Uncle Iroh ☑️ @[email protected]
Tea expert, retired Fire Nation general, former Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, Grand Lotus of the Order of the White Lotus, firebending master, mentor to loveable nephew retard Zuko, Dragon of the West.
Lover of anime tiddies.
Joined Jul 2022
@YoMomz @DoubleD
Also, glad you made it back from the brink.
@YoMomz @DoubleD
Hitler was a legit infantry badass who went back for more, more than once.
It's irritating that we are actively discouraged from objectively appraising Hitler as an actual human being instead of an avatar of comical evil.
It just makes the stans turn him into Hitler Jesus & the progressives turn him into Hitler Satan. No-one is served by this, except Jews perhaps.
I would be interested in a biography that also gave a fair psychological account of his life.
Recommendations?
Yes, I'd like a source for that if you have one.
@WaveClearMid @YoMomz
Oh no,not the Orthodox, theY'rE tHe GoOd guYs
It's like how a parent would react to their 8 year old asking for the car keys.
It's amazing how true this is.
Uncle Iroh ☑️
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@bronze
From Wikipedia:
The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer,[1] who observed that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do."[2] The term is widely used by systems theorists, and is generally invoked to counter the notion that the purpose of a system can be read from the intentions of those who design, operate, or promote it. When a system's side effects or unintended consequences reveal that its behavior is poorly understood, then the POSIWID perspective can balance political understandings of system behavior with a more straightforwardly descriptive view.
Origins of the term
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Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said:[1]
According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment, or sheer ignorance of circumstances.
@TimeSpent
From Wikipedia:
The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a systems thinking heuristic coined by Stafford Beer,[1] who observed that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do."[2] The term is widely used by systems theorists, and is generally invoked to counter the notion that the purpose of a system can be read from the intentions of those who design, operate, or promote it. When a system's side effects or unintended consequences reveal that its behavior is poorly understood, then the POSIWID perspective can balance political understandings of system behavior with a more straightforwardly descriptive view.
Origins of the term
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Stafford Beer coined the term POSIWID and used it many times in public addresses. In his address to the University of Valladolid, Spain, in October 2001, he said:[1]
According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment, or sheer ignorance of circumstances.
@TimeSpent
While Europe burns and the bar for civic behavior keeps hitting new lows, here's some random news from Japan:
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15374919
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240802/p2a/00m/0na/006000c
It's like they've isekai'd to another world.
I can't wait. Happy days.
Those screenshots sum it up well.
Now contrast the 9-to-5 privatized business model with Russia's nationalist model of self-defense. Their war machine has factories running on a 24/7 basis, literally non-stop production.
China can stand up a factory and have it running on the same 24/7 basis in days/weeks.
@Justicar
"And so castles made of sand
fall in the sea
eventualleeeeeeee" - Jimi Hendrix
And to cap it all, women NEVER think like this. TWRA.
That's why that phrase "Might Is Right" is inaccurate. Might just Is.
Every society has to embrace might, but those that fail to put violence in the service of something bigger are destined to die out.
Warrior classes & armies across pretty much all history are never in charge even though they could be & that fact opens up the real question, "if the strong (army) protect the weak (not army), under what values & what limits?"
This is why philosophy is important.
Hahah, Babylon Bee really nailed that. Kamala is the ultimate day drinker.
https://babylonbee.com/news/drunken-kamala-mistakenly-picks-wrong-shapiro-for-vp
My fave example is the Mongolian Empire, arguably the chaddiest chads in all history.
If "Might Is Right" were personified, Genghis would've taken that crown, murdered the other contenders & then raped their wives and daughters. Probably not even in that order.
But it only took 3 generations for their empire to fracture. The grandsons could not cooperate. You cannot build a 1000-year empire on Might Is Right alone.
President Wang! Let's make it happen, just for the endless lolcowing.
@DoubleD @YoMomz @ButtWorldsMan
Societal death as the overall effect? Yes, that's the macro result. The primary intended effect however is apathetic individualism.
One is a precondition for the other, & so this becomes a battle we all have to fight whether we want to or not.
I believe this is why all those attacks on 2017 Jordan Peterson went so hard. It was unrelenting because their greatest win is in making young men in particular unaware that this personal battle even exists.
Good for you. I've also been trying to find new ways to scratch the creative itch.
The self-insert thing that these AAA's constantly do is incredibly cringe.
Tea expert, retired Fire Nation general, former Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, Grand Lotus of the Order of the White Lotus, firebending master, mentor to loveable nephew retard Zuko, Dragon of the West.
Lover of anime tiddies.
Joined Jul 2022
