what is the biggest 180 of your life, the thing you used to love but now hate, it used to hate but now crave etc

@seachanger used to love but now hate: apple

used to hate but now crave: [redacted]

@mcc @seachanger apple the company or apple the fruit?

@noisytoot @seachanger the company. I have always loved the fruit

@seachanger i grew up in the big city and could never imagine living anywhere else, now i live way out in the country and when i go into town i cant wait to leave

@seachanger also salads, my palate has really broadened and its so good

@seachanger

Hooo weee is that a big one! I barely know where to start. I tend to hold opinions strongly when I believe them to be true, but will pivot fairly quickly when presented with enough new, conflicting information.

First thing that comes to mind is GMOs and GM tech in general. Back in the '80s I was a rabid anti-GMO activist (I'll leave it at that). Now, my opinions are either "meh, NBD," or "oh, that's cool. Look what we can do with this technology!" Absolutely NOTHING we were predicting 40 years ago came to pass and so much good has come from GM technology in general.

Politically speaking, that is probably the biggest one. But, I also used to be in the "fuck them all I won't vote for a murderous warmonger politician no matter what else they do" camp. Now I hold my nose and actually encourage others to vote for the useless fucking Democrats just because open fascism is demonstrably worse. That's a pretty big pivot as well, though I still despise the Dems.

@seachanger I used to be a proud YIMBY and now view the movement as incredibly harmful: ideologically incoherent, and working in practice to create a "grassroots" or progressive facade for anti-tax, deregulatory policies that benefit only landlords and property owners. I feel partially responsible for creating a monster.

@scott @seachanger

Interesting, that. Over the years, I've seen different and sometimes confusing things ascribed to that movement and never quite understood just what it was all about. So, maybe my lack of clarity about it wasn't just me.

@Mikal @seachanger yeah, it's not just you. When they're trying to recruit members they say YIMBY means welcoming new neighbors, embracing urban life, and not fearing density. But when you look at how they actually spend their time, they're, at least/especially in California, opposing rent control expansion, smearing progressives and tenant unions, saying taxes on landlords to fund affordable housing will block housing... (some groups outside California may be a bit less bad)

@scott @Mikal @seachanger

Yimby is a pretty nebulous movement and there's a number of neoliberals who have gotten under the umbrella. The term itself is almost meaningless these days.

That said I think there is still a solid core of pro housing leftists who are worth engaging with. Mostly I think eliminating zoning restrictions on density is a must. Largely I think in America, these regulations are the result of racism and classisim.

@scott @Mikal @seachanger

I do think rent control can be a useful tool for keeping people in their homes but it can't be the end all. There needs to be abundant housing in all neighborhoods and there needs to be protection for tenants until we get there so current tenants don't get thrown under the bus.

@seachanger I became a mathematician

@seachanger aerospace. Used to fly and cheer on rocket launches and now all I can think about are the environmental impacts of these boys clubs