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Iconochasm

All post-temple whore technology is gay.

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Iconochasm

All post-temple whore technology is gay.

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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.

After giving it 30s, I can confidently say I have never heard that song in my life.

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.

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).

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:

  1. The enemy sometimes rapes our people!

  2. The enemy consorts with demons and has institutional programs to feed the demons rape victims!

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.

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.

(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.

Generic Dems always outperform real Dems. People tend to imagine a nice Leslie Knope and then flinch at the inevitable Jean Ralphio.

This is going to be "fine people"d for years, isn't it?