Alabasata
8d ago
A single backyard game of touch football with a random assortment of neighborhood figures is better for the country than all of the franchises combined.
I look forward to your writeup of a local neighborhood game.
Alabasata
12d ago
Only if you automate an index fund & ignore it. Most active investors lose money over time.
Alabasata
25d ago
I have a job interview for market manahwr later this week. They asked me if I were interested in talking with them. This is the first sales-oriented position I've interviewed for that wasn't an MLM (products or whole life insurance). Every other role has been for a technician in some form or fashion.
I do not know if this particular company is the right fit, but the position is closer to what I want to be doing more of: more communication than operations, and not talking all day.
Alabasata
1mo ago
On #2: I doubt illegal dog-owners will ever be prosecuted, unless it's in tandem with another offense. In my city, code enforcement is responsive - not proactive. I would expect minimal enforcement until a violent offense happens, and then two charges to be brought up instead of one. Which feels like a piling-on of trumped up charges to create Death By Multiple Cuts.
It doesn't seem like a good process, this. I don't work in the legal system, but I wish there were a better way of doing things.
Alabasata
2mo ago
That would be Marxism with Chico-ese characteristics. Lmaoism can be best summed up as "never let the truth get in the way of a good joke".
Alabasata
3mo ago
If they packed up and left, I doubt I'd notice. They haven't spent money in the economy meaningfully for a generation - velocity of money supply has tanked since the '00s.
Alabasata
4mo ago
Two-way ticket? Yes, I'd treat it like a vacation. I'd have an itinerary & everything.
One-way ticket? Hard no. I think daily life would be different, but I don't think it would be better.
Alabasata
4mo ago
How broad would you consider 'gig economy' to be? Because as I understand it, gig economy means signing onto an app to become a service provider for some kind of on-site labor. It may be handyman, driving, tutoring - but it is built for "one man shows".
As far as I can tell, winning at the gig economy means securing enough contracted work to regularly delegate labor to someone else. Then (poof) you're a business. A business that's a bunch of gigs underneath a suit, but a business nonetheless. Is this business status still in the gig economy? Or has it transmogrified into something else?
Alabasata
4mo ago
Well, since Oxford has standards for admittance, getting accepted there at all is a higher bar to clear than finishing somewhere like Higher Place Christian University. Buying letters does not an education make.
Alabasata
4mo ago
Lying about graduating from Oxford? Well, at least it's not quite as bad as buying a degree from a Floridian faith-based diploma mill. Not great, but it could be worse.
Alabasata
4mo ago
Considering that many anti-ICE folk I know work in healthcare, it is probable that the culture is actually informed by their profession - not their hobby.
Alabasata
5mo ago
Only the DiC version from the 1990s, before introducing the Outer Senshi. It was my first introduction to the big-eyed anime style. I might have seen some Japanese-drawn cartoons before, but Westernized enough that I couldn't tell the difference.
Shout out to Team Four Star for finally making an abridged version of it. Big 2000s energy from the first two videos.
Alabasata
5mo ago
Any self-respecting movement bent on expanding its membership is going to send its most attractive true believers out into the wild.
If you're a government bent on creating antibodies against recruitment, it helps to create characters that kinda match the profile of a recruiter: reasonably attractive wordcels. If anything, they toned down how attractive she could be. They could have even made her one of the good Pakis to double down on the "never ask a white supremacist the skin color of their significant other" stereotype.
Governments have had this problem before. For example, some anti-smoking ads kinda actually encourage smoking because of how off-the-mark they get. And TV has tried before to warn about cult recruitment.
I'd guess that in today's environment that enough people would have make waifus out of Sherri for the lulz. Especially if it's for a cause they actually agree with.
Alabasata
5mo ago
I am reminded of my neighborhood organization coming out against backyard cottages, partially because it messes with "neighborhood character". For reference, I live in a working-class neighborhood largely built between 1945 and 1970.
When I think of neighborhood character, I don't think of demographics. I think of actions & relationships. If someone rings my doorbell, do I expect someone I've met - or a door-to-door salesman? If someone walks down the sidewalk, do we - at bare minimum - exchange pleasantries?
I have not had many positive reactions with people who are concerned about neighborhood character. Their org had 50 years to build a character worth defending - and they haven't. They knew I was going to have a second child. They never thought to ask about the due date or congratulate me after the baby was born. They do not visit, text, or call except to advertise their official meeting. They live nearby, but they feel like anything but neighborly.
