timmy_dean_sausage

Yes! I feel, and think about, what you're describing pretty often. My theory is that we're taking notice of the "quantum" way our subconscious operates and communicates with our conscious mind. The subconscious collects data, in all its forms, and curates a more or less cohesive world for us. But it has limits, especially when it comes to memory, so it tends to compress memories down to smaller and smaller packages of data until it reaches its smallest form (basically an image) or deletes the memory completely. I think the subconscious has a system for deciding which memories are integral to your self image (for continuity in your self-story), so there are tons of memories sitting in data banks as images. If they're accessed, the subconscious will recreate/approximate the memory using context from other fully compressed images of the same period of time. It's not the actual memory, but the subconscious is so good at piecing context clues together that it's able to reproduce a convincing recreation 99% of the time.

Some of us are highly internal people, who naturally develop and spend a lot of time in our rich inner worlds. We spend a lot of time introspecting, so some of us take notice of this background process. It's one of those "once you see it you can't unsee it" kind of things. So, all of that (possibly) being the case, I think the feeling you're describing is kind of a fever-dream/hazy quality/side-effect this process creates. It's not a perfect system, but it works well enough that most of us never notice it.

I think you're completely right, and I also think they're work-shopping ways to make their live service concept work. In other words, mature gamers wholly rejected live service money grab games as a concept, and the corporations have decided that instead of accepting that and moving on, they're going to try to jam as many slightly tweaked iterations down our throats as they can until something sticks. IMO, this is the product of companies being run by golden parachute hopping capitalist predators.

That's kinda what I was saying.. lol. They've been really focused on indoctrinating young men for decades. They know they're going to lose a certain amount of them, because their policies are deeply unpopular, so they're banking on being able to get enough people while they're young, then keep the wool pulled over their eyes.

This. They've been honing their propaganda aimed at the youth for a couple decades now. It got me when I was 18 and, tbh, I don't know if I would've broken out of it if I wasn't gay. The "don't tread on me" part of the propanda was really what sucked me in, then I saw how hard they fought against people like me having the same rights as them and realized they were full of shit. Young people today are going through the same thing, but with even more sophisticated propaganda to initially hook them.

This will be the legacy of the boomers. They lucked into massive wealth, closed the door behind them, and made sure we had to pry the reigns of societal control from their cold, dead hands. I feel for all the boomers that never escaped poverty and will still be dragged through history with the greediest generation on record to date.

What you're complaining about are symptoms of the flaws in our societal systems. Neo-liberalism is primarily about unfettered individualism. A system that prioritizes individualism and competition will tend to breed tribalism, dogma, and contempt. What do you gain by complaining about the symptoms?

Imo, we all hate the current political paradigm. We can't fix rage and frustration by raging at the rage. Until we all move onto something better, the only thing we can do (as individuals) is educate ourselves enough to better engage in these conversations - with thoughtful arguments, patience, kindness, and verifiable information. Be the change you wish to see.

This is what I keep telling my family. They're all right wingers and the political conversations tend to end with "well I just don't like how much you let it affect you.." (because they can't refute any of my arguments with informed arguments of their own).

Like, no, I won't dig my head in the sand "for my own sanity". To check out, when politics affects every aspect of our lives, is insanity. Especially if you're a minority living in a pre-authoritarian oligarchy like the US.

Totally agree.

We already have some very promising seeming sodium based batteries that are much more environmentally friendly. Afaik, the capital class hasn't been funding it as well as they should because it's unclear if the tech will ever reach the same level of energy density per dollar as the current stuff. In other words, I don't think the problem is the tech. The problem is the owners of the private sector energy companies are more interested in sustainable short term profit than what's best for society, long term.

I think we just need to keep expanding battery farms. 3+ phase power definitely generates more heat, but that's an issue that's been solved many times in our traditional power supply systems.

Aw thanks haha. I'm glad you liked it. :)

Add to this, you can counter balance the bike to tighten your U turn. This is especially helpful with some of the bigger/heavier/older bikes. I shift half my butt to the outside, keeping myself on top of the bike while leaning the bike in as much as I need to. It takes practice learning to maintain slight rear brake pressure while doing this, but that's what practice is for! With this method, I can easily U turn an 80's goldwing in a single 10' wide parking space!