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				Friday Fun Thread for October 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I watched this one recently, too. A vibe indeed.


Good: Long, forlorn shots. Set design which may or may not consist of just finding shit lying around. Haunting use of silence and background noise. Getting the viewer to question the reality presented on screen. Surreality. This is a film where almost every frame is mundane, and yet you are certain that something else is at play.


Bad: incredibly long, forlorn shots. I can’t judge how much of each was actually necessary to achieve the good points. But my God, they just keep going. Much like the character monologues, some of which land, some of which don’t. The delivery is great, at least to my English-speaking ears. The actual writing is much less consistent. There are a couple bits of sound design that fall into this category, too, but I’m willing to forgive them.


Ugly: Anything resembling action. There’s not much of it, which is for the best, because it absolutely deflates the tension. The gate guards? The bomb dismantling? Honorable mention to the scene ten minutes in where the stalker’s wife writhes around on the floor.


I don’t know that I can call it good, but I recommend it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Bluesky is Twitter for people who hate Elon. I assume it’s a cesspool.


Mastodon is a bit more complicated. It was federated from the start, meaning it was always intended to let groups opt in/out of entire swathes of the broader sphere. This allows blacklisting without leaving the platform. It also supports numerous witch covens. I assume they’re all cesspools.


Truth social is Twitter for people who think Fox News is captured by anti-Trump wreckers. I don’t actually know how it differs in features, and I am okay with that. I assume it’s a cesspool.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I never heard of her before today. But I had elementary school in one of the older states, not Texas. Maybe they were too busy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I’m in as long as relative sizes are preserved.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


The point of paying astronomical sums for a few Eurofighters




A quibble: the importance of ramping up is overstated. Operating costs are much higher in the modern age than they were in WW2, and there are real diminishing returns from additional planes in the air. One modern strike fighter—with the proper logistical tail—can provide more value than a wing of heavy bombers. At less human cost, too, which is much more important than it used to be.


These constraints relax in a high-intensity, high-intel conflict, but they don’t go away. You’ve still got to fuel and arm and dispatch your planes. You still need confidence that they won’t die to cheaper SAMs or get blown up on the ground. In  that scenario, 6000 Eurofighters aren’t worth 10x as much as 600.


Neither the U.S. nor Europe has faced a serious threat to air superiority since the mid-century. I hope we never do.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
When was the last time Trump “backed down” on his pet policy? On anything, really? At best, he’ll quietly drop a losing issue. Doesn’t help in this case.


I’ve gotten the impression that he really doesn’t care for defense spending and only really tolerates it as part of the Reagan package. Golden Dome is a prestige project. If he does spring for some sort of deal, it’s not going to be on behalf of the MIC.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Wait, which country are you talking about? There are too many options.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for October 10, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Absolutely.


I used to get real close to passing out even from the briefest of blood samples. Turns out the secret was just not looking at the needle. Doesn’t matter if I’m otherwise distracted, if the nurse has a hard time finding the vein, whatever. As long as I don’t see the needle in my arm I’m fine now. Magic.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				The Tower of Babel in Reverse
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Your spoilers broke for some reason.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If I’m going to use hard cash to buy smut, it’s going to be in singles.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I read the first half of this thinking it was about the Judge Goodstein fire mentioned downthread. I was like “of course they went to a lot of trouble! It’s too close to home!” Whoops.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I’m not sure it qualifies as concept creep, but you can get countless examples if you search “wolf inflation.”


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
…and some, I assume, are good posters.


I’ve been annoyed, on this site, by people complaining that the left calls everyone fascists. I figured it was hyperbole, maybe a bit of a persecution complex. After reading this blogpost, I recognize my mistake.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I don’t think that checks out.


The death penalty is extremely right-coded. Even back when opposition came from Christians it was considered progressive.


Instead, I would say conservatives are more comfortable with solutions that require any sort of violence. Domestically, that means “tough-on-crime” policy, low tolerance for riots, and at least lip service given to the Second Amendment. It might also apply to the neocon style of foreign interventionism.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
No, I’m pretty sure they just had a disjoint set of witches.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Based.


I don’t think any of this will actually make currency more useful than ubiquitous payment processors, so I don’t see the need for #3. But Ayn Rand would be funny enough that I’m on board with it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
¿Por que no los dos?


It’s one of the more efficient and reasonable approaches of this initiative, in my opinion.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Sigh.


You know, when I see your name on a reply, it triggers a little burst of shame. Classical conditioning.


I recognize that the mayor’s actions are making some bad scenarios worse. That includes withholding resources which might have rightly solved crimes. I shouldn’t have been so flippant.


I still believe it’s the motte to a bailey expressed all over the thread. Chicago is supposed to run this kind of investigation, and generally cooperate with federal operations, because that’s just business as usual. But the bailey launders the definition of “usual” to include more or less anything that supports ICE’s operation. If local governments aren’t actually compelled to provide aid, then they don’t have to run the investigation. They don’t have to provide riot police, or give access to every city building. I have a hard time squaring that with the absolute vitriol getting thrown their way.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Shooting at ICE is unacceptable. Ramming vehicles, unacceptable. I am particularly disturbed by the Texas ICE ambush; it’s good that the feds were able to come down on them immediately. This is true regardless of the agency*. Violence is terrible, and the people committing it against the authorities are criminals.


Posting anti-ICE signage is not violence. Neither is declining to let them use your property. Or to deploy your riot police to risk their own safety. I’ll admit that when I see commenters equivocating between Chicago’s government and its lawless protestors, I do in fact feel some frustration.


This is a motte and bailey. The mayor is just supposed to avoid rocking the boat. Riot police show up for riots, federal agents camp on your city property: you know, the usual stuff. Also, if he disagrees with any of this, that’s brinksmanship and possibly treasonous. It absolves the EXTREMELY UNUSUAL force of armed feds of all responsibility.


I’m willing to accept that I’ve been too flippant over the past week. Maybe that really is a newfound streak of partisanship. But I’ve never been shy about my distaste for Trump’s strongman governance. I’d like to think my position here is its natural extension.


* For the record, if I had to pick one exception, it would be the ATF.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Shooting at the National Guard would almost certainly qualify, but that’s not what the city of Chicago is doing.


See Nybbler’s explanation  here.


Edit: I thought this was a response to the top-level.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Plausible, I guess.


But something can be wildly biased without being representative. Outside of the Squad, how many members of Congress really care about it?


This is a genuine question.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Once you free yourself from pernicious America-centrism, Osama just doesn’t rate. These dictators have to compete on fundamentals.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
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Afraid I haven't seen the movie. You may or may not find the book similar. While I thought it was quite impressive, I suspect some of the parts I enjoyed could be classed as performance art. On the other hand, I'd say it absolutely manages a payoff.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It looks like ICE solved that one just fine.


I don’t see why they’re entitled to local police escorts. Surely they can take care of themselves?


				

				

						

							

								
    
									
									
									
									
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				Culture War Roundup for the week of October 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Nope.


If it happens—and please, consult the sign—it’ll be economic, not social. You’d need enough young men to fall below the threshold of employability. That includes our traditional safety valve, the infantry. When young men have nothing left to do but police the community, maybe we end up pivoting towards entrenched local monopolies on violence. But that also assumes the higher echelons don’t get any more effective.