I posted this. Why? Because I was sitting on the shores of Lake Washington three weeks ago at my parents' house. We were talking about the fact that I was flying back to Poland, and how worried they were about the Russian army.
I thought about it for a moment, while looking out the window of their house. I said:
"The chances of me looking out the window in Poland in the next year, and seeing the military, are lower than they are sitting here, in Seattle."
I stand by that assessment. It still blows my mind given the reality of the USA, and the objectively successful and peaceful city of Seattle.
The fact that this made it to the front page suggests that I’m not alone in believing this kind of thought is not entirely disconnected from reality.
Given the real threat of the US military being deployed to Seattle for 100% political reasons, if it doesn't stay on the front page... well.. what does that say?
Accurate, but as OP, I didn't post this as "local news."
I posted this because it is objective evidence against the arguments made by the current US federal government for sending troops into Seattle ~"to quell the violence."
I believe that this threat is unprecedented since the mid 1800's, has impacts on the tech sector, how other countries behave going forward, and world history in general.
If I am off-base here, I would genuinely like to hear the counter arguments.
consumer451|4 months ago
I thought about it for a moment, while looking out the window of their house. I said:
"The chances of me looking out the window in Poland in the next year, and seeing the military, are lower than they are sitting here, in Seattle."
I stand by that assessment. It still blows my mind given the reality of the USA, and the objectively successful and peaceful city of Seattle.
The fact that this made it to the front page suggests that I’m not alone in believing this kind of thought is not entirely disconnected from reality.
Given the real threat of the US military being deployed to Seattle for 100% political reasons, if it doesn't stay on the front page... well.. what does that say?
___
edit: I will continue to assume that you all mean well, but we all suffer from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalcy_bias
Please take this into consideration when you come across seemingly insane topics like this one.
daave|4 months ago
I wonder what percentage of the world’s software engineers live in these 3 cities?
consumer451|4 months ago
I posted this because it is objective evidence against the arguments made by the current US federal government for sending troops into Seattle ~"to quell the violence."
I believe that this threat is unprecedented since the mid 1800's, has impacts on the tech sector, how other countries behave going forward, and world history in general.
If I am off-base here, I would genuinely like to hear the counter arguments.
unknown|4 months ago
[deleted]
unknown|4 months ago
[deleted]
rootusrootus|4 months ago