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“I suppose that would matter, if I gave a shit what you think” was my retort when someone trwid judging me for my spiced rum and cranberry. They didn’t like it, they also don’t say shit when I order a hot chocolate.

That’s what we call in the industry “foreshadowing”.

Nakamura said in a podcast all he would need to know is that there is a winning move and he’d be able to find it.

So, just one buzz is enough that says “in this position there is a move that wins the game”.

Kinda like everyone’s ratings in puzzles is higher than in elo because by the very nature of the puzzle there is a winning sequence to find.

In play, if I don’t spot a winning tactic I just move to (try to) improve my position. In puzzles if I don’t spot a winning tactic, I look again, and again, and again…

At least “crazy cat person” has an excuse. When I want to run naked through the woods with the pack, it’s just because I’m weird… apparently.

Toxoplasmosis?

Guess not, that’s probably my bad.

That’s my bad. Thanks for the correction.

It’s always strange to see a member of the most incarcerated population on the planet wax lyrical about how free they are.

Not to defend China here at all.

Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people. - Heinrich Heine

I just find it amusing watching a party that spends it time blaming everyone else.

I know right? That’s what the double bind does. “It’s the left’s fault Corbyn lost the election, it’s the left’s fault they won’t vote for Starmer”. At least we can all have a bit of chuckle at them.

Hello exhibit A, thanks for joining us. Would you like to calm down and try again?

I agree though, Corbyn losing votes was Corbyn’s fault. This then means Kier pushing the left not to vote for him is Kier’s fault.

Except Labour supporters want it both ways, it was the left’s fault that Corbyn lost the election, and Starmer not winning the left’s vote is also the left’s fault.

This is called a double bind. I hope that clears things up for you.

don’t think I’m describing what you think I’m describing.

I’m describing the no win situation right leaning Labour supporters try to force left leaning people into.

I.e. 1 When a Labour leader they don’t like loses an election it’s the left’s fault. 2 When a leader they do like loses an election it’s the left’s fault.

I saw the same double bind being envoked in this thread, so I thought I’d highlight it.

The famous Labour double bind:

If a left leaning Labour lose the election, it’s because they don’t appeal to voters. If a right leaning Labour lose the election, it’s because the left didn’t vote for them.

Agreed. The comment I replied to said “let’s get electoral reform first”. Them splitting can’t hurt efforts for electoral reform, though it’s not likely to help either.

I’m not sure what the path to electoral reform looks like. Starmer is hostile to the idea. Labour have had electoral reform in their manifesto before and happily ignored it when in power.

Perhaps a hung parliament will get us there. I don’t know what the realistic vote for Electoral reform is. Maybe a Lab-Lib government does it but Libs have been steamrolled in a coalition before.

I’m almost a single issue voter for Electoral reform at this point.

Not necessarily: consider a string of '0’s and ‘1’s’ both infinite and random.

011101010101000…

No matter how long you look, you’ll never find a ‘2’. Same with the multiverse, not all things need to exist.