR SAIYAN PRIDE?!

the alternative is to make the syntax become a hellish mess. Like Mandarin or English.

Now hang on just a second. English is fine. You just have to memorize or correctly guess the etymology of whatever word it is you’re trying to spell/pronounce in order to get … oh, okay, I think I see the problem now.

The key phrase to remember here is: Price Discrimination.

Stores already possess the technology to track anyone’s shopping experience through loyalty cards. The “discounts” you get are really just a tax on everyone that doesn’t participate, and the benefits to the company for having your data are worth potentially losing business from un-tracked customers. That’s how valuable your data is.

So why aren’t we seeing per-customer targeting? This is not to suggest that businesses are benign here, but rather, just cautious about outright per-customer discounts and other price manipulation. Custom coupons are kinda/sorta a part of this. IMO, the door is still wide-open to find ways palatable to the customer (and courts) while dialing everyone in.

In that context, all cameras do is make the system practically impossible to dodge. Considering how much stores value that kind of information, it makes sense they’d invest to capture 100% of their retail activity.

Fantastic. Thank you!

Not to call out OP, but does anyone have this information in anything other than .png format? There’s no timestamps, hyperlinks, or citations anywhere here. I’d love to send this to other people, but I’m not about to copy-pasta something that could be old or inaccurate.

As a (perhaps unintentional) slip, “an insensitive” works rather well here. Gatekeeping your field in a forum of open(ish)¹ information exchange is just categorically “not nice”.

Personally, I would have opted for a portmanteau like “incentsitive”.

¹ - Paywalls notwithstanding.

The only good bug is a dead bug.

I dunno. If you DGAF about long-term outcomes for anyone, including the job itself, and have zero moral fiber, it’s probably a pretty plush gig. That said, I’d be worried about that paycheck bouncing now and again.

Too bad.

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Hello there!

Honestly, I’m just occasionally concerned with normal spiders “wearing” my pants right before I try to put them on.

To all the arachnophobes that read this: I’m very sorry.

Plot twist: the DNA firmware updates are also viruses.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. Do not accept medical advice from a sentient piece of sci-fi machinery. Talk to your ship’s doctor instead.

I agree about different factors. Here are some things I’ve learned along that way that may helps folks here.

GERD might be a reasonable first diagnostic step: it can absolutely trash your sleep quality without mitigations. It’s common and relatively easy to combat.

Good sleep hygiene is another set of practical things anyone can do.

Re: CPAP - Obstructive sleep apnea is no joke. Fuck around and find out. And by “find out” I mean “wake up having a heart attack or stroke.”

I’m with you there.

If this ::wildly points at self:: is intelligent design, then said intelligence clearly adhered to a strict “just barely good enough to survive and move genes around” work ethos. That, or over-doing it wasn’t going to fit into the time and materials budget.

Source: anxiety, PMS, knees, shoulders, oversized skull, vulnerable gonads on outside of body.

Thanks for the deeper think on this. I’m out my depth by not living in such an area - I knew I wasn’t going to cover all the bases on my own.

Are you counting things like shopping, medical care, visiting friends and family, education , and events like concerts or sports as tourism?

So, no, but after reading this it makes a lot more sense. Thank you.

I never played this game; is it really so good that fans were clamoring for a re-release? What am I missing if anything?

Also, I may be misremembering when this was launched but isn’t it a bit early for a re-master on this one?

You should see what @pancakes@sh.itjust.works wrote in this very thread. You basically just answered their question about what this industry must do to a person’s ability to empathize and be a decent person to others. Or in this case, maybe lack thereof is a job requirement?

On the one hand: it’s completely irrational to think like this.

On the other: fearing for your life one moment and then facing tragic outcomes the next, can really torture one’s psyche. People do irrational things when pushed past their limits/tolerances. That includes indulging in the just world fallacy in order to make sense of things.

Why indulge in irrationality at a time like this? Because the alternative is unthinkable in the moment and exposes you to survivor’s guilt, grief, despair, depression, the reality of a random & uncaring universe, and more waiting for you in the end. And it just so happens that the church is often the only psychological support structure folks have, so we get god-fearing advice like in OP’s meme.

As much of an oxymoron as it sounds, I see things like this and think that an “atheist ministry” could do people a lot of good.

I see the argument that OP is quoting but I’m left wondering one thing: if most folks in the countryside could travel to a “big” city in three hours, what business would they conduct? Outside of tourism, that is.

My understanding is this would be most useful to middle-men and business people, but the common man wouldn’t have much use for it.

Edit: or is the (implied) application bigger than passenger rail?