Oh, but you can piece together information and extrapolate a few points into a line, which might be wrong or right. Zaera quite looks like a bored Scottish housewife, which might be a second layer of hidden deception below the public deception of roleplaying a flirty vampire/ganker/gold digger. Or don’t. Maybe she thinks she’s that cunning.
And none of this would bother me if you two hadn’t trolled out the diversity that actually made this thread interesting.
Or maybe I’m just grumpier today because I’ve got an unusual cold which might be some form of Covid since I couldn’t get vaccinated last year after another unusual cold since I fell downstairs during my vacations and then had to go back to work still limping and with crutches because my boss’ mother was dying in hospital and there’s only the two of us to keep the shop open for what little workload comes in during slow season…
Photograph: Tightrope walker Margret Zimmermann of the Camilla Mayer Troupe, performing high above the rubble of post-war Cologne, Germany 1946 by Dr. Heukeshoven, Dresde
In order to be honest and be believed, you should have a reputation on honesty. Otherwise everything you write will be first considered insincere and then just a different form of trolling.
PS: I miss Lord Odysseus, and I resent that some people never give likes in the give likes thread because apparently they’re oh-so-special on top of being boring.
But here’s the thing if you want likes. You gave no info on him with only a dry remark on his beard. You need to add more imo.
Colour Sergeant William McGregor served with the Scots Fusilier Guards during the Crimean War. Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return from the Crimea she met a number of the veterans at Buckingham Palace, Chatham Military Hospital and Aldershot Garrison. Following these meetings she commissioned a series of photographs of the veterans from the photographers Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett.
Colour Sergeant William McGregor (Regimental Nº 2404), 1st Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, July 1856. He was wounded during the Battle at the River Alma on 20th September 1854 and wears both the British Crimea and the Order of the Medjidie Turkish medals.
At the Crimean War’s end, troops gathered in Aldershot for a London victory parade.
There is a online forum I participate in and it haves a long running thread called “The Like and Get Likes Thread IV”, what do you think that it’s the purpose of it and how should I participate in that thread?
What the AI answered:
That title almost certainly describes a reciprocal-appreciation thread: you like other people’s posts, and in return they like yours. The “IV” means it’s been going long enough to fill up and be restarted three times, so it’s clearly popular.
Likely purposes
Boosting reaction counts. On forums where likes feed into reputation, badges, or rank, these threads are a low-effort way to build up numbers.
Community building. Even if it’s a bit silly, it gets regulars interacting, and it can work as a friendly hangout thread.
Keeping spam out of other threads. Mods often tolerate or even encourage a single designated place for “like for like” requests so they don’t spill into serious discussions.
How to participate
Read the first post and the last few pages. Many of these threads have specific rules, such as how many posts to like, whether you have to quote the person, or whether likes must be given before you ask for any.
Give first, then ask. Like a handful of recent posts, then post something like “Liked the last 10 posts, likes back appreciated!” That tends to get a better response than just asking.
Follow through on reciprocity. If someone likes your post, like theirs back. Regulars notice who doesn’t, and it’s the main unwritten rule of these threads.
Keep your posts short and friendly. A quick hello, or a note about what you’re into on the forum, helps people remember you.
Don’t overdo it. Posting every few minutes can look like spam or run afoul of the forum’s rules on post padding. Check whether the forum penalizes that.
One caution: if the forum has rules against like-farming or artificially inflating reputation, check with the mods or the forum guidelines first, since some communities tolerate these threads and others quietly discourage them.
If you tell me which forum it is or paste the opening post’s rules, I can help you tailor your approach.
That’s a nice summary of Bonhoeffer’s legacy to the future world: don’t become stupid, dare thinking on your own.
But, with a corollary:
And look after those who do it too.
I’ve changed my mind over quite a few hot topics, and each time it was difficult and each time it grew a little easier and I was more appreciative of the effort. And I mean, hot topics, the ones that don’t fit here because just mentioning them could trigger a discussion.
Nowadays stupidity doesn’t follows a script, but it’s out there, depriving people from the choice to think on their own as that benefits a few in a position to increase their power by destroying critical thinking and replacing it with a few slogans, tuned for “progressive” and “conservative” inclined masses with the goal to ultimately divide and defeat the victims of such power by preventing them from thinking about that power.
Ok, now A.I. is hacking everything, searching for holes in code, making all people in the industry shaking their heads. This was just automated exploiting of something humans build that they thought was good enough.
That’s because resources are limited: limited time, money, manpower, materials and everything inbetween.
“Does it work?” is a very different question than “would it work if something messed with it?”, because things tend naturally to go wrong.
Would the water supply at your home work if something drilled random holes in the pipes? How much hole-proof can you make a water pipe? What tradeoffs would you assume to make them hole-proof, and to what extent?
The world is filled with things that work because nobody messes with them. And some are pretty fragile and quite scary.
FAI, after 9/11, one ongoing security project in the USA is to make high tension electric transformers inmune to sniper fire, by either shielding them behind ballistic walls or concealing them behind permanent barriers. It will take decades to finish the job unless someone exploits the vulnerability and sends the government into a political response. Is it good enough? Yes for the time being. Terrorism has moved onto different directions so the prospect of large swaths of the United States suffering weeks long blackouts because someone punched a few holes in a few critical transformers is less likely to happen… but the surge of power consumption caused by data centers is also stressing the grid and increasing the chances that oversight and ill intent cause a disaster.
And even if nobody can shoot at the stupid things (worth several million dollars, built to order by a handful of companies, and with delivery times measured in months) then maybe someone could just go close and personal and blow them.
There’s no shaming here, it’s just good old-fashioned “tantric cardio”. There’s no gym, it’s just you and me. And on the off-chance you’re really a woman, here’s my home address: 10880 Malibu Point, 90265. I’ll leave the door unlocked. Bring a box full. That’s what you wanted, right?
