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[–] 73 points 1 year ago (7 children)

For a long time I was confused by two seemingly separate pieces of information.

  1. The majority of people I seem to interact with seem to act like communications are effortless. "Just pick up the phone". "It's just an email".

  2. Most communications I get are terrible. Like, the number of times I need to restrain myself from typing "as I mentioned in the email below" is insane, or how often I send an email with a bulleted list of issues that need to be addressed and the response only addresses a fraction of them while the rest are ignores.

Then I realized that most people are stupid, casual, and oblivious. They put very little effort into communications, so while they seem so easy and effortless they are harming the quality of that communication.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To your second point:

    how often I send an email with a bulleted list of issues that need to be addressed and the response only addresses a fraction of them while the rest are ignores.

    I typically will reply with just the bulleted points they didn't address and then keep sending it with less and less bullets until either they answer all points or stop replying... after the third or fourth reminder email. I make sure the previous emails are in the string and never change the title.

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  • [–] 58 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I like how in the old comics they'd give the superhero some weakness that would negate their powers.

    For Green Lantern it was the color yellow. For the Martian Manhunter it was fire. For Wonder Woman it was being tied up.*

    *Wasn't sure if I remembered it right so I did a search. Over a million entries for 'Wonder Woman tied up.' Lotta comic fans out there.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    I turned the "safe search" filter off so I can really get all the answers.

    From my research, it appears that being tied up and naked is her weakness. She seems to be in a lot of distress, so much so they typically have to use some sort of gag in her mouth to prevent her screams of agony.

    Sometimes the villains incorporate machines with wands on the end? Not sure if that is part of the process? More research is required.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    WWs creator was a fairly well known bondage enthusiast. It's not a secret, the only mystery is why DC decided to make it a part of her canon lore, even to this day.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I don't know, that kind of makes her cooler to me. She's always been kinda like "the girly Superman" to me (I know, I know, Supergirl, etc...). She's just...bleh. Boring. But I was always an X-Men and Batman kid. And The Tick!

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    When there was only one set of footprints in the sand its because you were strong enough to walk alone

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Or it's because they walk single-file to hide their numbers.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I'm one of God's weak soldiers and I relate, although I'm sure He wouldn't mock our weakness, lol. This is why it's important to be empathetic and have a softer approach to people as much as we can afford it!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Do not compare your vs others ability when you're operating with a different set of tools.

    Starting a fire with a hand drill is a much bigger job than with a blow torch.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Just like asking someone with a walker to run around the block.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Every man and every woman is a star. Every number is infinite; there is no difference.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Maybe the "battle" and "soldier" memes are an outgrowth of the military industrial complex, and just maybe we'd be better off abandoning them.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I think those predate the MIC, and even written language. See e.g. The Epic of Gilgamesh.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Ya we were having battles and shit before humans were humans (i.e. pre Homo sapien)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Homo sapiens* the s is not for plural.

    But it's a good thing you clarified that you meant H. sapiens, since there's a strong argument to be made that earlier Homo species are also human. (And also that battles were had even before the divergence of Homo from Hominini.)

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Gee, maybe we can be done with it, since we've been doing it so long, and it's had so many adverse consequences?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Firstly, I dont condone war or violence, I think we are smart enough to resolve issues without it now.

    But generally speaking, there are massive benefits if youre the winner in a conflict. New resources, new land, new labor force (assuming you dont wipe everyone out completely), reinforcement of your culture and ideaologies, and more. Theres a reason violece is inherit to human nature, it has a long history as a viable and successful strategy.

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