I thought of "awoken" initially, but if I hadn't seen the other wordings before, I don't recall ever seeing the word "awoken" at all! Or if I have seen it before, I second-guessed myself after reading variations of "woke/wake" so much in a short period of time. Thanks for your response
The Century of the Self is a great introduction to this. Modern advertising literally uses techniques originally developed for wartime (WWII) propaganda. Commercial advertising is literally brainwashing applied for economic purposes rather than political (though often both, too).
p.s. if you like the Century of the Self, watch Hypernormalization as well. Amazing documentaries.
Totally unrelated but is this correct grammar? I realize I've never seen "woken" without "up", as in "woken up". To avoid using "up" I would've leaned towards some form of awoke, but am not sure I've ever seen something like "she will be awoke" either. Always fun to encounter grammatical edge cases you're unfamiliar with in your native language.
I completely forgot about the fire thing, and that only strengthens my argument/stance. The Triangle fire was a terrible tragedy in American history during which a lot of women died not even because of lack of windows, but because doors and windows were barred. Now imagine how many people would be at risk if they didn't even have windows in the first place.
I think it's simpler: if you're able to get a degree, you're already intelligent to some extent. That intelligence is then trained by having education in general. The difference is if you chose a major without good career prospects, you basically just have to do additional work to get the idealism out of your system and come around to a practical field. All these philosophy, sociology, literature, etc majors didn't need the major to switch into STEM etc, they were always ready for it. They just had to accept that the humanities weren't going to give them the life they wanted.
> Maybe X should relax the legal requirements of Y
That's a slippery slope. Lots of legal requirements exist to protect someone. Legal requirements for windows are pretty reasonable to ensure people have at least some bare minimum of access to natural light in their home, rather than just living in a box.
You just don't want to. It's very simple: they let you have a burger that mimics meat burgers, and they taste reasonably close for some of us. I love burgers and love some of the fake meat patties since I don't usually eat meat. Simple as that.
Not a judgment on your wife, but sharing for general awareness: I would eat land animals before eating fish again. You can read Outlaw Ocean for a quick look at how awful the seafood industry is. The seafood industry has everything from slavery, abuse, animal population decimation, and more, which is directly supported by anyone who eats seafood:
> Do you know if the fish on your plate is legal? A new study estimates that 20 to 32 percent of wild-caught seafood imported into the U.S. comes from illegal or "pirate" fishing
> whole grains and legumes covering most of my protein requirements.
What are your protein/calorie goals, and how are you meeting them with grains and legumes? I have to take pea protein and on top of that eat a lot of eggs because otherwise I can't imagine getting enough protein just from beans and oats. If you avoid oxalates, it becomes even more difficult.
> We'd all be happier if everyone was politically correct
Me 'being' politically correct doesn't mean me 'supporting' or 'enjoying' being politically correct. I don't, and 'being' politically correct makes me unhappy. I don't know how I can simplify further, but it does seem to be a semantic point.
> If you bought into the new age pro noun thing the SAME way you already buy into the pointless formalities we use like "please" and "thank you" there would be no argument.
"If you met the conditions that proved me right, then I'd be right". Well I don't, hence you're wrong, as I said
You can lie all you want as long as it doesn't impact others; that's why we have things like slander and libel. If you want to say your favorite color is blue when in fact it's red, I'd support you every day of the week. If you want to force me to say you're blond when in fact you're a redhead, then I would expect a civilized society to protect my freedom to not repeat your lie. Similarly I would expect a civilized society to protect you from me if I start saying something negative about you that actually impacts you negatively.
> We'd all be happier if everyone was politically correct
That's objectively false. I would not be happier if everyone were politically correct, because I'm a strong believer in free speech, even if it's offensive. You can say whatever heinous, horrendous things you want about me and my loved ones as long as I'm able to walk away and disengage (if you pursue and target me, it changes from free speech to harassment/assault IMO). I'm also a strong believer in the ideal of objectivity, so I hate the idea of white lies or convenient falsehoods.
It's basically the reason idealism/utopianism is never practical. Having an ideal and working towards it is a great way to make progress, but setting expectations based on ideals is a recipe for disaster
> Odd - being downvoted for what I see as having some compassion for this man. Maybe I'm missing something. If so, please explain so I can learn.
Many people make judgments relative to a group rather than an individual. Such people wouldn't see your stance as positive because you're allowing for a loss to the group. Any cost to that individual that brings a benefit to the group would be acceptable in this worldview.
Can't second this enough. If you get a survey at work, assume all your personal info will be attached to this. At my current job, I've had a coworker let me and some friends know that they were reached out to by HR due to certain concerns. Basically, work surveys are 100% not anonymous, so be mindful of that when you're answering. Answer boldly when you feel confident doing so (like if you're answering questions around work life balance, etc), but don't share more than you feel comfortable sharing.
I thought of "awoken" initially, but if I hadn't seen the other wordings before, I don't recall ever seeing the word "awoken" at all! Or if I have seen it before, I second-guessed myself after reading variations of "woke/wake" so much in a short period of time. Thanks for your response