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In many ways, I think this was an inevitable conclusion of the internet and progression of technology. It is now impossible for the average person to know "the truth" about anything. As "deepfake" style videos continue to become more and more believable, I think we are quickly approach -- or may have already arrived -- to a point in which nothing you believe about anything holds any sort of validity.

"Video evidence" is becoming increasingly dubious, it is incredibly easy for different news sources to spin up competing narratives on political or social events, and there is really no way for an average person to discern a difference.

In essence, this will have set us back by 500 years. No longer can you trust anything you read, hear, or even witness video footage of. Now, unless you see things happen with your own eyes, your entire reality can be shaped by a handful of new organizations.

It's honestly pretty scary to think about.

Cakes made with fondant are just god awful.

Fondant is basically inedible and you basically have to cut it with a steak knife. The actual cake inside of these type of cakes are typically incredibly dry. There is not a single aspect of these cakes that are enjoyable.

I'm prone to hyperbole, so take this with a grain of salt, but my overall thesis is... I'd rather eat a box cake that takes ten minutes to make than a cake that takes eight hours.

Most other battle passes in games have the currency used to buy the pass in it. That way if you complete that pass you could buy the next one with those credits you saved. It should be this way for Valorant to, or at least be able to convert Radianite to Valorant Points. Anyone else agree?

Edit: Thanks for the “bless up” kind stranger!

Edit 2: Holy shit thanks for all 14 awards y’all are crazy

The best way to make it change is not give them money. Don’t buy the battle pass or Radianite if you don’t agree with how they are and what they’re used for!

Please

Edit: wow

>The Federal Reserve is expanding its foray into corporate credit to now buy individual corporate bonds, on top of the exchange-traded funds it already is buying, the central bank announced Monday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/15/the-fed-says-it-is-going-to-start-buying-individual-corporate-bonds.html

What do you guys think the long term effect of this will be? It's crazy how much money is being printed and funneled into the market. I wonder if there is going to be serious inflation that is going to hit.

I've read Walden four times in the last ten years. I re-read it whenever I feel like I need recentering or if I need something to take me out of today's problems (many of them today which caused my fourth re-read) and it upsets and frustrates me thinking of the thousands of high schoolers who graduate every year being unintentionally (or intentionally?) misled about the points Thoreau was trying to make by clueless english teachers.

This part of my argument is anecdotal: in all of the english classes in my high school, and even in music history classes at undergrad, teachers and professors so readily dismiss and mock the points they think thoreau is making when in reality it's not what he's arguing. Some examples:

'It's just cabin porn''He tells everyone to be self-reliant then has his mom do his laundry'

'He tells everyone that he lived alone in the woods for three years but he didn't'

'He shit talks college despite having a degree from harvard'

'He just wants everyone to giv

What the actual fuck man, those numbers are just so crazy I can't get my head around it properly.

• He scored at least 30 points in 14/15 Finals games in that stretch.
• He scored at least 40 points in 5/15 Finals games in that stretch.

Overall in those 15 games he averaged 35.9 points, 15.2 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.9 blocks and shot 60% from the field.

Here is a full table for those interested:

EDIT: It has been requested by the moderators that I include a source in this post. So here is a link to Shaq

The morrii twins similarities go further than genetics. Marcus has achieved 7248 points in 600 games while his twin, Markieff, has achieved 7250 points in 631 games.

I use the PK-06 because it contrasts nicely with light areas (unlike most other sights), doesn't have stupid fucking sway whenever I walk (MRS), it has a nicely spaced reticle (P1X) and it's not got a stupid fucking nipple on it (OKP-7).

The majority of collimators in this game are flat out worse for sighting than just using iron sights. I'd rather run MBUS irons on an AR platform or an empty bastion rail on an AK than not run a PK-06. Making it more expensive doesn't solve the problem that 99% of sights in the game are completely useless in most lightings and situations.

The price won't stop me. It's a minor annoyance if anything. Every other sight needs to be looked at in terms of functionality and clarity in order for people to want to run them.

I'm exhausted but experiencing one of those moments where everything feels perfect. At some point soon we'll all get up and get busy but right now it's quiet in the city, the sun is rising, the birds are chirping, and I feel happy.

ETA: Cat tax https://imgur.com/a/nULu322 (both pics from this morning)