I recently bought an ebike that turned out to have unintuitive controls.
This picture is very relatable.
"Philomot" was always pretty charming. "The color of a dead leaf."
I thought this was a subtle joke - the letters under the monitor almost spell "blender" so it seemed like a clever subversion of your expectations.
However, I've never used Blender, so my new theory after reading the comments is that it's just hard.
Not sure this is true ... But mainly due to nuance.
I think everyone who has reached adulthood has done bad things worthy of atonement (not because minors can't be bad, just to set a line), regardless of whether that's because they're a bad person or because they made poor decisions. I think of myself as a good person - because I try to better the lives of those around me - but I can think of plenty of bad things I've done (primarily out of ignorance or foolishness - I don't think I've ever acted with the intent of hurting someone).
I'm not trying to atone for those things; once I realized they were bad things, I did my best to fix them and once I did everything I could, I moved on (and hoped the other participants did as well). In some cases, continuing to try to atone for bad acts would have exacerbated the consequences if the other party just wanted to move on.
My mom, who was a big fan of aphorisms, used to say "if you mess up, apologize if you should, fix it if you can, and move on." I try to live by this.
So, to reiterate the nuance: I try to fix bad things I've done if I can; I try to learn from them so I don't do them again; but I don't live my life trying to atone for them.
I do like the sentiment behind your post, in case you think us philosophically opposed.
Apparently, "The Rain in Spain." (To be clear, I would not have known that before looking it up to verify the quote.)
The original lyric I was parodying was "the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain." (Which, again, I would have gotten wrong if I hadn't researched it.)
edit: After a few minutes reviewing YouTube videos, apparently it was prose recited by the protagonist of "My Fair Lady," the movie from which that song came. Eventually she gained confidence via that song.
I don't know, I previously lacked context for the quote, but after watching a relevant video I realize I've seen a parody of it in Family Guy.
Spanish pronouns are used mainly in the plain.
(Side note: I thought the original quote was something like "the rain in Spain falls mostly on the Spaniards," but I can't find anything to support that. Only today did I even learn that it was from a song.)
Interesting, thank you for the edification.
I've self diagnosed with face blindness, but I tentatively recognized his hair lift.
The references confirmed it.
Apparently, some politician tried to shutdown the patent office in the nineteenth century because "everything that can be invented has been invented."
edit: no need for "I" there.
What did the original say?
One time I tried to rent a truck from Home Depot to haul ... Something, I forget what.
They said they weren't renting out the truck because there was rain in the forecast.
What kind of work truck can't handle the rain?
The person perhaps (eventually) most qualified to answer this might be Graeldon, who is on a quest to play every Steam game in alphabetical order.
My pleasure! Glad it helped. Also, I like your username.
I'm still not sure how much to fear AI, as I'm not knowledgeable on the subject (never even intentionally interacted with one yet) and have seen conflicting reports on how worryingly capable it is. Today I did see this video, which isn't explicitly about AI but did offer an interesting perspective that could be compared to the paradigm: https://youtu.be/fVN_5xsMDdg
(Warning, the video was interesting, but I got invested about halfway through when I started comparing it to AI, then was disappointed in the ending)
I saw an interesting video about this. It's outdated (from ten months ago, apparently) but added some context that I, at least, was missing - and that also largely aligns with what you said. Also, though it's not super evident in this video, I think the presenter is fairly funny.