Interesting. The whole thread proves to me the exact opposite. That free speech is very alive since nothing here has been censored yet. The only way I can explain our disparate perceptions is that we're talking about entirely different things.
By "free speech" I mean not being arrested or physically harmed for saying something.
Is it possible that by "free speech" you in contrast mean being entitled to be invited, keeping your job, and/or remaining uncontradicted?
Well, we’re still neither arrested nor physically harmed, aren’t we? So our speech is still free. Ycombinator is not obliged to give our discussion a visible platform.
> It was like I possessed secret insider knowledge they all craved. I suspect people who believe in conspiracy theories feel the same way.
Then why are they always trying to spread their theories far and wide? Why wouldn't they do what you did and be "positively gleeful knowing that I knew more than them?"
How common are conspiracies throughout written human history? Why would modern history be any different?
> But a person who does PCR analysis and knows the ins and outs of PCR tests that maintains that there is no such thing as COVID-19 is on another level for me. That’s the kind of purposeful refusal of the world as it exists all around us that I can not get my head wrapped around.
A person who specializes in analyzing viruses tells the author something counterintuitive and instead of re-assessing his own assumptions, he labels the specialist delusional. That last sentence, "That’s the kind of purposeful refusal of the world as it exists all around us that I can not get my head wrapped around", could easily apply to the author.
> I'd 100% recommend having stimulants in your toolkit, and chances are you're already supplementing with worse stimulants (like mountains of coffee or soda), so do give them a try, but be careful.
Have you heard of anybody managing their condition with caffeine pills or nicotine lozenges?
> I've got an old friend and former coworker who clearly has serious ADHD and self medicates with tons of coffee/soda/cigarettes. He's killing himself and he knows it, but hates doctors and has a negative view of shrinks.
This describes me to a T. I will not take amphetamines of any kind, so what's the point?
> Anec-data: I cut out carbs and only eat during certain windows and that has done wonders for focus and stick-to-itiveness. Coffee and alcohol hit me extra hard, and I've cut back on them.
I've heard other people say this. I really need to try it.
Corporate cancer[0] strikes again. Mozilla took on a lot of social justice projects over the years. They hung around their ankles like a boat anchor. Good on them for jettisoning that excess baggage and refocusing on their primary business.
> Black Lives Matter Chicago organized the rally after overnight unrest throughout the city, with police saying that more than 100 individuals were taken into custody for a variety of offenses, including looting.
> “That is reparations,” Atkins said. “Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance.”
The lowest estimate of the annual cost of crime in the United States is $690 billion. Blacks account for 37.6 percent of all robberies and burglaries. If Atkins and BLM are to be taken seriously, then reparations to US blacks are being paid at an annual rate of $259.4 billion.
How much does the USA owe Blacks in reparations again? It looks to me like we've paid it and more.
