I addressed this in a tasteful edit.

You can also apply cryptographic functions to make sure database entries are not modified - this is then an issue of transparency and not centralization.

That part is dumb. I edited my comment now that I understand the confusion

The key is to be just a little gay, as a treat!

I just can't imagine how they can fit twins with completely different personalities in their world view.

then it's harmful and should probably be stopped. ideally you'd have empirically verified folk wisdom, but then it isn't folk wisdom anymore, just science.

right, because people's skin color is inherently how much power and priveldge they have...

and not actual power and privilege. because you know, we can't talk about that. we just attribute it to skin color. and that's not extremely racist at all...

really. so a middle-class black kid has less privilege than a poor white kid?

or maybe privilege is about money and power? and skin color has very little to do with that.

Clutch them pearls.

Anyone reading this. Make friends with black immigrants, specifically black women and then let's talk about privilege.

What if they are from millionaire families? Are they still underprivileged?

I mean the word you want is prejudice but sure star racism is a lot catchier and race is a construct anyways.

Or just don't try to get laid with stupid people.

Clutch dem pearls harder.

Are you really going to tell everyone here a black poor person is equal to a white one?

Really? That's the hill you're going to die on?

the problem is people are willing to commit violence for beliefs.

not so much empirically verified science.

right, because peoples skin color is inherently how much power and privilege they have…

Yes. Like, yeah bud. That’s how racism works. White people are going to have more privilege than black people.

That’s not to say that the poor white kid isn’t going to experience hardships but the poor black child is deffo gonna have it way worse.

it means what people want it to mean.

And that's why Astrology is so powerful. it's 100% projection and bias confirmation.

'take chances' is entirely relative. what is a bold risk for one person, is an afterthought for another person, but in astrology there is no specific context, just vague nonsense worded such that anyone can project onto it.

And, just like that, Astrocoin was born.

they really do like it when you play the part they want you to play.

and then they complain nobody is 'real' or 'honest' with them...

That argument falls flat to me simply because there are 13 zodiac signs, not 12, and ancient (and modern) astrologers simply ignore the 13th one (Ophiuchus) for convenience.

If you are going to claim the stars have influence over our personalities, at least be consistent with how you “read” said stars.

Not to mention, there is zero evidence that astrology works.

Sheer willpower.

Solution: date an astronomer

At least those get laid.

You went to play for the other team because no girl wanted to fuck you, but now you're just a gay incel.

Do you have any real world experience with underprivledged people, or is this all purely theoretical for you?

Plenty of white kids have it way worse than black kids, or any other race of kid, or mixed kids. But that would require learning about the circumstances of the individual, rather than treating their 'privledge' as a pure product of their skin color.

What if the black kid is Jewish? or Episcopalian? Did you know those religious groups have much higher incomes than Catholics or Baptists? or does skin color trump religion?

I mean calling half an entire gender stupid is pretty bold

Dated a girl and, while we were walking through the park, she points up at the sky. "Oh look, Chemtrails". I absolutely bust up laughing, because I assume I've accidentally stepped into a relationship with a conspiracy theorist. She looks incredibly confused. I explain what chemtrails are. She gets even more confused. We whip out our phones for a minute. She says, "Omg I meant contrails"

She's a lawyer at a white shoe firm now and makes, like, twice as much as I do in IT. Also, absolutely incredible in the sack.

updated my comment lol

Oh, a technical explanation

Right. So now we are getting into what is called ‘intersectionality’. That’s where you look at all the different factors such as gender, race, sexuality, etc. Yes, some black people are going to have more privalage than some white people. We have to take all of this into account. Like I said, it really isn’t so black and white.

I can appreciate that view point as long as we are in agreement that there is no real science behind it. I can totally see how people use “I’m such a Pisces” to describe themselves as sensitive and emotional. I just wish they would say “I’m sensitive and emotional” instead, lol.

No, I'm telling you your belief is racist and ignorant, because of your assumption a black skin inherently makes one 'worse off' than white skin.

I'm someone who grew up in a poor mixed race community. But please tell me more about how my real life experience is wrong? I certainly get that a lot, especially whenever I'm around wealthy and privileged people.

