CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
Can't imagine he'd be a fan of the politics of Andor.
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Can't imagine he'd be a fan of the politics of Andor.
Loktar
Pinata Whacker
Sounds like being a Trump fan, he'd be rooting for the Empire to win.
CaptainWacky
I want to smell dark matter
Is it Russell Brand.
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
The Question
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Culinary innovation. Yeah, I'm gonna call it that. garlic-powder-and-salt seasoned angel hair pasta topped with chili.
Only 12 degrees Fahrenheit out, but not to worry. I've got... "natural gas." And plenty of it.
Only 12 degrees Fahrenheit out, but not to worry. I've got... "natural gas." And plenty of it.
The Question
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Another definition of 'Tradition': "The reason you enjoy electricity, and aren't drinking and bathing in the same river the upstream neighbors piss and shit in."
Okay, that may require explanation: Tradition is the foundation of progress; it's the gathered knowledge of all previous advancements. Without that foundation, further advancement is impossible, because we'd be continuously starting over at Square One.
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Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
You're confusing tradition with innovation/invention. Tradition is a collection of socially agreed-upon mores, of written/unwritten societal rules. It's about behavior, not achievement.
The polio vaccine isn't a tradition. Conventional marriage is a tradition. Courtship through a matchmaker/chaperone was a tradition in many cultures. Slavery was a tradition in the South. Traditions work for a community in the time they are formed. But they aren't meant to last forever, as societies inevitably grow and change. Of course, there are always some stubborn people who try to impede progress...
The polio vaccine isn't a tradition. Conventional marriage is a tradition. Courtship through a matchmaker/chaperone was a tradition in many cultures. Slavery was a tradition in the South. Traditions work for a community in the time they are formed. But they aren't meant to last forever, as societies inevitably grow and change. Of course, there are always some stubborn people who try to impede progress...
Loktar
Pinata Whacker
Yeah me too. Let me explain my adventures in chronic explosive diarrhea in excruciating detail.....
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Just for that I'm taking you out to dinner at Del Taco.
Loktar
Pinata Whacker
I prefer stuffed camel toe.
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Not a bit. Those processes rely on tradition as a foundation from which to build forward. We didn't go from dark caves to the electric lightbulb in one step. Without tradition as a foundation, the Point B of innovation lacks a Point A to start from.
Besides that point, there's also this: Not all change is de facto 'change for the better.' Remember that The Dark Ages were also 'change'. National Socialism was, when it first emerged on the scene, 'change.' AIDS was, at one point, new. New and different does not = better, just by virtue of being new and different. Sometimes 'shit that we already know works just fine' is... just fine.
Sometimes, it even happens that people with little or no knowledge of history and tradition think that something is 'innovation' or 'progress', when it is in fact just the opposite of progress. EVs, for example, are not as new as people seem to think they are. Electric vehicles started out as the norm before they were replaced with internal combustion technology.
Worth the Watt: A Brief History of the Electric Car, 1830 to Present
The first electric cars appeared long before the earliest gas autos, and the history of electric cars is littered with innovative takes on four-wheeled transit.
www.caranddriver.com
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Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
The Dark Ages were a period of decline following the resistance to change by the presiding empires. National Socialism was a reaction to societal and cultural change that threatened white Christian supremacy. I don't even know what kind of point you were trying to make about AIDS but it fell flat.
Scared cishet white guys talk in circles in order to keep things comfy for scared cishet white guys...
Scared cishet white guys talk in circles in order to keep things comfy for scared cishet white guys...
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I think you're using 'change' in a nonstandard way. As evidenced by your use of the nonsensical neologism 'cishet' where the accurate word is, 'normal'.
Eggs Mayonnaise
All In With The Nuts
Follow your bliss...
Volpone
Zombie Hunter
It finally happened. You know you've done it. You're stuck behind someone who is driving like they're retarded so, when you finally manage to pass them, you give them the stink-eye to see if they are as retarded as they drive. Well guess what I saw as I passed someone on the right today.