Random Thought Thread

- SpyderMan - said:
Well, broke my collarbone this week in a wee dirt bike accident.

Now, after visiting the fracture clinic, turns out I require surgery where they’ll install a plate to keep the collarbone together (it broke in 4 sections). This is scheduled for Monday.

Anyone have experience with this?
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Sorry to hear , hope you get better sooner than later!
 
- SpyderMan - said:
Well, broke my collarbone this week in a wee dirt bike accident.

Now, after visiting the fracture clinic, turns out I require surgery where they’ll install a plate to keep the collarbone together (it broke in 4 sections). This is scheduled for Monday.

Anyone have experience with this?
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Sorry to hear. Good luck Monday. Hope the healing goes quick.
 
The 1st Amendment (imo) is really what the whole American experiment hinges on, and there is a reason it is first. I absolutely believe people should be able to say whatever they want - as soon we get into sticky area of deciding what can be said and what can't, it's a never-ending can of worms. I believe the framers of the Constitution knew this, and also knew true freedom of speech brought risks with it, but that those risks were absolutely worth it, if we were to truly have a free society, and importantly - one in which the common man could speak truth to power.

But also contingent on all of the above is tolerance. We have to absolutely be willing to tolerate hearing things we may not agree with, without resorting to vile hatred and recrimination of our fellow citizens.

As the saying goes, "I may not agree with a single thing you say, but I will absolutely defend your right to say it."
 
Smithhammer said:
The 1st Amendment (imo) is really what the whole American experiment hinges on, and there is a reason it is first. I absolutely believe people should be able to say whatever they want - as soon we get into sticky area of deciding what can be said and what can't, it's a never-ending can of worms. I believe the framers of the Constitution knew this, and also knew true freedom of speech brought risks with it, but that those risks were absolutely worth it, if we were to truly have a free society, and importantly - one in which the common man could speak truth to power.

But also contingent on all of the above is tolerance. We have to absolutely be willing to tolerate hearing things we may not agree with, without resorting to vile hatred and recrimination of our fellow citizens.

As the saying goes, "I may not agree with a single thing you say, but I will absolutely defend your right to say it."
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couldnt have said it better myself.

also i dont believe we live on a spinning ball
 
As far as Twitter goes, I still have my account. I've actually even checked it a few times in the past few days. I've never had a ton of use for it. When I was actively blogging I used it to try to get traffic, but I haven't actually written a blog post in years (my blog was originally supposed to be an anti-division politics blog, but it has been hard to not sound partisan lately, and I believe that partisanship is far more dangerous than either party).

Twitter has always had an outsized social impact because of how many media folks use the platform. Maybe it actually can be turned into a place where regular people can make their voices heard, but I doubt it. I think it will mostly stay a place where writers give far too much attention to people who want to create drama for self-aggrandizement.

I'm just going to hope that Musk actually manages to make Twitter useful, if it collapses 🤷‍♂️
 
Chris A said:
People are so sensitive anymore it’s disgusting. Americans use to have grit, now it seems like most want purple hair and “pronouns”. I’ve never seen so many people fly off the hinges from words, not even actions, just words.
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