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All post-temple whore technology is gay.
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Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
1hr ago
Yeah, that's one of my hobby horses. The things we argue about are very granular! No single sub-sub-sub argument is going to change someone's macro conclusions (and in most cases, they shouldn't!). Conceding a point is like folding a hand in poker. It hardly means you're out of the game, much less a career, unless you got wildly out over your skis.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
1hr ago
I don't really know about (or care about) crypto, so it was more than the few minutes I was willing to spend to unravel that Forbes article to understand what was going on there.
But I'll go on the record and say that generally, offering pardons to people who have made you personal money is Bad.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
2hr ago
The Inflation Reduction Act and the infrastructure bill. Both shoveled out insane amounts of money for ostensible purposes that never materialized because all the cash was absorbed into the pockets of Democrat interest groups that donate to and organize in favor of the Democrats.
Just so with your point about over-regulation. If the state government instructs the agencies to devise "regulations" that siphon money away from ostensible purposes and into the pockets of allied groups that donate back to the politicians, that's actually even worse than regular corruption because it's institutionalized and on-going and metastasizes corruption towards the state in general.
Memecoin, by contrast, is piker shit that only hurts the people involved.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
2hr ago
Gladly. It is positively shameful how much corruption is being excused with a pansy-ass “well, the other guys do it!” Maybe we should elect somebody to do something about it. Drain the swamp, as it were.
Can you think of any Democrats with any anti-corruption credibility? For example, anyone who has called for the ending of the mass healthcare/welfare fraud and the punishment of those responsible?
For comparison, the Trump admin just shut down a bunch of fake hospice businesses that were raking in billions of dollars in fraud, somewhere between "benignly tolerated" and "openly abetted" by the local Democrats. LA alone was $600 million, over a third of the settlement in the OP.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
2hr ago
Dude’s a billionaire reality TV real estate agent. How did he ever convince people that he wasn’t the swamp?
Because he talks like common sense grandpa ("crime is bad, kill our enemies, etc) instead of like a focus-grouped actor wearing a Normal Human skinsuit.
Plus the swamp went on a 10 year long unhinged berserker rage about him, which is great for credibility in that regard.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
2hr ago
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.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
2hr ago
What part of the article made you think that? It seemed meandering and stupid.
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
3hr 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.
15hr 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.
15hr 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.
18hr 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.
1d 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.
1d 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.
1d 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.
2d 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.
4d 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.
4d 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.
4d 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.
6d 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.
7d 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.
7d 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.
7d ago
This is going to be "fine people"d for years, isn't it?
Iconochasm
All post-temple whore technology is gay.
10d 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.
10d 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."
3.8% (per your source, ~1% of which is gas) is still solidly better than the 9.1% we hit a few years ago. Yes, gas prices are up and that's Bad, but the catastrophic consequences predicted by people who suddenly can comprehend second order effects in only this single situation have been greatly exaggerated.
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