durdenhobbes
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durdenhobbes
1yr ago
it might make sense to consciously get people to adopt non-zero-sum measures for status.
Is this even theoretically possible, though? Status is a relative position, and a rising tide does not lift all boats. It'd be akin to raising everyone's SAT scores—you're still going to have a 99th percentile and a 5th percentile, along with the correlated benefits (or lack thereof).
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I mean, sure, but we're talking about the average person, who is always going to take the path of least resistance. So it should concern us that said path is heavily tilted toward one worldview.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Because Wikipedia is usually the first search result for any random thing any random person wants to research on the internet.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
10 years ago I'd have said Reddit, but that hasn't been true for a long time now.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
It wouldn't help to pretend not to be together, since single people are also faced with additional tax.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I can't believe we even have doctors, given this system. I wouldn't live like that for 5 years even if the payoff was a trillion dollar lump sum.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Speedy decapitation!? Being less barbaric?
Yeah the whole "execution style" is where he lost me, too. Made me think the whole thing might be a modest proposal.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I guess it's inevitable.
I disagree. "When good men do nothing", and all. If enough former listeners like myself (and probably others here) made their infuriation known to NPR and similar dishonest media types, we might be able to move the needle back in a fair direction.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Could you share the readings that led you to believe that? I tend to hold the Jon Stewart "chocolatey outbreak in Hershey PA" view of things.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Cicerone is heavily geared toward the brewing and serving side of things. Micro Matic is what you want. You'll learn just about everything you need to know in 3 days.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Assuming you work a distributor, see if you can leverage your mechanical skills and work ethic to convince your supervisor to send you to Micro Matic Dispense Institute. It's only a few days, but you learn everything you need to know about troubleshooting draught beer systems (which is a constant problem for accounts) and installation (there are constantly new bars and restaurants opening all over the country). Once you have some experience with that, you should be able to command higher pay either with your current employer, one of the competing distributors, or if you're really motivated—starting your own draught installation/maintenance company.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Why is that a thing? It defies all logic and common sense (which I know shouldn't be unexpected, but it still is).
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Early pioneers would become historical legends, for one.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I'm more impressed than anything that Gobert had the wisdom as a man, father, and husband, not to suggest his wife make medical decisions based around a basketball game.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I disagree. I think people would respond negatively to overly-repetitive topics to the degree warranted, regardless of the username posted in the corner above it.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Agreed. I'm not sure I have the writing skills to make a top-level post, but if I did, I'd be lucky to have even a single issue on which I was both articulate and interesting enough to make multiple posts on the topic. I guess that would make me a single issue poster (which there is no discernible rule against).
I'm also highly antipathetic toward governance/justice/moderation being levied based on identity. Judgment, in this and in every case, should be on the merits of the argument, not because of who posted it. Either the ball was in bounds or out of bounds; making that call shouldn't depend on whether Tom Brady or Todd Marinovich threw it. If it does, then we're playing a rigged sport here.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
Sagrada Familia, hands down. Maybe my favorite manmade work, period.
durdenhobbes
1yr ago
I'm more persuaded to believe it was Len Sassaman. The background, experience, personal values, evident time zone... it's all there.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
Reade appears to be an actual Russian asset.
While I haven't kept up with this story in extreme detail, this is the first I've heard of this accusation. What makes that so apparent?
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
When you said "misadventure", I initially imagined a guy going "Sorry, your honor, I was on a severe bender that week and forgot to vote" and it being totally legit.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
Zeiss Victory SF 10x42
Maybe it's just because I'm an enthusiast in photography and sport shooting, with their extremely pricey optics, that I expected these to be more than $3k.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
A recent interaction I had with an 80-something woman had me thinking about this very thing. I've been trying to come up with some sort of non-profit model that could work toward solving this problem.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
Of his dialogues, I'd put Plato's Republic as the most foundational one.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
Europe is much more white than the US and is also much more ethno-nationalist than the US
I'd like to see some backing data to support this.
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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