Perhaps my standards for "good culture" are alien from theirs. I wouldn't be surprised. And as above, so below. There are things I'm not fond of about American culture, epsecially building a necessity for driving. I can see how a simmering dissatisfaction can be re-interpreted as contempt.
Anyway, I'm partially the kind of person you're talking about. So I'm open to answer questions.
Alabasata
5mo ago
Well, let's look at a case in Mississippi that hits me in the fandom. A former professional wrestler (and son of a famous 1980s wrestler) is going to trial next week for welfare fraud.
Pro wrestling is one of the better-documented fandoms on the Internet. Documentation of events spans back decades. Wrestlers who've moved on to other industries, from yoga to real estate still get some level of coverage. I would expect if there is any citizen journalism to be had, it would be a fanboy following their curiosity.
I've seen plenty of commentary stemming from the news media. I've never seen or heard of citizen-led journalism, or fan journalism that led up to force the case's hand. You'd think that Blues prosecuting Reds on their own turf would fit Case 2 - but it didn't happen. It seems that the state did its job before citizens had to - Reds prosecuting Reds. There's a joke in Blue corners that "Republicans will campaign that government doesn't work, and when they're elected - act in a way to prove it (by being incompetent and corrupt)." This is certainly a counterfactual I'll bring up in future conversations.
I don't think this is indicative of any larger social trends. Sometimes competent government oversight just happens. Sometimes journalism is just downstream of institutions. Maybe one day we'll see Case 2 rear its head. Stranger things have happened.
Alabasata
6mo ago
The unending torture of being surrounded by wannabe wonks who need to have an opinion on everything.
Alabasata
6mo ago
I have no idea on what to make of Decker. I don't recall ever hearing of him before, and I just don't have it in me to look any deeper. There's might be something of merit in his writings the press has a reason to ignore, but someone else is going to have to do the deep dive. I am not your guy there.
There are a couple people here who reference Richard Hanania, both for and against. Recently, Colorado governor Jared Polis has also namedropped him in a tweet about 'real thinkers I sometimes disagree with'.
Looks like the press were very quick to trot out why Hanania is not a thinker worth agreeing with. It's not surprising to hear their disapproval of his race-based statements. It's surprising to hear he's also weighed in on ephebophilia.
I don't follow the man much beyond seeing how he's talked about here. My overall impression is that he's uncomfortable with more religious/militaristic conservatives but has no play with the news/media/entertainment memeplex. Slotting him into a LibRight stereotype is honestly a pretty easy move at this point.
There are some other social dynamics at play here. Governor Polis is currently serving his last term as governor. Despite the likelihood that he's independently wealthy, it's highly probable that many journalists and political junkies are aiming to corral his future roles. They're working to ensure that people like Hanania are squarely within the confines of 'infohazard' and beyond the pale. /r/Denver is all too happy to carry water to continue the mission, from the looks of things.
I don't have a lot to say on the matter. I'm just surprised that people I've read about here are actually being written about elsewhere. The heat is stronger than I expected.
Alabasata
7mo ago
Competent educators self-sort into charter schools
I'm working on researching elementary schools. We have school choice, which means charters are an option. Maybe n=4 is not enough to be meaningfully significant, but I've noticed that no charter school I've seen talks about individual teachers on their webpage. I would think that they'd be worth advertising - if they're considered to be a cut above.
Am I reading signals wrong? Or do I just need to lurk moar?
Alabasata
8mo ago
Parenthood should be treated like the military: an all-volunteer raising force where the living outrank the unborn (and rank has its privileges).
Alabasata
9mo ago
Us in Colorado are talking a lot about a school shooting at Evergreen High, roughly 20 miles west of Columbine High.
Alabasata
9mo ago
Gross creator revenue surpasses the total league payroll of ALL SPORTS LEAGUES EXCEPT THE NFL.
This is more specific than expected. Because by looking up total revenues for sports leagues, at least the NFL, NBA, and MLB brought in more than OF in 2024. (NHL is less, so "hockey is more boring than porn".) Why are we comparing payroll instead of gross revenue?
I miss tutoring. I was never able to earn enough income to live the lifestyle I have today - so that's quite the pipe dream.
I'd love to see if other people find my research skills valuable. My current job does not, even if I'm finding potential clients they've never heard of before.
Thr common thread I keep pulling at is that I don't mind working, but other people don't seem to value the work I want to do. And that's quite demoralizing.
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