I'm wondering how much traffic got driven over.
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I'd guess the new feature. If you just ignore anyone with a dissenting opinion, then it's not really a discussion is it?
I'm not saying it's a rational fear, but it's my concern all the same.
I'm kinda jealous Saydrah got mentioned by name.
Yeah but you can collect badges. Just like Ash.
/r/MURICA Wait, I mean #MURICA
That's a good point. I'm not saying that having the time stamp would be without value, I'm just thinking not having it stamped would lead to longer discussions.
I'm so glad to see you all here.
creepig pls
I'm glad someone took the most nonsensical question from that AMA and tried to make sense of it in such a tongue-in-cheek way.
I'm gunna follow you so hard.
I don't think it's really a migration, it's more of a percolation? I found out about Hubski from my brother, who in turn found out about it from Reddit. I'm not abandoning Reddit, I'm just ALSO using Hubski. But to deny that there will be more and more people coming over from Reddit is a bit naive I think. A lot of users are already here because of Reddit posts, I think Syncretic's in particular. As more Redditors find out, they will share with more people. There is a significant demographic within Reddit to which Hubski will appeal, and they will eventually find it.
Underrated: Andy McKee. He's starting to catch on in popularity, but damn is he talented. Overrated: Jimmy Page maybe. I love Zep, but Page wasn't that talented.
The small part is kinda the draw I think. If you want big, and there's nothing wrong with that, there's plenty of Reddit out there. I'm still active on Reddit, but I come to Hubski precisely for the small community.
I like mine ground up and sprinkled on ice cream.
I had to eat early tonight...
Maybe a couple days a week. I feel like it's likely to increase, especially now that the "global" page is a thing.
Cheese sticks. There are tons of comfort foods for me, but when I'm super stressed and looking to consume my way to happiness I always default to a cold stick of string cheese.
It always bothers me how people take the quote "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" completely out of context. If I recall the point is that Arjuna doesn't want to fight his own family, and Vishnu is pushing him to fight. So in that context you could see Oppenheimer's famous quote as a sad thing. Yes he's created this great power, but he knows it'll be used on other humans. He doesn't want to unleash this death, but he feels compelled by a greater power. Thus in his internal conflict the quote changes almost to reluctant acceptance of what must happen.
I think "kerfuffle" has gained a lot of traction in the past year. I like it, and I'd like to see it continue to become a part of the lexicon again in 2013.
It's really tough. I'm still registered as a Republican because I agree with the ideas of limited federal government and heavy defense spending. But the Republican party has become so vitriolic that it's hard to have any sort of dialog. The middle needs a new party. Both parties in our two-party system have cut out the middle. I'd like to see more voting for independents really. I small bloc of independent senators and congressman would help to force the parties to cater to the middle again. Also it'd help break a lot of the political deadlock that has become to commonplace these days.
It still amazes me that people flock to Ayn Rand like they do. I've read a couple of her books, and while there is a certain appeal to it (mostly the complaining about government inefficiency for me) it astounds me that people list her as their favorite/most influenced by writer. In my opinion one of the things that has made America successful is altruism. Across the board (left, right, middle) if you ask voters they will agree with the concept of altruism in government. Sacrificing for the greater good. Ayn Rand treats altruism as categorically evil. It seems to me that most people who "love" Ayn Rand have never read a whole book by her. As my final point, I do agree with some of her gripes with government. In government bureaucracy often acts inefficiently. It's not who does the best work, but who plays the political game the best. Even in places that are supposed to be results-oriented like NASA or the CIA, who you know and how well you play the game often gets people the high positions. But that's kinda true wherever you go. The entirety of her message is entirely unpalatable for me though. "Being selfish is the best thing you can do" is essentially her point. Atlas Shrugged is wholly against charity of any kind. It's against altruism of any kind. The fact that people claim to be Christians and fans of Ayn Rand baffles me daily.
I stopped reading halfway through the review, because I now plan to go buy this book and I don't want to spoil any of it. Tom Waits has always been one of my favorite musicians, but I've never really looked into his life at all. I now plan to fix this deficiency.
That sounds to me like very much of an outsider's perspective. You've set up this nebulous idea of the "GOP" which is the mirror image of the "liberal" straw man the Fox pundits refer to. As a registered Republican, I've got to say there are a lot of voters here in the GOP who have very diverse opinions on anything that's not Obama. I'd also say both sides have their hero-figures. People will find people they like, and raise them above others. Often undeservedly. Also I agree that Ayn Rand was not a looker. She wasn't a very good writer either.