Eetan
7hr ago
Xitter account of the perpetrator here unlike previous cases it is still standing (so far). Oversight or deliberate change of Xitter policy?
Eetan
9hr ago
Exactly zero right wing people are out in the streets getting themselves shot by cops for interfering with the enforcement of government policies they disapprove of.
Umm... where to start. The numbers are not large, but definitely not zero.
Eetan
10hr ago
Thailand has rather lax gun laws by East Asian standards, but most notorious mass shootings were perpetrated by army and police.
Eetan
15hr ago
I remember some online poll where Americans were asked about various public figures, there were options like/dislike/no opinion/never heard about them.
Cannot find it right now (might be misremembered)
About 2% claimed to never heard about Donald Trump, the lizardman number.
If true, these are the happiest people and we all could just envy them.
Eetan
15hr ago
How do you handle it when people ask for your political opinions in real life?
If you want to have fun, just pretend to be completely ignorant about the issue.
A: Do you stand with Upper Trashcanistan?
B: Trash... whatever, what is it? Some new restaurant or fast food place in the town?
Then watch how your interlocutor ties himself to knots desperately trying to explain the issue in five seconds.
Eetan
15hr ago
I agree that the post on the Maronite Chronicle is real historical research.
It does not seem to be revolutionary at all, no shocking secrets uncovered, no revelation that The Prophet was transgender woman of color that never existed. It well aligns with other sources we have for 7th century Middle Eastern history, it confirms that our general knowledge about these times is accurate.
And this is how real historical research looks like in most cases.
Eetan
15hr ago
it's not something I would have leapt to as a good example of 'real history research'.
Well, she gets the black pill lesson of history that there is no such thing as ultimate "lesson of history"
Good luck getting experts and professionals to tell you so in such open way.
Eetan
16hr ago
There are whole categories of activity that can feel deeply compelling while you're doing them, but are impossible to interestingly convey to others.
It always depends on your audience. D&D player would be impressed by 14th level elf, WOW player not so much.
Eetan
16hr ago
For unironic context, this is what real history research looks like.
Yes, you can still find new historical sources, not only from newly opened modern archives, but from older times too - there is still surprising amount of centuries old written material never properly classified and published.
This is shame, because raging modern culture war can use anything, no matter how old.
Eetan
17hr ago
Most probably, he found out that FBI work is just another office job, especially at the very top, not something from action movies.
Eetan
18hr ago
gets across to normies
Are there any "normies" as undecided voters willing to be persuaded by red or blue side by facts, logic and reason?
How many such people are left (if they ever existed). Everything looks that polarization is complete, there is blue and red side hardened in their camps (and equally hardened grey non voting, non caring mass that refuses to participate).
Eetan
18hr ago
There’s military doctrine reasons that the field advanced so slowly
Yes, it would be cool if every grunt was universal starship stormtrooper trained to use every weapon or tool from nuclear artillery to toothpick with maximal skill and efficiency, but time (and learning ability) is limited and you have to prioritize.
IRL, if you find yourself in situation when you face the enemy and only thing you have is pistol, you are 99,99% hosed regardless of your marksmanship. (not always, see the famous knife fight from Ukraine trench, where knife fighting skill made a difference)
Eetan
1d ago
Yea, it is about year 1923.
Eetan
2d ago
Let us engage with this low (but not zero) probability scenario realistically.
If these fears come true, if big boog comes for real and US of A turn into some combination of Syria, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe and Chernobyl exclusion zone, then whole world's economy and international order (with its arcane system of passports, visas and residency permits) goes straight to the toilet. US passport and US dollar would be as useful as Tsarist passport and rouble was about 1920. No one in this world is going to welcome any refugees or send any humanitarian aid.
If you see this future as highly probable and want to escape it, you need to act now, you need to leave ASAP and gain some sort of legal existence elsewhere far from North American continent (and any current or potential war zone) before the hammer falls and all doors shut.
Eetan
3d ago
My opinion is that US schools do a really bad job of teaching the civil rights protests
Is there any topic where current US schools do a good job of teaching?
It is certainly not basic reading, writing and arithmetic.
And even when the system really tries, the effects are not great. See one historical event that TPTB consider crucially important for everyone to know, event that is taught not only in schools from the earliest age, but also in popular media and entertainment.
Eetan
3d ago
One interesting twitter debate going on right now is the billionaires prefer waitresses.
As usual for xitter, this is debate about empirical fact of the world, completely empty of any interest in checking whether the fact is indeed factual or fictional.
Billionaires are public persons unless they make extreme efforts to stay out of sight, it would not be hard to make proper class (and race, religion, education, look etc.) analysis of their marriages and then try to make some inference from this hard data. But why bother, this will be much like work.
Eetan
3d ago
I think that the 3d printing thing is a stupid moral panic.
Depends on location.
In North America, Middle East and similar parts of the world filled with guns up the wazoo, yes, in these cases it would be desperate attempt of closing doors of barn that went empty long time ago.
In heavily gun controlled regions of the world, if you want the plebs stay disarmed, you should be very very worried about this new development.
The fact that a competent craftsman with a machine shop can build a decent firearm
The fact that machine shop is big and noisy, while 3D printer is shoebox sized device you can run in your bedroom without even people in the next room knowing anything makes lots of difference.
the hard part would be building a rifled barrel.
Not any more, look for electrochemical machining. It is slow, but needs only bucket and is completely silent and discrete.
Eetan
3d ago
nugget of truth in the EHC idea
More than nugget. Whether you love or hate communism, you must admit that the old guard early 20th century communist veterans were among the most capable people in history (comparable perhaps only to 16th century Jesuits).
If it was year 1926, Communist agitator of the time would in open, no holds barred debate demolish whole Motte with ease.
personal complaint at not being wined and dined by the plebs.
More like: these people are my White brothers, but they care only about sportsball and fentanyl and struggle for Whiteness leaves them cold.
Eetan
4d ago
Originally, "Elite Human Capital" meant, well, elite human capital. For example, the sort of people who became Communists in first half of the last century.
Any movement who wants to move somewhere should attract such people.
Eetan
5d ago
Empirically, the only way you can protect against spree killings by psychos is to deny the general population (many of which are unfortunately, undiagnosed psychos) weapons.
Empirically, this ship sailed long ago, at least in North America. There are at least 600 million guns, possibly one billion, out there, and they are not going away.
Eetan
5d ago
Even in the hoplophobic UK, it is harder to get a cat D endorsement on your driving licence
But, I presume, it is much easier to acquire heavy truck than rifle. Someone on path of jihad does not need any licenses anymore.
Eetan
5d ago
I understand the point you're making, but the adjective "hoplophobic" is weird to me.
It began long ago, as matter of gun nuts mocking political correctness that loves terms like "homophobia" (transphobia was not yet on the horizon at this time). It was always tongue-in-cheek inside joke.
You should be scared of guns.
Guns are chunks of metal that can't harm anyone on their own. You should be scared of people carrying guns, if they are sus characters up to no good.
For thorough deconstruction and demolition of LHotP from 21st century perspective, see here.
TL;DR: These people are all very problematic, the yikes meter in red all the time, and, in addition, they are second handed scroungers, moochers and failures, losers all. No self made Randian hero in sight. Reasonable person would, after utter failure of third homesteading attempt, move to big city, get job in a factory and be much more prosperous and happier.
The reviewer knows well what xir is talking about, being highly problematic, and also highly successful person xirself.
edit: links linked properly
"Latest School Shooting, Shooter Is Trans Groyper"
Imagine you have to explain this ordinary daily news to someone from 1956, even science fiction fan of the time. This is how life in the future feels like.
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