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if you bet against the prediction market and lose you've been manitold

im gonna be like "if Biden X happiness, if Trump Y happiness, if Harris Z happiness, if Buttigieg W happiness, if DeSantis V happiness" and they're all going to be so wowed by the objective law and truth of the markets that they will vote for whoever causes max(X, Y, Z, W, V) happiness. and utopia will be achieved

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cant wait for manifold to have proper numerical markets so i can start spamming it with conditional country metrics

Customs agent stops me and pulls an apple out of my luggage.

"What is this?" he demands.

"Fruit," I answer innocently. "You must respect it."

He holds it out to a uniformed dog, who growls. Rolling his eyes, he takes out a knife and cuts the fruit open.

Within the fruit is a small, plastic bag.

Within the bag is another, smaller apple.

"Very funny," he spits as he begins cutting into that second apple.

He stops.

A powerful, sweet smell is emanating from everywhere at once.

He looks back at me, but I am no longer there.

Nervously, he cuts into the apple. As this happens, a gigantic steel beam slices through the roof.

He drops the apple in shock, and it splits in half upon hitting the ground. The roof, likewise, is peeled back to reveal me, now a giant holding a big knife.

"How does it feel?" I ask, just as innocently, although my booming voice can no longer convey emotion in a comprehensible manner.

Nervously, he looks down at the apple he dropped. Inside it, there's a small person.

It is him.

they should do the repository for germinal choice again that was a good idea

Is there a way on Mastodon to ~automatically back up my profile? Currently if @locus gets hit by a bus (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_fact) I think I'm just screwed and it would be nice to be able to jump to mastodon.social

daily reminder that ai alignment hasn't been solved, factory farming is ongoing, cluster headaches exist and UNICODE STILL DOESN'T HAVE THE ENTIRE LATIN ALPHABET IN SUPERSCRIPT /SUBSCRIPT VERSION

guy who meets his spouse in the metaculus comments

i'd cuddle the fuck out of opposite-gender niplav

I defend Elon Musk, and then get asked why I like Elon Musk so much, to which I respond that I actually believe that Elon Musk has probably had the worst impact of any human that has ever lived, leaving people confused.

hm i feel basically opinionless i just go with whatever i think my social group is on and pick the right social group i guess

maybe i should like make myself write one blog post a day through may or something to have more opinions

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