That’s actually preferable to open office plans, which are basically work theatre spaces.

The cat is in on it with the dragon, it’s a Trojan feint scenario to sneak the big guy in past the high walls and archers.

Yeah it kinda snuck up in that sentence as well.

That capitalism is not the cause of most societal grief. Pathological self preservation is a fundamental human problem. It’s the reason we’re okay with seeing hordes of homeless people, or with killing people to resolve geopolitical issues. Greed can optimize any system to work for itself, people who are or will be adept at such optimization would thrive under any kind of socioeconomic or cultural system, including extremely leftist systems. Just spit ballin’ tho, haven’t thought about it much tbh.

I am saying that any system will have “unchecked greed, outsized political influence, and limitless quarterly [metric of system quality]. Maybe it won’t have “massive corporations”, but small committees, but the fundamental issue of self preservation will remain, and that’s how you get corruption. Why do you think it was easy to overthrow or cause turmoil in non-capitalists countries? Practically the U.S. and similar countries would benefit from using a European model of social welfare. We need ways to talk about such things and come up with ways to address them, and not pretend that some ideologies are immune to systemic problems caused by human fragility 💩

That sounds pretty tame, also I think the 00s were full of insane clown posse groupies.

Interesting research to bring up, but I think there are a lot of valid points brought up against some of his and his colleagues’ work. Here’s a blog by someone who has the same politics as him: https://climateandcapitalism.com/2021/12/17/the-dawn-of-everything-gets-human-history-wrong/

Besides that I think some archeologists often fail to compare the boundary conditions under which past societal norms were shaped relative to those we have today. For example, it’s a lot easier to imagine an egalitarian structure to be acceptable amongst members of a community when we didn’t have that much skill difference or specialization, or when society was just you and your tribe. We have a lot more information, historical baggage and means of self-realization now. Tbh, I find some researchers divorced from reality (the kind of stuff that gives rise to realpolitiks) but maybe I am just stupid.

Goth is one of the subcultures where it’s acceptable to wear makeup at any time of the day. Wake up, make up, then breakfast (maybe)

Yeah, I think just saying “I’d love it if you were trimmed/shaved rn” works for majority of women. As for me, I have neurodivergent tendencies and I like clear messages, so even a “can you shave” wouldn’t be offensive (to me).

Hmmm, doesn’t work as they can just scratch it against something bear style.