zoink 37 points 3 years ago*
I'm highly skeptical that this will lead to an equitable crack down on rioting
Give this man a prognostication medal. I enjoy looking at old threads because it becomes obvious who was trying to get at the truth vs shamelessly manipulate people.
I didnt know there were motte mods telling users "I'd put you in a concentration camp if I could"
SteveKirk
2yr ago
As one of those sub-normal poors, can confirm I've actually been looking at $5k electric kit cars on Alibaba, but no way I'm pushing that button without a test drive.
SteveKirk
2yr ago
Yeah, I should have said "bet on dem victory" rather than Biden specifically, but that pushes the odds they're giving even further towards no-profit coinflip
SteveKirk
2yr ago
Is sterile the right word for something that can't reproduce sexually, but can still give birth? They start laying unfertilized drone eggs all over the place if there's no queen scent.
As you say, supporting the queen maximizes a worker's individual reproductive fitness, until there is no queen. Then it's every bee for herself.
SteveKirk
2yr ago
And for God's sake don't get stuck in the washing machine door when your step brother's around.
SteveKirk
2yr ago
Ballot harvesting isn't even "fraud", any more than busing people to the polling center with a list of people to vote for and then taking them to a free concert. It's just a lot more efficient.
It's how the whole system works in WA now.
Look how smoothly they reinstated the narrative after that disaster. It's been a day and it may as well never have happened, complete memory-holing. Just go to /r/politics and it's wall to wall "undecideds now support Biden after debate!"
Dems control everything in this country. All we can do is point out the spreading cracks as fast as they paper over them.
Are we going to win against a political machine that collects as many mail-in ballots as they need to win any election?
May as well make a bit of money off the spectacle at least.
SteveKirk
2yr ago
Clinton too now: "I'll leave the debate rating to the pundits, but here's what I know: facts and history matter"
Feels like being in some south American country where multiple coup plotters have captured different radio stations. Absolute civil war behind the curtain while everyone pretends to be the ones in full control.
I still don't get the "conspiracy" thing. You can't organize a middle school party committee without all the actual decisions being made in private chats between "the serious people."
Like, they can't change FAA hiring policy without giant conspiracies of leaking, cheating, and backroom dealing. That's just how things work.
If you could hide microphones in all the DC coat rooms, bathrooms, and small back offices used for quickies and mid-morning coke bumps, you'll hear the same conversation happening over and over. And that's how the party makes decisions.
They all saw the same thing, know it's finally socially acceptable to believe their eyes, and see an opportunity to influence the next "socially-constructed reality" they're going to impose.
I compared photos of my father from today and last year. Had to pretend I needed the bathroom so he didn't wonder why I was crying.
They should let the man rest. I wouldn't wish this on anyone. (Not getting sentimental, would just make it quick)
No, you break out "embattled" for this one. I know it's only prescribed for when politicians you like are caught with dead/teen prostitutes, but surely someone has a stash.
SteveKirk
2yr ago
I checked that sub yesterday and the top threads were Chomsky dicksucking and a copy-paste from /r/fuckcars. Whatever it was at one point, it got eaten and shat back out by redditism worse than /r/ssc
SteveKirk
2yr ago
Yogurt with a bit of granola is the only way I can get some protein for breakfast, it's great.
SteveKirk
2yr ago
I thought the government put all that money into Tor and signal so exactly this sort of thing wouldn't happen
"Dems R (the) Real Racists." It can mean a few different things, but usually making fun of conservatives who take liberal arguments at face value and smugly call out perceived hypocrisy, accomplishing nothing except legitimizing the liberal frame.
You know "ha, dumb libs banned high school algebra for Racial Equity, guess they're the real racists for thinking blacks can't do math! Vote Republican for true Racial Equity Praxis!"
I know you're the wrong guy to ask with where you live, but I actually need to find a "Treasury-like" option for people without state income tax.
It's kind of a waste having your yield driven down by people who are benefitting from the tax reduction.
Honestly I'm just holding new money in a 5% money market fund now.
SteveKirk
2yr ago
Exactly what happened to me. Always painful, but you never know. Still don't, really, it could all come crashing down and the guys all-in on colloidal silver and bullets will be laughing at us.
I put every penny of this year's 401k contributions into a short term Treasury ETF anticipating pre-election rate-cuts, only for it to stay flat as my existing holdings gained 20%.
Is anyone betting on the election? I'd like to put a pile of money on Biden, but the odds are so even that I'm worried exchange fees would make leaving it in a money market fund a better investment.
Can anyone who's done this before give me a rough idea of costs, especially hidden or opportunity ones a beginner might miss?
SteveKirk
2yr ago
I'm not a film guy, but is Coppola a ladies-famous director? Apocalypse Now, Patton, American Graffiti, a biography of Yukio Mishima...
If she'd find that list appealing, why the hell is she still your girlfriend instead of your wife?
Thanks, I've been meaning to check out the research he and Lindsay(?) did, because it's so anthropologically fascinating.
Like the question of who first used "folx" and Y/X-ing words generally, where did "abolish the family" come from? Who came up with all the awful rhetorical tactics to paralyze victims like a spider's venom?
I said in another convo that there's still a lot of value in discussion here. Its an Area 51 bunker where we can carefully dissect this stuff while flying saucers obliterate cities outside.
Who knows, maybe someone will make a virus for Will Smith to upload to the mothership or something. But at least it would be more interesting than another round of "it's not happening and it's good."
Sony just announced its partnership with "immigration equality", promoting "justice and equality" for aids-ridden gay immigrants through lawsuits and lobbying.
Every company is still doing the "are you sure this will help us sell more $product?" "$product?" skit.
On the plus side I can feel fully vindicated making fun of my friend for having a Gaystation instead of an N64. Never stopped ribbing him about the time he forgot to say "no homo" after sex.
By sheer effort of will and an abundance of charity, I can go hours (sometimes even day
s!) without telling people I'm going to put them into camps. It's encouraging when site moderators are held to the same standards as the users.More options
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