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What is a proper term for this?
I don't want to use "schadenfreude", the "enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others".
That is way too broad. I only "enjoy" the suffering of Trump supporters. (And only if it's not serious. And "enjoy" is probably not the right word.)
There's research into authoritarianism (think Germans in WWII) and RWA personality type (Right Wing Authoritarian). Most of it is not very "accessible" to the average person.
From what I understand, RWA are just born this way, i.e. some people are naturally critical thinkers, others will say "how high" if a man in an uniform says "jump". Sad.
This is one of the few decent "explainers" that Vox did:
https://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism
IMHO, a better one:
Your friend (used loosely in this case) is doing criminal acts. Would you tell him to stop doing criminal acts while you treat him?
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Sometimes journalist take this "ALLWAYS two sides to every story" and "each side is equal" crap too far.
See the success of Wolf's book on Trump.
Yes, Obama aggressively prosecuted whistle blowers, but Trump is certainly worse.
So, at least three more years in the embassy?
It's ironic that he's gonna spent more time being de facto imprisoned than Chelsea (Bradley) Manning (7 years), his source.
Quick search:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798
18 U.S. Code § 798 - Disclosure of classified information
>Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
They are gonna be soooo disappointed!
*My numbers may be off.
Yeah it's been done before.
It's funny, every few years people discover something... that has been done before.
I think you are descibing empathy and selfishness, not anxiety.
Anxiety and empathy are probably somehow connected, but they are different things.
>In an early version of the study, Brady placed monkeys in 'restraining chairs' and conditioned them to press a lever.[2] They were given electric shocks every 20 seconds unless they pressed the lever during the same time period. This study came to an abrupt halt when many of the monkeys died from perforated ulcers.
I am glad magnesium and vitamin D worked for you, but some people may need prescription medications from a psychiatrist.
Doctors then prescribe these new drugs perhaps needlessly (Vioxx?) or over generic ones.
Also in my experience counseling is only affordable to the wealthy or people in the criminal justice system (where it is already too late IMHO).
CoQ10 gives you some extra energy. If you are in the US, buy the brand that's USP (IIRC) certified.
Cannabis is on Schedule 1. Which, IIRC means zero beneficial medical use (think heroin, cocaine).
See the recent article with pictures of the "marijuana" that the government gives to researchers.
And with Sessions as the AG, I don't think the situation is changing soon.
Every week there's a study that being poor causes a lot of damage to your body (on the DNA level IIRC).
Low energy often comes with depression. So it's not easy as telling a depressed person to "do more exercises".
Depression is "invisible". I like to think that being depressed is like having a broken leg. You can't just get better by yourself, you need proper medical treatment.
On some new movies the rating is very high, but it goes down sharply.
IIRC one of the Fast and the Furious "movies" had a stupidly high rating, which is now more sane.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/franchise/the_fast_and_the_fu...
IMDB seems to suffer from this less.
The only useful thing on RT is their one line blurb.
I hope there's no bugs in it then!
I needed several minutes to cool down after that movie ended.
If opening credits are done right, they can serve a function, e.g. The Wire.
An example from the cinema world would be Michael Mann's films.
"A theory", not "the theory". There's quite a lot of theories about this movie.
Example:
The Monolith is the movie screen
http://www.collativelearning.com/2001%20chapter%202.html
Also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretations_of_2001:_A_Spa...
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>effects and sound
No, no, no!
The sound design in 2001 is perfect. 2001 is usually cited as the top or one of the top movies WRT realism in space ever. If it ain't broke, don't fix it?!
IIRC I have only been Rick Rolled 2 or 3 times. You had to have Navy SEAL level of discipline during that year or two.
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One more reason Google sucks:
Google recently deleted hundreds of videos of the war in Syria. Potential evidence of war crimes erased. Original uploaders may be dead.
I don't think some tech people realize the consequences of their decisions.
>As I said before, hiding in this list are 20-30 bugs that cannot be worked around by operating systems, and will be potentially exploitable. I would bet a lot of money that at least 2-3 of them are.
But at some point, you, the skinny geek with your bags of cash and bitcoins is gonna run into people who have already solved this problem and have been doing it for the past 40+ years. The drug cartels. Probably gonna be some conflict there.
Americans are the most divided right now. Polling these questions began in the 1990s.
IIRC General Mad Dog Mattis (not sure) when asked what's the biggest threat said it's the internal divisions and not terrorists, Russia, etc.
;)
Please don't use XYZ.
Reason:
It's 99.9% full of crap (SEO spam, malware, etc.)