i’m unironically in a uni class where our weekly discussion posts (ie have to write 3 short paragraphs a week) are graded by AI. professor says the system should give full credit if it can tell what you’re saying has some substance and is relevant to the weekly text, but it often seems like when i write something original it gives my reply a C and when i say anything buzzwordy and devoid i get an A

it’s not 20-30% of them, it’s +20-30 net percentage points which means a majority or at least plurality want it (eg if 60% of ppl support it, 30% are against it, 10% don’t know, then 60% - 30% = +30 pts)

looked up his religious beliefs and it seems he’s an atheist/agnostic who subscribes to christianity solely for the vibes and his western world fetish

Elon Musk announced that he’s a “big believer in the principles of Christianity” and “a cultural Christian”. Musk’s reasons are moral and political – he believes Christianity can boost both happiness and birthrates.

the other day my 70s born dad got pissy when i asked him if movie theaters had color when he was a teenager

communism is when the government does stuff. communist = authoritarian. aspiring strongman leader = communist

she’s an immigrant who was raised by muslim refugee parents, definitely about to be fodder for swiss fash who’ll ignore the fact she’s agnostic

phone or work phone that gives email notifications? i feel like that’d be a lot more convenient seeing they could wait 5 minutes vs having to immediately drop whatever they’re doing for a call

he’s definitely not losing in every swing state, most of the polls are super close to margin of error and trump’s gotten several leads. 538 simulates their odds of winning the electoral college:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

right now they give trump a 44-in-100 chance of winning. that’s basically a coin toss, and it looks like his odds improved a bit in the past week

for comparison, before 2020 election day they gave biden a 89-in-100 chance of winning and in 2016 gave trump a 30-in-100 chance

supporting a ceasefire does not at all mean you’re pro-palestine. most EU countries voted for the UN deal months and months before all while supporting israel. plenty of zionists want a conditional deal where israel’s hostages are returned and palestine’s colonial subjugation and apartheid continue, just not as overtly.

found a poll from this week that 60% of americans support continuing military aid to israel. and you can’t assume the 40% against it are against it on principled grounds, many of them are simply isolationists who don’t want their taxpayer money going to other countries

thanks, and yeah it’s kinda like my brain is running 80mph instead of 100. ngl, i’m a little underwhelmed because i saw all these posts “first time i took adderall my inner monologue was quiet for the first time and i cried,” “i was able to do a chore without repeating it in my head 40 times,” “i finally felt present and out of my head when talking with someone,” etc

not expecting a miracle pill and i know i have to apply myself too, but everything is very subtle and i only feel slightly less scatterbrained. my psych said i seem to have severe ADHD but she wanted to see how it affected my anxiety and insomnia first (all of which it’s minorly helped), so now i have to wait another 2 weeks to talk about raising the dose. wish i’d started this earlier but oh well

also a couple frat boys tried to recruit me which surprised me because i dress somewhat alternative and they all look like clones. one gave me his insta and he had a group photo of like 25+ people where every single one of them was white despite our school being 50% poc, like wtf?

also very depressed rn. i transferred universities and this is my first week at a much bigger school than my last one. pretty intimidated cus i dont really know people here, and i’m in the sophomore dorms where it seems like everyone already knows each other and has their established groups :/

i went to a transfer meetup thing yesterday and got a couple instagrams and talked with someone for a little while, so that’s promising, but now idk what to do. kinda wanna hang out again but i don’t wanna come across as desperate dm’ing him at least for a couple days. he mentioned a rock climbing thing which i think i would be into.

club fair starts on wednesnday so hoping to meet people there but so far i’m feeling extremely lonely this weekend and a constant fomo. nervous i’m not going to make connections this year because i’m either too awkward when i’m anxious or too chatty when i’m comfortable

went on a starting dose of ADHD meds a couple weeks ago and they’ve been helping my social anxiety a good bit and maybe calmed my brain 20%, defo helping more than any anti-depressant meds ever have, but i’m still overthinking how things will go here at almost every moment and probably will be doing that all weekend. kinda just wish i could have a normal brain for once

it’s not just a meme 90% of them actually believe it

i was 13 in 2017 and back then when getting to know each other, we’d ask each other normal things; favorite rapper or artist, favorite sports player, favorite youtuber, etc. ik someone who works with younger teens now and says one half-jokingly asked the group “favorite male model,” and several boys said “chico” and someone went on a bit how his cheekbones, facial harmony, hunter eyes, canthal tilt, whatever are “perfect,” and someone else was arguing his favorite model mogs him.

these kids deadass make/watch tiktok looksmaxxing edits of male supermodels they admire and/or envy. it’s usually partly ironic and they laugh around when they talk about these things but obviously they still seem to buy into it, seems like boys now are insanely more obsessed and conscious about looks than they used to be, often to the point of dysmorphia. their judgements on face features also feel like just straight up racist phrenology

that’s when they peaked. 2nd biggest economy in the world, even more than the USSR. now theyre like 4th or 5th

subconsciously liberals almost always seem to avoid language that seems too “forceful,” even when it comes to basic human rights. insisting on any means is authoritarian and something the trumpies do

they must vote, pray, and compromise (their dignity). when it doesn’t work out, they blame disillusioned non-voters and go into waiting for the next election, where they’ll proudly choose the oligarchs that promise stagnation over regression every 2 years for the rest of their lives and wonder why everything keeps getting worse

cringing imagining this middle aged ivy elite square drafting this trying to come off as cool and nonchalant

probably wrote a 2 sentence comeback to the lame fact check before realizing it’s just as lame, then realized he didn’t have it in him and tried something simpler despite never using ‘lmao’ before in his life, then asked his intern “not capitalizing this is hip isn’t it?”

the existence of mainstream queer rappers is definitely a very new thing. you have openly bisexuals like tyler the creator, frank ocean, and isaiah rashad. lil uzi vert goes by they/them. childish gambino said he was unlabelled and playboi carti is too. and like, half of brockhampton was gay or bi

ask any young straight guy what his favorite rappers or artists are and there’s a solid chance he’ll mention one of those. especially with frank and tyler who everyone knows like men, it’s pretty cool when i see straight guys everywhere who are practically stans of them and have posters in the dorm

Tesla

yk this lib bought it sometime around the late 2010s when they all thought elon musk was irl ironman and the greatest genius of our age before he made his chuddery obvious

‘Of course I would accept her help,’ Shanon told DailyMail in an exclusive interview. ‘She hasn’t [offered] it so far. I’m here. I’m okay.’

She said: ‘I would like to make amends with Simone personally – I’m just waiting for her and Adria. I speak to Adria more than I speak to Simone. I would just ask her to forgive me. Can we move forward? Don’t judge me on my past. Let’s move forward.’

impressively tone deaf. doing a tabloid interview and saying “don’t judge me on my past” after your last conversations didn’t work is like the pushiest and least remorseful thing you could do