durdenhobbes
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durdenhobbes
2yr ago
You don't consider the economy a plausible reason to motivate someone's political leanings? That defies belief.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
Professed Catholics in America have many different ethical beliefs, but a common theme is that almost all of them aren't keen on violently attacking those who mock them. I think that's less "silent stoicism" and more "ethical passivity".
Maybe they all should just go back and watch The Boondock Saints
durdenhobbes
9mo ago
This is pretty off the reservation, and I'm sure would have major drawbacks, but I was thinking about how much I hate the end of close football games. Specifically, the point at which the game becomes more about gaming the clock than it does playing one's opponent to the best of your ability. (This usually happens somewhere between 10 and 2 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter).
The only way I could think to solve this problem would be to eliminate the game clock entirely, and switch instead to a possession clock. Each team would get a pre-determined number of possessions, and would have, say, 3 minutes to score or punt. Clock stoppage would work basically the same as it does in the last 2 minutes of the current game (out-of-bounds, incomplete pass, penalty. Probably want to add stoppage on first downs like in college) and you'd get an elective stoppage or two per possession (to allow for running plays near the end of the clock). Turnovers don't count as possessions for the recovering team, so they become way more valuable as you'd be able to score and then immediately get the ball back.
No more useless kickoffs. No sitting on a small lead and milking the clock. Just balls out football from start to finish, unless it's a complete blowout, in which case the game wouldn't have been compelling anyways. Tell me why this would suck.
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
5mo ago
side effect of absolutely shredding American international standing.
I'm not being obtuse when I ask: what value, exactly, does American international standing have?
durdenhobbes
8mo ago
Agreed. You didn't antagonize anyone specifically, you made factual statements with references, and there was no rule broken that I can identify.
durdenhobbes
4mo ago
I think that there are trillions of natural phenomena in the universe, and a very finite set of words to describe them. Oftentimes we're forced to use imprecise language as a result, because human language is limited. Ultimately they're just words, and we should stop giving quite so many fucks.
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
If losing the competent people means also losing the people who are smart enough to maintain the deep state apparatus as the true power center of DC, then this would be a feature, not a bug.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
This makes much more sense than any other explanation I've ever heard.
durdenhobbes
1yr 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.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
That's an uncharitable re-phrasing of the op comment. He simply calls it "an understandable reaction" to what some would consider involuntary capture, but then qualifies it with the observation that many school shooters appear to kill not only their "captors" but random fellow "inmates" (implying that op believes there's a good chance these shooters are simply unhinged people).
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
I can assure you they don't come cheap.
In the paradigm most of us have become accustomed to, this is true. It appears that we're entering a new reality, where AI is likely to make obsolete millions (if not hundreds of millions) of jobs globally. For all the handwringing about bullshit jobs, a great number of people may soon find they preferred having to act busy versus having nothing to do at all.
durdenhobbes
9mo ago
What war has ever contained enemy combatants entirely separately from the civilian population? Even when a massive percentage of the military is deployed to a warzone, there are certainly plenty of personnel who still go home to their families each night.
It seems to me that the real argument becomes what qualifies as a warzone, and when.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
Um, America is not the only country that contains white Christian men.
durdenhobbes
5mo ago
I mean, a majority plurality of voters cast their ballots for Trump 11 weeks ago. It seems like he's got a pretty good sized pool of people to draw from.
durdenhobbes
10mo ago
It wouldn't help to pretend not to be together, since single people are also faced with additional tax.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
Any suggestions? I joined a climbing gym for a bit, but never got real into it. Seems like pickleball is all the rage these days... but it's kinda taken on that "Crossfit is all I talk about" vibe in my circles.
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
So Reagan was a Democrat? And where does this leave Biden/Feinstein/any other longtime politician?
durdenhobbes
2yr ago
And not just support. In a tight-knit community, if you beat up your wife (who is also someone's daughter/sister), you can expect a dad/brother/their buddies bringing hell to your front door the next morning.
durdenhobbes
4mo ago
That's a good point, honestly. I should probably be a little more deliberate with how I address the "T"s. I'm oftentimes more live and let live than my values would otherwise dictate.
durdenhobbes
9mo ago
I reject the terms "terrorist"/"terrorist attack" on the basis that they are wielded entirely on the basis of who presently holds political power and who does not. (e.g. your "terrorist attack" is another man's "mostly peaceful protest", etc.)
durdenhobbes
11mo 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
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.
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
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