Notices by WesDym (wesdym@mastodon.social), page 2

@br00t4c "Major Complaint: Like, EVERYTHING, apparently"

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_ @DemocracyMattersALot It's not a paradox if you understand tolerance as a social contract instead of a doctrine. Tolerance, like respect, must be continually earned. If you breach it, then you surrender it.

In iterations of various strategies for the Prisoner's Dilemma, it was found that statistically, Trust But Betray Once if Betrayed was among the most successful strategies: Cooperation works better as a presumptive contract than as a doctrine. The same is true for tolerance.

@kaia History is filled with examples like this. Rich arseholes love rare stuff BECAUSE it's rare. I've had caviar. The 'good' stuff, too. There's nothing special about it. It's just exotic and costly, and that's all there is to it.

Black pepper was once treasured by rich arseholes, too, until it became common. It's never been about the thing itself. It's about feeling special because you're rich. It's the most childish, primitive motive.

@VisualStuart I always like the version of this that ends, "Yeah, yeah."

@micahflee You're free to keep linking from a horrible, anti-democratic, pro-fascist website that has clearly stated its hatred for media, at least until the instance stops you.

But I'm free to mute you for it, right now, for good.

Goddamn, how come journalists don't know better already?

@Gargron Reminds me of Cuil Theory.

http://cuiltheory.wikidot.com/what-is-cuil-theory