Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
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Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
16d ago
What part of the article made you think that? It seemed meandering and stupid.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
16d ago
To say nothing of the multiple trillion dollar bills passed under Biden that did nothing but siphon money to leftists. In terms of scale of corruption, all of American history combined looks like amateurs compared to the modern progressive movement. They just manifestly hold an explicit "it's (D)ifferent and good when we do it" mentality and then mindkill themselves into retardation when they get asked questions like "Why does it cost $150 billion to NOT build a rail line?"
If the hand of god reached down and stripped out all corruption from America, Donald Trump would still be a billionaire and half the Democrat party would be wearing a barrel with suspenders.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
17d ago
While I agree that Russia independently attempted to intercede in the 2016 election on Trump's behalf rather than in collusion
Did they? AIUI, they preferred Hilary because they'd already bought her and thought she was a known (weak) quantity. The "intercessions" I'm aware of were a mix of general shit-stirring and (probable) ass-covering after the DNC hack was caught.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
17d ago
POTUS appoints the people who run the agencies or appoints the people who appoints the people and so on and so forth. Like you said, the buck stops with them.
Do you know what the civil service system is?
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
17d ago
Do you think we should abolish the Civil Service? Going back to the patronage system would make your position here much more tenable.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
17d ago
Curious effect of the way people have become more conscientious pet owners over the last few decades - fewer random puppies about. When I was a kid, the main way you got a dog was because a neighbor or friend of a friend had a dog that had puppies, and they put out a "free to a good home" call through the grapevine. More people now do the "responsible" thing and get their animals fixed, so your choices are either a paid breeder or rolling the dice on some irresponsible person's shelter dog instead of being blessed by middle class serendipity.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
18d ago
If you're talking about '99 onward it was an entirely different situation as Napster made a whole world of music available that hadn't been accessible before, and the internet made music discovery a lot easier.
Yeah, I went through adolescence right during that transition. There was a kind of an awkward midpoint where downloaded songs were very common, but only a few people I knew had a proper CD burner, so having all that newly accessible music in a portable format (or for anything other than computer speakers) was somewhat more special. This was especially relevant as we started getting cars.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
18d ago
After giving it 30s, I can confidently say I have never heard that song in my life.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
18d ago
In my experience of the 90's "I made you a mixtape/burned CD" would have been kind of wierd and overly personal. "I made one for all of us to listen to in the car", OTOH, was normal and exciting.
And FWIW, I remember my goth friends in the late 90's early 2000's talking about Joy Division, which I think I have still never listened to in any capacity.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
20d ago
I could have sworn you said something about The Motte overuse when on ADHD meds, but I can't find it again, so just saying this here. I have found success using LeechBlock NG extension on my PC (especially Lockdown Mode), and the StayFocused app on my phone (which does have a small monthly subscription fee).
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
20d ago
How much more important is the “dog” element compared to the previous, evidenced cases of rape in Israeli prisons? Does the “dog” element move the needle?
Yes. It adds a blasphemy angle. It moves the needle for the exact reasons you mentioned earlier in the post. Dogs are contaminated. It's a much more horrifying and enraging provocation. Consider the comparative propaganda value of:
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The enemy sometimes rapes our people!
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The enemy consorts with demons and has institutional programs to feed the demons rape victims!
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
20d ago
but then if you think the NYT would make this up or eat it up from a source without properly verifying it by whatever means they have available
They have a history of being extremely credulous when making these sorts of attacks, like with the Russian Bounty story.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
23d ago
Abu Ghraib seemed more like "assholes taking an opportunity to do sadistic shit". Rape dogs seems like the kind of thing you'd need training programs for, with like, budgets and performance evaluations.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
24d ago
(net approval rating now under -20%)
That's the upper end of the polling for the Democrats, who are less favorable than anyone except Iran.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
24d ago
Generic Dems always outperform real Dems. People tend to imagine a nice Leslie Knope and then flinch at the inevitable Jean Ralphio.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
24d ago
This is going to be "fine people"d for years, isn't it?
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
26d ago
What draws people to these sorts of bunk medicines is the vibes.
The vibes are strong and time-tested. AIUI, acupuncture is a very powerful placebo.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
27d ago
I don't know what the fuck kind of shuffle algorithm could result in that, but it rinsed several tracks so bad I can't listen to them anymore.
There is a new function that will go back through your whole listening history and find songs that you listened to a lot at one point, and then stopped playing. I think it just heavily weights skips as "I don't actually like this song" rather than "Not in the mood just now, but there's a reason it's on the playlist."
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
27d ago
Winner of the Most Schizophrenic Timeline Challenge.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
29d ago
The videos I saw were regular (hot women) streamers, though I don't actually watch any of them, and didn't note names well enough to mention.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
29d ago
Keep the dumbbells by your computer. Work in a few reps when you pause to think or switch tracks.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
29d ago
And acts like a child. There was a viral video of a lady streamer melting down because the android drawed you a pictur.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
29d ago
and are now including the pedophilia accusation in their attacks on evil gamers.
Simpler answer: Many of the people lobbing this are just ahistorically narcissistic freaks who fail to grasp a fundamental part of human nature. If you're wierd enough to genuinely not know what a "man" is, then art depicting the Protector role will just come off as alien and disturbing. And if you're a gooner, then obviously it just gets parsed through a sexual lens.
Similar to the women who mainline romance slop calling Sam and Frodo gay because they've never had a real friendship.
And this one became high octane culture war fuel because of all the videos of women streamers having their ovaries take the wheel on stream while playing the game. Of course deep blue types will feel attacked; reds would act the same way if there was a game that had the chuds openly feeling gay-curious. I'll go ahead and note that the latter won't actually happen because it's an apparently inborn trait for a small, sticky slice of the population whereas the former is arguably the literal purpose of cellular life.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
30d ago
Ok this alone makes me think you're disconnected from the world. The average government worker, like the average worker, doesn't give a shit about "the mission". They want to go in, do their job, get paid, go home. They aren't there for pleasure and passion, they're there to make money. Some people may find joy in their job, but it is a job at the end of the day
Most people will not rock the boat in order to "do what is right".
I think I may have completely misinterpreted you there as "care first and foremost about the ostensible purpose of their jobs". My bad.
You have advanced TDS. For a more balanced view on the ground, I've heard some general grumbling about gas, but it's not nearly as hot a topic as it was in, say, the Bush administration. Current gas prices are still $0.50 cheaper than their peak under Biden, with large regional variation that mostly boils down to "Democrats hate the economy". I've only heard a few people complain about general prices, and every one of them was a 100% Democrat voter. Actual store prices haven't moved in a noticeable way, especially compared to Bidenflation, aside from a few spike categories like ground beef and coffee that seem to be more about industry circumstances than tariffs.
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