What's funny is when I meet other people who grew up the way I did... they tend to be not dogmatic and way less racist/sexist, compared to the rich white/black folks. And the Asians... just don't care about any of that shit.

because like half of all women are into astrology

In the same way that half of all men are into video games, sure.

they get really really angry with you if you don’t take them seriously when they start lecturing you about it

I've definitely had girls explain it to me. And I've stepped in it when I teased one too hard, because she just read me as an obnoxious prick (which... in my early 20s... she wasn't wrong).

But I see astrology get the same treatment as veganism. You mention, in passing, that you're into a thing. People line up around the block to heckle you and argue with you and scream slurs at you. And for some reason this doesn't really change you opinion on The Thing You're Into. It just changes your opinion on dating or on talking to anyone outside your insulated The Thing community.

I've heard that a huge percentage of people have latent homosexual/ bisexual/pansexual leanings. So just lean into it I guess.

I do kinda think there's a through-line between people into horoscopes and people who never want to make a decision.

I'd rather not. That's a turnoff to me.

LOL that's a fantastic story.

I think we get into problems like this when we start trying to quantitate privilege like this.

They have different privilege.

Almost everyone benefits from some kind of privilege. Yes, some are more profound than others, but thinking of it in simple terms of quantity accomplishes nothing for anyone.

We benefit from learning to recognize and acknowledge the specific privileges from which we benefit, not from carrying guilt or burden over the concept of privilege itself.

Explaining to a poor white man that they have privilege just because they do teaches them nothing. Explaining to them that they dont have the privilege of wealth to shield them from certain circumstances, but do have the specific privilege of not having systemic racism as an additional hurdle to their already real existing problems allows them the space to feel seen and acknowledge while still having the distance to see the point.

Right, and now I roll my eyes because I went to a rich liberal arts school full of people who lectured everyone about such terms, and then tried to volunteer or do non-profit work, and got so mad and sad they couldn't save the world, and then got a job at daddy's law firm for 200K a year because life with a bag is a lot easier than trying to liberate people from the oppression of their... life circumstances.

How privileged are you? Have you assessed yourself and given yourself a nice little intersectional score of privilege? Or are you perpetually underprivledged?

Funny thing about everyone I know who uses the term intersectionality... they never identity as privileged, they always identify as underprivileged. Especially if they were born into millions of dollars... weird how that happens?

Funny how all the immigrant and poor kids at my school... didn't study that stuff... they had to get jobs and pay bills, which, as I understand from many things I've seen on here and social media 'is oppression'.

There are more stupid people than non-stupid people.

Getting laid is a numbers game. You vastly reduce your chances if you start getting picky.

I tried to express that as clearly as I could, it's just like a more ethical version of Slytherin/gryffindor/etc, I tend to be friends with excessively referential people I guess.

according to some folks, taking responsibility for your behavior is a shitty thing to do.

God you are so close.

Centralized powers can do whatever they want with the database. You are welcome to transparently watch them do whatever they want without recourse.

astrology believers is about 30% of the population. a few billion folks

astronomers are about 0.00016% of the population. (there are only 12,500 globally)

I went on a couple of dates with someone who had a Astronomy PhD, but worked in marketing. Not sure that counts. She did not believe in astrology, but made fun of me for working in research rather than industry.

I shall say that I've both done that AND gotten laid

It's not a hobby though. Or a personal preference like veganism, it's a belief system based on an incredibly unimaginative fairy tail.

Somebody may very into collecting Yu-Gi-Oh cards but they would quite rightfully be called crazy if they started to insist that they really had magic powers. There is quite an important distinction between an interesting hobby that you kind of suspension of disbelief, believe in, versus an actual astrology theolog who insists that it's all real.

There's much more interest in science than there are careers in it.

I teach scuba and underwater photography at a major university as a side gig. I have dozens of former students with advanced degrees in aquatic biology who now work in retail.

yeah but you get laid more if you agree to blame nebulous abstract concepts for personal and social grievances.

or blame their parents.... that always works too.

The way people treat vegans and vegetarians is so weird.

If someone doesn't smoke you don't smoke with them. If they don't drink you don't drink with them. If they abstain from sex you don't have sex with them. If they don't like sports you don't go to the game with them.

If they don't eat meat they're just an asshole.

I almost forgot to hate women today thanks

Yeah, but how many of them come from a family where they were never expected to work or pay their own bills?

At least in my experience of a handful of folks in Marine Biology research... every single one of them.

Working low/minimal wage work isn't so bad if your folks are loaded and you'll just inherent their wealth. It's just a waiting game.