I’m not rewarding your clickbait bullshit on such a contentious topic, Account That Is Only A Week Old. Summarise the points in the video, say what you found interesting/agree/disagree with, whatever, but contribute something instead of just leaving this steaming pile here for everyone else to step over.

Lol well I took exception to slop but this is all human shit :p while ai allowed me to generate it in like 3 minutes the idea was mine (and apparently a few other people’s as well, I saw some others on the New feed), and I don’t need ai to help me think of shitpost ideas - just to bring them to life in full technicolour glory, and with less effort than mouse-drawing in MSPaint.

Also, I do think it adds a certain dimension of shittiness to do it so carelessly, but that might be too abstract for a shitpost

I’m sorry, you must be lost. This is /c/lemmyshitpost , there’s a sign and everything. If you want effort go elsewhere.

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Hard agree! I just mistook you to mean that it was just a couple of rogue actors without any real support, is all - my b.

I really can’t stand how the modern writers have made Section 31 an official arm of Starfleet. The entire point of the original idea was that it was a parasitic conspiracy hiding within the ranks, but not actually part of the ranks.

They had the unconditional support of a Starfleet Admiral for the operation to discredit that Romulan politician and get their mole into power, though. And they have moles in foreign governments, indicating they have official backing and resources at some level. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t have moles; they’d have corpses who believed they were operatives. It’s hard to believe they’re not “officially unofficial”, given the things they’ve managed to pull off.

I do think that bringing it out into the open with a whole show absolutely kills the effectiveness of Section 31 as a story device though. I feel the same way about the latest season of Stranger Things, giving a face and voice to The Mindflayer. It’s like everyone’s forgetting the power of real mystery.

You’re absolutely right about the danger of giving up your phone, if the police wanted to take it from you. By sticking with traditional documents you remove any pretense they might have to try. It is not a stupid call, it’s just less convenient - but then, security is always a compromise with accessibility.

Yeah fair, I’d have a bit of anger too if I’d been force-fed woodlice as a child.

It is unfair. Fuck every one of these people for doing this to you, and double-fuck every one of those doctors for breaking their oaths. They owed you better.

I regularly say that joining the military for me was like becoming a Storm Trooper. At least most people seem to understand that’s not a good thing.

Man, what the fuck did the roly polys do the the Netherlands?!

Hmm, okay, that’s not really what your “loose theory” above posited though:

I have a loose theory that the idea of habit formation only came about with trying to make a productive worker

So based on your latest reply, it seems like you’re not really looking for when habits formed in humans, but rather how modern styles of government have changed the habits we form and why they had that impact. (Or modern social systems, if you prefer that to “government”, since government has kinda fucked up every system we’ve tried so far)

It’s an interesting question! Just be careful to state what you mean, because clarification can look like shifting the goalposts. Also stay vigilant against confirmation bias, which is peeking through a little in your original post; make sure you’re not just looking for evidence that fits your notion.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6701929/

Creatures of Habit: The Neuroscience of Habit and Purposeful Behavior

Habits serve a critical purpose in making our behavior more efficient, reducing the decision burden we face each day and freeing up mental energy for more demanding tasks

This makes sense, because the brain already uses ~20% of our calorie intake as it is; reducing unnecessary use of it would have been an evolutionary pressure.

A good way to approach questions like this is to look at the behaviour in things other than humans, and compare. For example, I googled (searched, actually; DDG’d specifically) “habit formation in animals”; no corporate overlords, so if they form habits there must be something else to it.

It’s good on Deck? I was waiting for a sale, but not anymore.

Edit: It’s on sale for release, perfect 😁

No, you’re a liar, and not a very good one

It’s a reference to a bit from a comedy show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIWj3tI-DXg

The tautology is part of the bit.

Good old Tim Minchin. For the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIWj3tI-DXg

… who said anything about the body parts being human?

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