MightyKrakyn

MightyKrakyn t1_j1jvpxs wrote

Reply to comment by bhbhbhhh in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo

What do you think the literacy rate was 200 years ago? A thousand years ago? I need you to understand that the youth are not in control of the circumstances surround this recent fall in literacy in the United States. The people complaining have been in charge this whole time

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MightyKrakyn t1_j1j4yez wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo

Wow, this is like legitimately sad. I know people who are just coming out of high school who are nothing like that. I was the first social media generation, and I thought the same things. All of these fake people just want to be reality stars and get spray tans to duckface on their MySpace yada yada. One reason we look at our peers this way is because with climate change knocking at the door, we all stare into the void much earlier. This is just bitterness at a small group of the larger whole. Meet more people in meat space and see how big of a change there is in your perspective.

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MightyKrakyn t1_j1j3eq0 wrote

Reply to comment by LorenzoApophis in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo

Catcher in the Rye specifically has a character that accuses others of superficiality but is wrong. The Great Gatsby shows how the accusation of superficiality can be reversed. Each of these works is nuanced in how they relate to this topic. You can also recommend a work for someone to read not because you agree with it, but as a point of disagreement.

I dismiss those like Aristotle’s viewpoint because of the assertion that their youth are particularly superficial and causing the moral decay of society, but the moral decay is always happening under the leadership of the elder generation making those claims. The real thread here is how those who fail and age and run out of time to correct the world before they go have been quick to lash out at bon vive in the naïveté of the youth. It’s reactive nonsense, bitterness in the face of the void

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MightyKrakyn t1_j1izka8 wrote

Reply to This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo

> the rampant superficiality among younger generations

Big oof. The superficiality of humanity has recorded for thousands of years. Do better than blaming it on these damn kids. Go read some Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby, The Count of Monte Christo, Beowulf, the poems of Catullus, anything by Aristotle. Superficiality among the youth has always been considered rampant and humanity’s downfall. Turns out we’re still here.

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MightyKrakyn t1_izzp9eb wrote

Reply to comment by omnichronos in Scientists have developed a solid-state battery material that doesn't diminish after repeated charge cycles, potentially offering a durable alternative to the lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles by unswsydney

No degradation is pretty impressive, current EV batteries are about 2% of max per year. After 5 years you’re driving 10% less miles between charges, which forces more charge cycles.

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MightyKrakyn t1_iy8m6sh wrote

Reply to Thai monks fail drug tests leaving temple empty by vetrivel033

> Last month, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ordered a clampdown on drugs after a former police officer who had been dismissed from the force for methamphetamine possession killed 37 people during a shooting at a nursery.

Way to bury the lede

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MightyKrakyn t1_iy3x25i wrote

Reply to TIFU during an interview by AlwaysPressTheButton

Yo, I don’t think your realize how disgusting your production sounds when you tell that story. Like, legitimately bad for humanity. I’m glad you did not record that man at his emotional low to show to however many millions of people.

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