Anyone who believes it’s not gambling… I have a bridge to sell you.

CPP is mandated to make a set return for the Canadian people and it’s pretty loose on now they do that. I agree it’s concerning them looking at morally questionable companies but money wants to make money and I would argue Canadians care more about having money for their retirement than they do the companies they’re investing in.

Case in point since Trump 45 we should have been collectively divesting in America yes we haven’t. American companies even hostile ones still have a huge economic edge. I expect the CPP to be pragmatic and not invest based on their morals all the time. That makes for bad finances. Sucks but sadly this is the world.

Disagree with my pension and my RRSP I do have options for how I want to distribute my investments for example focusing on Canada or Europe or BRIC for investments or even dumping your money into a less risky but more stable money market. They’re pretty diverse now.

Jesus Christ thank you for reminding me to confirm I keep his shit as far away from my pension as possible. Thankfully I’m in Canada so I feel there’s a hope

Look I’m 48 and I get it. I get the Russian level paranoia about people accessing my data. What you’ll find is there are a lot of people that are aware and genuinely don’t give a shit.

We are old enough to know that if you want privacy don’t use technology.

Jesus Christ just yesterday I had to tell my oldest to watch what he says because he mentioned Luigi wasn’t wrong. I told him I agree but I explained they’re all listening and pointed to the alexa, the TV, his phone, his laptop.

Privacy is a farce. You can make it harder which I’m all for but if someone wants the data they can get it. You have secrets keep them to yourself. That is privacy.

Anyways, rant from someone with 25 years in Corporate IT. It’s all theatre.

God it still pisses me off what they did to my boy Opera. All of us left when they diverted after v12. We all saw this coming.

Then Vivaldi came which I have tried in quite a while but it sucked. Firefox it is.

And cars were worse for physical health yet here we are.

I suspect you may be part of the crowd I’m addressing this to but progress is progress and you can’t uninvent shit and you can’t predict adoption.

As it stands “AI” is here to stay and no movement of luddites is going to change that. Globally “we” are saying it’s valuable.

What we are lacking right now is control over the speed and direction.

Going back to the car analogy this is why licenses exist, and registration, and laws. This too will come with AI only when the problem becomes so big or so dangerous to necessitate it. I suspect we will be there soon. Youth unemployment is fucked everywhere and only getting worse.

That’s future CEOs problem

Gimme one! I’m the same way at 48!

Recently I’ve been banging

Sophie Hunter

And

Thot Squad

And

Hemlocke Springs

Why do I want to listen to the same shit I hear everywhere?! Give me new!

If that’s in line with what you’re saying, then we’re on the same page.

Yes.

If it makes sense it’s the whole, “I have a child with autism not an autistic child.”

It is my firm belief the only way things will change is if neurotypical people are forced to have relationships with autistic peers. Right now we do not do this. Autistic programs by and large are professionals helping autistic kids while working with other autistic kids.

There needs to be programs in schools that force children to become peer buddy groups with autistic kids.

It’s frustrating and anecdotally I’m 10+ years in my journey parenting autistic children and the consensus with the professionals is that the new descriptors are a continued challenge. Will it change with time? Who knows? All I can do is advocate for those who get left out and/or left on the wrong side of these memes because like my younger son they cannot advocate for themselves.

The car, podium and such analogies are bad and you’re confirming my point. Your last analogy is good and it highlights why differentiating is hugely important.

When I say “I broke something” we do not look at a pinky toe or a broken neck the same and doing so is an affront to either of those people.

Of by broken is assume a pinky toe it’s insulting to those with broken necks and their level of disability in comparison. If we all assume it’s a broken neck we treat those with the broken pinky with far more attention than they require.

I am saying with someone who has kids on both ends of the spectrum, continuing to hear from L1 people while L2/L3 people in many ways lack the capacity to join the conversation is harmful to all parties.

Yes there are similarities which is why I get the DSM V changes but from real lived in world experience they are not the same thing.

So I do my part to highlight this not because I am challenging OP, but I am making sure the autistic people like my younger son that does not have the capacity to join the conversation is heard and their opinions matter and their voices matter and we do not have their representation nor are we asking for it and that is fundamentally wrong.

That series of analogies is absolute garbage and you know it.

I’ll argue the flip side. I have a son who is 13 and firmly L2/L3. This is where a lot of autistic people sit and specifically online they are grossly under-represented because they don’t have the capacity to socialize even from a computer or phone.

My older son is what used to be Asperger’s which I would define as your L1.

I continue to hate the fact that they flattened their taxonomy with DSM V. Asperger’s != Autism.

So I get and chuckle at the memes but when people think of autism they are thinking of my autistic son not the Asperger’s one.

The representation of autistic people in the media, and in social media like this, is not an accurate representation of autistic people

Ok for arguments sake then how much is actually tied to a person’s ability to self-respect and grow? I imagine it’s far less common than we may think?

How much of this do you think can be tied back to good parents?

I can chime in that for many people like myself there’s a catharsis from playing them. They’re an allegory for life and the struggles in it.

I am not lying when I say that Dark Souls changed my outlook on games as a lifelong gamer.

It’s not without its flaws but there’s something about a game that doesn’t hand you everything you need to succeed and does not get easier when you fail.

“Git Gud” is literally the mantra many of us assume because like life you need to learn to persevere or give up but the game gives you just enough to persevere. There’s a strong parallel with battling depression that this game just gets and gets it pretty much bang on.

It’s less a game, and more a work of art.

Because as humans we are insanely stupid. I think we all know the answer. Money is why Arizona. We don’t do what’s right. We do what is cheap and effective. It just happens that sometimes that is right too.