AmidFuror

Glad to see some comments with actual advice in addition to the “capitalism bad” comments I expected.

I recently had it suggested to me that “economy” is a capitalist word.

I would start a workers’ revolution, then imprison anyone opposed to the revolution, then imprison anyone who was for the revolution but not in the right way, and then crush all remaining dissent and hand-pick my successor.

No. But the Socialist Equality Party ensures you that when they get their chance, it’s going to work this time.

I amend my request to include countries which don’t recognize the term “economy” as well.

How are the non-capitalist societies doing in this front? I don’t mean uncontacted indigenous tribes that are too small to make a difference. I mean large nations of millions of people that function with non-capitalist economies.

If we narrow down to only the countries who have successfully implemented democratically controlled production, what is their carbon footprint like? Then we can extrapolate from those model nations to determine how it would impact the globe as a whole.

The researchers used extracted human molars as an ex vivo model, first etching their enamel or dentine surfaces with acid to mimic different stages of tooth erosion. They then applied a single coating of the biomimetic elastin-like recombinamer (ELR) gel and let it dry. Finally, the teeth were immersed in carefully controlled mineralization baths that replicated the ionic environment of saliva.

Keep in mind this hasn’t been shown to actually help teeth in someone’s mouth.

Nice!

What about Wednesday?

The “End Construction” signs you sometimes see on the side of the road aren’t actually protesting growth.

You only get to decide one tenth of what other people do.

Semantics are for children. Straight up contradiction is where mature people say “No it isn’t” to each other to really practice being annoying.

Sure, if you don’t mind breeding vegetables for your own greedy enjoyment, I guess you can get on a high horse just because you don’t also abuse animals.

It’s the Maduro playbook.

Hold my beer.

Belief in and support for Universal Basic Income.

Big tits.

What you’re really describing sounds like a deeper fear: that AI might absorb your creativity - your decisions, your refinements, your “style” - without permission. That’s a valid and serious cultural concern.

If models are trained on massive amounts of human creative work (often scraped from the web), then yes - society faces a collective version of this “soul stealing,” where human creativity feeds a machine that imitates it. The ethical debate is still ongoing, and new laws and technical standards are emerging to address it (e.g., data provenance, opt-out tags, content authenticity).

Did you try asking AI?

Vern, what’s these dead minnows doin’ on my pizza pie?

Crush no longer speaking to me.