Mantergeistmann
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Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
What about USS OKLAHOMA, which is sadly not an OHIO-class SSBN?
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Whoops, quite right!
However I don't think this is an argument that most of his political allies would normally be sympathetic to.
See also: the stars and bars Confederate battle flag being considered anything other than ultra-racism these days, as opposed to when I was younger and I knew plenty of people (including progressives) who didn’t mind it being on the General Lee.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Everything I know about watches (aka practically nothing) I learned from Paul Graham's recent post on the subject.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Ah yes, New York City, famous for its nigh-nonexistent immigrant population.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
My initial reaction is surprise that NonCredibleDefense is not included. My follow-on reaction is "yeah, no, okay, that makes sense he wouldn't hang around there".
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
he's just also gone full Hamas.
For whatever reason I thought it was the other way - that he'd been basically run out of his own publication, The Intercept, for being too sympathetic to Israel.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Could a judge require the government to try to develop a time machine to bring him back to the missed events? What about investment in longevity tech to give him the lifespan back?
Sounds like a job for a sci-fi short story.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Out of curiosity I tried digging up some stats on the prevalence of the phenomenon
Didn't someone post/link to something related here a little while ago? I remember it specifically talking about the OJ Simpson trial, but that really doesn't help with a google search.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
So many of your problems, including healthcare costs and inability to build infrastructure, ultimately can be traced back to the possibility of being dragged to court and having to spend the GDP of a minor country on lawyers
"We have lawyers like other countries have rats."
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Oh, that's almost certainly worse, but as far as bleak images go, an unexploded rocket just doesn't compare.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
The most "bleak sci-fi" thing I've seen in a while was images of the absolute spiderwebs of spent drone fiberoptic cables covering forests and fields and towns.
I feel like there's a Russell Conjugation to be had here: "I stand by my convictions in the name of justice, you are irritatingly stubborn, he is a bullying Karen subverting the justice process."
Although I will add that 12 Angry Men did indeed involve logic and reason as well as stubbornness and emotion, but I'd imagine very few people think of their own behavior or a verdict they agree with as ever not being logical.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
It's not an overpopulation problem if enough people get killed in the wars. I mean, you've got other demographic problems them, but no longer overpopulation.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Not if enough men die in the wars.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
"People are okay with nudity when there's a fig leaf covering the genitals, but are outraged when the leaf isn't there!"
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
And then a lot of them get abused by NIMBYs grasping for any veto-points they can find.
Was it here that someone mentioned that green projects run into some of the worst NIBMY obstructionism?
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Even during the decades of single-party house/congress control, the Presidency was swapping sides pretty regularly.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
I'm very fortunate the last year or two has been good to stocks, as aeeing my 401k index fund performance has given my partner the courage to set up an auto-deposit/auto-invest into an IRA. It also probably helps that as of now, it's still a very small amount compared to the overall retirement picture, so it doesn't feel like it's risking loss of a significant amount.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
In fact, we now have a richly-established norm of NGOs and activists suing the federal government and so that their political allies who run the government can settle. Welcome to the world you made.
If I recall, that used to be a major issue with shipbuilding. Might still be, even.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
The "$1776 million" is, astonishingly, missing from most headlines, which is almost as insane to me.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
That's... pretty clever, actually. What's the best way to acquire them? Do you just get them from your local bank, or what?
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
I've seen it in the US in the past, I'm pretty sure, but it's certainly not universal.
Mantergeistmann
1mo ago
Sometimes the fraud systems flag you, no card.
For me, that's more likely (both to happen and to have immediate requirement) when I'm traveling, hence (one of the reasons for) keeping a nominal but not bank-breaking "emergency cash" in my wallet. Plus multiple cards, including with differing institutions.
I too would be incredibly depressed and cynical were I to think that I've basically peaked and that in a decade+, I'll only be at most 10% more competent than I am today.
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